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 2022–2024. 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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Funding pattern
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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
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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- Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund3,620 grants · $914.9M
- Mass General Brigham Incorporated &472 grants · $3.11B
Similar purposes
- The Ford Foundation10,731 grants · $2.35B
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation13,555 grants · $2.27B
- Lilly Endowment7,478 grants · $8.93B
Similar grant size
- The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
- Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B
- Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B
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