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Trinka Davis Foundation at a glance

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Trinka Davis Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$3.5M
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.

Philanthropy$3.5MHousing & Shelter$400kHuman Services$312kCrime & Legal$300kAnimals$200kHealth$41kArts & Culture$28kYouth Development$22kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $3.5M
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KATHARINE DAVIS FOUNDATION$3,547,934
WOUNDED WARRIOR HOMES INC$100,000
BIRMINGHAM ZOO$25,000
NATIONAL WOMEN VETERANS UNITED$25,000
CHICAGO VETERANS$20,000
YWCA OF CENTRAL ALABAMA$10,000
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$5,000
GIRLS INC OF CENTRAL ALABAMA$1,500
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 (FY20–24, $325k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BEYOND CONCUSSION: $10k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR HOMES INC: $100k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR HOMES INC: $100k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR HOMES INC: $100k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM: $10k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM: $5k → 16%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 85% of Trinka Davis Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 79% of the giving stays in AL; by stated purpose, 6%.

Trinka Davis Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 6.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

24%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 11 repeat orgs$3.7M to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
8

Total granted

$1.2M
$115k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+72%

Still filing today

82%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.6M 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
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCivil RightsAnimalsCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • WW
    WOUNDED WARRIOR HOMES INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $300k · revenue +7%
  • BZ
    Birmingham Zoo Inc
    6× · 2019–2024 · $200k · revenue +17%
  • AS
    A SAFE HAVEN FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2020 · $75k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • WV
    Women Veterans Interactive Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • VO
    VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF ILLINOISgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +107%
  • SD
    San Diego Brain Injury Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +19%
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
Disabled American Veterans of Alabama Inc

Disabled american veterans of alabama, inc was organized as an association of men and women who were wounded, gassed, injured or disabled in the line of duty during time of war.

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2
Alabama Veteran

Just as you were broken down from your civilian lifestyle when joining the military, we assimilate ourselves as cadre to teach you how to reintegrate back into post-military life with the same support.

Public Benefit
3
Priority Veteran Inc

Priority veteran, inc. is engaged in providing supportive services to veterans and their families, primarily in the area of housing.

Housing & Shelter
4
Women Veterans Interactive Foundation

The Women Veterans Interactive Foundation connects, engages, and empowers Women Veterans with the tools and resources needed to achieve post-military success through financial assistance, workforce development resources, and community.

Public Benefit
5
Triple Bravo Initaive

To empower and support veterans.

Public Benefit
6
Birmingham Aids Outreach Inc

To enhance the quality of life for people living with hiv/aids, at risk, affected individuals, and the lgbtq community through outreach, age-appropriate prevention education, and supportive services

Health
7
Woman Inc

W.O.M.A.N., Inc. supports survivors of domestic violence and their loved ones along their healing journeys, bridging value rich networks designed to address intersections of violence. In all our work, we strive to continually increase our…

Health
8
Disabled American Veterans

Informational services to u.s. military veterans as to how and where to obtain veterans benefits within the government system.

—
9
Disabled American Veterans Dept of Utah

We are dedicated to a single purpose: empowering veterans to lead high-quality lives with respect and dignity. We accomplish this by ensuring that veterans and their families can access the full range of benefits available to them;…

Public Benefit
10
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum Dba National Veterans Art Museum

The national veterans art museum fosters greater understanding of the real impact of war. the museum collects, preserves & exhibits art inspired by combat & created by veterans.

—
11
Center for Veterans Issues Inc

The Center for Veterans Issues, Inc provides housing and supportive services to help improve the quality of life for ALL Veterans, their families, and the communities in which they live and serve.

Housing & Shelter
12
Warriors Center Memphis

Warriors Center Memphis is dedicated to assisting men overcome issues related to substance abuse and/or homelessness. We meet the needs of men such as clothing, shelter, education, job training and rehabilitation.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is A Safe Haven Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Katharine Davis Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 22 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE KATHARINE DAVIS FOUNDATION: $3,547,934 · PhilanthropyTHE KATHARINE DAVIS FOUNDATION+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyABA FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION: $300,000 · OtherABA FUND F…YWCA OF CENTRAL ALABAMA: $37,000 · OtherYWCA OF CE…Women Veterans Interactive Inc: $25,000 · OtherWomen Vete…VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF ILLINOIS: $25,000 · OtherVOLUNTEERS…San Diego Brain Injury Foundation: $25,000 · OtherSan Diego …ALABAMA HUMANITIES ALLIANCE: $18,000 · Other+5 more: $28,000 · Other+5 moreWOUNDED WARRIOR HOMES INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BIRMINGHAM INC: $15,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL WOMEN VETERANS UNITED: $210,000 · Community ImprovementBirmingham Zoo Inc: $200,000 · AnimalsA SAFE HAVEN FOUNDATION: $75,000 · HealthCHICAGO VETERANS: $20,000 · Health+1 more: $3,000 · HealthGIRLS INCORPORATED OF CENTRAL ALABAMA: $22,000 · Youth Development
Philanthropy$3,557,934Other$458,000Human Services$325,000Community Improvement$210,000Animals$200,000Health$98,000Youth Development$22,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE KATHARINE DAVIS FOUNDATION: $3,547,934 over 1y, 100% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR HOMES INC: $300,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetNATIONAL WOMEN VETERANS UNITED: $210,000 over 4y, 54% of budgetBirmingham Zoo Inc: $200,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetA SAFE HAVEN FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWomen Veterans Interactive Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetSan Diego Brain Injury Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF CENTRAL ALABAMA: $22,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCHICAGO VETERANS: $20,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetALABAMA HUMANITIES ALLIANCE: $18,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BIRMINGHAM INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIRMINGHAM LANDMARKS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBIRMINGHAM CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBEYOND CONCUSSION: $10,000 over 1y, 85% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOasis Counseling for Women and Children: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMERS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% 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.

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.

Robert R Meyer Founda…Susan Mott Webb Chari…Protective Life Found…The Daniel Foundation…Stephens FoundationWalker Area Community…Hill Crest Foundation…The Community Foundat…Alabama Power Foundat…Junior League of Birm…The Hugh Kaul Foundat…Mike and Gillian Good…
Robert R Meyer FoundationAL22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Robert R Meyer Foundation · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Protective Life Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Stephens Foundation · Walker Area Community Foundation Inc · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Junior League of Birmingham Inc · The Hugh Kaul Foundation · Mike and Gillian Goodrich 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 Trinka Davis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Trinka Davis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Trinka Davis Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Trinka Davis 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 22 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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