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The Roy and Skeeter Davis Family Foundation at a glance

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The Roy and Skeeter Davis Family 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.

$216k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$638kFood & Nutrition$296kRecreation & Sports$168kPublic Safety & Disaster$147kHealth$144kHuman Services$131kYouth Development$118kCrime & Legal$89kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $184k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAMAR COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE$38,000
LAMAR COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC$28,000
BOERNE HIGH SCHOOL$27,500
BOERNE EDUCATION FOUNDATION$25,000
COMFORT ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB$15,000
KENDALL CO WOMAN'S SHELTER$10,000
PRAIRILAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FFA$10,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FOUNDATION$10,000
COMFORT GOLDEN AGE CENTER$10,000
SALVATION ARMY$10,000
RED RIVER VALLEY DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY$5,600
CASA FOR KIDS$5,000
BORNE YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOC$5,000
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER$5,000
HUMAN RESOURCES COUNCIL$5,000
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 (FY18–24, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 14%ONE SIMPLE WISH: $5k → 11%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $10k → 15%ONE SIMPLE WISH: $5k → 11%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $5k → 15%MEALS ON WHEELS: $10k → 15%KENDALL COUNTY WOMENS SHELTER: $10k → 7%PAT FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 15%COMFORT GOLDEN AGE CENTER FOUNDATION: $15k → 7%COMFORT GOLDEN AGE CENTER: $10k → 7%COMFORT GOLDEN AGE CENTER: $10k → 7%COMFORT GOLDEN AGE CENTER FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 28 repeat orgs$294k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
41

Total granted

$1.6M
$254k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+22%

Still filing today

54%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHealthCivil RightsOther
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

  • LC
    LAMAR COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $240k · revenue +154%
  • BE
    Boerne Education Foundation
    7× · 2018–2024 · $138k · revenue +26%
  • GA
    Greyhound Athletic Booster Club
    7× · 2017–2024 · $125k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • PF
    Pat Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +171%
  • TC
    TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +46%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $13k · revenue +28%
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
Hays County Food Bank

To alleviate hunger by distributing food to families who are food deprived through a network of volunteers and other agencies within Hays County.

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2
Bread for Our Children

Provide nutrition meals for communities in the Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas areas

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3
Boys Club of Brazos County Inc

Service to youth

Youth Development
4
Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry

The mission of the Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry and Support Center is to serve Bastrop County residents going through periods of transition by providing emergency food assistance, education and support.

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5
Texas Foster Care & Adoption Serv

A state of texas licensed foster care and adoption agency that identifies and provides approved healing foster homes for children.

Human Services
6
Central Texas Children's Home

To provide family services and to provide residential child care for dependent children where there is a need to assist children and families disrupted by problems.

Human Services
7
West Texas Hero Homes Inc

Support of special needs military or first responders and their families.

Housing & Shelter
8
Hereford Food Pantry

To provide food for less fortunate citizens of deaf smith county, texas

Philanthropy
9
Family Promise of Bryan-College Station

To assist homeless families in securing stable housing

Housing & Shelter
10
Parker County Center of Hope Inc

Helping people in poverty or crisis with basic assistance, job preparedness and educational opportunities.

Human Services
11
Sunny Glen Children's Home Inc

Sunny Glen Childrens Home, Inc. cares for children in need. Our care will be competent, compassionate and professional. We will help every child achieve their greatest potential-physically, emotionally, spiritually and academically.

Human Services
12
Poodle Rescue of Houston

Rescue of unwanted dogs

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of the Texas Hill Country; the most unlike its peers is Pat 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

33 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. 33 of the 75 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/33
Grantees still filing
24/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Boerne ISD: $269,820 · OtherBoerne ISDPRAIRILAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $121,461 · OtherPRAIRILAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTLAMAR COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE: $114,000 · OtherLAMAR COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIREBoys & Girls Club of the Red River Valle y: $45,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $36,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $35,000 · Other+47 more: $328,705 · Other+47 moreLAMAR COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC: $239,900 · Food & NutritionLAMAR COUNTY F…The Community Food Bank of Franklin County: $10,000 · Food & NutritionHUMAN RESOURCES COUNCIL INC: $77,000 · Human ServicesHUMAN RESOUR…Comfort Golden Age Center Foundation: $40,000 · Human ServicesComfort Gold…Pat Foundation Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesPat Foundati…CITYSQUARE: $14,500 · Human ServicesCITYSQUAREBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $14,500 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN…ONE SIMPLE WISH INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesKENDALL COUNTY WOMEN'S SHELTER: $10,000 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELS: $10,000 · Human ServicesBUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesGreyhound Athletic Booster Club: $125,000 · EducationGreyhound A…BOERNE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $27,000 · EducationBOERNE PUBL…Comfort Athletic Booster Club: $25,000 · EducationComfort Ath…TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $15,000 · EducationTRINITY CHR…BOERNE HIGH SCHOOL PTO: $11,500 · EducationBOERNE HIGH…+1 more: $400 · EducationBoerne Education Foundation: $138,000 · PhilanthropyRed River Valley Down Syndrome Society: $103,600 · HealthHOPE HITS HARDER: $5,000 · HealthCASA For Kids Inc: $70,000 · Civil Rights
Other$950,486Food & Nutrition$249,900Human Services$206,000Education$203,900Philanthropy$138,000Health$108,600Civil Rights$70,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLAMAR COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC: $239,900 over 8y, 12% of budgetBoerne Education Foundation: $138,000 over 7y, 5.9% of budgetGreyhound Athletic Booster Club: $125,000 over 7y, 15% of budgetRed River Valley Down Syndrome Society: $103,600 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetHUMAN RESOURCES COUNCIL INC: $77,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCASA For Kids Inc: $70,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of the Red River Valle y: $45,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetComfort Golden Age Center Foundation: $40,000 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetBOERNE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $27,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetST JOSEPH'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetComfort Athletic Booster Club: $25,000 over 2y, 57% of budgetDAY 1 BAGS: $20,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetPat Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetTRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITYSQUARE: $14,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $14,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetONE SIMPLE WISH INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKENDALL COUNTY WOMEN'S SHELTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $10,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetRED RIVER VALLEY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetThe Community Food Bank of Franklin County: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetBUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR HEROES TEXAS: $10,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetServe Outdoors Inc MO: $7,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParis Community Theater: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetHOPE HITS HARDER: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHay Dude Critter Rescue: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetNEW HOPE CENTER OF PARIS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

  • Who funds LAMAR COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds Boerne Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Greyhound Athletic Booster Club ↗
  • Who funds Red River Valley Down Syndrome Society ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RESOURCES COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA For Kids Inc ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Club of the Red River Valle y ↗
  • Who funds Comfort Golden Age Center Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BOERNE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Comfort Athletic Booster Club ↗
  • Who funds DAY 1 BAGS ↗
  • Who funds Pat Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds CITYSQUARE ↗
  • Who funds BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY ↗
  • Who funds BOERNE HIGH SCHOOL PTO ↗
  • Who funds ONE SIMPLE WISH INC ↗
  • Who funds KENDALL COUNTY WOMEN'S SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds RED RIVER VALLEY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Community Food Bank of Franklin County ↗

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.

Ram FoundationUnited Way of Lamar C…The Community Foundat…San Antonio Area Foun…Greater Houston Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Ram FoundationTX19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ram Foundation · United Way of Lamar County · The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country Inc · San Antonio Area Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Roy and Skeeter Davis Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Roy and Skeeter Davis Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%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
    1get no government money at all
    9report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Roy and Skeeter Davis Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Roy and Skeeter Davis Family Foundation 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 75 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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