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The Michael R Davidson Foundation Inc

The Michael R Davidson Foundation Inc (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,600 to it, the largest being T O FAMILY FOUNDATION ($3,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$179k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$7k
Net assets
$198k
0/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What The Michael R Davidson Foundation Inc does

Mission

The Michael R. Davidson Foundation was formed to honor the memory of FDNY Lieutenant Michael R. Davidson, who made the ultimate sacrifice when he laid down his own life to save the lives of others. Drawing inspiration from Michael's spirit of selflessness and love for others, we look forward to giving back to the communities to which he served and belonged. Thus, our commitment to community wlll focus specifically on the physical,mental, and emotional well-being of families and children in need. The mission of this Organization is to raise funds to be used for the support of the families of military and first responders in their times of greatest need including financial assistance and providing a network of meaningful resources and support.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Program

  1. The Michael R. Davidson Foundation was formed to honor the memory of FDNY Lieutenant Michael R. Davidson, who made the ultimate sacrifice when he laid down his own life to save the lives of others. Drawing inspiration from Michael's spirit of selflessness and love for others, we look forward to giving back to the communities to which he served and belonged. Thus, our commitment to community wlll focus specifically on the physical,mental, and emotional well-being of families and children in need. The mission of this Organization is to raise funds to be used for the support of the families of military and first responders in their times of greatest need including financial assistance and providing a network of meaningful resources and support.

    $122,730 spent$178,768 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $122,730.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($80k) Expenses 100 ($208) Net assets 100 ($80k)2022 Revenue 0 ($0) Net assets 0 ($0)2023 Revenue 222 ($179k) Expenses 62626 ($130k) Net assets 246 ($198k)
202120222023
Revenue (222)Expenses (62626)Net assets (246)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $80k to $0 (−100%).

$80k
$0
$202k
202120222023
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2021
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

6% of The Michael R Davidson Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$80k
’21
’22
$49k
’23
19
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $100.

From the IRS filings of The Michael R Davidson Foundation Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

The Michael R Davidson Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

53%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of The Michael R Davidson Foundation Inc's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

The Michael R Davidson Foundation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,056 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin27% · top quartile
Months of reserve18.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)49% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,056 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

94% of spending goes to programs.

Program 94%Management 6%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds The Michael R Davidson Foundation Inc?
The Michael R Davidson Foundation Inc (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,600 to it, the largest being T O FAMILY FOUNDATION ($3,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does The Michael R Davidson Foundation Inc have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $6,600 in grants to The Michael R Davidson Foundation Inc.
Who is the largest funder of The Michael R Davidson Foundation Inc?
T O FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like The Michael R Davidson Foundation Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing