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Davis Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
92
Grants FY2024
92
Organizations funded FY2023
22%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
66 to 92
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$21M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Davis Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionReligionOther
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 arriving88$1.0M17%
FY202392$273k22%
FY202281$322k19%
FY202182$269k32%
FY202077$224k21%
FY201972$247k44%
FY201866$238kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$817kEducation$406kReligion$276kHealth$194kFood & Nutrition$144kHuman Services$138kYouth Development$85kEnvironment$84kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
PA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 112 grantees
All grantees of Davis Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Clemson University Foundation$261,00070%
The Citadel Foundation$90,00030%
Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries$59,60070%
American Battlefield Trust$45,00040%
Lowcountry Food Bank Inc$41,60070%
Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont Inc$37,50070%
Upper Savannah Land Trust$29,50076%
Historic Charleston Foundation$26,00030%
Water Missions International$25,72370%
Mount Horeb Church$24,0001n/a
Hospice House of Greenville$22,50062%
Greenwood Performing Arts Inc Sanders$22,00057%
The Museum - Greenwood Sc$21,50062%
Lead Collective Inccha$21,50072%
Greenwood Community Theatre Inc$21,00071%
Harry Hampton Wildlife Memorial Fund$20,00021%
South Carolina Network$20,0002n/a
Harvest Hope Food Bank$19,00070%
Meals on Wheels of Greenville Inc$19,00050%
One-Eighty Place$17,50070%
Greenwood Pathway House Inc$17,00050%
Faith Home Inc$17,00070%
Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County Sc Inc$15,00030%
Epworth Children's Home$14,50070%
Food Bank of Greenwood County$14,00071%
Piedmont Technical College Founda- Tion Inc$13,00070%
Darkness to Light Inc$12,50060%
American Heart Association Inc$12,50040%
Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation$12,30020%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$12,00070%
Blood Cancer United Inc$11,50030%
The Greenwood Promise LLC$11,00060%
Prisma Health-Upstate$11,00030%
Southeastern Wildlife Exposition Inc$10,00010%
Meg's House$10,00070%
Cambridge Academy Inc$10,00050%
Beaufort County Open Land Trust$9,50070%
Child Abuse Prevention Association$9,50030%
The Care House of the Pee Dee Inc$9,00060%
Lowcountry Land Trust Inc$8,50070%
The Village Group$8,25040%
United Way of the Lakelands$8,00011%
Historic Columbia Foundation$8,00060%
The Lander Foundation$8,00060%
American Cancer Society Inc$8,00060%
Hopeful Horizons$7,50030%
South Carolina I-77 Alliance$7,50010%
Beyond Abuse$6,10050%
East Cooper Meals on Wheels Inc$6,00030%
My Sister's House Inc$6,00030%
Trident United Way$6,00060%
Island Time Music Festival$6,000144%
Friends of Fisher House Charleston$5,75031%
Self Regional Healthcare Foundation$5,46520%
Neighbors Together Inc$5,00010%
Mobile Meals of Spartanburg County Inc$5,00010%
Sustain South Carolina Intersection of Commerce and Conservation$5,00010%
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation$4,50030%
Idefine Inc$4,5002n/a
The North Eastern Strategic Allianceinc$4,50030%
Greenwood Genetic Center Foundation$4,00020%
Humane Society of Greenwood$3,75060%
Engineering Ministries International USA$3,70020%
Healthy Learners$3,50050%
Lakelands Region Young Mens Christian Association$3,50040%
Rotary Charities Inc$3,00035%
McCormick Arts Council at the Keturah Inc$2,55011%
Lead Upstate Inc$2,50012%
The Logos Tutoring Program$2,50011%
East Cooper Community Outreach$2,50010%
OneWorld Health$2,50010%
Greenwood Community Improvement Foundation$2,50012%
Michael Spano Foundation Inc$2,0001n/a
Due West Robotics$2,00021%
Holy Trinity Classical Christian School Inc$2,00020%
Oliver Gospel Mission$2,00020%
Charleston Inauguration Committee$2,00013%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,50020%
Uptown Greenwood Local Development Corporation$1,5001n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry Inc$1,50010%
Young Life$1,50010%
City of Greenwood$1,5001n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Carolinas Inc$1,50010%
Palmetto Economic Development Corp Dba South Carolina Power Team$1,50010%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$1,00010%
The South Carolina Historical Society$1,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Sc Inc$1,00010%
York Technical College Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Dutch Fork High School Touch Down Club Inc$1,00020%
Project Hope Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Greenwood Festival Chorale Inc$5502n/a
Down Syndrome Association of the Lowcountry$50011%
Community Initiatives Inc$50010%
Youth Empowerment Services Inc$50011%
First Tee Greater Charleston$50010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$50010%
Idlehurst Foundation$5001n/a
The South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$50010%
Programs for Exceptional People$50010%
Carolina Children's Charity Inc$50010%
Florence Area Humane Society$50010%
Mission Lexington$50010%
My Preemie and Yours$5001n/a
Service Dogs for Veterans$25010%
All for Him Ministries Inc$2501n/a
National Kidney Foundation Inc$25010%
Julie Valentine Center$25010%
Dorchester Heritage Center Inc$25010%
Alconon Inc$25013%
Richard Winn Academy$15010%
Wings for Kids$10010%
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 78 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Davis Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 102 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetClemson University Foundation: $261,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Citadel Foundation: $90,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetConnie Maxwell Children's Ministries: $59,600 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLowcountry Food Bank Inc: $41,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont Inc: $37,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUpper Savannah Land Trust: $29,500 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetHistoric Charleston Foundation: $26,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWater Missions International: $25,723 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHospice House of Greenville: $22,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetGreenwood Performing Arts Inc Sanders: $22,000 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetThe Museum - Greenwood Sc: $21,500 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetLead Collective Inccha: $21,500 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetGreenwood Community Theatre Inc: $21,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetHarry Hampton Wildlife Memorial Fund: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHarvest Hope Food Bank: $19,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Greenville Inc: $19,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOne-Eighty Place: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGreenwood Pathway House Inc: $17,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFaith Home Inc: $17,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greenville County Sc Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEpworth Children's Home: $14,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Greenwood County: $14,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetPiedmont Technical College Founda- Tion Inc: $13,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetDarkness to Light Inc: $12,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBeaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation: $12,300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Greenwood Promise LLC: $11,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPrisma Health-Upstate: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheastern Wildlife Exposition Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMeg's House: $10,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCambridge Academy Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBeaufort County Open Land Trust: $9,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetChild Abuse Prevention Association: $9,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Care House of the Pee Dee Inc: $9,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLowcountry Land Trust Inc: $8,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Village Group: $8,250 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of the Lakelands: $8,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHistoric Columbia Foundation: $8,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Lander Foundation: $8,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHopeful Horizons: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Carolina I-77 Alliance: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBeyond Abuse: $6,100 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEast Cooper Meals on Wheels Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMy Sister's House Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% 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 102.

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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.

Central Carolina Community FoundationSC49.7× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central Carolina Community Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Countybank Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · First Citizens Foundation Inc Co First · The Self Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · The Joanna Foundation · Dabo's All in Team 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.

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About Davis Family Foundation Inc

How much does Davis Family Foundation Inc give?
Davis Family Foundation Inc reported 92 grants totaling $1,019,032 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 66 and 92 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Davis Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (31%), Education (15%), Religion (10%).
Who are Davis Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Clemson University Foundation ($261k), The Citadel Foundation ($90k), Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries ($60k).
Does Davis Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Davis Family 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 Davis Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Carolina Community Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, Countybank Foundation.
Where is Davis Family Foundation Inc based?
Davis Family Foundation Inc is based in SC.

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 192 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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