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Donald D & Elaine F Davis Trust

$23k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
13
Grants FY2024
18
Organizations funded FY2023
56%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$424
Largest grant, FY2024
$9,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 39
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$342

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Donald D & Elaine F Davis Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesPhilanthropyEnvironmentHealthEducationArts & CultureOther
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 arriving13$23k62%
FY202318$29k56%
FY202220$28k40%
FY202120$18k50%
FY202025$190k52%
FY201824$218k38%
FY201739$168kn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$513kReligion$45kHealth$45kPhilanthropy$29kArts & Culture$12kHuman Services$7kInternational$3kCivil Rights$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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DC
HI
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Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Brigham Young University$268,9103n/a
Southern Virginia University$206,50030%
Hasten the Work$36,500679%
The Focus Foundation Inc$26,00019%
Utah Tech University$20,1883n/a
Rising Star Outreach Inc$14,49370%
Friends of Switchpoint Inc$5,60030%
St George Musical Theater$5,00050%
Empower Playgrounds Inc$3,00050%
United We Pledge$2,60010%
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All grantees of Donald D & Elaine F Davis Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Brigham Young University$268,9103n/a
Southern Virginia University$206,50030%
Hasten the Work$36,500679%
The Focus Foundation Inc$26,00019%
Utah Tech University$20,1883n/a
Rising Star Outreach Inc$14,49370%
Friends of Switchpoint Inc$5,60030%
St George Musical Theater$5,00050%
Empower Playgrounds Inc$3,00050%
United We Pledge$2,60010%
Utah Food Bank$1,65060%
Encircle Family and Youth Resource Center$1,00010%
Youth Futures$70020%
Goucher College$65050%
Doctors' Volunteer Clinic$55010%
Beaver Brook Association Inc$50010%
ATime4Us Foundation Inc$50011%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$50030%
Challenger Basic School Inc$42410%
Fairways for Freedom Inc$40010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$35030%
Rescue Mission of Salt Lake Inc$30020%
The Montessori Foundation Inc$22010%
St Labre Indian School$2002n/a
Crossroads of the West Council Inc Boy Scouts of America 590$20020%
St Josephs Indian School$1852n/a
University of Utah$1602n/a
Utah Valley Refugees Inc$10010%
Mercy Chefs Inc$10010%
Blue Butterfly House$1001n/a
Volunteer Firefighter Alliance Inc$10010%
Kayenta Arts Foundation$10010%
Salt Lake City Mission$1001n/a
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$7010%
Adopt a Platoon Soldier Support Effort Inc$5010%
Special Olympics Inc$5010%
Star Valley Search and Rescue$501n/a
National Park Foundation$5010%
National Pro-Life Alliance Inc$5010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$5010%
National Parks Conservation Association$5010%
Leadership Institute$501n/a
United States Fund for Unicef$2510%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$2510%
Chefs Stopping Aapi Hate$2510%
March of Dimes Inc$251n/a
Thayne Senior Center$2510%
National Arbor Day Foundation$2010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Donald D & Elaine F Davis Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSouthern Virginia University: $206,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHasten the Work: $36,500 over 6y, 79% of budgetThe Focus Foundation Inc: $26,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetRising Star Outreach Inc: $14,493 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Switchpoint Inc: $5,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt George Musical Theater: $5,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetEmpower Playgrounds Inc: $3,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUnited We Pledge: $2,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUtah Food Bank: $1,650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEncircle Family and Youth Resource Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Futures: $700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGoucher College: $650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDoctors' Volunteer Clinic: $550 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBeaver Brook Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATime4Us Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChallenger Basic School Inc: $424 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFairways for Freedom Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRescue Mission of Salt Lake Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Montessori Foundation Inc: $220 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrossroads of the West Council Inc Boy Scouts of America 590: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUtah Valley Refugees Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Chefs Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVolunteer Firefighter Alliance Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKayenta Arts Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $70 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt a Platoon Soldier Support Effort Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Pro-Life Alliance Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChefs Stopping Aapi Hate: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThayne Senior Center: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Arbor Day Foundation: $20 over 1y, 0.0% 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 38.

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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 Community Foundation of UtahUT21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Utah · Wade Family Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Miner Foundation · Ihc Health Services Inc · Beesley Family Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Paul and Ruth Lyon Family Foundation · C Scott & Dorothy E Watkins Charitable Foundation · Intermountain Community Care Foundation Inc · Ssir Cares Inc

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 Donald D & Elaine F Davis Trust

How much does Donald D & Elaine F Davis Trust give?
Donald D & Elaine F Davis Trust reported 13 grants totaling $22,634 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Donald D & Elaine F Davis Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (76%), Religion (7%), Health (7%).
Who are Donald D & Elaine F Davis Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Brigham Young University ($269k), Southern Virginia University ($207k), Hasten the Work ($37k).
Does Donald D & Elaine F Davis Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Donald D & Elaine F Davis Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Utah, Wade Family Foundation, Sorenson Legacy Foundation.
Where is Donald D & Elaine F Davis Trust based?
Donald D & Elaine F Davis Trust is based in UT.

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 97 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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