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Tom Davis Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$568k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$125k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$762kHealth$411kHuman Services$284kFood & Nutrition$256kYouth Development$214kReligion$154kArts & Culture$117kEnvironment$70kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $113k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $438k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Crossnore Communities for Children$125,000
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University$100,000
Second Harvest Food Bank$100,000
Trellis$62,500
Senior Services$50,000
Forsyth Technical Community College$25,000
Children's Law Center$25,000
On Wings Like a Dove$23,000
Piedmont Land Conservancy$20,000
Oak Ridge Military Academy$20,000
Jimmys Bike Drive Inc$7,500
Victory Junction$5,000
Breakthrough T1D$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $215k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMAZING GRACE ADOPTIONS: $10k → 8%MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD: $100 → 11%AMAZING GRACE ADOPTIONS: $5k → 8%SENIOR SERVICES: $100k → 15%Senior Services: $50k → 15%SENIOR SERVICES: $50k → 15%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
NY
PA
NC
SC
AL
GA
FL
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 23 repeat orgs$361k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
26

Total granted

$2.2M
$199k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+34%

Still filing today

61%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $163k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthReligionArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • EA
    EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $400k · revenue +76%
  • SENIOR SERVICES INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $200k · revenue +43%
  • SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $156k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $65k · revenue +30%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF EAST BEND TOWN SQUARE Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $43k
  • CS
    CROSSNORE SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
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
Wingate University

The mission of wingate university is to develop educated, ethical, and productive global citizens. following its judeo-christian heritage, the university seeks to cultivate the following in its students: knowledge, faith, and service.

Education
2
North Carolina Biotechnology Center

The north carolina biotechnology center aids the biotechnology-related efforts of researchers, businesses, state and federal governments, and other agencies primarily through awards of grants and loans related to specific programs and…

Science & Tech
3
The Outer Banks Hospital Inc

To enhance the quality of life for the residents and visitors of dare county and the surrounding region by promoting wellness and providing the highest quality healthcare services.

Health
4
East Carolina Health

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
5
Rex Hospital Inc

To improve the health and well-being of north carolinians and others whom we serve. we accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Health
6
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Inc

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
7
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
Pitt County Memorial Hospital Inc

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
10
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
11
Peirce College

Organization's mission: peirce college empowers adult learners to improve their lives by achieving career goals through academic offerings aligned with evolving workforce needs.

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12
Wilkes Medical Center Foundation

To support and carry out the functions and purposes of wrmc hospital operating corporation (dba atrium health wake forest baptist wilkes medical center) to enhance the delivery of quality health care within the organization's region.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. 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

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 54 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/29
Grantees still filing
19/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE WINGS CLUB: $200,000 · OtherTHE WINGS CLUBTrellis: $162,500 · OtherTrellisWAKE FOREST MEDICAL CENTER: $142,000 · OtherWAKE FOREST MEDICAL CENTERSecond Harvest Food Bank: $100,000 · OtherSecond Harvest Food BankWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY THD SCHOLARSHIP: $50,000 · OtherTRIAD ACADEMY AT SUMMIT SCHOOL: $46,650 · OtherSUN'N FUN AVIATION MUSEUM: $42,000 · OtherNANCY TEAGUE DAVIS CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $40,000 · OtherPIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY: $70,000 · OtherPIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCYInner Banks Stem Center: $67,000 · OtherInner Banks Stem CenterFRIENDS OF EAST BEND TOWN SQUARE Inc: $43,000 · Other+24 more: $146,700 · Other+24 moreEMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INC: $400,000 · EducationEMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICA…OAK RIDGE FOUNDATION INC: $67,700 · EducationOAK RIDGE FOUNDATION INCWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $65,000 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYFORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Education+2 more: $5,600 · EducationCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $206,000 · HealthCROSSNORE …CANCER SERVICES INC: $15,000 · HealthCANCER SER…+1 more: $6,000 · HealthON WINGS LIKE A DOVE INC: $153,000 · ReligionON WINGS …BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INCORPORATED: $62,500 · ReligionBAPTIST C…+1 more: $2,000 · ReligionSENIOR SERVICES INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR SE…AMAZING GRACE ADOPTIONS: $15,000 · Human ServicesAMAZING G…+2 more: $200 · Human ServicesSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $156,000 · Food & NutritionEAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Arts & CulturePIEDMONT SILVER EAGLES INC: $23,100 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,109,850Education$563,300Health$227,000Religion$217,500Human Services$215,200Food & Nutrition$156,000Arts & Culture$73,100

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INC: $400,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $206,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES INC: $200,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $156,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetON WINGS LIKE A DOVE INC: $153,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetPIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY: $70,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetOAK RIDGE FOUNDATION INC: $67,700 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetInner Banks Stem Center: $67,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $65,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INCORPORATED: $62,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPIEDMONT SILVER EAGLES INC: $23,100 over 6y, 51% of budgetCANCER SERVICES INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAMAZING GRACE ADOPTIONS: $15,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetTHE PIEDMONT SCHOOL INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJIMMYS BIKE DRIVE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIDEWELL HOSPICE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Johns County Council on Aging Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnna L Haas Humane Society of Cobb County: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetForsyth Humane Society: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC ↗
  • Who funds ON WINGS LIKE A DOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds OAK RIDGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Inner Banks Stem Center ↗
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF EAST BEND TOWN SQUARE Inc ↗
  • Who funds FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PIEDMONT SILVER EAGLES INC ↗
  • Who funds CANCER SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds AMAZING GRACE ADOPTIONS ↗
  • Who funds DAVID GRIFFIN AVIATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE PIEDMONT SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds JIMMYS BIKE DRIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds VICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds WE TEAM YOUTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗

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.

The Winston-Salem Fou…Reynolds American Fou…Strickland Family Fou…Pfefferkorn Foundatio…Ta John W and Anna H …Reynolds Foundation 1…Duke Energy FoundationThe Cannon Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Bank of America C…Charities Aid Foundat…
The Winston-Salem FoundationNC22.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Winston-Salem Foundation · Reynolds American Foundation · Strickland Family Foundation Cynthia a S Graham · Pfefferkorn Foundation Inc · Ta John W and Anna H Hanes Foundation · Reynolds Foundation 186-8803582 · Duke Energy Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Tom Davis Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tom Davis Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Tidewell Hospice Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–40%
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.
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How do I get to Tom Davis Fund?

Find your warmest path to Tom Davis Fund 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 54 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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