Funding search · EIN 943402266 · San Francisco, CA

The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund

Name: The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

463
grants reported: $83.3M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educational service social acquiring artists cofam contemporary department

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “cofam” · $991,250

$991,250
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support cofam's department of contemporary art and programming's efforts in acquiring contemporary works of art by emerging underrepresented artists.

Top recipients

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

Tides Foundation4 grants · $10.6M
San Francsico Foundation2 grants · $4.6M
California Community Foundation3 grants · $4.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation2 grants · $3.5M
American Friends of the Hebrew University1 grant · $3.0M
Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute2 grants · $2.5M
The University of Southern California (Usc) Leonard Davis School of Geronto1 grant · $2.5M
Boys & Girls Club of Rhode Island1 grant · $2.1M
Working America Education Fund3 grants · $1.9M
The San Francisco Foundation1 grant · $1.6M

Giving over time

$18.3M

2021

$20.5M

2022

$20.1M

2023

$24.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 463 grants.

$4.6M
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$3.6M
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$3.0M
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$3.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$2.8M
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$2.5M
San Francsico Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$2.5M
The University of Southern California (Usc) Leonard Davis School of Geronto · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$2.1M
Boys & Girls Club of Rhode Island · Woonsocket, RI · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$2.0M
San Francsico Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$1.6M
The San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$1.5M
Florida Gulf Coast University · Fort Meyers, FL · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$1.5M
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$1.5M
Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$1.2M
Pa Alliance Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$1.2M
Register 2 Vote Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$1.1M
The Raymond F Kravis Center · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$1.1M
State Democracy Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$1.1M
Accelerate Change · Boston, MA · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$1.1M
Focus for Democracy Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$1.1M
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$1.1M
San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$1.1M
Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$1.0M
Amalgamated Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$1.0M
Working America Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$991,250
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support cofam's department of contemporary art and programming's efforts in acquiring contemporary works of art by emerging underrepresented artists.
$930,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$800,000
Workmoney Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$750,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$720,000
Solidaire Network · Oakland, CA · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$650,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$600,000
Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$600,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$575,000
Proteus Fund · New York, NY · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$550,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$505,000
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$500,000
Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$500,000
Working America Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$456,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$450,000
The American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$450,000
University of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$450,000
Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$400,000
Beth Israel Medical Center · New York, NY · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$400,000
Working America Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$355,000
Proteus Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$350,000
Institute for Policy Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$350,000
School of the Arts Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$350,000
Institute On Taxation and Economic Policy · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$350,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$300,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$300,000
Solidaire Network · Oakland, CA · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$300,000
Tesseract Research Center · Washington, DC · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$275,000
Neo Philantropy · New York, NY · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$275,000
Kravis Center · West Palm Beach, FL · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$250,000
Texas Freedom Network Education Fund · Austin, TX · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$210,000
Georgia Alliance Education Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$200,000
America Votes Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$200,000
Boys and Girls Club Northern Rhode Island · Woonsocket, RI · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$200,000
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$200,000
Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$200,000
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd · New York, NY · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$200,000
Global Impact · Alexandria, CA · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$200,000
Imagine North Carolina First · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$200,000
National Museum of Women in the Arts · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$200,000
People'S Action Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$200,000
Proteus Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$200,000
Tesseract Research Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$200,000
Center for Common Ground · Ruther Glen, VA · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$200,000
Coalition of Communities of Color · Portland, OR · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$200,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$200,000
Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$175,000
Tides Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$170,000
Imagine North Carolina First · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$160,000
Florida Alliance for Civic Engagement · Homestead, FL · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$160,000
Proteus Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$160,000
Western Organization of Resource Councils · Billings, MT · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$160,000
Center On Budget and Policy · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Partnership for Large Election Jurisdictions · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Voteamerica · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Every Voice Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Fair Elections Center · Marietta, OH · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Project South · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Rockefeller Family Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Silicon Valley Community · Mountain View, CA · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Take Back the Court · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Verified Voting Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
California Common Cause · Alhambra, CA · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Civic Influencers · Lewes, DE · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Fair Elections Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Verified Voting Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Community Catalyst · San Diego, CA · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Fair Elections Center · Washington, DC · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Institute for Policy Studies · Washington, DC · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$150,000
Tides Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$140,000
California Calls Education Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$140,000
North Carolina Black Alliance · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$135,000
Alliance for Youth Organizing · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$130,000
California Budget and Policy Center · Sacramento, CA · 2021
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$120,000
Celia Awareness Natl Fdtn for Cancer Research · Ambler, PA · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs
$120,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Support for social service programs or educational programs

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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.