Texas · Private foundation
Davidson Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $33k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,005
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $729k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Davidson Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $29k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $24k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $14k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $29k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $69k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $80k | 59% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $73k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $42k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Aopa Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Taos Inc dba Stray Hearts Animal Shelter | $35,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Children's Health Defense | $30,505 | 3 | 0% |
| Angel Flight Inc Dba Angel Flight South Central | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Taos Coalition To End Homelessness Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Music Memories Austin | $14,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Wtf-Winning the Fight | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Share Our Strength | $1,030 | 1 | 0% |
| Cloud Nine Charities Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Childrens Advocacy Center for North Texas Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Aopa Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Taos Inc dba Stray Hearts Animal Shelter | $35,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Children's Health Defense | $30,505 | 3 | 0% |
| Angel Flight Inc Dba Angel Flight South Central | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Taos Coalition To End Homelessness Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Music Memories Austin | $14,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Wtf-Winning the Fight | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Share Our Strength | $1,030 | 1 | 0% |
| Cloud Nine Charities Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Childrens Advocacy Center for North Texas Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Room to Read | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kerrville Pets Alive | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ranch Hands Rescue | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trietsch Memorial United Methodist Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Community Action | $665 | 1 | 0% |
| Shelter Ministries Inc | $526 | 1 | n/a |
| Front Line Foundation Inc | $515 | 1 | n/a |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids Across America | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Holden Village | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Denton County Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Taos Feral Feline Friends | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($217k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Davidson Foundation Inc 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.
Open a dossier: Coserv Charitable Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Cross Timbers Rotary Club Charities Inc · The Henry Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Speedway Children's Charities · The Moody Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Celanese Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About Davidson Foundation Inc
- How much does Davidson Foundation Inc give?
- Davidson Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $33,035 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Davidson Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (21%), Health (19%), Public Safety & Disaster (14%).
- Who are Davidson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Aopa Foundation Inc ($60k), Humane Society of Taos Inc dba Stray Hearts Animal Shelter ($35k), Children's Health Defense ($31k).
- Does Davidson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Davidson Foundation Inc 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 Davidson Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Coserv Charitable Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Cross Timbers Rotary Club Charities Inc.
- Where is Davidson Foundation Inc based?
- Davidson Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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