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Grace Davis Ed Fd

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$20k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$212kScience & Tech$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$664k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$6,400
SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY$3,000
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY$2,400
PENN STATE DUBOIS$1,400
NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE$1,000
PENN WEST CLARION UNIVERSITY$1,000
BUTLER CO COMMUNITY COLLEGE$1,000
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY$700
WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY$700
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA - BEAUFORT$700
ALFRED UNIVERSITY$700
SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY$700
THIEL COLLEGE$300
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GREENSBURG: $2k → 10%SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $2k → 10%GENEVA COLLEGE: $3k → 10%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $2k → 11%BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%PENN STATE DUBOIS: $2k → 12%PENN COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY: $3k → 12%WESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $3k → 13%CLARION UNIVERSITY: $4k → 14%EDINBORO UNIVERSITY: $2k → 15%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $7k → 16%SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $4k → 16%ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%NORTHWEST KANSAS TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $2k → 13%CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 9%DAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE: $2k → 17%WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 19%CLARION UNIVERSITY: $3k → 14%INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $12k → 14%EDINBORO UNIVERSITY: $2k → 15%Penn State University: $6k → 16%SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $3k → 16%WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $2k → 19%INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $11k → 14%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 16%SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%WVU MOUNTAINEER HUB: $2k → 19%INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $7k → 14%Penn State University: $4k → 16%SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY: $9k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $2k → 11%INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $7k → 14%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY: $6k → 9%INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $6k → 14%Penn State University: $2k → 16%SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY: $4k → 9%CHATHAM UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $5k → 14%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY: $3k → 9%INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3k → 14%MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE: $4k → 16%SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY: $2k → 9%MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE: $4k → 16%SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY: $2k → 9%MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE: $2k → 16%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

IL
NY
OH
PA
UT
MO
WV
VA
KS
SC
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$179k · 19 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
27

Total granted

$179k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+11%

Still filing today

32%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

  • MA
    MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $13k · revenue +21%
  • SF
    SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2019–2025 · $12k · revenue +6%
  • GU
    GANNON UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2020–2024 · $4k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • WC
    WESTMINSTER COLLEGE
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +11%
  • DU
    DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +23%
  • SU
    SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +11%
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
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
2
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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3
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
4
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
5
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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6
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
7
Walsh University Inc

Walsh university is an independent, coeducational catholic, liberal arts and sciences institution dedicated to educating its students to become leaders in service to others through a values-based education with an international perspective…

Education
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
Hilbert College

Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…

Education
10
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
Mcdaniel College Inc

Mcdaniel college is a diverse student-centered community committed to excellence in the liberal arts & sciences and professional studies with careful mentoring and attention to the individual. mcdaniel changes lives. we challenge students…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lycoming College; the most unlike its peers is Elizabethtown College. 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

24 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. 24 of the 51 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50,542 · OtherINDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIASLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY: $26,783 · OtherSLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITYPENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $26,775 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITYCLARION UNIVERSITY: $8,750 · OtherCLARION UNIVERSITYPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $7,900 · OtherWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $6,250 · Other+23 more: $32,350 · Other+23 moreMOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE: $12,500 · EducationMOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGESAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $11,575 · EducationSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYGANNON UNIVERSITY: $3,750 · EducationGANNON UNIVERSITYGENEVA COLLEGE: $3,500 · EducationGENEVA COLLEGEWESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $3,000 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $2,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $2,125 · EducationSUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $2,000 · EducationCedarville University: $2,000 · EducationCHATHAM UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · Education+11 more: $10,450 · Education+11 more
Other$159,350Education$57,400

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE: $12,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $11,575 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGANNON UNIVERSITY: $3,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGENEVA COLLEGE: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $2,125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCedarville University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHATHAM UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBucknell University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLYCOMING COLLEGE: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Central College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGHENY COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALFRED UNIVERSITY: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCYHURST UNIVERSITY: $625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: $625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHIEL COLLEGE: $300 over 1y, 0.0% 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 MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GANNON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GENEVA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Cedarville University ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Bucknell University ↗
  • Who funds ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LYCOMING COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds North Central College ↗
  • Who funds ALLEGHENY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY UNIVERSITY 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.

Brudnock Mem Sch FdMary Ann Irvin SchspVerizon FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Brudnock Mem Sch FdPA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Brudnock Mem Sch Fd · Mary Ann Irvin Schsp · Verizon Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Grace Davis Ed Fd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grace Davis Ed Fd. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.

    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 51 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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