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Ken W Davis Foundation at a glance

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Ken W Davis Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
119
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$3.4MHealth$2.3MFood & Nutrition$1.3MCrime & Legal$1000kPublic Benefit$901kHousing & Shelter$864kYouth Development$779kEducation$697kOther$0
02FY2025 · 119 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k110 grants · $2.0M
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $459k
$17,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$45M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK$70,000
HEALING REINS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC$69,000
CENTERS FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES$60,000
RECORDING LIBRARY OF WEST TX$60,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HILL COUNTRY$50,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$50,000
TRUE PURPOSE MINISTRIES$50,000
MIDLAND RAPE CRISIS & CHILD ADVOCACY CTR$50,000
MISSION AGAPE$40,000
SENIOR LIFE MIDLAND$40,000
COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S CLINIC$40,000
APHASIA CENTER OF WEST TEXAS INC$40,000
WEST TEXAS GIFTS OF HOPE$35,000
TBHC - TEXAS BAPTIST HOME FOR CHILDREN$35,000
PERMIAN BASIN GIFTS OF HOPE$35,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $15k → 17%MEALS ON WHEELS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS: $15k → 10%GLADNEY CENtER FOR ADOPTION: $15k → 11%OPERATION HEALING FORCE: $25k → 12%OPERATION HEALING FORCES: $25k → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $20k → 14%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AM: $55k → 8%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $15k → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $15k → 14%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AM: $39k → 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AM: $35k → 8%MANOR PARK INC: $25k → 12%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AM: $30k → 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AM: $30k → 8%MANOR PARK INC: $25k → 12%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AM: $20k → 8%FORT WORTH HOPE CENTER: $25k → 11%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AM: $15k → 8%FORT WORTH HOPE CENTER: $15k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $26k → 16%ODESSA FAMILY YMCA: $15k → 16%SAMARITAN CENTER INC: $30k → 12%SAMARITAN CENTER INC: $15k → 12%ATTIC FOSTER NETWORK: $15k → 14%CHRISTIAN WORKS FOR CHILDREN: $15k → 14%CHRISTIAN WORKS FOR CHILDREN: $15k → 14%ATTIC FOSTER NETWORK: $15k → 14%SPRINGBOARD CENTER: $15k → 14%BASIN DREAM CENTER FOR ORPHANS: $20k → 12%ATTIC FOSTER NETWORK: $15k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTH TEXAS REGION: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTH TEXAS REGION: $50k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTH TEXAS REGION: $25k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTH TEXAS REGION: $20k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN FT WORTH: $20k → 11%WHEN WE LOVE: $17k → 11%CENTERS FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $60k → 12%CENTERS FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $40k → 12%CENTERS FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $40k → 12%CENTERS FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $40k → 12%CENTERS FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $40k → 12%CENTERS FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $40k → 12%ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $25k → 14%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $25k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $20k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $20k → 11%LENA POPE HOME: $20k → 11%LENA POPE HOME: $20k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 245 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

245 repeat relationships: 105 still active in FY2025, 140 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

245
86

Total granted

$13M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+12%

Still filing today

75%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $251k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationPublic BenefitCivil RightsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • MR
    Midland Rape Crisis Center Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $330k · revenue +34%
  • TA
    Tarrant Area Food Bank
    6× · 2020–2025 · $270k · revenue +26%
  • CF
    CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $260k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • Central Texas Food Bank Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $85k · revenue -28%
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY EMREGENCY DISASYER SERVICES
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • MT
    MISSION TRAVIS MERCYgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +75%
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
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
2
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
3
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
4
Texas Defender Service

See Schedule OTDS fights for the end of mass incarceration and excessive punishment in Texas through direct representation, policy reform, and public education. TDS stands up for the dignity and humanity of people harmed by mass…

Civil Rights
5
Aclu Foundation of Texas Inc

The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…

Civil Rights
6
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

—
7
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
8
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas

Ensure equal access to justice and improve the lives of low-income communities by providing high-quality legal representation, strategic litigation, valuable legal advice, and meaningful collaborations, outreach, and community education.

Crime & Legal
9
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
10
Disability Rights Texas

To advocate for and protect the human and legal rights of the citizens of texas with disabilities.

Civil Rights
11
Childrens Advocacy Center of West Texas Inc

The Organizations mission is to bring unity and efficiency to investigations of child abuse through the use of a multi-disciplinary team and, thereby, to provide the best possible services to victims of child abuse and their families.

Crime & Legal
12
Presbyterian Medical Services

Presbyterian medical services designs and delivers quality, integrated health, education, and human services in response to identified community needs of the multicultural people of the southwest.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas Public Policy Foundation; the most unlike its peers is One More Ministries. 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

247 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 247 of the 343 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
49
Early backer (in before they grew)
245/247
Grantees still filing
162/247
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Midland Rape Crisis Center Inc: $330,000 · OtherTarrant Area Food Bank: $270,000 · Other+114 more: $6,812,150 · Other+114 moreCENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $260,000 · Human ServicesCENTERS FOR CHILDREN …SENIOR LIFE MIDLAND INC: $229,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR LIFE MIDLAND I…FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $224,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS …American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $155,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red…HARMONY HOME CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $120,000 · Human ServicesADDYS HOPE SOCIAL SERVICES: $100,000 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC: $95,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $90,500 · Human Services+30 more: $1,217,000 · Human Services+30 morePERMIAN BASIN GIFTS OF HOPE INC: $160,000 · HealthCANCER CARE SERVICES: $150,000 · HealthWEST TEXAS GIFTS OF HOPE INC: $140,000 · HealthPERMIAN BASIN REHABILITATION CENTER: $120,000 · HealthAll Saints Health Foundation: $100,000 · HealthPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $95,000 · HealthHEALING REINS EQUINE ASSISTED SERVICES INC: $69,000 · HealthMISSION TRAVIS MERCY: $50,000 · HealthNEURO ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION: $45,000 · HealthSIMPLY GRACE: $40,000 · Health+1 more: $30,000 · HealthAPHASIA CENTER OF WEST TEXAS INC: $186,000 · EducationRECORDING LIBRARY OF WEST TEXAS: $161,000 · EducationBYNUM SCHOOL: $60,000 · EducationEMMETSBURG EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $52,000 · EducationREAL CLEAR FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationNETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN INC: $47,500 · EducationNEW KEY SCHOOL INC: $46,500 · EducationCONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA: $100,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Public BenefitBARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $55,000 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $55,000 · Public BenefitTAX FOUNDATION: $47,000 · Public BenefitFOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC: $35,000 · Public BenefitAMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL: $35,000 · Public BenefitILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE: $35,000 · Public BenefitTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Public BenefitHONOR VETERANS NOW: $35,000 · Public BenefitMACKINAC CENTER: $30,000 · Public BenefitCOUNCIL FOR NATIONAL POLICY: $30,000 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $30,000 · Public BenefitMISSION AGAPE: $170,000 · Food & NutritionCommunity Food Bank: $117,500 · Food & NutritionCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $85,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS INC OF TARRANT COUNTY: $80,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY LINK MISSION INC: $60,000 · Food & NutritionITS GOING TO BE OK INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionTHE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY: $90,000 · Housing & ShelterTEXAS RAMP PROJECT: $79,500 · Housing & ShelterCHRISTMAS IN ACTION INC: $75,000 · Housing & ShelterGEARY GIRLS RANCHNORTH dba GEARY FOSTER FOUNDATIONS: $55,000 · Housing & ShelterTrue Purpose Ministries: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterThe Fields Edge: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterNEW DAY: $27,000 · Housing & ShelterHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $22,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$7,412,150Human Services$2,490,500Health$999,000Education$603,000Public Benefit$582,000Food & Nutrition$537,500Housing & Shelter$459,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMidland Rape Crisis Center Inc: $330,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $270,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $260,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetSENIOR LIFE MIDLAND INC: $229,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $224,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY CHILDREN'S MINISTRY: $215,000 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetAPHASIA CENTER OF WEST TEXAS INC: $186,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetMISSION AGAPE: $170,000 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetRECORDING LIBRARY OF WEST TEXAS: $161,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetPERMIAN BASIN GIFTS OF HOPE INC: $160,000 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $155,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER CARE SERVICES: $150,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetWEST TEXAS GIFTS OF HOPE INC: $140,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetSAFE PLACE OF THE PERMIAN BASIN: $140,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetDAY RESOURCE CENTER FOR HOMELESS: $130,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetUnion Gospel Mission of Tarrant County: $130,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHARMONY HOME CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $120,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of the Permian Basin Inc: $120,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetPERMIAN BASIN REHABILITATION CENTER: $120,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetWEST TEXAS FOOD BANK: $120,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Food Bank: $117,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN INC: $116,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetCRISIS CENTER OF WEST TEXAS: $113,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMIDLAND SOUP KITCHEN MINISTRY: $105,000 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetCASA OF WEST TEXAS: $105,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetPHOENIX CENTER: $101,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetCONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA: $100,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetAll Saints Health Foundation: $100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetADDYS HOPE SOCIAL SERVICES: $100,000 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $95,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC: $95,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF FORT WORTH INC: $95,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $90,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY: $90,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $85,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC OF TARRANT COUNTY: $80,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTEXAS RAMP PROJECT: $79,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCHRISTMAS IN ACTION INC: $75,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetOPERATION HEALING FORCES INC: $70,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE: $70,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPermian Basin Adult Literacy Center: $70,000 over 5y, 26% of budgetHEALING REINS EQUINE ASSISTED SERVICES INC: $69,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBASIN DREAM CENTER FOR ORPHANS: $65,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $64,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetONE MORE MINISTRIES: $61,000 over 3y, 36% 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.

  • Who funds Midland Rape Crisis Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Tarrant Area Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR LIFE MIDLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds APHASIA CENTER OF WEST TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSION AGAPE ↗
  • Who funds RECORDING LIBRARY OF WEST TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds PERMIAN BASIN GIFTS OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds CANCER CARE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds WEST TEXAS GIFTS OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE PLACE OF THE PERMIAN BASIN ↗
  • Who funds DAY RESOURCE CENTER FOR HOMELESS ↗
  • Who funds Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County ↗
  • Who funds HARMONY HOME CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Boys and Girls Clubs of the Permian Basin Inc ↗
  • Who funds PERMIAN BASIN REHABILITATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WEST TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN INC ↗
  • Who funds CRISIS CENTER OF WEST TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds MIDLAND SOUP KITCHEN MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF WEST TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIX CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds All Saints Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds ADDYS HOPE SOCIAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC ↗

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.

Abell-Hanger Foundati…Thomas M Helen McKee …Permian Basin Area Fo…Helen Greathouse Char…Amon G Carter Foundat…Scharbauer Foundation…Sid W Richardson Foun…Communities Foundatio…Pevehouse Family Foun…Warren Charitable Fou…Community Foundation …Wayne & Jo Ann Moore …
Abell-Hanger FoundationTX85.9× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Abell-Hanger Foundation · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Permian Basin Area Foundation · Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust · Amon G Carter Foundation · Scharbauer Foundation Inc · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Pevehouse Family Foundation · Warren Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Wayne & Jo Ann Moore Charitable 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ken W Davis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ken W Davis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Association for Autism and Neurodiversity Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Healing Reins Equine Assisted Services Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
51report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Ken W Davis Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ken W Davis Foundation 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 343 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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