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Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc at a glance

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Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$486k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$170k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Religion$555kInternational$340kEducation$245kArts & Culture$105kCrime & Legal$101kScience & Tech$100kYouth Development$75kPhilanthropy$70kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $165k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $321k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$9.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Friends of the Ethiopian National Project$170,000
American Technion Society$100,000
Erin Levitas Foundation$51,000
Baltimore Design School$30,000
JCC Valley of the Sun$25,000
Roca Pallin Youth Center - Baltimore$25,000
Building Steps$20,000
University of Baltimore Foundation$20,000
Adamah$20,000
Dyslexia Tutoring Program$15,000
Living Classrooms Foundation (GEM)$10,000
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 (FY24–25, $340k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Friends of the Ethiopian National Project: $170k → 12%Friends of the Ethiopian National Project: $170k → 12%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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 9 repeat orgs$366k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
15

Total granted

$1.3M
$246k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+28%

Still filing today

56%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureAnimalsReligionHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE ETHIOPIAN NATIONAL PROJECT INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $340k · revenue +3% · 83% of their budget
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $60k · revenue +76%
  • BS
    BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $40k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • VO
    various organized charities
    one grant, 2018 · $70k
  • TC
    TIKVA CORP
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • MH
    MARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -20%
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
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
2
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
3
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
4
Mesivta Kesser Torah of Baltimore Inc

The purpose of the organization (the school) will be accomplished solely by providing a jewish and secular secondary education to students in baltimore, maryland

Education
5
Israel-America Academic Exchange

Israel-america academic exchange (iaae) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is todeepen the understanding of israel and the middle east within the international academiccommunity. the organization organizes educational missions and…

International
6
Hebrew College

Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…

Education
7
Jewish Leadership Academy Inc

The jewish leadership academy is a world-class jewish middle and upper school dedicated to developing the skills, curiosity, and potential of miami's most ambitious students for a life of purpose, commitment, and service.

Education
8
Foundation Stone Institute Inc

To promote a positive relationship between catholics and israelis.

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9
Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Buffalo Inc

Education opportunity for the jewish community

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10
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
11
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
12
American Friends of Oseh Chayil

To further jewish education in israel

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Adamah Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Ethiopian National Project Inc. 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

18 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. 18 of the 31 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Associated: $472,000 · OtherThe AssociatedBrandeis University Schusterman Center: $100,000 · OtherBrandeis University Schusterman CenterRoca Pallin Youth Center - Baltimore: $75,000 · OtherRoca Pallin Youth Center - Baltimorevarious organized charities: $70,050 · Othervarious organized charitiesThe Walters Art Museum: $56,500 · OtherThe Walters Art Museum+14 more: $178,500 · Other+14 moreFRIENDS OF THE ETHIOPIAN NATIONAL PROJECT INC: $340,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE ETHIOPI…UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…TIKVA CORP: $50,000 · EducationTIKVA CORPBALTIMORE DESIGN SCHOOL INC: $30,000 · EducationBALTIMORE …DYSLEXIA TUTORING PROGRAM: $15,000 · EducationDYSLEXIA T…+1 more: $5,000 · EducationERIN MICHELE LEVITAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $101,000 · Crime & LegalAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $100,000 · InternationalBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $7,500 · Arts & CultureLIFEBRIDGE HEALTH INC: $20,000 · HealthPROMISE FUND OF FLORIDA INC: $10,000 · Health
Other$952,050Human Services$340,000Education$160,000Crime & Legal$101,000International$100,000Arts & Culture$47,500Health$30,000

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 budgetFRIENDS OF THE ETHIOPIAN NATIONAL PROJECT INC: $340,000 over 2y, 83% of budgetERIN MICHELE LEVITAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $101,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTIKVA CORP: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBALTIMORE DESIGN SCHOOL INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetVALLEY OF THE SUN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLIFEBRIDGE HEALTH INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROMISE FUND OF FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaryland Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACHIM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL AQUARIUM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Associated Jewish Cha…Crane Family Foundati…The Hackerman Foundat…Baltimore Community F…Annie E Casey Foundat…Jewish Communal FundT Rowe Price Program …Lapidus-Cohen Foundat…Ben & Zelda Cohen Cha…Zell and Myrna Hurwit…The Goldsmith Family …The Abell Foundation …
Associated Jewish Charities of BaltimoreMD21.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Crane Family Foundation Inc · The Hackerman Foundation Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Lapidus-Cohen Foundation Inc · Ben & Zelda Cohen Charitable Foundation Inc · Zell and Myrna Hurwitz Foundation Inc · The Goldsmith Family Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc

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 Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Adamah Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Lifebridge Health Inc: 1% of income from government
  • National Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc 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 31 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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