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Joe C Davis Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$8.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
108
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$2.2M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$16MEducation$12MHuman Services$4.0MHealth$2.3MYouth Development$1.5MHousing & Shelter$1.4MFood & Nutrition$1.0MRecreation & Sports$914kOther$0
02FY2025 · 108 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k24 grants · $109k
  • $10k–50k47 grants · $1.0M
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $2.6M
  • $250k+6 grants · $4.5M
$23,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$152M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM$2,200,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE$550,000
AVENTURA COMMUNITY SCHOOL$503,800
VOLUNTEER SCHOOLS DBA NASHVILLE INCUBATOR$500,000
LITTLE WONDERS EARLY LEARNING CENTER$375,000
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE$338,000
CROSSROADS CAMPUS$188,000
SILOAM FAMILY HEALTH CENTER$145,000
NASHVILLE CHARTER COLLABORATIVE$125,000
CONEXION AMERICAS$125,000
PERSIST NASHVILLE$125,000
MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY$125,000
FRIENDS OF MILL RIDGE PARK$115,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER NASHVILLE$105,000
TENNESSEE NONPROFIT NETWORK$100,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $3.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%CROSSROADS CAMPUS: $188k → 14%CROSSROADS CAMPUS: $110k → 14%CROSSROADS CAMPUS: $20k → 14%INSIGHT COUNSELING CENTERS: $35k → 14%INSIGHT COUNSELING CENTERS: $25k → 14%INSIGHT COUNSELING CENTERS: $20k → 14%INSIGHT COUNSELING CENTERS: $20k → 14%INSIGHT COUNSELING CENTERS: $20k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $170k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $90k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $40k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $40k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $40k → 14%ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $30k → 14%SHOWER THE PEOPLE: $25k → 14%CONEXION AMERICAS: $130k → 14%CONEXION AMERICAS: $125k → 14%TENNESSEE JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS: $65k → 14%CONEXION AMERICAS: $35k → 14%CONEXION AMERICAS: $25k → 14%CONEXION AMERICAS: $25k → 14%CONEXION AMERICAS: $25k → 14%MARY PARRISH CENTER: $133k → 14%FANNIE BATTLE DAY HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $45k → 14%FANNIE BATTLE DAY HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $20k → 14%FANNIE BATTLE DAY HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $20k → 14%FANNIE BATTLE DAY HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $20k → 14%FANNIE BATTLE DAY HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $20k → 14%FANNIE BATTLE DAY HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $20k → 14%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $175k → 14%YMCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $118k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN NASHVILLE: $115k → 14%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $80k → 14%ROOFTOP FOUNDATION: $55k → 14%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $55k → 14%BETHLEHEM CENTER OF NASHVILLE: $30k → 14%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $25k → 14%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $25k → 14%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $25k → 14%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $55k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN NASHVILLE: $20k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN NASHVILLE: $20k → 14%END SLAVERY TENNESSEE: $80k → 14%NURSES FOR NEWBORNS OF TENNESSEE: $25k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$23M · 121 repeat orgs$2.9M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +40% since the first grant, against +21% for the ones you funded once.

121 repeat relationships — 94 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

121
60

Total granted

$23M
$2.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+21%

Still filing today

81%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $488k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TH
    THE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +95%
  • AC
    AVENTURA COMMUNITY SCHOOL
    3× · 2021–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +479%
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $690k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • KN
    KIPP NASHVILLE
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue +20%
  • KN
    KIPP NASHVILLE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $250k
  • VM
    VANDERBILT MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $150k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
2
Nashville Inner City Ministry Inc

Nashville inner city ministry is a christ-centered community organization dedicated to empowering the spiritual, educational and vocational development of at-risk youth and their families.

—
3
Nashville Public Media Inc

Nashville banner is a locally owned, community supported, civic news organization. we exist to empower the people of nashville to make informed decisions by providing non-partisan journalism from an independent, nonprofit newsroom. we are…

Arts & Culture
4
Nashville Technology Council

Ntc mission is to advance the diverse technology ecosystem by connecting and promoting members, attracting, growing and retaining tech talent, and providing opportunities to reinvest in the greater nashville community.

Community Improvement
5
Tennessee Justice Center Inc

The tennessee justice center (tjc) advocates on behalf of low-income tennesseans in areas of public policy having the greatest impact on their health and welfare.

Crime & Legal
6
Park Center Inc

Park center has been serving nashville for over 40 years, providing a place for hope and recovery for people experiencing serious mental illness, homelessness, and addiction. we meet people where they are and provide support through…

Employment
7
Nashville Fellows Program Inc

Provide support for under-served youth

Religion
8
Opportunity Nashville

Opportunity nashville is an advocacy organization focused on improving educational equity in nashville. our mission is to ensure that every child in nashville has access to a high-quality public education.

—
9
Kings Academy Nashville

King's academy is a pre-k-8th grade independent christian school in nashville, tennessee, providing a classically inspired education to a racially and socioeconomically balanced student body.

Education
10
Leadership Tennessee Inc

Leadership tennessee fosters collaborative, non-partisan dialogue on issues of state importance, by connecting and deploying a network of diverse leaders and engaged citizens.

Public Benefit
11
New Level Community Development Corporation

New level community development corporation advocates for low-to-moderate income community by working with legislators, other non-profits, and private developers to create more affordable homes in nashville.

Community Improvement
12
Tennessee Charitable Care Network

The mission of tccn is to support, educate, and represent non-profit organizations that provide charitable healthcare services to low-income, uninsured, and underserved tennesseans. tccn envisions a strong, compassionate healthcare safety…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nashville Rescue Mission and the most unlike its peers is Bridges. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 23 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%5%<5yr16%11%5–10yr20%26%10–20yr17%25%20–35yr12%20%35–55yr11%12%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%7%<5yr16%11%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr17%26%20–35yr12%19%35–55yr11%21%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 7% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.6% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.6%1/158
the rest of the field
14%
621/4,528

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

155 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 155 of the 194 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
46
Early backer (in before they grew)
155/155
Grantees still filing
108/155
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM — $15,505,500 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM+5 more — $688,000 · PhilanthropyTHE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL — $1,275,000 · EducationTHE HARPETH HALL SCHOOLMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE — $1,250,000 · EducationMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF …AVENTURA COMMUNITY SCHOOL — $1,053,800 · EducationAVENTURA COMMUNITY SCHOOLTeach for America Inc — $800,000 · EducationTeach for America IncLittle Wonders Early Learning Center — $655,000 · EducationLittle Wonders Early Learni…PERSIST NASHVILLE — $550,000 · EducationPERSIST NASHVILLEVanderbilt University — $500,000 · EducationKIPP NASHVILLE — $500,000 · EducationNASHVILLE ADULT LITERACY COUNCIL INC — $457,500 · EducationDIVERSE LEARNERS COOPERATIVE — $425,000 · EducationTENNESSEE CHARTER SCHOOL CENTER — $389,000 · EducationNashville Teacher Residency — $375,000 · EducationNashville Charter Collaborative — $350,000 · Education+27 more — $1,667,000 · Education+27 moreVOLUNTEER SCHOOLS DBA NASHVILLE INCUBATOR — $1,000,000 · OtherVOLUNTEER SCHOOLS DBA NA…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER NASHVILLE — $475,000 · OtherROOM IN THE INN INC — $330,000 · OtherOASIS CENTER INC — $470,000 · OtherFriends of Mill Ridge Park — $384,300 · Other+98 more — $6,466,500 · Other+98 moreST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC — $410,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE — $385,000 · Human ServicesCONEXION AMERICAS — $365,000 · Human ServicesTHE CROSSROADS CAMPUS — $338,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE — $210,000 · Human ServicesTHE MARY PARRISH CENTER — $180,000 · Human ServicesFANNIE BATTLE DAY HOME FOR CHILDREN INC — $145,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273) — $129,500 · Human ServicesPASTORAL COUNSELING CENTERS OF TENN — $120,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER — $115,000 · Human ServicesANCORATN FKA END SLAVERY TENNESSEE INC — $105,000 · Human ServicesTENNESSEE JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS — $105,000 · Human Services+12 more — $515,000 · Human ServicesRENEWAL HOUSE INC — $330,000 · HealthSEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER — $255,000 · HealthSTARS INC — $240,000 · HealthFAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INC — $235,000 · HealthINTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE — $205,000 · HealthVanderbilt University Medical Center — $115,000 · HealthTHE NEW BEGINNINGS CENTER — $92,500 · HealthREBOOT RECOVERY INC — $75,000 · HealthHOPE CLINIC FOR WOMEN — $72,500 · Health+6 more — $140,000 · HealthSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC — $690,000 · Food & NutritionNASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC — $200,000 · Food & NutritionSCORE INTERNATIONAL INC — $198,000 · ReligionMARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC — $185,000 · ReligionNATIONS MINISTRY CENTER — $122,500 · ReligionBEGIN ANEW — $102,500 · Religion
Philanthropy$16,193,500Education$10,247,300Other$9,125,800Human Services$3,122,500Health$1,760,000Food & Nutrition$890,000Religion$608,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM — $15,505,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL — $1,275,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE — $1,250,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetAVENTURA COMMUNITY SCHOOL — $1,053,800 over 3y, 16% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $800,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC — $690,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLittle Wonders Early Learning Center — $655,000 over 3y, 39% of budgetPERSIST NASHVILLE — $550,000 over 6y, 24% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC — $528,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVanderbilt University — $500,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKIPP NASHVILLE — $500,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER NASHVILLE — $475,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetOASIS CENTER INC — $470,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetNASHVILLE ADULT LITERACY COUNCIL INC — $457,500 over 6y, 23% of budgetDIVERSE LEARNERS COOPERATIVE — $425,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC — $410,000 over 6y, 6.3% of budgetTENNESSEE CHARTER SCHOOL CENTER — $389,000 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE — $385,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetFriends of Mill Ridge Park — $384,300 over 6y, 27% of budgetNashville Teacher Residency — $375,000 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetCONEXION AMERICAS — $365,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetNashville Charter Collaborative — $350,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetTHE CROSSROADS CAMPUS — $338,000 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetRENEWAL HOUSE INC — $330,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetSILOAM HEALTH — $300,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetTHE NEXT DOOR INC — $275,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetSEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER — $255,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetSTARS INC — $240,000 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetFAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INC — $235,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetNASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $230,000 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetBACKFIELD IN MOTION — $220,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetOPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE — $210,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetTENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION — $205,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetINTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE — $205,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetNASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC — $200,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetSCORE INTERNATIONAL INC — $198,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetMARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC — $185,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MARY PARRISH CENTER — $180,000 over 6y, 9.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WARNER PARKS INC — $175,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetGREENWAYS FOR NASHVILLE INC — $175,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetTHISTLE FARMS INC — $165,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetMCNEILLY CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC — $160,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetTHE KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY HOME — $160,000 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetNEEDLINK NASHVILLE — $145,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetFANNIE BATTLE DAY HOME FOR CHILDREN INC — $145,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetHANDS ON NASHVILLE INC — $140,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetTHE VICTOR S JOHNSON III NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE INC — $135,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetDISMAS INC — $135,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds THE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds AVENTURA COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC ↗
  • Who funds Little Wonders Early Learning Center ↗
  • Who funds PERSIST NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
  • Who funds KIPP NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds OASIS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE ADULT LITERACY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds DIVERSE LEARNERS COOPERATIVE ↗
  • Who funds ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds TENNESSEE CHARTER SCHOOL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Mill Ridge Park ↗
  • Who funds Nashville Teacher Residency ↗
  • Who funds CONEXION AMERICAS ↗
  • Who funds Nashville Charter Collaborative ↗
  • Who funds THE CROSSROADS CAMPUS ↗
  • Who funds RENEWAL HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SILOAM HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds THE NEXT DOOR INC ↗
  • Who funds SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds KIPP NASHVILLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STARS INC ↗
  • Who funds FAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BACKFIELD IN MOTION ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds SCORE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Memorial Foundation I…Hca Healthcare Founda…The Frist FoundationUnited Way of Middle …Dorothy Cate and Thom…The Healing Trust For…The Community Foundat…Nashville Predators F…The Dan and Margaret …Dettwiller FoundationCarolyn Smith Foundat…Louie M & Betty M Phi…
Memorial Foundation IncTN174.5× affinity87 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Memorial Foundation Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Frist Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Nashville Predators Foundation · The Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund Inc · Dettwiller Foundation · Carolyn Smith Foundation · Louie M & Betty M Phillips Foundatn

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Joe C Davis Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Achievement First Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
63report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 194 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines