New York · Private foundation
Sharon S Davis Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $122k
- Granted FY2023
- 47
- Grants FY2023
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of Sharon S Davis Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 31 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Sharon S Davis Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 36 organizations, $122k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 43 to 47
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 4% of the organizations Sharon S Davis Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 46 | $121k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 43 | $157k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 47 | $148k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 45 | $87k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellness in the Schools Inc | $30,750 | 2 | 2% |
| Women for Women International | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Third Way | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| International Medical Corps | $27,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Academy in Rome | $22,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Fresh Air Fund | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Municipal Art Society of New York | $21,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Battery Conservancy Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($153k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sharon S Davis Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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
About Sharon S Davis Foundation Inc
- How much does Sharon S Davis Foundation Inc give?
- Sharon S Davis Foundation Inc reported 47 grants totaling $121,821 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 47 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Sharon S Davis Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (79%), Arts & Culture (8%), International (4%).
- Who are Sharon S Davis Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Wellness in the Schools Inc ($31k), Women for Women International ($30k), Third Way ($30k).
- Does Sharon S Davis Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sharon S Davis Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sharon S Davis Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc, The Ford Foundation, May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Sharon S Davis Foundation Inc based?
- Sharon S Davis Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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