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Clive J Davis Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$34k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$102kHealth$81kPhilanthropy$33kSocial Science$20kArts & Culture$15kCivil Rights$15kEnvironment$6kFood & Nutrition$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$363k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SIERRA CANYON SCHOOL$10,000
CROSSROADS SCHOOL$10,000
UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK$10,000
HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST$1,000
BROADWAY CARES EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS$1,000
THE ACTING COMPANY$1,000
THE FUND FOR PARK AVENUE$1,000
THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$100
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 (FY20–23, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%LIVING LEGENDS FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION: $1k → 17%TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE: $1k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $1k → 17%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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$165k · 10 repeat orgs$99k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
19

Total granted

$165k
$99k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+37%

Still filing today

70%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEnvironmentInternationalOther

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

  • TL
    THE LAURENCE SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2021 · $45k · revenue +67%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    4× · 2019–2024 · $32k · revenue +27%
  • SC
    SIERRA CANYON SCHOOL
    4× · 2020–2024 · $30k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • NH
    NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -21%
  • NL
    NYU LANGONE HEALTH
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • OF
    OPEN FUTURE INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +33%

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
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
2
Open New York Education Inc

Open new york education, inc. supports public education, awareness, and engagement around housing issues to help build a movement for a more abundant and inclusive new york.

Housing & Shelter
3
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
4
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
5
New York Road Runners Inc

As a new york city based nonprofit, we're dedicated to transforming the health and well-being of our communities through inclusive and accessible running experiences, empowering all to achieve their potential.

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6
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Stonewall Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. 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 32 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%0%<5yr15%13%5–10yr20%13%10–20yr19%35%20–35yr11%22%35–55yr13%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr15%2%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr19%46%20–35yr11%17%35–55yr13%32%55yr+

The field is 23% 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 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/23
the rest of the field
14%
10,681/76,547

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

23 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. 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE LAURENCE SCHOOL — $45,000 · EducationTHE LAURENCE SCHOOLSIERRA CANYON SCHOOL — $30,000 · EducationSIERRA CANYON SCHOOLCROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES — $20,000 · EducationCROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCESHorace Mann School — $5,000 · Education+1 more — $500 · EducationNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION — $50,000 · HealthNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDA…NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $5,000 · HealthNEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR RE…+2 more — $1,100 · HealthHARVARD LAW SCHOOL — $20,000 · OtherHARVARD LAW SCHOOLNYU LANGONE HEALTH — $20,000 · OtherNYU LANGONE HEALTHTHE ACTING COMPANY — $5,000 · OtherTHE ACTING COMPANYHUMAN RIGHTS FIRST — $5,000 · OtherHUMAN RIGHTS FIRST+14 more — $13,000 · Other+14 moreUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $32,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH…STONEWALL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Civil RightsOPEN FUTURE INSTITUTE — $7,500 · Arts & CultureFUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC — $5,000 · Environment
Education$100,500Health$56,100Other$63,000Philanthropy$32,000Civil Rights$10,000Arts & Culture$7,500Environment$5,000

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 budgetNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAURENCE SCHOOL — $45,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $32,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CANYON SCHOOL — $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTONEWALL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetOPEN FUTURE INSTITUTE — $7,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC — $5,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHorace Mann School — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS FIRST — $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING LEGENDS FOUNDATION — $1,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRICHARD J CARON FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLiteracy Partners Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOUND RIDGE LAND CONSERVANCY INC — $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Jewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY11.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Clive J Davis 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 · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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