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Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund

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$394.8M
in grants paid
342
grants
141
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

  • $26.0M

    Armand Hammer United World College of the American · Montezuma, NM · 2024

    UWC Forever fund and Davis Scholars Program

  • $13.1M

    University of Oklahoma Foundation · Norman, OK · 2024

    Davis UWC Scholars Program 2024

  • $9.2M

    Santa Fe Preparatory School · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

    Davis New Mexico Scholars fund

  • $6.0M

    President & Trustees of Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2024

    Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence

  • $5.6M

    Sonoma Academy · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5.5M

    Macalester College · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

    Davis UWC Scholars Program Fund 2024

  • $5.0M

    The Brigham & Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Alzheimer Prevention Program

  • $3.5M

    Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival · Garrison, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3.5M

    Coney Island Prep Builders · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Pride Promise Scholarship fund for deposit into the account held at fidelity and school's general operations fund

  • $2.5M

    Petaluma River Park Foundation · Petaluma, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2.5M

    Landpaths · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2.2M

    The College of Idaho · Caldwell, ID · 2024

    Davis UWC Scholars Program Fund 2024

  • $2.0M

    American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2.0M

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2.0M

    University of St Andrews American Foundation · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1.2M

    Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1.1M

    Maine Seacoast Mission · Northeast Harbor, ME · 2024

    Davis Maine Scholarship Fund

  • $1.0M

    Institute for Shipboard Education · Dallas, TX · 2024

    scholarship Fund

  • $1.0M

    Nature Conservancy · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    The Point Reyes Project

  • $1.0M

    Chautauqua Foundation · Chautauqua, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1.0M

    Land Trust Alliance Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1.0M

    Holderness School · Plymouth, NH · 2024

    construction of academic building; building of Mittersill performance center; trail, field, and ski and snowboarding venue initiatives

  • $1.0M

    University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Davis First-Generation Scholarship fund

  • $1.0M

    School of Leadership-Afghanistan · Boston, MA · 2024

    Sola-X & General Education Funds

  • $849,805

    Brooks School · North Andover, MA · 2024

    First Gen Scholarship Fund

  • $800,000

    Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

    the Westchester Riverwalk and Regenerative Agriculture and other projects funds

  • $775,000

    Taft School Corporation · Watertown, CT · 2024

    Davis International Scholars Program

  • $750,000

    Rockefeller Family Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    RFFs civic engagement and climate work fund

  • $750,000

    Rockefeller Family Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    Democracy & Power Innovation Fund

  • $750,000

    Future Generations University Corporation · Franklin, WV · 2024

    Institutional Support fund, field-based residentials financial aid fund, and field-based learning fund

  • $750,000

    Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2024

    activities and projects in Westchester county, General & Unrestricted

  • $740,000

    Trustees of Phillips Academy · Andover, MA · 2024

    Davis International Scholars Program

  • $710,000

    Emma Willard School · Troy, NY · 2024

    Davis International Scholars Program

  • $666,666

    Gina Gibney Dance · New York, NY · 2024

    Dance Company fund

  • $570,000

    Trustees of the Lawrenceville School · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2024

    Davis International Scholars Program

  • $500,000

    Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    San Gregorio Ranch Campaign and POST Annual Fund

  • $500,000

    St Bernards School · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $500,000

    Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    San Gregorio Ranch Campaign

  • $500,000

    Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival · Becket, MA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $500,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    PILLAR program spearheaded by Dr. Jeff Goldberg and medical scholarship fund for underrepresented minorities

  • $500,000

    Milton Academy · Milton, MA · 2024

    Davis International Scholars Program

  • $495,000

    Trustees of Westminster School · Simsbury, CT · 2024

    Davis International Scholars Program

  • $400,000

    Riverfest Fps · Briarcliff, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $350,000

    Brown Hope · Portland, OR · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $350,000

    Catlin Gabel School · Portland, OR · 2024

    Financial Assistance and school's capital campaign funds

  • $300,000

    Briarcliff Nursery School · Ossining, NY · 2024

    Building and grounds maintenance, repairs and beautification, bathroom installation, and BNS endowment Fund

  • $300,000

    Energy Innovation Reform Project · Fairfax, VA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $300,000

    President & Fellows of Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2024

    Afghani students at Middlebury Fund

  • $250,000

    Friend Memorial Public Library · Brooklin, ME · 2024

    Capital Building Campaign

  • $250,000

    Museum Foundation of Pacific Grove · Pacific Grove, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Arise Media · Pleasantville, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Ohsu Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024

    The Northwest Native American Center of Excellence Fund

  • $250,000

    Filmnorth · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Public Health Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Roots of Change

  • $210,000

    Armand Hammer United World College of the American · Montezuma, NM · 2024

    financial aid fund

  • $200,000

    Re the Regenerative School · Fayetteville, TN · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    College of the Atlantic · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    Armand Hammer United World College of the American · Montezuma, NM · 2024

    Geier International Scholarship Fund, Bartos Institute, and President's Discretionary Fund

  • $200,000

    Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024

    Raise the Roof Building a Better Future for Acadia workforce fund

  • $200,000

    Kieve-Wavus Education · Nobleboro, ME · 2024

    Educators in Residence program

  • $200,000

    Orca Network · Freeland, WA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $175,000

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center the Societ · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $150,000

    The Farm School · Athol, MA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $150,000

    United States Ski Team Foundation · Park City, UT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $150,000

    Seeds of Peace · Newark, NJ · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $150,000

    Teatown Lake Reservation · Ossining, NY · 2024

    KWD center cleaning/maintenance/improvement fund Nature Girls and general programming fund

  • $150,000

    Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $140,000

    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Davis UWC Scholars Program 2024

  • $130,000

    International House · New York, NY · 2024

    Davis Scholars and programming fund

  • $125,000

    Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $125,000

    Hudson Highlands Land Trust · Garrison, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $125,000

    From the Heart Productions · Oxnard, CA · 2024

    Retro Report Project

  • $100,000

    Common Sense Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Healthy Young Minds Project

  • $100,000

    Battery Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable Event

  • $100,000

    American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Northwest Academy · Portland, OR · 2024

    Student and Family Support Fund

  • $100,000

    Flight School · Sonoma, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    National Peace Corps Association · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Phillips Exeter Academy · Exeter, NH · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    President & Fellows of Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2024

    new museum project

  • $100,000

    President & Fellows of Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2024

    Kathryn W. Davis School of Russian

  • $100,000

    Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2024

    Security Fellowship Fund

  • $75,000

    Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2024

    Davis UWC Scholars Program and President's discretionary fund

  • $75,000

    New York-Presbyterian Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    table and paddle raise funds

  • $60,000

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $55,000

    Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    President & Fellows of Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2024

    Davis UWC Scholars Program and President's Discretion

  • $50,000

    Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    School for Advanced Research · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

    SAR's national endowment for the humanities challenge grant, General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Chartwell School · Seaside, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024

    Endowed Fund and Current-use Fund

  • $50,000

    New York-New Jersey Trail Conference · Mahwah, NJ · 2024

    NYNJTC Trail Steward Program in the Breakneck Ridge area of the Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve

  • $50,000

    Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable Event

  • $33,400

    East Hampton Historical Society · East Hampton, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Trustees for Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    College of the Atlantic · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024

    Davis UWC Scholars program

  • $25,000

    Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival · Becket, MA · 2024

    Gibney recitals fund

  • $25,000

    Georgia Okeeffe Museum · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Year Up · Boston, MA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

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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. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.