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Holbrook R & Sarah M Davis Foundation Inc

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.

$58k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
64
Grants FY2025
57
Organizations funded FY2024
9%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
40 to 57
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
13
Total assets, FY2025
$1.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Holbrook R & Sarah M Davis Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2025still arriving63$58k11%
FY202457$47k9%
FY202356$56k32%
FY202249$49k49%
FY202150$49k78%
FY202040$47kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$58kHealth$46kEducation$42kArts & Culture$32kFood & Nutrition$25kHuman Services$25kPhilanthropy$16kHousing & Shelter$14kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MN
NY
MA
IA
NJ
RI
CA
VA
MD
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 80 grantees
All grantees of Holbrook R & Sarah M Davis Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dublin School Inc$17,75050%
St Peters Episcopal Church$10,0006n/a
Three Bays Preservation Inc$10,00040%
Cape Abilities Inc$8,30060%
Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc$8,00060%
Pathfinder International$7,50050%
Cape Cod Times Neighbors Fund Inc$7,00050%
Tioga County Rural Ministry Inc$6,50050%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$6,50030%
Osterville Free Library Corporation$5,50050%
The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc$5,50050%
Marstons Mills Historical Society Inc$5,0001n/a
Cape Cod Academy$5,00010%
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc$4,25040%
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc$4,00040%
Cotuit Library Association$4,00050%
Barnstable Land Trust Inc$4,00040%
Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks$3,95050%
Independence House Inc$3,90030%
Adirondack Folk School Inc$3,50050%
Georgia's Friends Inc$3,00050%
Alliance for Tompotika Conservation$3,00030%
Sea Education Association Inc$3,00040%
Collie Rescue League of New England Inc$2,50051%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$2,50040%
Hudson Headwaters Health Network$2,50030%
Wooden Canoe Heritage Association Ltd$2,50051%
Island Conservation$2,50040%
Long Lake Association Inc$2,5004n/a
Ivy Creek Foundation Inc$2,50050%
Housing Assistance Corporation$2,40020%
Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc$2,00040%
Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit$2,00040%
The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc$2,00030%
Ocean Conservancy$2,00020%
Rare$2,00020%
Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Inc$2,00020%
Champ Homes Inc$2,00030%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$2,00030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,00020%
Long Lake Rescue Squad Inc$1,70031%
Tupper Arts Inc$1,70030%
Center for Coastal Studies Inc$1,50020%
Finger Lakes Trail Conference Inc$1,50030%
The Bhutan Foundation$1,50030%
Adirondack Mountain Club Inc$1,50030%
Barnstable Police K-9 Foundation Inc$1,5003n/a
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts$1,50030%
The Khaled Hosseini Foundation$1,50030%
Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation$1,50030%
Spina Bifida Association of America$1,00020%
Villages in Partnership Inc$1,00020%
Hospice of the Piedmont Inc$1,00010%
The Yellow Door Foundation Inc$1,00020%
Greater Ithaca Activities Center Inc$1,00010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$1,00010%
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$1,00010%
Village School$1,00020%
Meal & More Inc$1,00011%
Friends of the Unborn Inc$1,00020%
Shenandoah National Park Trust$1,00010%
Hudson Headwaters Health Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Botanical Garden of the Piedmont$1,00020%
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc$1,00010%
Peabody School$1,00020%
Greater Charlottesville Habitat for Humanity Inc$50010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$5001n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$50010%
Mills River Rescue and Sanctuary Inc$5001n/a
Oceana Inc$50010%
Jefferson Area Board for Aging Inc$50010%
Cape Cod Horticultural Society Inc$3001n/a
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$3001n/a
Milton Academy$20010%
Friends of Prisoners Inc$20011%
Cape Cod Community College$2001n/a
Vassar College$10010%
The Sturgis Library$1001n/a
Cape Cod Maritime Museuminc$10010%
Osterville Historical Society Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($93k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Holbrook R & Sarah M Davis Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDublin School Inc: $17,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThree Bays Preservation Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCape Abilities Inc: $8,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPlimoth Patuxet Museums Inc: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPathfinder International: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCape Cod Times Neighbors Fund Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTioga County Rural Ministry Inc: $6,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOsterville Free Library Corporation: $5,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCape Cod Academy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRegional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc: $4,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCotuit Library Association: $4,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBarnstable Land Trust Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNatural History Museum of the Adirondacks: $3,950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIndependence House Inc: $3,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAdirondack Folk School Inc: $3,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGeorgia's Friends Inc: $3,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAlliance for Tompotika Conservation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSea Education Association Inc: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCollie Rescue League of New England Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHudson Headwaters Health Network: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWooden Canoe Heritage Association Ltd: $2,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetIsland Conservation: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIvy Creek Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHousing Assistance Corporation: $2,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThomas Jefferson Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHistorical Society of Santuit and Cotuit: $2,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRare: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChamp Homes Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLong Lake Rescue Squad Inc: $1,700 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTupper Arts Inc: $1,700 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for Coastal Studies Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFinger Lakes Trail Conference Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Bhutan Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAdirondack Mountain Club Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAdirondack Lakes Center for the Arts: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Khaled Hosseini Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAdirondack Center for Loon Conservation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSpina Bifida Association of America: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVillages in Partnership Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 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 70.

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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.

Cape Cod Foundation IncMA27.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Bilezikian Family Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust · Donald C McGraw Foundation Inc · Arthur V Davis Foundation Pf #3 · Eastern Bank Foundation · Perry Foundation Inc · The Genan Foundation · The Vela 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 Holbrook R & Sarah M Davis Foundation Inc

How much does Holbrook R & Sarah M Davis Foundation Inc give?
Holbrook R & Sarah M Davis Foundation Inc reported 64 grants totaling $58,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 57 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Holbrook R & Sarah M Davis Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (19%), Health (15%), Education (14%).
Who are Holbrook R & Sarah M Davis Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Dublin School Inc ($18k), St Peters Episcopal Church ($10k), Three Bays Preservation Inc ($10k).
Does Holbrook R & Sarah M Davis Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Holbrook R & Sarah M Davis Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Holbrook R & Sarah M Davis Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cape Cod Foundation Inc, Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc, Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Holbrook R & Sarah M Davis Foundation Inc based?
Holbrook R & Sarah M Davis Foundation Inc is based in MA.

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 137 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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