Tennessee · Private foundation
The David Foundation
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.
- $85k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $216k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations The David Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $85k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $50k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $31k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope Academy | $51,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leadership International Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 1% |
| New Day Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Foundation Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Operation Andrew Group Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Faith Family Medical Center Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Young Life | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Red Road Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Brightstone Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope Academy | $51,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leadership International Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 1% |
| New Day Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Foundation Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Operation Andrew Group Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Faith Family Medical Center Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Young Life | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Red Road Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Brightstone Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lipscomb University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridges to Prosperity Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rally Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The David Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The David Foundation
- How much does The David Foundation give?
- The David Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $85,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does The David Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (34%), Religion (23%), International (23%).
- Who are The David Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: New Hope Academy ($51k), Samaritan's Purse ($25k), Leadership International Inc ($18k).
- Does The David Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The David Foundation 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 The David Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation.
- Where is The David Foundation based?
- The David Foundation is based in TN.
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