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The Davis-Molony Fund at a glance

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The Davis-Molony Fund

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$100k
Granted FY2023
15
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Human Services$146kHealth$135kYouth Development$106kArts & Culture$63kPhilanthropy$57kHousing & Shelter$55kRecreation & Sports$36kPublic Safety & Disaster$24kOther$0
02FY2023 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k10 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $50k
$6,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BEHIND THE LINE$10,000
ST PIUS$10,000
RESCUED PETS MOVEMENT$10,000
FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES$10,000
FAMILY RESOURCES OF NEW ORLEANS INC$10,000
BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE$7,500
GREEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$7,000
ADDIE RAY RACING INC$6,000
ANIMAL RESCUE NEW ORLEANS$6,000
ST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY$5,000
HARRY TOMPSON CENTER$5,000
LANTERN LIGHTS$5,000
Individual grant recipient$4,000
CAMP WILDERNESS$3,000
LYFE OF DANCE$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $59k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%NORTHSHORE FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES: $6k → 11%FAMILY RESOURCES OF NEW ORLEANS INC: $10k → 11%TRACH MOMMAS OF LOUISIANA: $4k → 19%ADVOCAY CENTER: $3k → 23%HARRY TOMPSON CENTER: $5k → 23%HARRY TOMPSON CENTER: $5k → 23%LANTERN LIGHTS: $5k → 23%HARRY TOMPSON CENTER: $4k → 23%LANTERN LIGHTS: $3k → 23%HARRY TOMPSON CENTER: $3k → 23%HARRY TOMPSON CENTER: $2k → 23%ARIN'S NESTING PLACE: $10k → 23%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

IL
NJ
CT
MO
VA
TN
DC
LA
TX
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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$413k · 20 repeat orgs$298k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 13 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
43

Total granted

$413k
$242k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+16%

Still filing today

55%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterEducationAnimalsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • HI
    HOPE IGNITES NEW ORLEANS
    7× · 2017–2023 · $42k · revenue +27%
  • TH
    THE HARRY TOMPSON CENTER INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $18k · revenue +353%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS LOUISIANA INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +189%

Funded once

  • SO
    SISTERS OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • TL
    THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +16%
  • AP
    ANGELS' PLACE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -2%
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 Arc of Louisiana

The arc of louisiana advocates for and with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

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2
Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants
International
3
Heroes of New Orleans

Heroes of New Orleans is a grassroot 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to inspiring and empowering youth and families. Our mission is to elevate underprivileged youth and families who face poverty or its risks, through a…

Youth Development
4
Congenital Heart Foundation of Louisiana

Offer emotional/financial support to families with CHD.

Health
5
Families Helping Families of Southeast Louisiana Inc

Primarily in orleans parish, organized to provide informational support and educational services to area families who have family members with special needs (disabilities) through a coordinated network of resources,and support servies.

Human Services
6
Crossroads

Crossroads connects children in crisis to the families, individuals, and opportunities they need to thrive primarily through the recruitment, development, and support of foster families in Louisiana.

Housing & Shelter
7
Louisiana Disabled Persons Housing Corp

Provide low cost housing to handicapped adults

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8
Rebuilding Together New Orleans

Rebuilding together new orleans helps low to moderate income greater new orleans area homeowners repair and rehabilitate their homes. rtno stabilizes and revitalizes neighborhoods and improves health and safety in our communities.

Philanthropy
9
Together Louisiana

Together Louisiana is a network of faith and community institutions that works to strengthen local leadership and support practical solutions to everyday challenges. Its mission focuses on helping communities work together across race…

Public Benefit
10
Casa - New Orleans

Casa - new orleans trains volunteers to become court appointed special advocates for abused and neglected children in the juvenile justice system.

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11
Southwest Louisiana Independence Center Inc

Direct care services to elderly and disabled; independent living care services.

Human Services
12
Families Helping Families of Northeast La Inc

Provide community and family support and parent training for families with family members with special needs in Region 8 in Louisiana.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc; the most unlike its peers is Arins Nesting Place. 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

32 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. 32 of the 71 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/32
Grantees still filing
18/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: $85,000 · OtherST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETYFAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES: $60,000 · OtherFAMILIES HELPING FAMILIESHOPE IGNITES NEW ORLEANS: $41,500 · OtherHOPE IGNITES NEW ORLEANSST PIUS: $30,000 · OtherST PIUSIndividual grant recipient: $29,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSISTERS OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY: $20,000 · Other+46 more: $264,266 · Other+46 moreTHE HARRY TOMPSON CENTER INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesTHE HARRY…FAMILY RESOURCES OF NEW ORLEANS: $10,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY RE…Arins Nesting Place: $10,000 · Human ServicesArins Nes…LANTERN LIGHT INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesLANTERN L…NORTHSHORE FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesNORTHSHOR…TRACH MOMMAS OF LOUISIANA: $4,000 · Human ServicesTRACH MOM…DISABILITY RIGHTS LOUISIANA: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE SUNSHINE KIDS FOUNDATION: $11,000 · HealthTHE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC: $10,000 · HealthANGELS' PLACE INC: $10,000 · HealthUpside Downs Inc: $10,000 · HealthUP21 FOUNDATION: $5,100 · HealthDown Syndrome Association of Greater New Orleans: $2,000 · HealthCROSSROADS LOUISIANA INC: $13,500 · Housing & ShelterPROJECT HOMECOMING INC: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $20,000 · Food & NutritionYOUTH RUN NOLA INC: $18,000 · Youth DevelopmentRESCUED PETS MOVEMENT INC: $10,000 · AnimalsANIMAL RESCUE NEW ORLEANS INC: $6,000 · Animals
Other$529,766Human Services$58,500Health$48,100Housing & Shelter$21,000Food & Nutrition$20,000Youth Development$18,000Animals$16,000

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 budgetHOPE IGNITES NEW ORLEANS: $41,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARRY TOMPSON CENTER INC: $18,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetYOUTH RUN NOLA INC: $18,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS LOUISIANA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCROSSROADS LOUISIANA INC: $13,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SUNSHINE KIDS FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANGELS' PLACE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetRESCUED PETS MOVEMENT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY RESOURCES OF NEW ORLEANS: $10,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetUpside Downs Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetArins Nesting Place: $10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetPACE GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEHIND THE LINE: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHOMASMCMAHAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetSAULS LIGHT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetPROJECT HOMECOMING INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLANTERN LIGHT INC: $7,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetNORTHSHORE FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES INC: $6,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE NEW ORLEANS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUP21 FOUNDATION: $5,100 over 1y, 12% of budgetLIVE OAK WILDERNESS CAMP: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUNITY OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRACH MOMMAS OF LOUISIANA: $4,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetThe Arc of Greater New Orleans: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDISABILITY RIGHTS LOUISIANA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT PEACEFUL WARRIORS: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE LINKS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $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.

The Greater New Orlea…Shell USA Company Fou…Baptist Community Min…Goldring Family Found…United Way of Southea…Forekids Foundations …Gayle and Tom Benson …New Orleans Community…Greater Houston Commu…Network for GoodJpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…
The Greater New Orleans FoundationLA36.1× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · Goldring Family Foundation · United Way of Southeast Louisiana · Forekids Foundations Inc Dba Zurich Classic of New Orleans · Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation · New Orleans Community Support Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Network for Good · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Davis-Molony Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Davis-Molony Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Davis-Molony Fund?

    Find your warmest path to The Davis-Molony Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 71 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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