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James E Davis Family Charities Inc at a glance

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James E Davis Family Charities 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.3MHealth$1.2MArts & Culture$943kYouth Development$652kAnimals$500kPublic Benefit$350kHuman Services$232kPhilanthropy$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $657k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA-N FL COUNCIL$500,000
PATRIOTS 4$200,000
RIVERSIDE PRESBYTERIAN DAY SCHOOL$200,000
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY$200,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION$56,500
MAYA DRONCA FOUNDATION$20,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$20,000
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART$15,000
BROOKS HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,750
THE BOSELLI FOUNDATION$1,250
JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY MENS LACROSSE$1,000
SEAMARK RANCH$900
ART WITH A HEART$500
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 (FY20–25, $230k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SEAMARK RANCH: $225k → 14%SEAMARK RANCH: $4k → 14%SEAMARK RANCH: $900 → 14%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.
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.5M · 16 repeat orgs$647k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
16

Total granted

$5.5M
$568k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+27%

Still filing today

63%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationAnimalsArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MC
    MCPHERSON COLLEGE
    4× · 2020–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +79%
  • MO
    Museum of Science and History of Jacksonville Inc
    4× · 2020–2025 · $415k · revenue +50%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $25k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • JZ
    JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue +145%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • TA
    The Arc Jacksonville Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +19%
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 Jackson Laboratory

The purposes of the laboratory are scientific, medical, charitable, and educational. our mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the biomedical community.

Health
2
Shands Jacksonville Healthcare Inc

As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…

Health
3
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
4
Usf Research Foundation Inc

To promote, encourage and enhance research activities at the university of south florida.

Education
5
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
6
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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7
Shands Jacksonville Medical Center Inc

As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…

Health
8
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
9
Shands Jacksonville Foundation Inc

As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…

Education
10
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital Inc

The primary purpose of the h. lee moffitt cancer center and research institute hospital, inc. ("hospital") is to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.

Health
11
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
12
Florida Proton Therapy Institute Inc

The organization provides cancer treatment services, educational programs, and training opportunities to promote basic and clinical research related to cancer treatments and treatment programs.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of North Florida Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Maya Dronca Foundation. 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

25 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. 25 of the 36 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RIVERSIDE PRESBYTERIAN DAY SCHOOL INC: $1,033,500 · OtherRIVERSIDE PRESBYTERIAN DAY SCHOOL INCMAYO CLINIC: $1,000,000 · OtherMAYO CLINICBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA-N FL COUNCIL: $650,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA-N FL COUNCILINDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · OtherINDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION INCPATRIOTS 4: $350,000 · OtherPATRIOTS 4UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA: $125,250 · Other+10 more: $70,365 · OtherMCPHERSON COLLEGE: $1,000,000 · EducationMCPHERSON COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $56,500 · Education+4 more: $35,518 · EducationJACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $500,000 · AnimalsJACKSONVI…+1 more: $400 · AnimalsMuseum of Science and History of Jacksonville Inc: $415,091 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureSEAMARK RANCH INC: $230,375 · Human ServicesAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $160,000 · HealthTHE GENESIS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · HealthTHE MAYA DRONCA FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Health+4 more: $805 · HealthThe Boselli Foundation: $1,250 · PhilanthropyTHE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC: $300 · Philanthropy
Other$3,729,115Education$1,092,018Animals$500,400Arts & Culture$440,091Human Services$230,375Health$200,805Philanthropy$1,550

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 budgetMCPHERSON COLLEGE: $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetJACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $500,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMuseum of Science and History of Jacksonville Inc: $415,091 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetSEAMARK RANCH INC: $230,375 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $160,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $56,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GENESIS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetJacksonville University: $18,418 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOLLES SCHOOL: $16,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arc Jacksonville Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Boselli Foundation: $1,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCITRUS COUNTY 4-H ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $565 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD CANCER FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $30 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.

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 Community Foundat…Dubow Family Foundati…Jacksonville Jaguars …Pga Tour IncThe Schultz Foundatio…Stellar FoundationMcKesson Foundation I…Selevan Family Founda…The Gate Foundation I…Csx Foundation IncThe Bessemer Giving F…The Bank of America C…
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida IncFL21.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Dubow Family Foundation Inc · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · Pga Tour Inc · The Schultz Foundation Inc · Stellar Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · Selevan Family Foundation Inc · The Gate Foundation Inc · Csx Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 James E Davis Family Charities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James E Davis Family Charities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Jacksonville University: 3% of income from government
  • Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
4report 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.
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Find your warmest path to James E Davis Family Charities Inc 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 36 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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