· Private foundation
L J & N a Davis Fdtn Schlr
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k21 grants · $112k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $39k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OHIO STATE UNIV MANSFIELD FBO CRAIG | $19,747 |
| BALDWIN WALLACE UNIV FBO JILLIAN | $19,747 |
| BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIV FBO MAKENZIE | $9,000 |
| KENT STATE UNIV FBO SADIE MOSQUEDA | $9,000 |
| APEX ACADEMY FBO ELLA PAYNE | $9,000 |
| UNIV OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO FBO CECIL | $9,000 |
| ASHLAND UNIV FBO MADELYN SCHIEBER | $7,181 |
| OHIO STATE UNIV FBO CARSON WALKER | $7,181 |
| CAPITAL UNIV FBO ZACHARY ORIS | $7,181 |
| TIFFIN UNIV FBO ZAYNAH TATE | $6,417 |
| UNIV OF CINCINNATI FBO KAYA CAPRETTA | $5,500 |
| COLLEGE OF WOOSTER FBO AMANDA HARVEY | $4,500 |
| OHIO STATE UNIV FBO ADAM GEIGER | $4,500 |
| KENT STATE UNIV FBO CADEN JUTZ | $4,500 |
| BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIV FBO MADISON | $4,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.
43 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 43 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $152k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MVMount Vernon Nazarene University2× · 2018–2019 · $24k · revenue +21%
- OUOtterbein University2× · 2018–2019 · $21k · revenue +2%
- TUThe University of Findlay2× · 2018–2019 · $19k · revenue +3%
Funded once
- 2Q29 QUALIFIED SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTSone grant, 2017 · $124k
- OSOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ATone grant, 2018 · $18k
- KSKENT STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2019 · $16k
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.
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.
As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…
Excelsior University provides educational opportunity to adult learners with an emphasis on those historically underrepresented in higher education. The University meets students where they are - academically and geographically, offering…
Nebraska wesleyan university is an academic community dedicated to intellectual and personal growth within the context of a liberal arts education and in an environment of christian concern.
Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.
Rooted in our Mercy Catholic liberal arts identity, we educate and inspire diverse learners in an environment where faith and reason flourish together for meaningful lives, dignified work, and leadership in service toward a just and loving…
Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…
Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.
As new york's leading university for character education, rwu is a community of learners committed to historic christianity which seeks to prepare thoughtful, spiritually mature, service-oriented people who will transform society.
True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.
Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.
Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…
Manchester University respects the infinite worth of every individual and graduates persons of ability and conviction who draw upon their education and faith to lead principled, productive, and compassionate lives that improve the human…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 120 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
Open a dossier: The Ohio Foundation Of · Council of Independent Colleges · Ibm International Foundation · Columbus Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization L J & N a Davis Fdtn Schlr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from L J & N a Davis Fdtn Schlr. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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