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Maine · Public charity

Davis Educational Foundation

To strengthen the undergraduate programs of public and private, regionally accredited baccalaureate degree granting colleges and universities located in New England through grants.

$3.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2024
14
Organizations funded FY2023
7%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$159,790
Largest grant, FY2024
$322,148
Organizations funded a year
14 to 72
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$130M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 7% of the organizations Davis Educational Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $282k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationScience & TechOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving19$3.4M21%
FY202314$2.0M7%
FY202222$3.9M23%
FY202129$3.9M24%
FY202072$6.2M46%
FY201923$2.4M65%
FY201824$2.8M92%
FY201727$4.6Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$29MEmployment$723kEnvironment$529kScience & Tech$260kHealth$108kFood & Nutrition$10k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University System of New Hampshire$1,655,3815n/a
University of Maine System Inc$1,364,7787n/a
Lasell University$1,352,67561%
University of Massachusetts$1,323,5225n/a
Community College of Vermont - Montpelier$1,191,9206n/a
Eastern Connecticut State University$839,7936n/a
The Boston Consortium for Higher Educati$833,000238%
Southern New Hampshire University$681,40030%
College of Our Lady of the Elms$567,62721%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College$564,5283n/a
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All grantees of Davis Educational Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University System of New Hampshire$1,655,3815n/a
University of Maine System Inc$1,364,7787n/a
Lasell University$1,352,67561%
University of Massachusetts$1,323,5225n/a
Community College of Vermont - Montpelier$1,191,9206n/a
Eastern Connecticut State University$839,7936n/a
The Boston Consortium for Higher Educati$833,000238%
Southern New Hampshire University$681,40030%
College of Our Lady of the Elms$567,62721%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College$564,5283n/a
Merrimack College$554,60340%
Cape Cod Community College$504,7832n/a
Rivier University$464,12830%
Babson College$450,00030%
Bennington College Corporation$385,00040%
American Association of Colleges and Universities$372,7571n/a
Salve Regina University$368,07540%
Trustees of Tufts College$353,34530%
Rhode Island School of Design$350,24720%
University of New England$344,80020%
University of New Haven$337,58220%
Bryant University$328,59630%
New England College$326,27530%
Unity Environmental University$316,00021%
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$313,09840%
Simmons University$309,75020%
Thomas College$304,19730%
Forum for the Future of Higher Education$300,000118%
Westfield State University$298,7101n/a
The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc$297,00010%
The Trustees of the Smith College$285,77330%
Champlain College Incorporated$281,70410%
Northeastern University$274,99820%
Salem State University$274,3741n/a
Bowdoin College$274,30020%
Albertus Magnus College$273,80021%
Worcester State University$265,0002n/a
Springfield College$264,69510%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$263,00020%
Johnson & Wales University$262,34520%
Marine Biological Laboratory$249,89811%
Colby-Sawyer College$244,58310%
Franklin Pierce University$243,80020%
Trustees of Boston College$234,79020%
Roger Williams University$234,54910%
Gordon College$231,03330%
Wheaton College$225,00010%
Boston Library Consortium Inc$225,000311%
Emerson College$213,71310%
Husson University$207,00010%
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College$203,60020%
New England Board of Higher Education$200,0002n/a
Southern Ct State University$197,4742n/a
Cambridge College Inc$194,72920%
Lesley University$193,34910%
Saint Michael's College$193,00030%
University of Hartford$192,78010%
Bridgewater State University$192,5551n/a
Trustees of Clark University$183,09520%
Dean College$180,15010%
Emmanuel College$179,40020%
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Inc$178,56120%
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Foundation$176,00014%
Curry College$174,03830%
Regis College$172,92610%
Western New England University$166,70420%
Trustees of Boston University$165,00020%
Montserrat College Of Art Inc$160,00011%
Endicott College$158,76230%
Norwich University$158,70010%
College of the Atlantic$153,35520%
Berklee College of Music Inc$150,00010%
Central Ct State University$150,0001n/a
Wesleyan University$144,00020%
Amherst College Trustees$142,40010%
Becker College$140,10020%
Maine College of Art and Design$138,50021%
Stonehill College Inc$133,20020%
University of Saint Joseph$131,97020%
Marlboro College$130,00011%
Colleges of the Fenway Inc$129,50023%
Fairfield University$123,75030%
Quinnipiac University$118,26520%
Sterling College$107,80031%
The Sisters of Saint Ann Inc$100,96030%
Bay Path University$100,00010%
Landmark College Inc$99,36220%
Five Colleges Incorporated$84,70011%
New Hampshire College & University Council$75,00018%
Trustees of Saint Joseph's College Saint Joseph's College of Maine$44,10010%
Connecticut College$42,41030%
University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement$35,00020%
President and Trustees of Bates College$35,00020%
Boston Architectural College$35,00020%
Bentley University$35,00020%
McPhs University$30,00010%
Wellesley College$25,00010%
Saint Anselm College$25,00010%
Hampshire College Trustees$25,00010%
Laboure College of Healthcare Inc$25,00010%
Nichols College$25,00010%
Maine Maritime Academy$25,0001n/a
The President and Trustees of Colby College$25,00010%
Providence College$25,00010%
Suffolk University$25,00010%
Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross$25,00010%
Trinity College$20,00010%
Mitchell College$20,00020%
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc$17,99010%
Green Mountain Higher Education Consortium Inc$10,00010%
Newbury College Inc$10,00010%
Metropolitan Bridgeport Inc$10,00010%
Western Connecticut State University$10,0001n/a
American International College$10,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Davis Educational Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 97 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLasell University: $1,352,675 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetThe Boston Consortium for Higher Educati: $833,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetSouthern New Hampshire University: $681,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of Our Lady of the Elms: $567,627 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMerrimack College: $554,603 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRivier University: $464,128 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBabson College: $450,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBennington College Corporation: $385,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSalve Regina University: $368,075 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $353,345 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRhode Island School of Design: $350,247 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of New England: $344,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of New Haven: $337,582 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBryant University: $328,596 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNew England College: $326,275 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUnity Environmental University: $316,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSacred Heart University Incorporated: $313,098 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSimmons University: $309,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThomas College: $304,197 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetForum for the Future of Higher Education: $300,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetThe University of Connecticut Foundation Inc: $297,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Trustees of the Smith College: $285,773 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChamplain College Incorporated: $281,704 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNortheastern University: $274,998 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBowdoin College: $274,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlbertus Magnus College: $273,800 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSpringfield College: $264,695 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $263,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJohnson & Wales University: $262,345 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMarine Biological Laboratory: $249,898 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetColby-Sawyer College: $244,583 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFranklin Pierce University: $243,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTrustees of Boston College: $234,790 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRoger Williams University: $234,549 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGordon College: $231,033 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWheaton College: $225,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBoston Library Consortium Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetEmerson College: $213,713 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHusson University: $207,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: $203,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCambridge College Inc: $194,729 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLesley University: $193,349 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSaint Michael's College: $193,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Hartford: $192,780 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Clark University: $183,095 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDean College: $180,150 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEmmanuel College: $179,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFranklin W Olin College of Engineering Inc: $178,561 over 2y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 97.

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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 Collegiate A…Miller Ua Morey & Hel…O'Meara Foundation IncThe George I Alden Tr…Fidelity FoundationFrederic E Skillings …Vera Grace Greenlaw T…Ralph & Helen Kelley …Council of Independen…Albert H & Reuben S S…Wheeler Clinic IncCommunity Foundation …
National Collegiate Athletic AssociationIN32.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Collegiate Athletic Association · Miller Ua Morey & Helen Schol · O'Meara Foundation Inc · The George I Alden Trust · Fidelity Foundation · Frederic E Skillings Trust Uw · Vera Grace Greenlaw Trust Portland Trust Co LLC · Ralph & Helen Kelley Fdn · Council of Independent Colleges · Albert H & Reuben S Stone Fund · Wheeler Clinic Inc · Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

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.

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How do I get to Davis Educational Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Davis Educational 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.

About Davis Educational Foundation

How much does Davis Educational Foundation give?
Davis Educational Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $3,426,585 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 72 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Davis Educational Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (95%), Employment (2%), Environment (2%).
Who are Davis Educational Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University System of New Hampshire ($1.7M), University of Maine System Inc ($1.4M), Lasell University ($1.4M).
Does Davis Educational Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Davis Educational Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Collegiate Athletic Association, Miller Ua Morey & Helen Schol, O'Meara Foundation Inc.
Where is Davis Educational Foundation based?
Davis Educational Foundation is based in ME.

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 119 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 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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