Michigan · Private foundation
The John R and M Margrite Davis Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $853k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 52
- Grants FY2025
- 47
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 42 to 52
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations The John R and M Margrite Davis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $148k 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 | 51 | $828k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 47 | $804k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $721k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 49 | $711k | 16% |
| FY2021 | 52 | $730k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 48 | $575k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 49 | $550k | 16% |
| FY2018 | 49 | $519k | 18% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Veterans Initiative | $405,000 | 7 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $370,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $300,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kilo-9 Foundation | $162,500 | 8 | 42% |
| All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc | $130,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $108,500 | 9 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $95,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Detroit Athletic Club Foundation | $95,000 | 6 | 3% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Access Fund | $85,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 58 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The John R and M Margrite Davis Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 John R and M Margrite Davis Foundation
- How much does The John R and M Margrite Davis Foundation give?
- The John R and M Margrite Davis Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $853,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 52 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The John R and M Margrite Davis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (21%), Public Safety & Disaster (14%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are The John R and M Margrite Davis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United States Veterans Initiative ($405k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($370k), Samaritan's Purse ($300k).
- Does The John R and M Margrite Davis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John R and M Margrite Davis Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The John R and M Margrite Davis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ge Aerospace Foundation, Yeargin Foundation, Daniel-Mickel Foundation.
- Where is The John R and M Margrite Davis Foundation based?
- The John R and M Margrite Davis Foundation is based in MI.
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