· Private foundation
The Dorothy B Davis 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k13 grants · $325k
- $50k–250k13 grants · $1.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AVENUE SCHOLARS FOUNDATION | $200,000 |
| GUARDIAN ANGELS CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $100,000 |
| PHOENIX ACADEMY DAY SCHOOL | $100,000 |
| PROJECT HARMONY-HAVEN FOR ABUSE RESPONSE MEMBERS S | $100,000 |
| USA HOCKEY FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC | $100,000 |
| CASA CONNECTION | $75,000 |
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF OMAHA NEBRASKA INC | $50,000 |
| MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA | $50,000 |
| CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF OMAHA | $50,000 |
| VISITING NURSE ASSOCATION OF THE MIDLANDS | $50,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC | $50,000 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MIDLANDS | $50,000 |
| HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC | $40,000 |
| AUTISM ACTION PARTNERSHIP | $35,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $3.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.
49 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 33 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $625k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION5× · 2017–2021 · $2.5M · revenue +70%
- MRMADONNA REHABILITATION HOSPITAL2× · 2019–2021 · $1.3M · revenue +28%
- ASAVENUE SCHOLARS6× · 2017–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +24%
Funded once
- MHMETHODIST HOPSPITAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2018 · $4.0M
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $3.0M
- UUNMCone grant, 2018 · $2.6M
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.
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.
The mission of the omaha sports commission is to foster a positive socio-economic impact on and a heightened awareness and image of omaha by attracting, hosting, & supporting amateur sporting events.
Our mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs.
The nebraska community foundation unleashes abundant local assets, inspires charitable giving, and connects ambitious people to build stronger communities and a greater nebraska.
One omaha empowers people where they live with education, training, and engagement to develop thriving neighborhoods.
Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.
Nebraska children's mission is to create positive change for children through community engagement. our vision is a nebraska where all children will have the resources and support to reach their full potential. our values are (1)…
To enhance nebraska's response to child abuse.
Mission: community action of nebraska strives to alleviate poverty through enhancing program development, providing technical assistance, and advocating public policy to support all community action agencies in nebraska.
Children's physicians delivers the highest quality pediatric primary care while supporting education and research.
Unite realtor boards to be able to influence matters affecting real estate state wide, unify laws and regulations and promote education among members
Support the mission and social services programs of catholic charities of the archdiocese of omaha, inc.
The mission of the omaha parks foundation is to improve, promote, preserve, protect, and support omaha's parks and recreation system. we engage in initiatives that make our parks system more accessible, inclusive, and beneficial to all…
How this is measured
68 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. 68 of the 106 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SPIRIT LAKE KIWANIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MADONNA REHABILITATION HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds AVENUE SCHOLARS ↗
- Who funds NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC ARNOLDS PARK INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds PROJECT HARMONY ↗
- Who funds USA HOCKEY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KNIGHTS OF AK-SAR-BEN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Camp Foster Young Mens Christian Association Inc ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF OMAHA ↗
- Who funds HARBOR HOUSE ↗
- Who funds YATES FUND ↗
- Who funds GRIEF'S JOURNEY THE COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE ↗
- Who funds CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds ASPEN DRAKE SEEMANN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds QUALITY LIVING INC ↗
- Who funds AUTISM ACTION PARTNERSHIP ↗
- Who funds THRESHOLD COC ↗
- Who funds Omaha Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HOLY NAME HOUSING CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds PROJECT HOUSEWORKS ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Sherwood Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Dorothy B Davis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dorothy B Davis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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