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David Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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David Family Charitable 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.

$36k
Granted FY2024still arriving
51
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Environment$89kHealth$28kEducation$24kMembership Benefit$14kArts & Culture$8kAnimals$6kPublic Safety & Disaster$6kHuman Services$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
7
States reached
$542k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROARING CREEK VALLEY CONSERVATION A$4,800
FRIENDS OF WORCESTER$3,000
ST JOHN LAND CONSERVANCY$2,000
LIVINGSTON HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION$2,000
NORTH CENTRAL PA CONSERVANCY$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
HEPATITIS B FOUNDATION$1,000
FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL CEMETERY$1,000
BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER$1,000
FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL CEMETERY$1,000
LACAWAC SANCTUARY$1,000
ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL$1,000
DOYLESTOWN HEALTH FOUNDATION$1,000
GERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL$800
PLYMOUTH MEETING FRIENDS SCHOOL$800
02The need
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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 (FY19–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIVINGSTON HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%ALL ONE CHARITIES: $2k → 15%TROLLEY CAR HELPING HANDS: $1k → 22%TROLLEY CAR HELPING HANDS: $1k → 22%TROLLEY CAR HELPING HANDS: $1k → 22%WHOSOEVER GOSPEL MISSION: $500 → 22%TROLLEY CAR HELPING HANDS: $500 → 22%WHOSOEVER GOSPEL MISSION: $500 → 22%TROLLEY CAR HELPING HANDS: $1k → 22%TROLLEY CAR HELPING HANDS: $250 → 22%INTER-FAITH HOUSING ALLIANCE: $500 → 7%INTER-FAITH HOUSING ALLIANCE: $500 → 7%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$167k · 47 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

47 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
33

Total granted

$167k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+20%

Still filing today

77%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES
    6× · 2019–2024 · $14k · revenue +392%
  • SJ
    ST JOHN LAND CONSERVANCY INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $13k · revenue +664%
  • NP
    NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $11k · revenue +865%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • AC
    ALLONE CHARITIESgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +194%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
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
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
2
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.

Recreation & Sports
3
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation

Glen foerd stewards an eclectic riverfront estate for the enjoyment and educational benefit of the community. drawing from the estate's architecture, art, material culture, and history-as well as its gardens and waterways-glen foerd…

Environment
4
The Forest Park Conservancy

To protect and restore the ecological health of forest park and marquam nature park, maintain and enhance their extensive trails networks, promote equitable access, and inspire diverse community appreciation and stewardship of these iconic…

Environment
5
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
6
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
7
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
8
The Clearwater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania Inc

To conserve and restore the natural resources through land conservation, water resources stewardship and environmental outreach across central pennsylvania.

Environment
9
Heritage Conservancy Inc

We are a community based organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of significant open spaces, natural resources, and our historic heritage.

Arts & Culture
10
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
11
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…

Environment
12
Earth Conservancy

Earth conservancy is a nonprofit organization committed to the reclamation and return of over 16,000 acres of former coal company-owned land to the region. it collaborates with local communities, government agencies, education…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy; the most unlike its peers is Worcester Historical Society. 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

63 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. 63 of the 95 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/63
Grantees still filing
47/63
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF WORCESTER: $21,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF WORCESTERST JOHN LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $12,600 · EnvironmentST JOHN LAND CONSERVANCY INCNORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $11,000 · EnvironmentNORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCYLake George Land Conservancy Inc: $8,000 · EnvironmentLake George Land Conservancy IncLACAWAC SANCTUARY FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 · EnvironmentLACAWAC SANCTUARY FOUNDATION INCWissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc: $3,200 · EnvironmentCORAL BAY COMMUNITY COUNCIL: $3,000 · Environment+10 more: $8,800 · Environment+10 moreROARING CREEK VALLEY CONSERVATION A: $15,300 · OtherROARING CREEK VALLEY CONSERVATION AFRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES: $14,288 · OtherFRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HI…PLYMOUTH MEETING FRIENDS SCHOOL: $8,100 · OtherPLYMOUTH MEETING FRIENDS SCHOOLGERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL: $4,200 · OtherGERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL+40 more: $29,570 · Other+40 moreDOYLESTOWN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthDOYLESTOWN …BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $4,631 · HealthBOSTON MEDI…HEPATITIS B FOUNDATION: $4,500 · HealthHEPATITIS B…ST JOHN RESCUE INC: $2,250 · HealthST JOHN RES…DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL: $1,000 · HealthLIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER: $750 · Health+2 more: $1,000 · HealthTROLLEY CAR HELPING HANDS: $4,750 · Human ServicesLivingston Healthcare Foundation: $2,000 · Human ServicesALLONE CHARITIES: $2,000 · Human ServicesWHOSOEVER GOSPEL MISSION AND RES CUE HOME ASSO OF GERMANTOWN: $1,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA: $1,000 · Human ServicesBACK ON MY FEET: $500 · Human ServicesJAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2,500 · EducationWISSAHICKON VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $1,050 · EducationABINGTON FRIENDS SCHOOL: $1,000 · EducationMETHACTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $900 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $500 · EducationDICKINSON COLLEGE: $500 · EducationTRINITY COLLEGE: $500 · EducationThe George Washington University: $500 · Education+1 more: $250 · EducationELK RIVER ARTS & LECTURES: $2,000 · Arts & CultureChestnut Hill Conservancy: $1,900 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $1,700 · Arts & CultureHighlands Historical Society: $1,300 · Arts & CultureMONTANA FREE PRESS: $1,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC RITTENHOUSETOWN INC: $500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $135 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL EXOTIC ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $2,000 · AnimalsANIMAL RESOURCE CENTER: $1,000 · AnimalsTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $500 · Animals
Environment$72,100Other$71,458Health$19,131Human Services$11,250Education$10,700Arts & Culture$8,535Animals$3,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFRIENDS OF WORCESTER: $21,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetFRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES: $14,288 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetST JOHN LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $12,600 over 6y, 23% of budgetNORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $11,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetPLYMOUTH MEETING FRIENDS SCHOOL: $8,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLake George Land Conservancy Inc: $8,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDOYLESTOWN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTROLLEY CAR HELPING HANDS: $4,750 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $4,631 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLACAWAC SANCTUARY FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHEPATITIS B FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc: $3,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCORAL BAY COMMUNITY COUNCIL: $3,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN RESCUE INC: $2,250 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCHESTNUT HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (PA) INC: $2,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSUNDAY SUPPERS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY: $2,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL EXOTIC ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetELK RIVER ARTS & LECTURES: $2,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLivingston Healthcare Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALLONE CHARITIES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChestnut Hill Conservancy: $1,900 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPark County Environmental Council: $1,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMONTANA CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $1,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORCESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,300 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHighlands Historical Society: $1,300 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISSAHICKON VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $1,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetABINGTON FRIENDS SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWHOSOEVER GOSPEL MISSION AND RES CUE HOME ASSO OF GERMANTOWN: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGrand Canyon River Guides Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Lands Trust Inc: $1,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTANA FREE PRESS: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL RESOURCE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETHACTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $900 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDICKINSON COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLLIES ORCHESTRA: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPhiladelphia Area Disc Alliance: $500 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 Philadelphia Foun…The William Penn Foun…Freeman Family Founda…The Arthur M Blank Fa…Solid Rock Foundation…The Nararo FoundationGlassybaby FoundationPenn Community Bank F…The Leo and Peggy Pie…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…Chubb Charitable Foun…The Bessemer Giving F…
The Philadelphia FoundationPA19.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Freeman Family Foundation · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Solid Rock Foundation Co Rosamond Stanton · The Nararo Foundation · Glassybaby Foundation · Penn Community Bank Foundation · The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund

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 David Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Sultana Education Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Trinity College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to David Family Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to David Family Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 95 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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