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The David Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$66kReligion$45kInternational$45kYouth Development$20kHealth$17k
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
$7,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$216k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAMARITANS PURSE$25,000
NEW HOPE ACADEMY$25,000
FAMILY FOUNDATION$10,000
LEADERSHIP INTERNATIONAL$7,500
NASHVILLE YOUNG LIFE$5,000
LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
FAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CLINIC$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE RED ROAD: $5k → 4%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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$104k · 5 repeat orgs$90k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
9

Total granted

$104k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+16%

Still filing today

80%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalReligionHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • NH
    NEW HOPE ACADEMY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $51k · revenue -4%
  • LI
    LEADERSHIP INTERNATIONAL INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $18k · revenue +20%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2023–2024 · $15k

Funded once

  • ND
    NEW DAY CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • OA
    OPERATION ANDREW GROUP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +49%
  • JE
    JONATHON EDWARDS CLASSICAL ACEDEMY
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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2
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
3
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
4
Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots Us

Lutheran indian ministries shares the gospel of jesus christ with native american people, encouraging them to proclaim christ's kingdom to their own and to others.

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5
Lubbock Christian University

Lubbock christian university is a christ-centered, academic community of learners, transforming the hearts, minds, and hands of students for lives of purpose and service.

Education
6
Relearn

Relearn is a non-profit ministry that produces a podcast, books, and runs a biblical house church planting school.

Religion
7
Freedom in Christ Ministries

To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.

Religion
8
Kings Academy Nashville

King's academy is a pre-k-8th grade independent christian school in nashville, tennessee, providing a classically inspired education to a racially and socioeconomically balanced student body.

Education
9
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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10
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
11
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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12
Methodist Medical Center

Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association 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

13 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. 13 of the 17 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
7/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW HOPE ACADEMY: $51,450 · EducationNEW HOPE ACADEMYBRIGHTSTONE INC: $5,000 · EducationBRIGHTSTONE INCIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNEW DAY CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherNEW DAY CHURCHJONATHON EDWARDS CLASSICAL ACEDEMY: $10,000 · OtherJONATHON EDWARDS CLASSICAL…OPERATIONS ANDREWS: $5,000 · OtherOPERATIONS ANDREWSLIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · OtherLIPSCOMB UNIVERSITYSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $25,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSEOPERATION ANDREW GROUP INC: $10,000 · ReligionOPERATION ANDREW GRO…LEADERSHIP INTERNATIONAL INC: $17,500 · InternationalLEADERSHIP …BRIDGES TO PROSPERITY INC: $2,500 · InternationalBRIDGES TO …FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesThe Red Road Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesFAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INC: $10,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 · HealthYOUNG LIFE: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentRALLY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Education$56,450Other$45,000Religion$35,000International$20,000Human Services$15,000Health$11,000Youth Development$10,000Philanthropy$1,000

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 budgetNEW HOPE ACADEMY: $51,450 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEADERSHIP INTERNATIONAL INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY FOUNDATION FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetOPERATION ANDREW GROUP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Red Road Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBRIGHTSTONE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGES TO PROSPERITY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRALLY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 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.

Servant FoundationThe Community Foundat…Dorothy Cate and Thom…United Way of Middle …Hca Healthcare Founda…The Signatry Charitab…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Raymond James Charita…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Servant FoundationKS18.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 The David Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The David Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.

    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 17 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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