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The Davis Family 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.

$350k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Health$479kEducation$313kYouth Development$308kPhilanthropy$108kArts & Culture$78kPublic Benefit$64kRecreation & Sports$16kReligion$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $118k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$2,787
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MGH$200,000
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$30,000
TEAM IMPACT$25,000
TEAM IMPACT$25,000
THE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION$15,000
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS$12,500
COREY GRIFFIN FOUNDATION$10,000
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS$8,560
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS$6,100
CAMP JABBERWOCKY$3,300
YELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$2,787
BARNSTABLE CLEAN WATER COALITION$2,500
BOSTON COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL$2,500
YELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,670
1869 COUNCIL$1,000
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 (FY18–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%WINTHROP CHARITIES: $500 → 16%WINTHROP CHARITIES: $500 → 16%FRESH START FURNITURE BANK INC: $5k → 8%CRANBERRY SUNSET FARM: $500 → 8%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

MT
NY
MA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
DE

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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.2M · 19 repeat orgs$454k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
37

Total granted

$1.2M
$205k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+32%

Still filing today

68%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $249k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesHousing & 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

  • TR
    THE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $305k · revenue +24%
  • BO
    BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $219k · revenue +139%
  • TI
    TEAM IMPACT INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $90k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • TN
    THE NE PATRIOTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $48k
  • JF
    JOEYS FUND INC
    one grant, 2017 · $45k · revenue -46%
  • PF
    PATRIOTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $15k

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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
The Trustees of Reservations

Overview - founded in boston by pioneering landscape architect and open space visionary charles eliot in 1891, the trustees is the nation's first and the commonwealth's largest conservation and preservation nonprofit.

Environment
3
Rsm Boston Foundation Inc

The rsm boston foundation ("foundation") inspires employees of rsm us llp to become involved in giving back to communities and causes that they care about; and, in so doing, to support one another and to build a stronger team. the…

Philanthropy
4
The Red Sox Foundation Inc

The red sox foundation's mission is to harness the passion of red sox nation to make a difference in the lives of children, veterans, families and our communities in need throughout new england by improving their health, educational and…

Philanthropy
5
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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6
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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7
Boston Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Managers of Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society
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9
Massachusetts Business Roundtable Inc

The mission of the roundtable is to make massachusetts the most desirable place to live, work and do business by engaging private sector executives and public leaders to ensure access to a robust, diverse and talented workforce that…

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10
Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation Inc

Massachusetts taxpayers foundation provides public & private sector decision makers with accurate, timely, unbiased research & constructive solutions that drive public policy in order to strengthen the state's finances & position the…

Public Benefit
11
Boston Foundation Inc

As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation devotes its resources to expanding opportunities, improving lives and strengthening communities. See Schedule OThe Foundation fulfills this mission in three principal ways:…

Philanthropy
12
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Team Impact Inc and the most unlike its peers is The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc. 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 41 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%5%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr20%18%20–35yr13%34%35–55yr13%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%19%10–20yr20%12%20–35yr13%29%35–55yr13%40%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% 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 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/41
the rest of the field
11%
3,281/30,031

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

39 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. 39 of the 68 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/39
Grantees still filing
23/39
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION — $305,160 · OtherTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATIONMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL — $251,630 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALMGH — $200,000 · OtherMGHTHE NE PATRIOTS FOUNDATION — $47,750 · Other+43 more — $217,644 · Other+43 moreBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC — $219,190 · HealthBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED …JOEYS FUND INC — $45,000 · HealthJOEYS FUND INCCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — $37,988 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUND…+2 more — $1,250 · HealthTEAM IMPACT INC — $90,000 · PhilanthropyTEAM IMPACT…The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc — $45,000 · PhilanthropyThe New Eng…BIG BROTHERBIG SISTER FOUNDATION INC — $18,400 · PhilanthropyBIG BROTHER…YELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $9,257 · PhilanthropyYELLOWSTONE…+2 more — $1,250 · PhilanthropyNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $40,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS — $30,000 · Arts & CultureCAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INC — $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC — $10,000 · Youth Development+1 more — $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentTeen Impact Inc — $12,505 · ReligionALLIANCE TO PROTECT NANTUCKET SOUND INC — $3,500 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF BASS RIVER INC — $2,500 · EnvironmentTHREE BAYS PRESERVATION INC — $2,500 · EnvironmentGallatin River Task Force — $300 · Environment
Other$1,022,184Health$303,428Philanthropy$163,907Arts & Culture$70,000Youth Development$46,000Religion$12,505Environment$8,800

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$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION — $305,160 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC — $219,190 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetTEAM IMPACT INC — $90,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc — $45,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — $37,988 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INC — $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRon Burton Training Village Inc — $24,600 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERBIG SISTER FOUNDATION INC — $18,400 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD CEREBRAL PALSY CAMP INC — $13,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTeen Impact Inc — $12,505 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetSCHOLAR ATHLETES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $9,257 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH START FURNITURE BANK INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetALLIANCE TO PROTECT NANTUCKET SOUND INC — $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS) — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHREE BAYS PRESERVATION INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE OYSTER HARBORS CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC — $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMURPHY SISTERS FOUNDATION INC — $1,350 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetCOUNCIL 1869 INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINTHROP CHARITIES TRUST — $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARITAS COMMUNITIES INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY BOSTON CONNECTS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRANBERRY SUNSET FARM INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC — $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGallatin River Task Force — $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTIN W RICHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFALMOUTH ROAD RACE INC — $110 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMPLOYMENT OPTIONS INC — $104 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRANCIS OUIMET SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC — $103 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Boston Foundation IncCitizens Charitable F…The Baker Family TrustO'Donnell Family Char…Paul & Phyllis Firema…Suffolk Cares Charita…Boston Bruins Charita…American Tower Corpor…Combined Jewish Phila…Morgan Stanley Global…Eastern Bank Foundati…Arizona Community Fou…
Boston Foundation IncMA22.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Citizens Charitable Foundation · The Baker Family Trust · O'Donnell Family Charitable Trust Joseph Matzkin Esq Trustee · Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation · Suffolk Cares Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Arizona Community 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 Davis 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 · 170%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Employment Options Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Friends of Bass River Inc — 36% of income from government
  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc — 32% of income from government
  • Three Bays Preservation Inc — 18% of income from government
  • Fresh Start Furniture Bank Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation — 10% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Edith Wharton Restoration Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts — 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 68 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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