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Davis Family Foundation at a glance

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Davis Family Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$12k
Granted FY2020
9
Grants FY2020
6
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Environment$8kPublic Safety & Disaster$7kYouth Development$7kHealth$5kRecreation & Sports$4kInternational$3kPhilanthropy$3kEducation$2kOther$0
02FY2020 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,061
Median grant
6
States reached
$169k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OREGON GYMNASTICS ACADEMY$3,000
THE JOURNEY HOME PROJECT$2,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS$2,000
PROVERBS 198 MINISTRIES$1,500
CHILDRENS HEART FOUNDATION$1,061
UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF SAN DIEGO$1,040
WORLD VISION$863
Individual grant recipient$282
Individual grant recipient$10
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PROVERBS 198 MINISTRIES: $2k → 10%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
IL
NY
MA
OR
CA
AZ
TN
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.

30%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12k · 3 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
12

Total granted

$12k
$17k

Still filing today

0%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
HealthEnvironmentFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • CG
    COAST GUARD TACTICAL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $7k
  • IA
    INSPIRE ACHIEVE INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $4k
  • UC
    UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k

Funded once

  • TL
    TENMILE LAKES ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2019 · $8k · revenue -89%
  • KC
    KIWANIS CLUB
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • GF
    GRAY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
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
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
2
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
3
Brightfocus Foundation

Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…

Health
4
International Myeloma Foundation

Dedicated to improving the quality of life of myeloma patients while working toward prevention and a cure.

Unclassified
5
Association for Computing Machinery Inc

We are an intl. scientific & educational org. dedicated to advancing art, science & technology.

Science & Tech
6
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
7
Mila's Miracle Foundation

The mission of mila's miracle foundation is to find and fund paths to a cure for batten and other life-threatening neurological disorders. families in this community have been pivotal in raising the necessary funds and awareness. together,…

Health
8
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

—
9
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
10
American Heart Association Inc

The american heart association's mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives.

Health
11
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
12
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Vision Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tenmile Lakes Association. 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

11 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. 11 of the 24 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COAST GUARD TACTICAL FOUNDATION: $7,100 · OtherCOAST GUARD TACTICAL FOUNDATIONINSPIRE ACHIEVE INC: $3,568 · OtherINSPIRE ACHIEVE INCKIWANIS CLUB: $3,000 · OtherKIWANIS CLUBTHE JOURNEY HOME PROJECT: $2,000 · OtherTHE JOURNEY HOME PROJECTGRAY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · OtherGRAY FOUNDATIONUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY: $1,520 · OtherUNITED CEREBRAL PALSYUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF SAN DIEGO: $1,040 · OtherCHARLOTTE AND GWENYTH GRAY FOUNDATI: $1,000 · OtherMUSTANGS MEND: $1,000 · OtherST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $1,000 · Other+8 more: $2,242 · Other+8 moreTENMILE LAKES ASSOCIATION: $7,500 · EnvironmentTENMILE LAKES ASSOC…WORLD VISION INC: $3,256 · InternationalOregon Gymnastics Academy: $3,000 · Recreation & SportsSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationPROVERBS 19 8 MINISTRIES: $1,500 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HEART FOUNDATION: $1,061 · Philanthropy
Other$25,470Environment$7,500International$3,256Recreation & Sports$3,000Education$2,000Human Services$1,500Philanthropy$1,061

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 budgetTENMILE LAKES ASSOCIATION: $7,500 over 1y, 13% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $3,256 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Gymnastics Academy: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEART FOUNDATION: $1,061 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBINKEEZ FOR COMFORT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INC: $100 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Davis Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Davis Family Foundation. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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

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    How do I get to Davis Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Davis Family 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 24 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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