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E & E Davis Foundation at a glance

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E & E Davis Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$58k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$34k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$124kEducation$80kHuman Services$68kArts & Culture$29kFood & Nutrition$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kInternational$5kYouth Development$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $34k
$6,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$91k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Various Small Charities$33,750
Lifelong AIDS Alliance$7,500
National Aids Memorial Grove$6,000
Case Western Reserve University$6,000
McCullough Hyde Hospital Foundation$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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.

area typical 11%The Gathering Place: $1k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $750 → 17%Cleveland Sight Center: $1k → 17%CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $1k → 17%Cleveland Sight Center: $1k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
OH
PA
CA
MD
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$244k · 26 repeat orgs$104k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
20

Total granted

$244k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+20%

Still filing today

42%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthInternationalEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionArts & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2018–2025 · $23k · revenue +44%
  • LH
    LIFELONG HEALTH FOR ALL
    7× · 2018–2025 · $15k · revenue +32%
  • T
    TOPSS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $6k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • EA
    EMPOWERING AND STRENGTHENING OHIO'S PEOPLE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +508%
  • AR
    AREA-American Run for the End of Aids
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • C
    CWRU
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Vitalant

Unite blood and biologics donors, talent, and innovation to save and improve lives.

Health
2
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
3
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
Ohio State Bar Association

The ohio state bar association (the "association") is an unincorporated voluntary non-profit organization. the association was formed to promote justice and advance the interests of the legal profession.

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6
Senior Life Resources Northwest

To preserve and enhance the quality of life at home, with dignity and care.

Human Services
7
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
8
Ohio Living Holdings

See schedule oto provide older adults with caring and quality services toward enhancement of physical, mental and spiritual well-being consistent with the christian gospel. the organization is dedicated to living our mission and keeping…

Human Services
9
Interact for Health

Interact for health is a foundation that works with communities to advance health justice to ensure that people in our region are healthy and thriving, regardless of who they are or where they live. more information is available on our…

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10
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
11
Summa Health

The mission of summa health is to provide the highest quality, compassionate care to patients and members and contribute to a healthier community.

Health
12
Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Musical Arts Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 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. 21 of the 48 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
17/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY HOPSITALS: $45,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY HOPSITALSVarious Small Charities: $33,750 · OtherVarious Small CharitiesNATIONAL AIDS MEMORIAL GROVE: $28,000 · OtherNATIONAL AIDS MEMORIAL GROVEMCCULLOUGH-HYDE HOSPITAL TRUST: $17,500 · OtherMCCULLOUGH-HYDE HOSPITAL TRUSTIndividual grant recipient: $17,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCleveland Orchestra Centennial: $15,000 · OtherCleveland Orchestra CentennialLUNA CARES FOUNDATION: $14,500 · OtherLUNA CARES FOUNDATIONUniversity Hopsitals -Orthopedic Council: $13,500 · OtherKENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,500 · OtherAREA-American Run for the End of Aids: $10,000 · Other+24 more: $57,595 · Other+24 moreCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $23,000 · EducationLIVELIKELOU FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EducationLIFELONG HEALTH FOR ALL: $15,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC: $5,000 · Health33 FOREVER INC: $1,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · HealthEMPOWERING AND STRENGTHENING OHIO'S PEOPLE INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterTOPSS: $6,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $3,500 · Food & NutritionWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 · InternationalCLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE GATHERING PLACE: $1,750 · Human Services
Other$262,345Education$27,000Health$22,500Housing & Shelter$15,000Food & Nutrition$9,500International$7,000Human Services$4,750

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $23,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLIFELONG HEALTH FOR ALL: $15,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTOPSS: $6,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBaby 1st Network: $4,500 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetLIVELIKELOU FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MCGREGOR FOUNDATION: $1,795 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budget33 FOREVER INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RESCUE VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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 CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds EMPOWERING AND STRENGTHENING OHIO'S PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFELONG HEALTH FOR ALL ↗
  • Who funds TOPSS ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Baby 1st Network ↗
  • Who funds LIVELIKELOU FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds SMART FIT GIRLS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MCGREGOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE GATHERING PLACE ↗
  • Who funds 33 FOREVER INC ↗
  • Who funds PRC ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗

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.

American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH7.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization E & E Davis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from E & E Davis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    How do I get to E & E Davis Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to E & E Davis 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.

    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 48 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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