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The Happy Davis 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.

$595k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$450k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

International$10MAnimals$500kEnvironment$300kHuman Services$170kYouth Development$75kReligion$61kEducation$15kHealth$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
  • $250k+1 grant · $450k
$120,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$450,000
THE POTTERS HANDS FOUNDATION INC$120,000
JONI AND FRIENDS$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–20, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DALLAS MARGARITA SOCIETY INC: $20k → 14%HEARTLIGHT MINISTRIES: $10k → 16%FOUR RIVERS OUTREACH INC: $20k → 11%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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 3 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +312% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
6

Total granted

$10M
$601k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+312%
+20%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $595k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’23’25
Human ServicesAnimalsEnvironmentPhilanthropyInternationalEducationOther
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

  • MS
    Mercy Ships International
    2× · 2018–2019 · $10M · revenue +524%
  • WT
    Wine to Water
    2× · 2018–2020 · $300k · revenue +312%
  • KW
    KIDS WHO CARE INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $75k · revenue -20%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $500k · revenue +90%
  • EO
    ENDS OF THE EARTH MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2019 · $36k · revenue -40%
  • FR
    FOUR RIVERS OUTREACH INC
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +20%
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
Water By Women

Provide state of the art water filters into the hands of mothers and train them to provide clean water for themselves , their families and others in their communities.

Human Services
2
Global Outreach Inc

To share Christian compassion and love in an effort to alleviate spiritual, physical, emotional and mental suffering around the world. We help care for orphans and vulnerable children, teens and women in need. We provide training and…

International
3
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
4
Christian World Outreach

Providing responsible evangelism, leadership, development, and humanitarian assistance.

Employment
5
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
6
Shores of Grace Ministries

To love god with our whole selves, and by his love, to rescue and restore individuals and families who have been wounded by prostitution, abuse, abandonment and poverty in south america and the world.

Religion
7
Gospel Outreach

To fund national bible workers in impoverished or neglected nations of the 10/40 region of earth. in addition, builiding churches, literacy training, video productions, and community health education.

Religion
8
Lifewater Inc

Lifewater international is a non-profit christian water development organization dedicated to effectively serving vulnerable children and families by partnering with underserved communities to overcome water poverty.

Environment
9
Kim Walker Smith Ministries

Preach, communicate and spread the gospel of jesus christ through all means, including the training and educating of worship leaders, songwriters, and teams, songwriting and music production, and the organization of events related to the…

Religion
10
His Vessel Ministries

Chrisitan activities

Religion
11
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
12
Kingdom Advisors Inc

Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy Ships International; the most unlike its peers is Wine to Water. 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

12 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. 12 of the 13 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Mercy Ships International: $10,000,000 · OtherMercy Ships InternationalIndividual grant recipient: $450,000 · Other+2 more: $100,000 · OtherTHE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $500,000 · AnimalsWine to Water: $300,000 · EnvironmentTHE POTTERS HANDS FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 · PhilanthropyFOUR RIVERS OUTREACH INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesDallas Margarita Society Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesHEARTLIGHT MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesENDS OF THE EARTH MINISTRIES INC: $36,150 · InternationalSOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $15,000 · EducationTEXOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Health
Other$10,550,000Animals$500,000Environment$300,000Philanthropy$120,000Human Services$50,000International$36,150Education$15,000Health$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $500,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWine to Water: $300,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetTHE POTTERS HANDS FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetKIDS WHO CARE INC: $75,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetENDS OF THE EARTH MINISTRIES INC: $36,150 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetJONI AND FRIENDS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOUR RIVERS OUTREACH INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetDallas Margarita Society Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetSOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEARTLIGHT MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTEXOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Enterprise Holdings F…Texas Instruments Fou…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Enterprise Holdings FoundationMO14.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Happy Davis Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Happy Davis Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 Happy Davis Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Happy Davis 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 13 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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