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The Davis Family Fund Inc

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.

$43k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
17%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,200
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,500
Organizations funded a year
9 to 28
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$496k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations The Davis Family Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving27$39k26%
FY202423$31k17%
FY202325$31k24%
FY202226$38k12%
FY202128$42k39%
FY202023$38k48%
FY201821$39k62%
FY20179$36kn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$70kEducation$63kReligion$40kPhilanthropy$29kHuman Services$20kFood & Nutrition$17kInternational$15kCrime & Legal$8kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MI
NY
NJ
CT
CA
MD
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ec Scranton Memorial Library$45,00081%
Hollycroft Foundation Incorporated$13,50089%
Madison Abc Program Inc$13,00081%
Madison Cultural Arts Inc$11,50059%
Shoreline Arts Alliance Inc$10,00081%
Temple Solel of Northern San Diego County Inc$8,5507n/a
Feeding San Diego$8,30060%
Madison Historical Society Inc$8,00081%
The Guilford Art Center Inc$8,00080%
Fresh Producers$7,95023%
Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of The Davis Family Fund Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ec Scranton Memorial Library$45,00081%
Hollycroft Foundation Incorporated$13,50089%
Madison Abc Program Inc$13,00081%
Madison Cultural Arts Inc$11,50059%
Shoreline Arts Alliance Inc$10,00081%
Temple Solel of Northern San Diego County Inc$8,5507n/a
Feeding San Diego$8,30060%
Madison Historical Society Inc$8,00081%
The Guilford Art Center Inc$8,00080%
Fresh Producers$7,95023%
Madison Rotary Foundation Inc$7,00063%
Madison Ambulance Association Inc Dba Madison Emergency Medical Services$6,00060%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$6,00050%
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$4,50050%
Jewish Family Service Inc$4,0001n/a
Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc$3,75030%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$3,00020%
Ivoryton Playhouse Foundation Inc$2,75030%
Madison Lyric Stage$2,50031%
Center for Childrens Advocacy Inc$2,00020%
Hias Inc$2,00010%
Direct Relief$2,00010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$2,00010%
Pflag$1,60010%
Danbury Area Refugee Assistance Inc$1,3501n/a
Earthjustice$1,35010%
End Rape on Campus$1,3501n/a
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,35010%
Our Piece of the Pie Inc$1,35010%
Evergreen Collaborative$1,32510%
Sanctum House Inc$1,32510%
Save the Sound$1,00010%
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc$1,00010%
Surfing Madonna Oceans Project$80010%
The Dlh Foundation Dba Save Our Stomachs$75013%
Emilio Nares Foundation$60010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$50010%
Birthright Israel Foundation$50010%
Jfact Fund Inc$50011%
The Legacy Theatre Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($95k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Davis Family Fund Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEc Scranton Memorial Library: $45,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHollycroft Foundation Incorporated: $13,500 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetMadison Abc Program Inc: $13,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetMadison Cultural Arts Inc: $11,500 over 5y, 9.3% of budgetShoreline Arts Alliance Inc: $10,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetFeeding San Diego: $8,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMadison Historical Society Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetThe Guilford Art Center Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFresh Producers: $7,950 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetMadison Rotary Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetMadison Ambulance Association Inc Dba Madison Emergency Medical Services: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSacred Heart University Incorporated: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGoodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc: $3,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIvoryton Playhouse Foundation Inc: $2,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMadison Lyric Stage: $2,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCenter for Childrens Advocacy Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHias Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDirect Relief: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPflag: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOur Piece of the Pie Inc: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvergreen Collaborative: $1,325 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanctum House Inc: $1,325 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSave the Sound: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Public Broadcasting Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSurfing Madonna Oceans Project: $800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Dlh Foundation Dba Save Our Stomachs: $750 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetEmilio Nares Foundation: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJfact Fund Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Legacy Theatre Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.

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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.

Connecticut Humanities Council IncCT19.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Joe & Cindy Goldberg Family Foundation Inc · Eder Family Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Aetna Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

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About The Davis Family Fund Inc

How much does The Davis Family Fund Inc give?
The Davis Family Fund Inc reported 30 grants totaling $43,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does The Davis Family Fund Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (22%), Education (20%), Religion (13%).
Who are The Davis Family Fund Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ec Scranton Memorial Library ($45k), Hollycroft Foundation Incorporated ($14k), Madison Abc Program Inc ($13k).
Does The Davis Family Fund Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Davis Family Fund Inc 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 Davis Family Fund Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Connecticut Humanities Council Inc, Newalliance Foundation Inc, Joe & Cindy Goldberg Family Foundation Inc.
Where is The Davis Family Fund Inc based?
The Davis Family Fund Inc is based in CT.

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 67 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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