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The Davenport Family Foundation

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.

$2.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$435k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Education$12MArts & Culture$3.9MRecreation & Sports$2.0MHealth$1.8MHuman Services$1.2MFood & Nutrition$944kEnvironment$753kAnimals$590kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $240k
  • $50k–250k16 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+2 grants · $855k
$60,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$67M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE MERCERSBURG ACADEMY$435,000
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND$420,000
HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY$225,000
SANFORD SCHOOL$213,000
CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK$150,000
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART$140,000
BRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM & CONSERVANCY$130,000
MALVERN PREPATORY SCHOOL$120,000
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE$100,000
MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$100,000
THE HOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC$100,000
INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME$100,000
TUFTS UNIVERSITY$95,000
PHILADELPHIA ZOO$75,000
SQUASHSMARTS$75,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $84k → 8%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $10k → 11%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $46k → 11%LEMOYNE COMMUNITY CENTER: $60k → 12%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $3k → 11%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $45k → 11%LEMOYNE COMMUNITY CENTER: $60k → 12%TICK TOCK EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $100k → 6%KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY CARE: $15k → 9%KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%TICK TOCK EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $10k → 6%HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY CARE: $15k → 9%KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%WILLOW VALLEY COMMUNITIES: $15k → 9%WILLOW VALLEY COMMUNITIES: $15k → 9%WILLOW VALLEY COMMUNITIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $11k → 9%KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%WILLOW VALLEY COMMUNITIES: $10k → 9%KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%WILLOW VALLEY COMMUNITIES: $10k → 9%KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%WILLOW VALLEY COMMUNITIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%WEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER: $120k → 6%KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE: $150k → 6%WEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER: $91k → 6%WEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER: $45k → 6%WEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER: $20k → 6%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $25k → 10%MELMARK INC: $200k → 6%MELMARK INC: $100k → 6%HANDI-CRAFTERS INC: $30k → 6%MELMARK INC: $100k → 6%HANDI-CRAFTERS INC: $25k → 6%MELMARK INC: $100k → 6%HANDI-CRAFTERS INC: $25k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
NY
MA
PA
NJ
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RI
VA
MD
DE
TN
NC
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$21M · 56 repeat orgs$3.6M to everyone else

56 repeat relationships — 31 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
36

Total granted

$21M
$3.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+39%

Still filing today

82%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionScience & TechOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SS
    SANFORD SCHOOL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +52%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND
    5× · 2019–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +12%
  • Trustees of Tufts College
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • MP
    MALVERN PREPARATORY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M · revenue +79%
  • CS
    COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
    one grant, 2017 · $500k · revenue +9%
  • VU
    VILLANOVA UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $500k · revenue +39%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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2
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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5
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
6
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
7
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
8
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
9
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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10
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
11
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
12
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lancaster General Health Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Elmiras Wildlife Sanctuary Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsYouth Sports ProgramsHealth Access Advocacy and …Food Banks and PantriesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Military Veterans SupportEquine Therapy ProgramsCommunity FoundationsSenior Support ServicesIndependent K-12 SchoolsLocal History MuseumsEnvironmental Conservation …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 44 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr13%5%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr17%25%20–35yr15%20%35–55yr17%39%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%2%5–10yr19%15%10–20yr17%15%20–35yr15%7%35–55yr17%61%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/70
the rest of the field
9%
7,129/78,092

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

69 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 69 of the 97 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
69/69
Grantees still filing
51/69
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SANFORD SCHOOL — $2,410,014 · EducationSANFORD SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — $1,350,792 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF RICHMONDTrustees of Tufts College — $1,195,000 · EducationTrustees of Tufts CollegeMALVERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL — $1,004,700 · EducationMALVERN PREPARATORY SCHOOLHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY — $825,000 · EducationHIGH POINT UNIVERSITYVanderbilt University — $820,000 · EducationVanderbilt UniversityTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY — $815,902 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY — $500,000 · EducationTHE HILL SCHOOL — $410,000 · EducationMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $350,000 · Education+7 more — $639,000 · Education+7 moreBRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM & CONSERVANCY — $1,862,374 · OtherBRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM & CONSERVANCYMALVERN PREPATORY SCHOOL — $986,000 · OtherMALVERN PREPATORY SCHOOLMERCERSBERG ACADEMY — $645,000 · OtherMERCERSBERG ACADEMYTHE MERCERSBURG ACADEMY — $625,000 · OtherTHE MERCERSBURG ACADEMYUNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED — $450,000 · OtherUNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION INCOR…KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION — $309,100 · OtherZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA — $550,000 · OtherZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIAREACH RIVERSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP — $312,353 · Other+40 more — $2,543,692 · Other+40 moreMELMARK INC — $500,000 · Human ServicesKIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION — $310,000 · Human ServicesWEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER — $275,736 · Human ServicesKENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE — $150,000 · Human ServicesLEMOYNE COMMUNITY CENTER — $120,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY DAY CARE ASSOCIATION — $110,000 · Human ServicesVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC — $104,383 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC — $83,793 · Human ServicesHANDI-CRAFTERS INC — $80,000 · Human Services+4 more — $125,350 · Human ServicesPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART — $951,000 · Arts & CultureBrandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art — $210,000 · Arts & CultureGUMBO LIMBO COASTAL STEWARDS INC — $117,500 · Arts & CultureVirginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation — $75,000 · Arts & CultureTHE TUN LEGACY FOUNDATION INC — $75,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more — $105,000 · Arts & CultureSQUASHSMARTS INC — $375,000 · Recreation & SportsHARLEM LACROSSE AND LEADERSHIP CORPORATION — $237,905 · Recreation & SportsINTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME INCORPORATED — $200,000 · Recreation & SportsHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC — $100,000 · Recreation & SportsPHILADELPHIA SKATING CLUB & HUMANE SOCIE TY — $70,000 · Recreation & SportsCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK — $800,819 · Food & NutritionPhilabundance — $50,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC — $50,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $10,000 · Food & NutritionCOLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY — $500,000 · Science & TechSTROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER — $255,000 · Science & Tech
Education$10,320,408Other$8,283,519Human Services$1,859,262Arts & Culture$1,533,500Recreation & Sports$982,905Food & Nutrition$910,819Science & Tech$755,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSANFORD SCHOOL — $2,410,014 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — $1,350,792 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College — $1,195,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMALVERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL — $1,004,700 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART — $951,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY — $825,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVanderbilt University — $820,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY — $815,902 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK — $800,819 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA — $550,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCOLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY — $500,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMELMARK INC — $500,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY — $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED — $450,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HILL SCHOOL — $410,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSQUASHSMARTS INC — $375,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $350,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetEckerd College — $340,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetREACH RIVERSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP — $312,353 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetKIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION — $310,000 over 9y, 6.5% of budgetKALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION — $309,100 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetWEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER — $275,736 over 3y, 20% of budgetSTROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER — $255,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetHARLEM LACROSSE AND LEADERSHIP CORPORATION — $237,905 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBrandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art — $210,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH FOUNDATION — $200,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME INCORPORATED — $200,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE INC — $185,386 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE — $175,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING INC — $162,474 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetKENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE — $150,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE WETLANDS INSTITUTE — $140,100 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetLEMOYNE COMMUNITY CENTER — $120,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetGUMBO LIMBO COASTAL STEWARDS INC — $117,500 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetSOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY DAY CARE ASSOCIATION — $110,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC — $104,383 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES — $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFIGHTING BACK SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC — $99,000 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC — $83,793 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHANDI-CRAFTERS INC — $80,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetVirginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation — $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TUN LEGACY FOUNDATION INC — $75,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetPHILADELPHIA SKATING CLUB & HUMANE SOCIE TY — $70,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetBAKER INDUSTRIES INC — $62,600 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetWASHINGTON COLLEGE — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPhilabundance — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds SANFORD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Tufts College ↗
  • Who funds MALVERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY ↗
  • Who funds MELMARK INC ↗
  • Who funds VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds THE HILL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SQUASHSMARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Eckerd College ↗
  • Who funds REACH RIVERSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
  • Who funds KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER ↗
  • Who funds STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HARLEM LACROSSE AND LEADERSHIP CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds THERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING INC ↗
  • Who funds KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds THE WETLANDS INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds LEMOYNE COMMUNITY CENTER ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Philadelphia Foun…Chester County Commun…Wsfs Cares FoundationWelfare Foundation IncDelaware Community Fo…Crestlea Foundation I…Longwood Foundation I…The Dansko Foundation…Hamilton Family Found…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Cabot-Kjellerup Found…The Smith Foundation …
The Philadelphia FoundationPA28.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Chester County Community Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Welfare Foundation Inc · Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Crestlea Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · The Dansko Foundation Inc · Hamilton Family Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Cabot-Kjellerup Foundation · The Smith Foundation Aka the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Davenport Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Reach Riverside Development Corp — 100% of income from government
  • Kind to Kids Foundation — 69% of income from government
  • Food Bank of Delaware Inc — 26% of income from government
  • Kalmar Nyckel Foundation — 14% of income from government
  • Delaware Community Foundation Inc — 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College — 13% of income from government
  • University of Miami — 5% of income from government
  • The Wetlands Institute — 2% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc — 2% of income from government
  • The Pilot School Incorporated — 1% of income from government
  • Washington College — 0% of income from government
  • Eckerd College — 0% of income from government
  • The Independence School Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Sanford School — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Davenport Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Davenport 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 97 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home