Maryland · Private foundation
Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $486k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $170,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 56% of the organizations Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $305k 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 | 10 | $386k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $600k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $70k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $58k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $16k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $108k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $344k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Ethiopian National Project Inc | $340,000 | 2 | 83% |
| Erin Michele Levitas Education Foundation Inc | $101,000 | 2 | 7% |
| University of Baltimore Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tikva Corp | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Baltimore Design School Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Maryland Horse Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adamah Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Building Science Technology and Education Partnerships Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Ethiopian National Project Inc | $340,000 | 2 | 83% |
| Erin Michele Levitas Education Foundation Inc | $101,000 | 2 | 7% |
| University of Baltimore Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tikva Corp | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Baltimore Design School Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Maryland Horse Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adamah Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Building Science Technology and Education Partnerships Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lifebridge Health Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dyslexia Tutoring Program | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Promise Fund of Florida Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Society of the Four Arts Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Talmudical Academy of Baltimore Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bais Yaakov School for Girls Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maryland Institute | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Achim Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| National Aquarium Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($839k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 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.
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How this is measured
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About Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc
- How much does Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc give?
- Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $486,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (32%), International (20%), Education (14%).
- Who are Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Friends of the Ethiopian National Project Inc ($340k), Erin Michele Levitas Education Foundation Inc ($101k), University of Baltimore Foundation Inc ($60k).
- Does Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore, Crane Family Foundation Inc, The Hackerman Foundation Inc.
- Where is Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc based?
- Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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