Illinois · Private foundation
John K and Thirza F Davenport Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $84k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations John K and Thirza F Davenport Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $84k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $82k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $50k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $48k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $43k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $45k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $56k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotuit Center for the Arts Inc | $44,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cape Arts & Entertainment Inc | $42,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cultural Center of Cape Cod | $35,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Mark Hennessy Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 27% |
| The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod | $23,500 | 6 | 1% |
| The Cape Cod Museum of Art Inc | $23,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Cape Cod Repertory Theatre Company Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Cape Cod Center for the Arts Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lesley University | $11,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Eventide Arts Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotuit Center for the Arts Inc | $44,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cape Arts & Entertainment Inc | $42,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cultural Center of Cape Cod | $35,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Mark Hennessy Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 27% |
| The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod | $23,500 | 6 | 1% |
| The Cape Cod Museum of Art Inc | $23,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Cape Cod Repertory Theatre Company Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Cape Cod Center for the Arts Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lesley University | $11,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Eventide Arts Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Cornell University | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Academy of Performing Arts Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Vinegrass Corporation | $4,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Beyond The Bounds Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Woods Hole Theater Company Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Lasell University | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wheaton College | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cahoon Museum of American Art Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Provincetown Theater Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Yarmouth New Church Preservation Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($118k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John K and Thirza F Davenport Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Bilezikian Family Foundation Inc · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust · Eastern Bank Foundation · Donald C McGraw Foundation Inc · South Shore Playhouse Associates Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About John K and Thirza F Davenport Foundation
- How much does John K and Thirza F Davenport Foundation give?
- John K and Thirza F Davenport Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $83,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does John K and Thirza F Davenport Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (93%), Education (7%), Environment (1%).
- Who are John K and Thirza F Davenport Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cotuit Center for the Arts Inc ($44k), Cape Arts & Entertainment Inc ($42k), Cultural Center of Cape Cod ($35k).
- Does John K and Thirza F Davenport Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John K and Thirza F Davenport Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John K and Thirza F Davenport Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cape Cod Foundation Inc, Bilezikian Family Foundation Inc, Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc.
- Where is John K and Thirza F Davenport Foundation based?
- John K and Thirza F Davenport Foundation is based in IL.
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