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Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$10M
Granted FY2020
3
Grants FY2020
2
States reached
$10M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 94% of CHARLES & MELISSA DAVIS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2020 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2020

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
  • $250k+1 grant · $10M
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOD 36 - DONOR ADVISED FUND HELD AT MORGAN STANLEY$10,032,288
SCRIPPS HEALTH FOUNDATION$25,000
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–19, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $25k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $25k → 14%WOMEN'S HOME: $20k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

6%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$658k · 15 repeat orgs$10M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +25% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 0 still active in FY2020, 15 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
13

Total granted

$658k
$226k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+9%

Still filing today

87%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20
Crime & LegalHealthArts & CultureEducationPublic BenefitInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MR
    MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
    2× · 2018–2019 · $50k · revenue +12%
  • BC
    Baylor College of Medicine
    2× · 2018–2019 · $50k · revenue +49%
  • JUDICIAL WATCH INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $50k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • CS
    Crime Stoppers of Houston Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $26k · revenue +107%
  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • MA
    MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $25k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Community Information Now

Community information now (cinow) provides data, tools, analysis, and training to inform decisions to improve texas communities. cinow's vision is improved lives and decreased disparities through democratized data.

Community Improvement
2
Mhs Physicians of Texas

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
3
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
4
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
5
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
6
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
7
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
8
Baylor Scott & White Holdings

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
9
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
10
Texas Children's Hospital

Texas children's hospital, headquartered in houston, texas, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and…

Health
11
Cook Children's Medical Center - Prosper

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
12
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mission Lazarus Inc and the most unlike its peers is Circle Arts Theatre Incorporated. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%0%10–20yr16%43%20–35yr10%29%35–55yr13%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%0%10–20yr16%49%20–35yr10%27%35–55yr13%25%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/21
the rest of the field
15%
20,233/136,783

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MOD 36 - DONOR ADVISED FUND HELD AT MORGAN STANLEY — $10,032,288 · OtherMOD 36 - DONOR ADVISED FUND HELD AT MORGAN STANLEY+17 more — $456,000 · OtherChildren's Assessment Center Foundation — $50,000 · Crime & LegalCHILD ADVOCATES INC — $45,000 · Crime & LegalNATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER — $15,000 · Crime & LegalBaylor College of Medicine — $50,000 · EducationJoy Development School — $35,000 · EducationJUDICIAL WATCH INC — $50,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $25,000 · Public BenefitWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S HOME — $20,000 · Human ServicesMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER — $50,427 · Arts & CultureCIRCLE ARTS THEATRE INCORPORATED — $13,000 · Arts & CultureMISSION LAZARUS INC — $50,000 · InternationalCHERISH OUR CHILDREN INC — $10,000 · International
Other$10,488,288Crime & Legal$110,000Education$85,000Public Benefit$75,000Human Services$70,000Arts & Culture$63,427International$60,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER — $50,427 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMemorial Park Conservancy Inc — $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION LAZARUS INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION — $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Assessment Center Foundation — $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES INC — $45,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHouston Hospice — $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJoy Development School — $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCrime Stoppers of Houston Inc — $26,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Heart Institute — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S HOME — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER — $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCIRCLE ARTS THEATRE INCORPORATED — $13,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetCHERISH OUR CHILDREN INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH TEXAS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The John M O'Quinn Fo…Greater Houston Commu…Vivian L Smith Founda…The Elkins FoundationShell USA Company Fou…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
The John M O'Quinn FoundationTX15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The John M O'Quinn Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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