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Davidson Hooker Fund at a glance

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Davidson Hooker Fund

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.

$27k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$5k
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 2025.

International$83kArts & Culture$60kHealth$22kEducation$13kReligion$4kCommunity Improvement$4kCrime & Legal$3kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$658k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$5,000
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM LOS ANGELES$4,500
BIG SUNDAY$3,500
SVA ALUMNI SOCIETY$3,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NY$3,000
FIRST DESCENTS$2,500
CROSSING THRESHOLDS INC$2,000
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY LOS ANGELES$1,500
DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND INTERNATIONAL$1,039
LOWER CAPE COMMUNICATIONS$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 (FY22–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC: $2k → 14%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

ME
NH
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
VA
DC
GA
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$145k · 10 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
13

Total granted

$145k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+18%

Still filing today

90%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEducationInternationalCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SD
    STUDENT DIPLOMACY CORPS INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $67k · revenue +25%
  • HM
    HOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA
    6× · 2019–2024 · $18k · revenue +464%
  • CT
    CROSSING THRESHOLDS INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $15k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • WB
    WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE
    one grant, 2018 · $4k
  • RU
    Regents University Of California Los
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • VP
    VIOLENCE POLICY CENTER
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +14%
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

—
3
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
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
5
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

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

Health
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
Mills College

Mills college is an independent liberal arts college for women and gender nonbinary students, with graduate programs for all genders. the college educates students to think critically and communicate responsibly and effectively, to accept…

—
9
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
10
Harvard Club of Washington Dc

To inform and enrich the intellectual lives of 20,000 alumni of harvard university in the washington, dc area and to assist harvard university with respect to applicants and undergraduates from the dc area.

Education
11
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mount Auburn Hospital. 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

28 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. 28 of the 32 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STUDENT DIPLOMACY CORPS INC: $66,895 · InternationalSTUDENT DIPLOMACY CORPS INCPEN AMERICA LOS ANGELES FKA PEN CENTER USA WEST: $17,000 · OtherPEN AMERICA LOS ANGELES FKA PEN …THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION: $7,500 · OtherTHE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDA…CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY LOS ANGELES: $4,975 · OtherCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY LOS ANG…HOLOCAUST MUSEUM LOS ANGELES: $4,500 · OtherHOLOCAUST MUSEUM LOS ANGELESWILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE: $3,600 · OtherWILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLEREGENTS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANG: $3,550 · OtherREGENTS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA…Regents University Of California Los: $3,000 · OtherUS NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR UN WOMEN: $2,000 · OtherFIRST DESCENTS: $2,500 · OtherKARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC: $2,000 · Other+5 more: $5,738 · Other+5 moreHOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA: $17,500 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MUSEUM LAMuseum of Modern Art: $8,511 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern ArtSVA ALUMNI SOCIETY INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureSVA ALUMNI SOCIETY IN…ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $2,895 · Arts & CultureARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM …PEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $2,500 · Arts & CulturePEN AMERICAN CENTER I…COMMON SENSE MEDIA: $1,750 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCROSSING THRESHOLDS INC: $14,568 · EducationCROSSING TH…UCLA FOUNDATION: $5,950 · EducationUCLA FOUNDA…+1 more: $225 · EducationPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $3,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 · HealthMOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL: $2,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $1,000 · HealthBig Sunday: $3,500 · Community ImprovementVIOLENCE POLICY CENTER: $3,000 · Crime & Legal
International$66,895Other$56,363Arts & Culture$37,156Education$20,743Health$8,500Community Improvement$3,500Crime & Legal$3,000

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 budgetSTUDENT DIPLOMACY CORPS INC: $66,895 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA: $17,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPEN AMERICA LOS ANGELES FKA PEN CENTER USA WEST: $17,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetCROSSING THRESHOLDS INC: $14,568 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $8,511 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $5,950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY LOS ANGELES: $4,975 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBig Sunday: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSVA ALUMNI SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $2,895 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUS NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR UN WOMEN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON SENSE MEDIA: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARION INSTITUTE INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCIRCLE PROGRAM: $1,475 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $1,039 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOWER CAPE COMMUNICATIONS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSICA SACRA OF NEW YORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMaine Community Foundation Inc: $724 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISS HALL'S SCHOOL INC: $225 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.

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.

National Philanthropi…California Community …Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA12× affinity10 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · California Community Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Hooker Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Davidson Hooker Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Mount Auburn Hospital: 5% of income from government
  • The Marion Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report 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.

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 32 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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