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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 FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$75kInternational$54kHealth$47kArts & Culture$43kHuman Services$17kCrime & Legal$11kReligion$7kCivil Rights$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,750
Median grant
2
States reached
$620k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENTS FUNDS$9,250
SUNRISE ASSOCIATION$7,000
UJA - FEDERATION OF NEW YORK$7,000
THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY$4,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH$3,500
ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION$1,750
92ND STREET$1,500
AMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION$1,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW$1,000
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$750
MAGEN DAVID ADOM$750
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $7k → 6%HATZILU RESCUE ORGANIZATION: $540 → 6%HATZILU RESCUE ORGANIZATION: $540 → 6%HATZILU RESCUE ORGANIZATION: $540 → 6%HATZILU RESCUE ORGANIZATION: $540 → 6%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.
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$162k · 18 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
11

Total granted

$162k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+1%

Still filing today

61%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesInternationalCrime & LegalOther
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

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $47k · revenue +22%
  • AA
    ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $14k · revenue +2%
  • TL
    THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
    3× · 2021–2025 · $11k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • CS
    COMMUNITY SYNAGOUGE OF RYE
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue -17%
  • SN
    SOUTH NASSAU COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
2
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
3
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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4
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University

We fundraise in the u.s. to support, and raise awareness of, bar-ilan university in israel.

Education
5
Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

The mission of the hebrew academy is to imbue all students with a love of god, torah and eretz yisroel and to prepare them to achieve excellence in torah and general knowledge based on successful cooperation among family, judaic and…

—
6
The Diller-Von Furstenberg Family Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Inc

Yivo's mission is to study the thousand-year history of jewish life in eastern europe and russia in all its aspects: language, history, religion, folkways and material culture. yivo's archive and library preserves a significant collection…

Religion
8
Artis Contemporary Israeli Art Fundinc

Artis is an independent nonprofit organization that supports contemporary artists from israel whose work addresses aesthetic, social and political questions to inspire reflection and debate. www.artis.art

Arts & Culture
9
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
10
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
11
The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc

Together with our community, jcc manhattan creates opportunities for people to connect, grow, and learn within an ever-changing jewish landscape.

Human Services
12
University of Judaism Foundation
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Morgan Pressel 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.
04the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 33 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $50,750 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INCUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $46,700 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHRO…JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $15,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INCINWOOD CHARITIES FUND INC: $10,450 · PhilanthropyINWOOD CHARITIES FUND INCCOMMUNITY SYNAGOUGE OF RYE: $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY SYNAGOUGE O…Planned Parenthood of Nassau County Inc: $7,100 · OtherPlanned Parenthood of…92ND STREET: $6,000 · Other92ND STREETHEWLETT-EAST ROCKAWAY JEWISH CENTRE: $5,580 · OtherHEWLETT-EAST ROCKAWAY…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF LI: $5,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE…SOUTH NASSAU COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL: $3,000 · OtherSOUTH NASSAU COMMUNIT…ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $4,500 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGU…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $2,000 · Other+7 more: $7,500 · Other+7 moreCHARLEY'S FUND INC: $35,000 · HealthCHARLEY'S FUND …+1 more: $500 · HealthALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $13,500 · Arts & CultureALVIN AILEY D…AMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $7,950 · Arts & CultureAMERICA-ISRAE…CULTURE FOR ONE: $2,515 · Arts & CultureCULTURE FOR O…ST LUKES CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureST LUKES CHAM…NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY…THE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH FO…+2 more: $525 · Arts & CultureTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $10,500 · Crime & LegalSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesHATZILU RESCUE ORGANIZATION: $2,160 · Human ServicesTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $4,980 · Education
Philanthropy$123,400Other$50,680Health$35,500Arts & Culture$30,490Crime & Legal$10,500Human Services$9,160Education$4,980

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $50,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $46,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLEY'S FUND INC: $35,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $15,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $13,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINWOOD CHARITIES FUND INC: $10,450 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetAMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $7,950 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Nassau County Inc: $7,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $4,980 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCULTURE FOR ONE: $2,515 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHATZILU RESCUE ORGANIZATION: $2,160 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetST LUKES CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMorgan Pressel Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $225 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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Ekm Davidson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ekm Davidson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
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    How do I get to The Ekm Davidson Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Ekm Davidson Foundation Inc 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 33 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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