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Davison Bruce Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
52
Grants FY2024
54
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$66,000
Organizations funded a year
40 to 54
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$22M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Davison Bruce Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k 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
ReligionHealthHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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 arriving52$1.1M25%
FY202354$1.1M20%
FY202254$1.2M22%
FY202146$1.1M15%
FY202050$1.2M16%
FY201949$1.1M27%
FY201846$982k28%
FY201740$759kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$2.1MReligion$1.3MHealth$1.2MYouth Development$1.1MEducation$778kInternational$617kRecreation & Sports$347kCrime & Legal$284kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
NM
TN
NC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

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

Show all 64 grantees
All grantees of Davison Bruce Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Homes of Hope for Children Inc$601,60087%
Young Life$351,08860%
Bracken Christian School of Bulverde$309,65072%
Petal Childrens Task Force Inc$250,490723%
Harmony House Domestic Violence She Inc$245,45086%
Just Keep Smiling Inc$228,500750%
Smile-A-Mile$212,20082%
Crestwood Day School Inc$198,00077%
Kids Hub$187,78184%
Rape Counselors of East Alabama Inc$173,500710%
The Foundry Ministries Inc$163,72581%
Kerusso Foundation Inc$152,500728%
Women's Hope Medical Clinic$136,50065%
Truth in Nature Inc$134,00089%
Big House$129,7127n/a
Storybook Farm Inc$128,00068%
Alabama Kidney Foundation Inc$123,50081%
Grace Auburn Church Inc$115,0006n/a
The Navigators$102,4608n/a
City on a Hill Inc$90,60051%
Marannook Inc$90,00033%
The Children's Hospital of Alabama$84,00040%
The Way 2 Serve Inc F/K/A the Way Ministries Inc$80,00087%
Child Care Resource Center Inc$78,80070%
Beloved Atlanta Inc$78,00051%
Mercy Medical Ministry$71,50026%
Sky High for Kids Inc$70,00040%
Troup Cares Inc$64,50088%
East Lake Initiative$60,00032%
Refuge 1212 Inc$48,00024%
Four Corners Ministriesinc$44,00031%
I Care Inc$40,000525%
Bloodwater Mission Inc$39,90050%
Agora Ministries Inc$37,00031%
Mitchell's Place Inc$36,00030%
Haddies Home Inc$35,50047%
Alabama Casa Network Inc$35,00031%
Immersion Outfitters Inc$33,00028%
The Oaks Collaborative$29,00022%
Hispaniola Mountain Ministries Inc$26,00012%
Crestwood Heights Academy$25,0001n/a
Advocates for Freedom$20,0001n/a
The Mission the Cross$16,50012%
Samford University$15,00010%
Cornerstone Church$15,0001n/a
Daily Bread Ministries Inc$15,00018%
Community Care Development Network$15,00012%
Butterfly Bridge Child Advocacy Cen$12,50011%
Range Of Motion Project$10,00011%
Bundles of Hope Inc$10,00010%
Stand Up and Play Foundation Inc$10,00012%
Feeding the Valley Inc$10,00010%
Hudson Family Foundation Inc$8,00033%
The Society of St Andrew Inc$7,50010%
Community Bible Study$5,20030%
College Golf Fellowship$5,00010%
Samaritan's Purse$5,00010%
The Joy of Giving Inc$4,9132n/a
Hashem Ministries$4,5001n/a
Philanthropy Southeast Inc$3,65020%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$1,92510%
The Exceptional Foundation$1,20010%
The Hope Center Inc$50010%
Bighouse Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Davison Bruce Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 56 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHomes of Hope for Children Inc: $601,600 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetYoung Life: $351,088 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBracken Christian School of Bulverde: $309,650 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetPetal Childrens Task Force Inc: $250,490 over 7y, 23% of budgetHarmony House Domestic Violence She Inc: $245,450 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetJust Keep Smiling Inc: $228,500 over 7y, 50% of budgetSmile-A-Mile: $212,200 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetCrestwood Day School Inc: $198,000 over 7y, 7.5% of budgetKids Hub: $187,781 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetRape Counselors of East Alabama Inc: $173,500 over 7y, 9.8% of budgetThe Foundry Ministries Inc: $163,725 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetKerusso Foundation Inc: $152,500 over 7y, 28% of budgetWomen's Hope Medical Clinic: $136,500 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetTruth in Nature Inc: $134,000 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetStorybook Farm Inc: $128,000 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetAlabama Kidney Foundation Inc: $123,500 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetCity on a Hill Inc: $90,600 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetMarannook Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $84,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Way 2 Serve Inc F/K/A the Way Ministries Inc: $80,000 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetChild Care Resource Center Inc: $78,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBeloved Atlanta Inc: $78,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMercy Medical Ministry: $71,500 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetSky High for Kids Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTroup Cares Inc: $64,500 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetEast Lake Initiative: $60,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetRefuge 1212 Inc: $48,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetFour Corners Ministriesinc: $44,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetI Care Inc: $40,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetBloodwater Mission Inc: $39,900 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAgora Ministries Inc: $37,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMitchell's Place Inc: $36,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHaddies Home Inc: $35,500 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetAlabama Casa Network Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetImmersion Outfitters Inc: $33,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetThe Oaks Collaborative: $29,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetHispaniola Mountain Ministries Inc: $26,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetThe Mission the Cross: $16,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSamford University: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDaily Bread Ministries Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetCommunity Care Development Network: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetButterfly Bridge Child Advocacy Cen: $12,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetRange Of Motion Project: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBundles of Hope Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetStand Up and Play Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetFeeding the Valley Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHudson Family Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetThe Society of St Andrew Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 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 56.

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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.

The Daniel Foundation of AlabamaAL28.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Scott Foundation Inc · The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Protective Life Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Altecstyslinger Foundation · The Charter Foundation Inc · Junior League of Birmingham Inc · Alfa 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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How do I get to Davison Bruce Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Davison Bruce 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 Davison Bruce Foundation

How much does Davison Bruce Foundation give?
Davison Bruce Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $1,102,200 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 54 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Davison Bruce Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Religion (15%), Health (14%).
Who are Davison Bruce Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Homes of Hope for Children Inc ($602k), Young Life ($351k), Bracken Christian School of Bulverde ($310k).
Does Davison Bruce Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Davison Bruce Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Davison Bruce Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Alabama Power Foundation Inc, Scott Foundation Inc.
Where is Davison Bruce Foundation based?
Davison Bruce Foundation is based in TN.

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 117 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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