Funding search · EIN 721367496 · Nashville, TN

Ruth Q Davis 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.

55
grants reported
$371,669
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

childreneducationdisabilitiesfosterhealthboilingbridgechild

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Funding pattern

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4 grants matching “quick · $20,000

  • $5,000

    Community Found of Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Quick bridge health fund

  • $5,000

    Community Found of Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Quick bridge health fund

  • $5,000

    Community Found of Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Quick bridge health fund

  • $5,000

    Community Found of Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Quick bridge health fund

Top recipients

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

  • Coastal Alabama Community College3 grants · $86,750
  • Community Found of Birmingham8 grants · $52,000
  • Arc of Calhoun & Cleburne Counties4 grants · $48,000
  • Urban Ministry1 grant · $25,000
  • Coosa County Dhr3 grants · $24,274
  • Helen James Foundation4 grants · $20,000
  • Community Enabler4 grants · $19,000
  • Ums Wright4 grants · $18,500
  • Freedom Farm2 grants · $12,000
  • Spring Hill Presbyterian Church2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$71,095
2022
$110,750
2023
$92,104
2024
$97,720
2025

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

  • $45,250

    Coastal Alabama Community College · Monroeville, AL · 2023

    Nursing education

  • $25,500

    Coastal Alabama Community College · Monroeville, AL · 2024

    Nursing education

  • $25,000

    Urban Ministry · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Consulting grant inner city programs

  • $16,000

    Coastal Alabama Community College · Monroeville, AL · 2025

    Nursing education

  • $15,000

    Arc of Calhoun & Cleburne Counties · Anniston, AL · 2025

    Aid to persons with disabilities

  • $12,000

    Arc of Calhoun & Cleburne Counties · Anniston, AL · 2024

    Aid to persons with disabilities

  • $12,000

    Arc of Calhoun & Cleburne Counties · Anniston, AL · 2023

    Aid to persons with disabilities

  • $12,000

    Coosa County Dhr · Rockford, AL · 2023

    Assistance for foster children

  • $10,000

    Community Found of Birmingham · Birminmgham, AL · 2025

    Boiling springs farm fund

  • $10,000

    Coosa County Dhr · Rockford, AL · 2025

    Assistance for foster children

  • $10,000

    Community Found of Birmingham · Birminmgham, AL · 2024

    Boiling springs farm fund

  • $9,000

    Arc of Calhoun & Cleburne Counties · Anniston, AL · 2022

    Aid to persons with disabilities

  • $6,000

    Freedom Farm · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2025

    Home for at-risk kids

  • $6,000

    Pickens County Dhr · Carrollton, AL · 2025

    Assistance for foster children

  • $6,000

    Ums Wright · Mobile, AL · 2025

    Education

  • $6,000

    Wilcox County Dhr · Camden, AL · 2025

    Assistance for foster children

  • $6,000

    Freedom Farm · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2024

    Home for at-risk kids

  • $6,000

    Community Found of Birmingham · Birminmgham, AL · 2023

    Boiling springs farm fund

  • $6,000

    Pine Hill Arliington Methodist · Pine Hill, AL · 2023

    Programs for adults & youth

  • $6,000

    Community Found of Birmingham · Birminmgham, AL · 2022

    Boiling springs farm fund

  • $5,500

    Ums Wright · Mobile, AL · 2024

    Education

  • $5,000

    Community Enabler · Anniston, AL · 2025

    Provide for needs of the poor

  • $5,000

    Community Found of Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Quick bridge health fund

  • $5,000

    Helen James Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2025

    Families with a stillborn child

  • $5,000

    Community Enabler · Anniston, AL · 2024

    Provide for needs of the poor

  • $5,000

    Community Found of Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Quick bridge health fund

  • $5,000

    Helen James Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Families with a stillborn child

  • $5,000

    Spring Hill Presbyterian Church · Mobile, AL · 2024

    Mother's and children's programs

  • $5,000

    West End Community Church · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Christian ministry

  • $5,000

    Community Enabler · Anniston, AL · 2023

    Provide for needs of the poor

  • $5,000

    Community Found of Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Quick bridge health fund

  • $5,000

    Helen James Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2023

    Families with a stillborn child

  • $5,000

    Spring Hill Presbyterian Church · Mobile, AL · 2023

    Mother's and children's programs

  • $5,000

    Community Found of Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Quick bridge health fund

  • $5,000

    Helen James Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2022

    Families with a stillborn child

  • $5,000

    Phillips Preparatory School · Mobile, AL · 2022

    Education

  • $5,000

    Spring Hill Presbyterian · Mobile, AL · 2022

    Mothers- and chilren's programs

  • $4,000

    Ums Wright · Mobile, AL · 2023

    Education

  • $4,000

    Community Enabler · Anniston, AL · 2022

    Provide for needs of the poor

  • $3,000

    Circle of Love Foundation · Hoover, AL · 2025

    Supplies & toys for needy children

  • $3,000

    Light of the Village · Prichard, AL · 2025

    Christian ministry to inner city

  • $3,000

    Circle of Love Foundation · Hoover, AL · 2024

    Supplies & toys for needy children

  • $3,000

    Ums Wright · Mobile, AL · 2022

    Education

  • $2,274

    Coosa County Dhr · Rockford, AL · 2024

    Assistance for foster children

  • $2,000

    Spanish Fort High School · Spanish Fort, AL · 2024

    Education enrichment

  • $2,000

    Circle of Love Foundation · Hoover, AL · 2023

    Supplies & toys for needy children

  • $1,720

    Exponent Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2025

    Foundation planning

  • $1,595

    Exponent Philantrophy · Washington, DC · 2022

    Foundation best practices

  • $1,500

    Spanish Fort High School · Spanish Fort, AL · 2023

    Education enrichment

  • $1,000

    Ashland Place United Methodist Chur · Mobile, AL · 2023

    Tornado relief

  • $1,000

    Our Kids · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Care for abused kids

  • $1,000

    Circle of Love Foundation · Hoover, AL · 2022

    Supplies & toys for needy children

  • $1,000

    L'Arche Mobile · Mobile, AL · 2022

    Service for people with disabilities

  • $830

    Exponent Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2024

    Foundation planning

  • $500

    Ascension Providence Foundation · Mobile, AL · 2022

    Charity health care

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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.