Funding search · EIN 056149205 · Boston, MA

Davis Family Charitable Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

142
grants reported
$7.1M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$22,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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3 grants matching “lesley · $7,500

  • $2,500

    Lesley University · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $2,500

    Lesley University · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $2,500

    Lesley University · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Heading Home3 grants · $825,000
  • Wbur Boston3 grants · $775,000
  • Boys & Girls Clubs Boston3 grants · $641,272
  • Save the Children Federation3 grants · $553,500
  • Brandeis University3 grants · $410,000
  • Coolidge Corner Theater Foundation3 grants · $398,000
  • Combined Jewish Philanthropies3 grants · $325,000
  • Family Aid Boston3 grants · $300,000
  • Boston Childrens Hospital3 grants · $283,000
  • Jvs3 grants · $230,000

Giving over time

$2.5M
2022
$2.3M
2023
$2.2M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 142 grants.

  • $290,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs Boston · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $290,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs Boston · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $275,000

    Heading Home · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $275,000

    Heading Home · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $275,000

    Heading Home · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $265,000

    Wbur Boston · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $260,000

    Wbur Boston · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $253,500

    Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $250,000

    Wbur Boston · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $221,000

    Coolidge Corner Theater Foundation · Brookline, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $175,000

    Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $172,000

    Coolidge Corner Theater Foundation · Brookline, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $160,000

    Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $150,000

    Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $150,000

    Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $143,000

    Boston Childrens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $125,000

    Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $125,000

    Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $100,000

    Family Aid Boston · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $100,000

    Family Aid Boston · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $100,000

    Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $100,000

    Family Aid Boston · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $100,000

    Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $85,000

    Jvs · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $85,000

    Jvs · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $75,000

    Boston Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $75,000

    Cambridge Health Alliance Foundation · Malden, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $75,000

    Cambridge Health Alliance Foundation · Malden, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $75,000

    Cambridge Health Alliance Foundation · Malden, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $70,000

    Boston Childrens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $70,000

    Boston Childrens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $61,272

    Boys & Girls Clubs Boston · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $60,000

    Jvs · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $60,000

    Lake Sunapee Protective Association · Sunapee, NH · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $50,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $50,000

    Children'S Services of Roxbury · Roxbury, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $50,000

    Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $50,000

    Kids in Need of Defense (Kind) · Washington, DC · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $50,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $50,000

    Our Children'S Trust · Eugene, OR · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $50,000

    Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $50,000

    Project Bread · East Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $50,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $50,000

    Boston Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $50,000

    Franciscan Children'S · Brighton, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $50,000

    Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $50,000

    Project Bread · East Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $50,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $50,000

    Franciscan Children'S · Brighton, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $40,000

    The Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $33,500

    Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $33,500

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $30,000

    Irc'S Center for Economic Opportunity · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $30,000

    The Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    Boston Commumity Pediatrics · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    Boston Harbor Now · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    Bottom Line · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    English for New Bostonians · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    Franciscan Children'S · Brighton, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    Spoonfuls · Newton, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    The Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    Boston Harbor Now · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    Lovin' Spoonfuls · Newton, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    The Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    Boston Harbor Now · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    Emerald Cities Collaborative · Washington, DC · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $25,000

    Prime Coalition · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $20,000

    Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $20,000

    Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $20,000

    International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $20,000

    Neighborhood Villages · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $20,000

    The Brookline Center for Community Mental Health · Brookline, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $20,000

    Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $20,000

    Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $20,000

    The Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $17,000

    Emerald Necklace Conservancy - Olmsted Now · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $16,500

    Emerald Necklace Conservancy · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $16,500

    Emerald Necklace Conservancy · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $15,000

    Breaktime United · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $15,000

    Emerson Health Care Foundation · Concord, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $15,000

    Temple Israel · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $15,000

    The Corey C Griffin Charitable Foundation · Braintree, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $15,000

    Emerson Health Care Foundation · Concord, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $15,000

    Temple Israel · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $15,000

    Ron Burton Training Village · Hubbardston, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $15,000

    Temple Israel · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $10,000

    Jewish Family & Children'S Service · Waltham, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $10,000

    The Wang Center for the Performing Arts · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

  • $10,000

    Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $10,000

    Jewish Family & Children'S Service · Waltham, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $10,000

    Lake Sunapee Protective Association · Sunapee, NH · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $10,000

    The Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable gift

  • $10,000

    Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $10,000

    Jewish Family & Children'S Service · Waltham, MA · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $10,000

    Lake Sunapee Protective Association · Sunapee, NH · 2022

    Charitable gift

  • $9,000

    Friends of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable gift

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.