Connecticut · Private foundation
The Ellen and Gary 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.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 35
- Grants FY2024
- 45
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,600
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 45 to 60
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 34 | $1.3M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 45 | $442k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 49 | $382k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 46 | $353k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 47 | $357k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 60 | $798k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 55 | $551k | 24% |
| FY2017 | 59 | $536k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uja Federation of Greenwich Inc | $438,550 | 8 | 3% |
| Colel Chabad | $156,180 | 8 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $143,314 | 6 | 0% |
| Group for the East End Inc | $125,625 | 7 | 4% |
| Duke University | $116,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Greenwich Inc | $80,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Chabad at Duke Ug Inc | $54,200 | 7 | n/a |
| Stratton Mountain School | $52,300 | 8 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Aspen Community Foundation · Fjc · Synchrony Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · National Philanthropic Trust · The New York Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Uja Federation of Greenwich Inc · Julie and Martin Franklin Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation with peer funders
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About The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation
- How much does The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation give?
- The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $1,297,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 45 and 60 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (19%), Religion (19%).
- Who are The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Uja Federation of Greenwich Inc ($439k), Colel Chabad ($156k), Cornell University ($143k).
- Does The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation 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 Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Aspen Community Foundation, Fjc.
- Where is The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation based?
- The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation is based in CT.
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