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Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund

Support the Maine Community Foundation (MCF) and its charitable and educational purposes.

$101k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
10
Itemized grants FY2024
8
Organizations funded FY2023
25%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$89k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 13
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$2.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsReligionOther
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 arriving10$89k10%
FY20238$74k25%
FY20229$74k44%
FY202110$78k40%
FY202011$82k45%
FY201913$76k62%
FY201811$69k82%
FY20179$64kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$242kArts & Culture$114kEducation$77kHuman Services$35kRecreation & Sports$25kPhilanthropy$23kEnvironment$16kHousing & Shelter$16kOther$0

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
Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute$37,50051%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine$37,50040%
United Way Inc$36,00040%
The Telling Room$35,00051%
The Center for Grieving Children$34,00051%
Mayo Street Arts$31,00042%
Portland Community Squash$20,00030%
317 Main St Community Center Inc$20,00031%
Youth and Family Outreach$20,00021%
Young Mens Christian Association of Southern Maine$17,5002n/a
Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute$37,50051%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine$37,50040%
United Way Inc$36,00040%
The Telling Room$35,00051%
The Center for Grieving Children$34,00051%
Mayo Street Arts$31,00042%
Portland Community Squash$20,00030%
317 Main St Community Center Inc$20,00031%
Youth and Family Outreach$20,00021%
Young Mens Christian Association of Southern Maine$17,5002n/a
Rippleffect Inc$17,50021%
Peaks Island Children's Workshop$16,70024%
Foundation for Portland Public Schools$16,50020%
Maine Audubon Society$16,48720%
Portland Housing Service Corporation$16,000218%
My Place Teen Center Inc$15,00021%
Locker Project$15,00021%
Learningworks$13,00020%
Woodfords Family Services$12,50020%
Portland Public Schools$12,5001n/a
League of Women Voters of Maine Education Fund Inc$10,00014%
Educare Central Maine$10,00024%
A Company of Girls$10,00023%
Good Will Home Association$10,00010%
Catholic Charities Maine$10,00010%
Wolfe's Neck Farm Foundation$10,00020%
Maine Boys to Men$7,50012%
Portland Public Library$7,50010%
The Opportunity Alliance$7,50010%
Palaver Strings Inc$7,50011%
In Her Presence$7,50013%
Youth-Led Justice$7,5001n/a
Portland Stage Company$7,50010%
Portland Maine Symphony Orchestra$7,50010%
Our Place Portland Inc$7,00019%
Gulf of Maine Research Institute$6,5001n/a
The Yellow Tulip Project$6,00012%
Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine$5,00010%
Portland Parks Conservancy$5,0001n/a
Maine Humanities Council$5,00010%
Catherine Morrill Day Nursery$5,00010%
Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine$5,00011%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOlympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute: $37,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine: $37,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way Inc: $36,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Telling Room: $35,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetThe Center for Grieving Children: $34,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMayo Street Arts: $31,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetPortland Community Squash: $20,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budget317 Main St Community Center Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetYouth and Family Outreach: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetRippleffect Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPeaks Island Children's Workshop: $16,700 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetFoundation for Portland Public Schools: $16,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMaine Audubon Society: $16,487 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPortland Housing Service Corporation: $16,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetMy Place Teen Center Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetLocker Project: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLearningworks: $13,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWoodfords Family Services: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLeague of Women Voters of Maine Education Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetEducare Central Maine: $10,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetA Company of Girls: $10,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetGood Will Home Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCatholic Charities Maine: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWolfe's Neck Farm Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMaine Boys to Men: $7,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPortland Public Library: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Opportunity Alliance: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalaver Strings Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetIn Her Presence: $7,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetPortland Stage Company: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPortland Maine Symphony Orchestra: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOur Place Portland Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetThe Yellow Tulip Project: $6,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetChildren's Museum and Theatre of Maine: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMaine Humanities Council: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCatherine Morrill Day Nursery: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHolocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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 37.

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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.

Maine Community Found…Sam L Cohen FoundationDavis Family Foundati…Vincent B and Barbara…United Way IncHorizon Foundation IncSaco & Biddeford Savi…Onion FoundationAlbert B Glickman Fam…Virginia Hodgkins Som…Fisher Charitable Fou…Elmina B Sewall Found…
Maine Community Foundation IncME76× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · Vincent B and Barbara G Welch Supporting Organization · United Way Inc · Horizon Foundation Inc · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation · Onion Foundation · Albert B Glickman Family Foundation · Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation Inc · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Elmina B Sewall 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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About Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund

How much does Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund give?
Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund reported 10 itemized grants totaling $89,487, out of $101,487 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (40%), Arts & Culture (19%), Education (13%).
Who are Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute ($38k), Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine ($38k), United Way Inc ($36k).
Does Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Sam L Cohen Foundation, Davis Family Foundation.
Where is Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund based?
Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund is based in ME.

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 42 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 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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