Texas · Private foundation
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
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $10,032,288
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 100% of the organizations Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 3 | $10M | 100% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $451k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $433k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Media Research Center | $50,427 | 2 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Memorial Park Conservancy Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Star of Hope Mission | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mission Lazarus Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Children's Assessment Center Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Child Advocates Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Media Research Center | $50,427 | 2 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Memorial Park Conservancy Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Star of Hope Mission | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mission Lazarus Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Children's Assessment Center Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Child Advocates Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Houston Hospice | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Joy Development School | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Crime Stoppers of Houston Inc | $26,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Scripps Health | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Heart Institute | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Women's Home | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Legal and Policy Center | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Circle Arts Theatre Incorporated | $13,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Cherish Our Children Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Goodwill Industries of South Texas Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($10M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
Compare Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation
- How much does Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation give?
- Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $10,067,288 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
- What does Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (92%), Health (2%), Crime & Legal (1%).
- Who are Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2020: Media Research Center ($50k), Baylor College of Medicine ($50k), Memorial Park Conservancy Inc ($50k).
- Does Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The John M O'Quinn Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Vivian L Smith Foundation.
- Where is Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation based?
- Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation is based in TX.
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