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Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2020.

Philanthropy$10MHealth$210kCrime & Legal$146kHousing & Shelter$85kPublic Benefit$75kRecreation & Sports$71kArts & Culture$63kHuman Services$59kOther$0
02FY2020 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its 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 its 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
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +9% for those 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

+49%
+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 BenefitHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. 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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mission Lazarus Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION LAZARUS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% 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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

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

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles & Melissa Davis Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's 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
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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