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The Davis & Smith Family 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Health$890kHuman Services$889kHousing & Shelter$835kRecreation & Sports$462kEducation$270kFood & Nutrition$230kAnimals$200kYouth Development$130kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.3M
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAMP FREEDOM INC$125,000
EQUI LIBRIUM INC$100,000
TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY$100,000
RED FEATHER DEVELOPMENT GROUP$100,000
WADE'S ARMY$100,000
VICTORY HOUSE OF LEHIGH VALLEY$100,000
TAILS OF VALOR PAWS OF HONOR$100,000
COMMUNITY ACTION LEHIGH VALLEY$75,000
THE HOMELAND HEROES FOUNDATION$52,400
LEHIGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$50,000
HISPANIC CENTER LEHIGH VALLEY$50,000
THE CENTER FOR ANIMAL HEALTH & WELFARE$50,000
THE LITERACY CENTER$50,000
MEALS ON WHEELS OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY$50,000
LEHIGH VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$50,000
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 (FY20–24, $656k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%EQUI LIBRIUM INC: $100k → 11%THORN: $5k → 14%EQUI-LIBRIUM INC: $75k → 11%EQUI LIBRIUM INC: $75k → 11%EQUI-LIBRIUM INC: $50k → 11%EQUI-LIBRIUM INC: $10k → 11%THOUGHTFUL THREADS OF THE HEART: $1k → 11%TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY: $100k → 11%TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY: $100k → 11%TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY: $75k → 11%HISPANIC CENTER LEHIGH VALLEY: $50k → 11%KELLYN FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%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.

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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.8M · 20 repeat orgs$266k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +31% since the first grant, against -14% for the ones you funded once.

20 repeat relationships — 18 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
4

Total granted

$3.8M
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
-14%

Still filing today

90%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitEducationHousing & ShelterOther

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

  • CF
    CAMP FREEDOM INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $425k · revenue +112%
  • TO
    TAILS OF VALOR PAWS OF HONOR PROGRAM IN
    5× · 2020–2024 · $375k · revenue +59%
  • RF
    RED FEATHER DEVELOPMENT GROUP
    4× · 2021–2024 · $375k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION LEHIGH VALLEY - SEED FARM
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • PW
    POCONO WILDLIFE REHABILITATION & EDUCATION CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • T
    THORN
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -14%

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
Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley

Habitat for humanity of the lehigh valley, inc. engages in the construction, rehabilitation, critical home repair, and the sale of housing to economically disadvantaged people on a nonprofit basis in the lehigh valley area of pennsylvania.

Housing & Shelter
2
Crime Victims Council of the Lehigh

Provide confidential services at no cost to the people of northampton and lehigh counties whose lives have been directly affected by crime

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3
The Learning Community of Pennsylvania

To provide companion services to individuals with special needs.

Human Services
4
Humane Pennsylvania

Humane pennsylvania empowers the people in our communities to increase their capacity to care for animals so that all animals are healthy, safe, and treated humanely.

Animals
5
Lycoming County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Full-service animal shelter, animal care, adoptive services, humane investigaation services and humane education.

Animals
6
Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter Inc

Provide shelter for homeless animals and prevent animal cruelty

Animals
7
Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley

Jewish family service of the lehigh valley, guided by jewish values, helps individuals and families to live healthier, more stable lives by providing social services, professional counseling, education, and community programs. our vision…

Human Services
8
Lynchburg Humane Society Inc

Leading the way in providing a compassionate, safe community for animals and people through progressive life-saving programs, services, resources, and education.

Animals
9
Meals On Wheels of Lehigh County Inc

We enhance the wellness and independence of adults, who are primarily homebound, by providing nutritious meals and other supportive services.

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10
Lehigh Valley Consumerfamily Satisfac- Tion Team D/B/a Recovery Partnership

To collect information from consumers and families of individuals in the mental health care system and report on their level of satisfaction with these services, in order to achieve a better understanding of how to serve these individuals…

Human Services
11
Animal Rescue League of Berks County Inc

We protect animals, provide a safe haven, and promote innovative programs and services to help both people and animals in need throughout berks county.

Animals
12
Truenorth Wellness Services

Striving for excellence in behavioral health and wellness.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meals On Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley Inc and the most unlike its peers is Hammerheads Sled Hockey Associationinc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%0%<5yr14%7%5–10yr19%22%10–20yr16%22%20–35yr12%30%35–55yr17%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%0%<5yr14%11%5–10yr19%26%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr12%33%35–55yr17%10%55yr+

The field is 21% 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 — 4% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
4%1/27
the rest of the field
14%
1,957/13,847

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

26 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. 26 of the 30 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
17/26
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

VICTORY HOUSE OF LEHIGH VALLEY — $315,000 · OtherVICTORY HOUSE OF LEHIGH VALLEYYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BETHLEHEM PA — $160,000 · OtherYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BE…NEW BETHANY INC — $145,000 · OtherNEW BETHANY INCYWCA OF BETHLEHEM PA — $120,000 · OtherYWCA OF BETHLEHEM PACOMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC — $75,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BETHLEHEM — $75,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PHILANTHROPIC FUND — $75,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION LEHIGH VALLEY - SEED FARM — $50,000 · OtherCENTER FOR ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE — $70,000 · OtherLEHIGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — $70,000 · OtherLEHIGH VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — $50,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY INC — $180,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VAL…+4 more — $105,000 · Other+4 moreEQUI-LIBRIUM INC — $310,000 · Human ServicesEQUI-LIBRIUM INCTURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY INC — $275,000 · Human ServicesTURNING POINT OF L…HISPANIC CENTER LEHIGH VALLEY — $50,000 · Human ServicesHISPANIC CENTER LE…+3 more — $21,000 · Human ServicesTAILS OF VALOR PAWS OF HONOR PROGRAM IN — $375,000 · Public BenefitTAILS OF VALOR …THE HOMELAND HEROES FOUNDATION — $198,400 · Public BenefitTHE HOMELAND HE…CAMP FREEDOM INC — $425,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMP FREEDOM…HAMMERHEADS SLED HOCKEY ASSOCIATIONINC — $37,000 · Recreation & SportsHAMMERHEADS …RED FEATHER DEVELOPMENT GROUP — $375,000 · Housing & ShelterRED FEATHE…WADES ARMY — $325,000 · HealthWADES ARM…THE LITERACY CENTER — $190,000 · Education+1 more — $5,000 · Education
Other$1,490,000Human Services$656,000Public Benefit$573,400Recreation & Sports$462,000Housing & Shelter$375,000Health$325,000Education$195,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCAMP FREEDOM INC — $425,000 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetTAILS OF VALOR PAWS OF HONOR PROGRAM IN — $375,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetRED FEATHER DEVELOPMENT GROUP — $375,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetWADES ARMY — $325,000 over 4y, 29% of budgetVICTORY HOUSE OF LEHIGH VALLEY — $315,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetEQUI-LIBRIUM INC — $310,000 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetTURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY INC — $275,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetTHE HOMELAND HEROES FOUNDATION — $198,400 over 5y, 10% of budgetTHE LITERACY CENTER — $190,000 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY INC — $180,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BETHLEHEM PA — $160,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetNEW BETHANY INC — $145,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC — $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BETHLEHEM — $75,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetCENTER FOR ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE — $70,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetLEHIGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — $70,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHISPANIC CENTER LEHIGH VALLEY — $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWILDLIFE INFORMATION CENTER INC — $45,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetRECLAM THE BAY — $45,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetHAMMERHEADS SLED HOCKEY ASSOCIATIONINC — $37,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetKELLYN FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHORN — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY BIKE WORKS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBETHLEHEM AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHOUGHTFUL THREADS OF THE HEART — $1,000 over 1y, 9.5% 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.

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.

Lehigh Valley Communi…United Way of the Gre…Ppl FoundationAir Products Foundati…Martin Guitar Charita…John a and Margaret P…Two Rivers Health & W…Martin D Cohen Family…Ross J Born and Wendy…The Century Fund TrustHarry C Trexler EstateSt Luke's Hospital of…
Lehigh Valley Community FoundationPA38.6× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Ppl Foundation · Air Products Foundation · Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation · John a and Margaret Post Foundation · Two Rivers Health & Wellness Foundation · Martin D Cohen Family Foundation · Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust · The Century Fund Trust · Harry C Trexler Estate · St Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Pa

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 Davis & Smith Family Foundation Inc 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.

    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 30 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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