Minnesota · Private foundation
The Mark E and Mary a Davis Foundation
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.
- $959k
- Granted FY2023
- 98
- Grants FY2023
- 93
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
98% of The Mark E and Mary a Davis Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 61 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Mark E and Mary a Davis Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 61 organizations, $959k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 89 to 101
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 18
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 3% of the organizations The Mark E and Mary a Davis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 93 | $933k | 3% |
| FY2022 | 101 | $3.4M | 15% |
| FY2021 | 99 | $2.1M | 15% |
| FY2020 | 89 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salvation Army | $1,005,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc | $400,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Annexstad Family Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Junior Achievement North | $240,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The George W Bush Foundation | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Minnesotans' Military Appreciation Fund | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Cato Institute | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Center of the American Experiment | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| National Review Institute | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 80 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mark E and Mary a 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: The Minneapolis Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · Ronald and Janet Schutz Family Foundation · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Pine Rock Foundation Inc · Glen a Taylor Foundation · Sit Investment Associates Foundation · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Mark E and Mary a Davis Foundation
- How much does The Mark E and Mary a Davis Foundation give?
- The Mark E and Mary a Davis Foundation reported 98 grants totaling $958,700 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 89 and 101 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Mark E and Mary a Davis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (64%), Health (15%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are The Mark E and Mary a Davis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Salvation Army ($1.0M), Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum ($1.0M), Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc ($400k).
- Does The Mark E and Mary a Davis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mark E and Mary a 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 Mark E and Mary a Davis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is The Mark E and Mary a Davis Foundation based?
- The Mark E and Mary a Davis Foundation is based in MN.
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