Massachusetts · Private foundation
Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $204k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2026
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $13,585
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $18,586
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 22
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 12
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 41% of the organizations Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 19 | $199k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 22 | $195k | 41% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $67k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $205k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $196k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $169k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $142k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $92k | 77% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton Head Preparatory School | $82,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $76,068 | 5 | 0% |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc | $70,224 | 3 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $68,561 | 4 | 0% |
| Animal Welfare Institute | $61,664 | 3 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry Inc | $53,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | $44,194 | 3 | 0% |
| Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence | $43,664 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Promise of the Lowcountry | $38,115 | 8 | 1% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $36,560 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 58 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($46k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · Heritage Classic Foundation · Wexford Foundation · The Bargain Box · The Berkeley Hall Charitable Foundation · United Way of the Lowcountry · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · John L Clendenin & Margaret Clendenin F · The Thorpe Family Foundation Inc · Palmetto Project Inc · Worldwide Small Change Foundation Co Roy Kaufmann · Dan and Merrie Boone Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation
- How much does Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation give?
- Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $203,778 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 22 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2026, its largest causes are Animals (14%), Philanthropy (11%), Education (9%).
- Who are Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2026: Hilton Head Preparatory School ($83k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($76k), Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc ($70k).
- Does Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation 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 Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, Heritage Classic Foundation, Wexford Foundation.
- Where is Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation based?
- Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation is based in MA.
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