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Kenneth S Davidson Family Foundation at a glance

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Kenneth S Davidson Family Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$47k
Granted FY2022
10
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$17k
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, FY2017 to 2022.

Arts & Culture$79kEducation$31kHealth$19kReligion$9kPhilanthropy$7kCivil Rights$3kHuman Services$3kHousing & Shelter$1kOther$0
02FY2022 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k9 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $17k
$2,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRIDGEHAMPTON CHAMBER MUSIC ASSOCIATES INC$16,996
THE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$8,500
NEW MUSIC USA INC$8,000
GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC$6,000
YOUNG CONCERT ARTIST INC$2,000
CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC$1,500
ATLANTIC GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION$1,200
THE CHURCH$1,000
THE KNIGHTS$1,000
BRIDGEHAMPTON CHILD CARE AND RECREATIONAL CENTER INC$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BRIDGEHAMPTON CHILD & RECREATIONAL CENTER INC: $2k → 7%BRIDGEHAMPTON CHILD CARE AND RECREATIONAL CENTER INC: $1k → 7%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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$105k · 10 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2022, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$105k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+9%

Still filing today

70%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalOther
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

  • NM
    NEW MUSIC USA INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $38k · revenue +244%
  • JS
    JUILLIARD SCHOOL
    2× · 2017–2018 · $23k · revenue +64%
  • GD
    GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $18k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • CS
    CITY SCHOOL OF ARTS
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • MC
    MANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +23%
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
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
2
New York City Ballet Inc

Perform, promote and sustain classical ballet.

Arts & Culture
3
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc

Mtc's work includes producing and developing new work on and off-broadway, nurturing artists throughout their careers, and positively impacting the lives of many through innovative education programs. we are committed to equity, diversity…

Arts & Culture
4
Move(Nyc) Foundation Inc

Move|nyc| is a civic arts and social justice organization committed to cultivating a more diverse and inclusive society through transforming the field of professional dance. more than an arts organization, move|nyc| is a movement for…

Public Benefit
5
The Diller-Quaile School of Music Inc

For more than a century, diller-quaile has offered an environment where music can flourish in all its aspects, enriching the lives of students of all ages and cultural backgrounds. the belief that music is a fundamental part of human life…

Arts & Culture
6
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
7
The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts Inc

To offer accessible, high-quality performing arts education that sparks personal growth and builds inclusive communities. its vision is to transform performing arts education in an inclusive community accessible to all.

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8
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association

For over 150 years, the 92nd street y, new york has been serving its communities and the larger world by bringing people together (continued on schedule o)and providing exceptional, groundbreaking programs in the performing and visual…

Religion
9
New York Public Radio

To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful through excellent audio programming that is deeply rooted in new york.

Arts & Culture
10
Bard College

Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.

Education
11
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
12
Society of the Third Street Music School Settlement

The mission of third street music school settlement is to provide access to music and dance education to new yorkers of all ages.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Music Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Oracle Institute. 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

17 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. 17 of the 25 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $18,000 · OtherGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INCIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCITY SCHOOL OF ARTS: $10,000 · OtherCITY SCHOOL OF ARTSYOUNG CONCERT ARTIST: $8,000 · OtherYOUNG CONCERT ARTISTCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC: $2,500 · OtherBASTA: $2,500 · Other+5 more: $5,500 · Other+5 moreNEW MUSIC USA INC: $38,000 · Arts & CultureNEW MUSIC USA INCBRIDGEHAMPTON CHAMBER MUSIC ASSOCIATES INC: $16,996 · Arts & CultureBRIDGEHAMPTON CHAMBER MUSIC ASSOCIATES I…+4 more: $5,500 · Arts & Culture+4 moreJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $22,500 · EducationJUILLIARD SCHOOLTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $8,500 · EducationTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUN…ORACLE INSTITUTE: $2,500 · EducationORACLE INSTITUTE+1 more: $1,000 · EducationTHE ATLANTIC GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION: $7,000 · PhilanthropyBridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center Inc: $2,500 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONE YOUTH HOME: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterSylvia Rivera Law Project Inc: $500 · Crime & Legal
Other$61,500Arts & Culture$60,496Education$34,500Philanthropy$7,000Human Services$2,500Housing & Shelter$1,000Crime & Legal$500

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 budgetNEW MUSIC USA INC: $38,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGEHAMPTON CHAMBER MUSIC ASSOCIATES INC: $16,996 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $8,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ATLANTIC GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDIBLE SCHOOLYARD NEW YORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR PALLIATIVE CARE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLOCAL TV INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 New York Communit…Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The New York Community TrustNY15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Kenneth S Davidson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kenneth S Davidson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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

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    How do I get to Kenneth S Davidson Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Kenneth S Davidson Family 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 25 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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