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The Davidson Family Foundation at a glance

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The Davidson 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.

$4.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
71
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$460k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$6.0MHuman Services$2.9MAnimals$2.9MHealth$2.1MArts & Culture$1.5MYouth Development$977kHousing & Shelter$531kEmployment$430kOther$0
02FY2025 · 71 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k36 grants · $835k
  • $50k–250k32 grants · $2.5M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.1M
$40,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$54M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TOWER FOUNDATION - SJSU$460,000
FIRST ACADEMY$400,000
GOOD SAMARITAN OUTREACH$253,000
COMMON SENSE CHILDBIRTH$200,000
CABRILLO COLLEGE FOUNDATION$150,000
LINCOLN LAW SCHOOL OF SAN JOSE$125,000
THE TECH MUSEUM OF INNOVATION$125,000
DIMOND L RANCH$110,000
SAN JOSE CONSERVATION CORPS$100,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$100,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$100,000
YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY$85,000
HUMANE SOCIETY of SILICON VALLEY$80,000
Individual grant recipient$80,000
HOPE HOUSE OF MCALESTER$75,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%YWCA GOLDEN GATE SILICON VALLEY: $370k → 8%IDIGNITY: $50k → 13%IDIGNITY: $50k → 13%IDIGNITY: $50k → 13%YWCA GOLDEN GATE SILICON VALLEY: $100k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%SOURCEWISE: $3k → 8%YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY: $105k → 8%YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY: $85k → 8%YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY: $75k → 8%YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY: $44k → 8%YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY: $34k → 8%YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY: $20k → 8%YWCA SILICON VALLEY: $200k → 8%YWCA SILICON VALLEY: $200k → 8%SOURCEWISE: $20k → 8%SOURCEWISE: $20k → 8%SOURCEWISE: $20k → 8%SOURCEWISE: $10k → 8%LIVE OAK ADULT SERVICES: $10k → 8%LIVE OAK ADULT SERVICES: $10k → 8%LIVE OAK ADULT SERVICES: $10k → 8%LIVE OAK ADULT SERVICES: $10k → 8%LIVE OAK ADULT SERVICES: $10k → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
NY
OR
NV
CA
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
TX
FL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18M · 75 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

75 repeat relationships: 59 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

75
38

Total granted

$18M
$872k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+38%

Still filing today

71%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $430k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • AC
    ALMADEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    6× · 2017–2024 · $886k · revenue +137%
  • YG
    YWCA GOLDEN GATE SILICON VALLEY
    4× · 2020–2023 · $870k · revenue +83%
  • COMMONSENSE CHILDBIRTH INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $800k · revenue +274%

Funded once

  • SS
    SJSU- SPARTAN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $260k
  • Y
    YWCA
    one grant, 2017 · $240k
  • TT
    THE TOWER FOUNDATION OF SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $43k · revenue +52%
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 San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
2
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
3
Spark Rescue Santa Barbara

It is Spark Rescue's mission to rescue, rehabilitate, medically treat, spay and neuter unwanted dogs and cats and place them into permanent homes. To prevent future un wanted litters we spay the mother of the litter being surrendered. We…

Animals
4
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
5
Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society

Serves the santa ynez valley and surrounding communities by providing housing, care and placement services for dogs and cats available for adoption, low fee spay and neuter services and promoting humane, compassionate and conscientious…

Animals
6
California Animal Rescue and Education Sanctuary Inc

C.A.R.E.S.MISSION STATEMENT*Rescue, foster and find good homes for abandoned and homeless domestic and farm animals.*Spay/neuter abandoned and homeless cats and dogs, as well as help low income families with same.*Conduct TNR+ programs to…

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7
Silicon Valley Pet Project

Silicon valley pet project (svpp) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to saving local at-risk shelter pets through rescue, community involvement and education.

Animals
8
Actors and Others for Animals

To eliminate pet overpopulation, ensure good care and protection for pet companions, and provide referral and financial support for economically challenged pet guardians.

Animals
9
High Sierra Animal Rescue Inc

High Sierra Animal Rescues mission is to save the lives of homeless dogs in the regions served. Our staff and volunteers are dedicated to making our communities better through successful adoptions advancing their welfare and creating human…

Animals
10
Santa Cruz Spca and Humane Society

The Santa Cruz SPCA provides safe harbor for animals in need and promotes an active humane community through adoption, advocacy, and education.

Animals
11
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
12
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Northern Nv

Our mission is to be an innovative regional leader in responsible treatment of homeless dogs and cats, primarily through their rescue and placement in forever loving homes and by promoting spaying and neutering to control pet…

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Health Trust; the most unlike its peers is Charlies Acres. 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

75 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 75 of the 126 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.

10
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
74/75
Grantees still filing
47/75
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TOWER FOUNDATION - SJSU: $2,122,500 · OtherTOWER FOUNDATION - SJSUTHE FIRST ACADEMY INC: $865,000 · OtherTHE FIRST ACADEMY INCBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 55 SILICON VALLEY MONTEREY BAY COUNCIL: $525,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 55 SILICON VALLEY MONTEREY BAY COU…SAN JOSE CONSERVATION CORPS: $425,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $350,000 · OtherCREATV: $325,000 · Other+69 more: $5,037,880 · Other+69 moreYWCA GOLDEN GATE SILICON VALLEY: $870,000 · Human ServicesYWCA GOLDEN…SHARED BLESSINGS INC: $390,000 · Human ServicesSHARED BLES…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $362,980 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S…IDIGNITY INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesIDIGNITY IN…LOVING ASSISTING NURTURING EDUCATING AND SUPPORTING: $131,000 · Human ServicesLOVING ASSI…Sourcewise: $72,500 · Human Services+2 more: $61,000 · Human ServicesALMADEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $886,000 · EducationALMADEN COU…Cabrillo College Foundation: $490,000 · EducationCabrillo Co…BREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY: $310,000 · EducationBREAKTHROUG…VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $121,000 · EducationVALLEY CHRI…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · Education+3 more: $123,000 · Education+3 moreCOMMONSENSE CHILDBIRTH INC: $800,000 · HealthCOMMONSENS…HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION: $227,250 · HealthHEALTHIER …VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF): $195,000 · HealthVALLEY HEA…JW HOUSE: $180,000 · HealthJW HOUSEAmerican Heart Association Inc: $175,000 · HealthAmerican H…VIA REHABILITATION SERVICES INC: $100,000 · HealthVIA REHABI…NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $85,500 · Health+2 more: $55,000 · HealthHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $425,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOC…DREAMSCAPE: $315,000 · AnimalsDREAMSCAPETHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $160,500 · AnimalsTHE AMERIC…STEAMPUNK FARMS RESCUE BARN INC: $140,000 · AnimalsSTEAMPUNK …TOWN CATS OF MORGAN HILL: $110,000 · AnimalsTOWN CATS …PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $100,000 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR…SNOUTS OF SEDONA: $95,000 · AnimalsRusty S Rescue Inc: $95,000 · AnimalsALL THINGS HOOVED ANIMAL RESCUE: $80,000 · AnimalsAMERICAN SADDLEBRED ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA INC: $60,000 · AnimalsRancho Roben Rescues Inc: $60,000 · Animals+8 more: $146,000 · Animals+8 moreTHE TECH INTERACTIVE: $665,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA LINE DANCE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $295,000 · Arts & CultureKQED INC: $105,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSan Jose News Bureau: $90,000 · Arts & CultureThe Good Samaritan Outreach: $436,000 · Housing & ShelterHOPE HOUSE OF MCALESTER INC: $345,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$9,650,380Human Services$2,037,480Education$2,005,000Health$1,817,750Animals$1,786,500Arts & Culture$1,255,000Housing & Shelter$781,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALMADEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $886,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetYWCA GOLDEN GATE SILICON VALLEY: $870,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetCOMMONSENSE CHILDBIRTH INC: $800,000 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetTHE TECH INTERACTIVE: $665,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 55 SILICON VALLEY MONTEREY BAY COUNCIL: $525,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetCabrillo College Foundation: $490,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetThe Good Samaritan Outreach: $436,000 over 5y, 59% of budgetSAN JOSE CONSERVATION CORPS: $425,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $425,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSHARED BLESSINGS INC: $390,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $362,980 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE HOUSE OF MCALESTER INC: $345,000 over 5y, 27% of budgetDREAMSCAPE: $315,000 over 4y, 47% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY: $310,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetCALIFORNIA LINE DANCE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $295,000 over 7y, 55% of budgetLINCOLN LAW SCHOOL OF SAN JOSE: $250,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetHEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION: $227,250 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetVALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF): $195,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetJW HOUSE: $180,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $175,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $160,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetIDIGNITY INC: $150,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetSTEAMPUNK FARMS RESCUE BARN INC: $140,000 over 3y, 50% of budgetLOVING ASSISTING NURTURING EDUCATING AND SUPPORTING: $131,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetEASTFIELD MING QUONG JUNIOR AUXILIARY: $122,000 over 7y, 16% of budgetVALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $121,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTOWN CATS OF MORGAN HILL: $110,000 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetThe Mustard Seed of Central Florida Inc: $105,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetKQED INC: $105,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSJB Child Development Centers: $100,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVIA REHABILITATION SERVICES INC: $100,000 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetWILDLIFE CENTER OF SILICON VALLEY: $100,000 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetSNOUTS OF SEDONA: $95,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetRusty S Rescue Inc: $95,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetSan Jose News Bureau: $90,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $85,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $85,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetALL THINGS HOOVED ANIMAL RESCUE: $80,000 over 2y, 63% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN JOSE SPORTS AUTHORITY: $75,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetSourcewise: $72,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN SADDLEBRED ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA INC: $60,000 over 4y, 9.5% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRancho Roben Rescues Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetDonkey Dreams Sanctuary Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 14% 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.

  • Who funds ALMADEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds YWCA GOLDEN GATE SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds COMMONSENSE CHILDBIRTH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TECH INTERACTIVE ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 55 SILICON VALLEY MONTEREY BAY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds Cabrillo College Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Good Samaritan Outreach ↗
  • Who funds SAN JOSE CONSERVATION CORPS ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds SHARED BLESSINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HOUSE OF MCALESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DREAMSCAPE ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA LINE DANCE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN LAW SCHOOL OF SAN JOSE ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF) ↗
  • Who funds JW HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds IDIGNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds STEAMPUNK FARMS RESCUE BARN INC ↗
  • Who funds LOVING ASSISTING NURTURING EDUCATING AND SUPPORTING ↗
  • Who funds EASTFIELD MING QUONG JUNIOR AUXILIARY ↗

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…The Sobrato Family Fo…The Valley FoundationSan Jose Mercury News…The Applied Materials…Heffernan Group Found…The David and Lucile …Mission City Communit…Bright Funds Foundati…Analog Devices Founda…The Catholic Communit…Los Altos Mountain Vi…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA26.1× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · The Valley Foundation · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc · The Applied Materials Foundation · Heffernan Group Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Mission City Community Fund · Bright Funds Foundation · Analog Devices Foundation · The Catholic Community Foundation · Los Altos Mountain View Community 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 Davidson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Davidson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Idignity Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 126 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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