Ohio · Private foundation
Davis-Wendell Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $6k
- Granted FY2021
- 24
- Grants FY2021
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 70%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
71% of Davis-Wendell Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to The Northern Cincinnati Foundation Fka Community Fdn Of W Chester/Liberty, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Davis-Wendell Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 17 organizations, $6k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 8
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 70% of the organizations Davis-Wendell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 23 | $6k | 70% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $5k | 61% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $5k | 52% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Jeff Community School | $7,041 | 4 | 0% |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cabrini High School | $1,285 | 3 | n/a |
| Culture Aid Nola | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Sugar Roots Farm Inc | $700 | 2 | 1% |
| Reach Out Lakota Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $440 | 2 | 0% |
| Safe Haven Farms Inc | $407 | 3 | 0% |
| High Desert Food & Farm Alliance | $400 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 36 grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($19k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Davis-Wendell Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · Shell USA Company Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Davis-Wendell Foundation
- How much does Davis-Wendell Foundation give?
- Davis-Wendell Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $6,009 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Davis-Wendell Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (53%), Education (11%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are Davis-Wendell Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Morris Jeff Community School ($7k), Gigis Playhouse Inc ($5k), Cabrini High School ($1k).
- Does Davis-Wendell Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 70% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Davis-Wendell Foundation 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-Wendell Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater New Orleans Foundation, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Baptist Community Ministries.
- Where is Davis-Wendell Foundation based?
- Davis-Wendell Foundation is based in OH.
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