· Private foundation
Day Family Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
97% of Day Family Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation Of Greater Birmingham, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Day Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 15 organizations, $40k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k21 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| REJOICE AND HOPE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL | $10,000 |
| OPERA BIRMINGHAM | $5,000 |
| FREEDOM RAIN INC - THE LOVELADY CENTER | $5,000 |
| MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER | $3,334 |
| CREATE BIRMINGHAM | $2,500 |
| TRIUMPH SERVICE | $1,500 |
| FROST VALLEY YMCA | $1,500 |
| CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE ADVENT | $1,000 |
| FORESTBURGH FIRE HOUSE | $1,000 |
| FAMILY CONNECTIONS | $1,000 |
| LES DAMES D'ESCOFFIER INTERNATIONAL BIRMINGHAM | $1,000 |
| AMERICAN MUSEUM OF FLY FISHING | $1,000 |
| SAVE BARNEGAT BAY | $1,000 |
| GRACE HOUSE MINISTRIES | $1,000 |
| MCWANE SCIENCE CENTER | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 30% of Day Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2020, 0 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FVFROST VALLEY YMCA3× · 2019–2021 · $5k · revenue +34%
- GHGRACE HOUSE MINISTRIES INC3× · 2019–2021 · $3k · revenue +237%
SAVE BARNEGAT BAY INC2× · 2019–2020 · $2k · revenue +139%
Funded once
- TSTHE SOCIETY OF MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTERone grant, 2019 · $8k
- MCMCWANE CENTERone grant, 2019 · $1k
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.
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.
Bainbridge island museum of art (bima) inspires curiosity, wonder and understanding by connecting people with the contemporary art and craft of the puget sound region.
Operation of a nautical history museum.
The museum is an educational corporation formed to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science.
We collect, preserve, display, and interpret the maritime history, culture and art of the columbia river, its tributaries, and the waters of the north pacific for the education and enjoyment of the public.
To foster an appreciation of the quality and diversity of life on cape ann, past and present; to further the knowledge and enjoyment of cape ann history and art; to collect and preserve significant information and artifacts; and to…
Creating excellent exhibits and educational experiences that celebrate the santa barbara channel and illuminate our rich connections with the sea.
The Museum engages the community in exploring the diversity of our whaling heritage and its impacts to enrich and inform our lives.
Fernbank museum of natural history inspires a lifelong learning of natural history through immersive programming and unmatched experiences to encourage a greater appreciation of our planet and its inhabitants. fernbank is dedicated to…
To preserve and interpret the maritime history and heritage of biloxi and the mississippi gulf coast.
The southampton history museum preserves and promotes the history and culture of southampton by engaging diverse audiences in our shared heritage.
The florence griswold museum seeks to promote a greater understanding of connecticut's contribution to american art and history through public exhibitions and educational programs.
The mission of the chesapeake bay maritime museum cbmm is to preserve and explore the history, environment, and people of the chesapeake bay. the vision of the chesapeake bay maritime museum is to be the premier see sched o
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 27 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM ↗
- Who funds Rejoice and Hope Ministries International ↗
- Who funds OPERA BIRMINGHAM INC ↗
- Who funds FROST VALLEY YMCA ↗
- Who funds GRACE HOUSE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF FLY FISHING INC ↗
- Who funds CREATE BIRMINGHAM ↗
- Who funds SAVE BARNEGAT BAY INC ↗
- Who funds TRIUMPH SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY CONNECTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds Episcopal Preaching Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds MCWANE SCIENCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds New Jersey Museum of Boating ↗
- Who funds JUPITER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
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: Protective Life Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · The Hugh Kaul Foundation · Robert R Meyer Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Day Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Day Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Family Connections Inc: 83% of income from government
How this is measured
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