New York · Private foundation
The Ekm Davidson Foundation 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.
- $38k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $620k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Ekm Davidson Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $24k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $31k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $18k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $31k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $23k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $16k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $17k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $21k | 89% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $46,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Charley's Fund Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc | $13,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Legal Aid Society | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Inwood Charities Fund Inc | $10,450 | 5 | 8% |
| America-Israel Cultural Foundation Inc | $7,950 | 7 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Nassau County Inc | $7,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Culture for One | $2,515 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $46,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Charley's Fund Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc | $13,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Legal Aid Society | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Inwood Charities Fund Inc | $10,450 | 5 | 8% |
| America-Israel Cultural Foundation Inc | $7,950 | 7 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Nassau County Inc | $7,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Culture for One | $2,515 | 4 | 0% |
| Hatzilu Rescue Organization | $2,160 | 4 | 0% |
| St Lukes Chamber Ensemble Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| New York City Ballet Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Morgan Pressel Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Carnegie Hall Corporation | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| The Jewish Museum | $225 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($36k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ekm Davidson Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About The Ekm Davidson Foundation Inc
- How much does The Ekm Davidson Foundation Inc give?
- The Ekm Davidson Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $37,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Ekm Davidson Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (28%), International (20%), Health (18%).
- Who are The Ekm Davidson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($47k), Charley's Fund Inc ($35k), Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc ($14k).
- Does The Ekm Davidson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ekm Davidson Foundation 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 Ekm Davidson Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Ekm Davidson Foundation Inc based?
- The Ekm Davidson Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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