Illinois · Private foundation
The William and Mary Davis Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $192k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $467k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations The William and Mary Davis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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 | 31 | $186k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $172k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $176k | 58% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $254k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $169k | 28% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $259k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $107k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Tuskegee Next Foundation | $330,079 | 4 | 12% |
| Emerald Youth Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| McDermott Center | $68,500 | 7 | 0% |
| New City Church Ministries | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Family Services | $28,454 | 6 | 0% |
| Go Chi Life | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Progressive Baptist Church | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Sabina Church | $17,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Riverwoods Christian Center dba Fox Valley Christian Action | $14,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Firehouse Community Arts Center of Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($518k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The William and Mary 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 Chicago Community Trust · Robert R McCormick Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · East Tennessee Foundation · Motorola Solutions Foundation · Domanada Foundation · Grand Victoria Foundation · Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · The Boyd Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The William and Mary Davis Foundation with peer funders
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About The William and Mary Davis Foundation
- How much does The William and Mary Davis Foundation give?
- The William and Mary Davis Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $192,100 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The William and Mary Davis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (35%), Religion (9%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are The William and Mary Davis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The Tuskegee Next Foundation ($330k), Emerald Youth Foundation ($100k), McDermott Center ($69k).
- Does The William and Mary Davis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The William and Mary Davis Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The William and Mary Davis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Robert R McCormick Foundation, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is The William and Mary Davis Foundation based?
- The William and Mary Davis Foundation is based in IL.
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