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Hilda & Preston Davis Foundation at a glance

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Hilda & Preston Davis Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
79
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$5.7MHealth$3.0MInternational$1.6MFood & Nutrition$1.0MHuman Services$920kReligion$690kYouth Development$440kHousing & Shelter$390kOther$0
02FY2024 · 79 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k47 grants · $1.0M
  • $50k–250k21 grants · $1.7M
  • $250k+2 grants · $500k
$25,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$47M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Elevate 215$250,000
Icahn School of Medicine Mt Sinai$250,000
Planned Parenthood Federation$184,000
Teach For America Philadelphia$175,000
The Marshall Legacy Institute$130,000
Kipp Philadelphia Charter School$125,000
AmeriCares$100,000
Summer on the Hill$100,000
Stanwich Congregational Church$100,000
Williamson College of the Trades$75,000
Project HOME$75,000
City Harvest$75,000
Horizons Natl Student Enrichment$75,000
Community College Philadelphia Fdn$50,000
Columbia University$50,000
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 (FY20–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Camp Kesem National: $10k → 14%Green Beret Foundation: $25k → 16%Wounded Warrior Project: $5k → 14%Foster Adopt Connect: $25k → 15%National Council For Adoption: $25k → 9%First Star Inc: $25k → 14%Foster Adopt Connect: $25k → 15%National Council For Adoption: $25k → 9%Foster Adopt Connect: $25k → 15%National Council For Adoption: $25k → 9%First Star Inc: $25k → 14%National Council For Adoption: $25k → 9%New Leash On Life USA: $25k → 7%Puppies Behind Bars Inc: $25k → 17%National Council For Adoption: $25k → 9%First Star Inc: $25k → 14%New Futures: $10k → 14%New Leash On Life USA: $20k → 7%New Futures: $10k → 14%First Star Inc: $25k → 14%New Futures: $10k → 14%New Leash On Life USA: $20k → 7%New Futures: $10k → 14%First Star Inc: $25k → 14%New Leash On Life USA: $20k → 7%First Place For Youth: $15k → 14%New Leash On Life USA: $20k → 7%First Place For Youth: $15k → 14%United Friends of the Children: $30k → 14%Project HOME: $75k → 22%United Friends of the Children: $25k → 14%Project HOME: $50k → 22%United Friends of the Children: $25k → 14%Project HOME: $50k → 22%Project HOME: $50k → 22%Project HOME: $50k → 22%Greenwich Center Hope and Renewal: $40k → 9%Greenwich Center Hope and Renewal: $35k → 9%Greenwich Center Hope and Renewal: $25k → 9%Greenwich Center Hope and Renewal: $20k → 9%Greenwich Center Hope and Renewal: $20k → 9%Mercy Neighborhood Ministries: $15k → 22%Mercy Neighborhood Ministries: $10k → 22%Mercy Neighborhood Ministries: $10k → 22%Mercy Neighborhood Ministries: $10k → 22%Mercy Neighborhood Ministries: $10k → 22%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

VT
WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CT
CA
MO
VA
AZ
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 92 repeat orgs$683k to everyone else

92 repeat relationships: 66 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

92
19

Total granted

$14M
$292k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+23%

Still filing today

77%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $391k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureInternationalReligionOther
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

  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $916k · revenue +40%
  • ML
    MARSHALL LEGACY INSTITUTE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $670k · revenue +172%
  • KP
    KIPP PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $625k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • MG
    MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +12%
  • TL
    THE LAUNCHCODE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -10%
  • CF
    Center for Alternative Sentencing
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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2
Mastery Charter High School

All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.

Education
3
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
4
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
5
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
10
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
11
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
12
Mcphs University

Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for the Rights of Abused Children; the most unlike its peers is Luis Palau 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

97 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 97 of the 124 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
97/97
Grantees still filing
65/97
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Teach For America Philadelphia: $700,000 · OtherTeach For America PhiladelphiaStanwich Congregational Church: $410,000 · OtherStanwich Congregational ChurchThe Medical Foundation: $305,669 · OtherThe Medical FoundationDrexel Fund: $300,000 · OtherDrexel FundIcahn School of Medicine at Mt Sina: $250,000 · OtherIcahn School of Medicine Mt Sinai: $250,000 · OtherTHE GREENWICH ROTARY FOUNDATION: $195,000 · OtherInstitute for Strategic Dialogue: $180,000 · OtherLANTERN THEATER COMPANY: $200,000 · OtherChristian Herald Association Inc: $250,000 · Other+48 more: $2,318,000 · Other+48 moreElevate 215: $1,250,000 · EducationElevate 215KIPP PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCHOOL: $625,000 · EducationKIPP PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCH…SUMMER ON THE HILL INC: $500,000 · EducationSUMMER ON THE HILL INCCRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL: $250,000 · EducationCRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH …COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADEL…WILLIAMSON COLLEGE OF THE TRADES: $161,500 · EducationAchieve Now: $150,000 · Education+21 more: $719,000 · Education+21 morePLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $916,000 · HealthPLANNED PAREN…RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC: $400,000 · HealthRESEARCH FOUN…GREENWICH CHAPLAINCY SERVICES INC: $140,000 · HealthGREENWICH CHA…McKinley Children's Center Inc: $120,000 · HealthMcKinley Chil…Ophelia's Place Inc: $80,000 · Health+6 more: $216,000 · Health+6 moreMARSHALL LEGACY INSTITUTE: $670,000 · InternationalMARSHALL LE…AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · InternationalAMERICARES …WORLD VISION INC: $250,000 · InternationalWORLD VISIO…STUDENT DIPLOMACY CORPS INC: $75,000 · International+4 more: $115,000 · International+4 morePROJECT HOME: $275,000 · Human ServicesGREENWICH CENTER FOR HOPE AND RENEWAL INC: $140,000 · Human ServicesNational Council for Adoption: $125,000 · Human ServicesFIRST STAR INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesNEW LEASH ON LIFE USA: $105,000 · Human ServicesUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $80,000 · Human ServicesFOSTERADOPT CONNECT INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesMERCY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesNEW FUTURES: $40,000 · Human Services+5 more: $95,000 · Human ServicesFeeding America: $475,000 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST INC: $425,000 · Food & NutritionPhilabundance: $100,000 · Food & NutritionHORIZONS NATIONAL STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INC: $375,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE PHILADELPHIA EDUCATION FUND: $80,000 · Youth Development
Other$5,358,669Education$3,905,500Health$1,872,000International$1,510,000Human Services$1,115,000Food & Nutrition$1,000,000Youth Development$455,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetElevate 215: $1,250,000 over 5y, 27% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $916,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMARSHALL LEGACY INSTITUTE: $670,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetKIPP PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCHOOL: $625,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSUMMER ON THE HILL INC: $500,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetFeeding America: $475,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $425,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC: $400,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHORIZONS NATIONAL STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INC: $375,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $275,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL: $250,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLANTERN THEATER COMPANY: $200,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetTHE GREENWICH ROTARY FOUNDATION: $195,000 over 5y, 84% of budgetWILLIAMSON COLLEGE OF THE TRADES: $161,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAchieve Now: $150,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetGREENWICH CENTER FOR HOPE AND RENEWAL INC: $140,000 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetGREENWICH CHAPLAINCY SERVICES INC: $140,000 over 5y, 38% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $125,000 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF GREEN CHIMNEYS: $125,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetNational Council for Adoption: $125,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetFIRST STAR INC: $125,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetMcKinley Children's Center Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCRADLE OF LIBERTY COUNCIL 525 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $120,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetINSPIRICA INC: $105,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNEW LEASH ON LIFE USA: $105,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetPhilabundance: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GESU SCHOOL INC: $85,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPIVOT MINISTRIES INC: $85,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA EDUCATION FUND: $80,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $80,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetOphelia's Place Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetFOSTERADOPT CONNECT INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR RELATIONSHIPS INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSTUDENT DIPLOMACY CORPS INC: $75,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetDismas of Vermont Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetKIDS IN CRISIS INC: $65,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetArmy Scholarship Foundation Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetMERCY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES INC: $55,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHEART CARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $50,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $50,000 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 Elevate 215 ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds MARSHALL LEGACY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds KIPP PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SUMMER ON THE HILL INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC ↗
  • Who funds HORIZONS NATIONAL STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOME ↗
  • Who funds CRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Christian Herald Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds LANTERN THEATER COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds THE GREENWICH ROTARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAMSON COLLEGE OF THE TRADES ↗
  • Who funds Achieve Now ↗
  • Who funds GREENWICH CENTER FOR HOPE AND RENEWAL INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENWICH CHAPLAINCY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDS OF GREEN CHIMNEYS ↗
  • Who funds National Council for Adoption ↗
  • Who funds FIRST STAR INC ↗
  • Who funds McKinley Children's Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds CRADLE OF LIBERTY COUNCIL 525 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds INSPIRICA INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW LEASH ON LIFE USA ↗

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 Philadelphia Foun…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…The William Penn Foun…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…The Gordon Charter Fo…United Way of Greater…Hamilton Family Found…The Patricia Kind Fam…Connelly FoundationThe Brook J Lenfest F…The Lenfest Foundatio…Ludwick Fdn
The Philadelphia FoundationPA37.6× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The William Penn Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The Gordon Charter Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Hamilton Family Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The Brook J Lenfest Foundation Inc · The Lenfest Foundation Inc · Ludwick Fdn

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 Hilda & Preston Davis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hilda & Preston Davis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Dismas of Vermont Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Inspirica Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

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Find your warmest path to Hilda & Preston 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 124 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 and reports $3.1M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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