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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 FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$92kHealth$80kPublic Safety & Disaster$60kHousing & Shelter$39kAnimals$37kPhilanthropy$31kReligion$18kInternational$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$4,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$729k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE$10,005
AOPA FOUNDATION$10,000
BONTON FARMS$5,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY$4,000
NO KID HUNGRY$1,030
KERRVILLE PETS ALIVE$1,000
O'DONNELL-COOKSON LIFE CELEBRATION HOME$1,000
TRIETSCH MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$1,000
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 (FY17–20, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOLDEN VILLAGE: $500 → 9%CLOUD 9 CHARITIES: $1k → 8%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

WA
MN
IL
OH
NJ
CA
MO
MD
NM
AR
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$390k · 19 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
22

Total granted

$390k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+107%

Still filing today

37%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterPublic Safety & DisasterEducationOther
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

  • TA
    THE AOPA FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $60k · revenue +85%
  • HS
    Humane Society of Taos Inc dba Stray Hearts Animal Shelter
    4× · 2019–2022 · $35k · revenue +8%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE
    3× · 2020–2025 · $31k · revenue +123%

Funded once

  • AW
    ANNA WOODS BENEFIT FOR UKRAINE
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $4k
  • D
    DOBRA
    one grant, 2024 · $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
Central Texas Spca

Rescue neglected, unwanted homeless dogs and cats nurture and provide shelter until they are placed with a forever family strive to reduce animal overpopulation prevent cruelty to animals teach responsible pet ownership through an outreach…

Animals
2
Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society Inc

To support animals, save lives, and spread compassion.

Animals
3
Casa of Williamson County Texas

CASA of Williamson County, TX exists to empower community volunteers to advocate for children who have experienced abuse or neglect to find loving, safe, and permanent homes.

Crime & Legal
4
Rancho Coastal Humane Society

See schedule orancho coastal is dedicated to the rescue and shelter of abandoned companion animals. it encourages adoptions into loving homes and provides educational and community outreach programs designed to enhance the human-animal…

Animals
5
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Travis County

To promote and protect the best interest of children who have been abused or neglected by empowering volunteers to advocate for their safety, well-being, and for opportunities to thrive.

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6
Central Texas Animal Sanctuary

Animal rescue and rehabilitation

Animals
7
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc

The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…

Animals
8
Casa of Central Texas Inc

Advocates for children

Civil Rights
9
Camano Animal Shelter Association

To provide care and housing for impounded, surrendered and stray animals on camano island.

Animals
10
One Tail At a Time West Texas

One tail at a time west texas otat wtx serves the rural communities of west texas by supporting animal shelter operations rescuing and sheltering homeless unwanted companion animals dogs and cats primarily arranging their veterinary care…

Animals
11
Casa of South Texas Inc

Child Advocacy

Human Services
12
Child Abuse Network Inc dba Child Advocacy Network

In Tulsa County there are several agencies that address prevention and treatment of child abuse, but the Child Advocacy Network (CAN) is the ONLY nonprofit that provides intervention services for children and their nonoffending…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Christian Community Action; the most unlike its peers is Music Memories Austin. 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

20 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. 20 of the 46 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $70,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBLUE SKY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherBLUE SKY FOUNDATIONBONTON FARMS: $20,000 · OtherBONTON FARMSTAOS MEN'S SHELTER: $17,500 · OtherTAOS MEN'S SHELTERHEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $17,500 · OtherHEIFER INTERNATIONALTMUMC: $16,000 · OtherTMUMCMusic Memories Austin: $14,000 · OtherMusic Memories AustinIndividual grant recipient: $12,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,500 · Other+25 more: $40,245 · Other+25 moreTHE AOPA FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE AOPA FOUNDAT…Humane Society of Taos Inc dba Stray Hearts Animal Shelter: $35,000 · AnimalsHumane Soc…+3 more: $2,250 · Animals+3 moreCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $30,505 · EnvironmentANGEL FLIGHT INC DBA ANGEL FLIGHT SOUTH CENTRAL: $20,000 · HealthWTF-WINNING THE FIGHT: $7,500 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthTaos Coalition To End Homelessness Inc: $20,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $665 · Housing & ShelterTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $4,000 · Philanthropy
Other$238,745Public Safety & Disaster$60,000Animals$37,250Environment$30,505Health$28,000Housing & Shelter$20,665Philanthropy$4,000

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 budgetTHE AOPA FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Taos Inc dba Stray Hearts Animal Shelter: $35,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $30,505 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetANGEL FLIGHT INC DBA ANGEL FLIGHT SOUTH CENTRAL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTaos Coalition To End Homelessness Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetMusic Memories Austin: $14,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $1,030 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLOUD NINE CHARITIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER FOR NORTH TEXAS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROOM TO READ: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION: $665 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS ACROSS AMERICA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHolden Village: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF DENTON COUNTY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTAOS FERAL FELINE FRIENDS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds THE AOPA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane Society of Taos Inc dba Stray Hearts Animal Shelter ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE ↗
  • Who funds ANGEL FLIGHT INC DBA ANGEL FLIGHT SOUTH CENTRAL ↗
  • Who funds Taos Coalition To End Homelessness Inc ↗
  • Who funds Music Memories Austin ↗
  • Who funds WTF-WINNING THE FIGHT ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
  • Who funds CLOUD NINE CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER FOR NORTH TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds ROOM TO READ ↗
  • Who funds KERRVILLE PETS ALIVE ↗
  • Who funds Ranch Hands Rescue ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION ↗
  • Who funds PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS ACROSS AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds Holden Village ↗

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.

Coserv Charitable Fou…Communities Foundatio…Cross Timbers Rotary …The Henry FoundationThe Rees-Jones Founda…Speedway Children's C…The Moody FoundationCommunity Foundation …Celanese FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…
Coserv Charitable FoundationTX15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    4report 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
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Davidson Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Davidson Foundation Inc 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 46 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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