Funding search · EIN 010751429 · Hanover, MD

The Davis Family Foundation

Name: The Davis Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

121
grants reported: $182.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
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

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.

Where the money goes

Donor-advised fund transfers to Vanguard Charitable (most dollars)
Baltimore Catholic institutions, schools and Catholic Charities
Baltimore hospitals and academic medicine: Johns Hopkins, UMMS
Youth development and scholarships for city kids
Chesapeake Bay conservation and Maryland land preservation
Golf-linked charities, service academies, police survivor funds

Typical grant

Median grant is $50,000 and the middle half runs $25,000 to $400,000, so a normal check here is small even though the foundation moves nine figures. The very large gifts, $1 million to $4.7 million, go to a short list of Baltimore anchors and Catholic institutions the family already funds: Johns Hopkins Medicine, Catholic Charities, Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Baltimore, University of Maryland Medical System, Villanova. Giving repeats almost perfectly year over year at identical amounts, which means the list is set by relationship rather than by review cycles.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GENERAL USE”
“JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE”
“CATHOLIC CHARITIES”
“CHESAPEAKE BAY”
“SCHOLARSHIP FUND”

Positioning adjacent work

Route through a Baltimore anchor already funded: Johns Hopkins Medicine, UMMS, Kennedy Krieger, or Sheppard Pratt.
Ask $25,000 to $100,000 for a first gift; the million-dollar tier is closed to newcomers.
Frame Chesapeake Bay or Maryland land work explicitly; they fund Bay Foundation, Bay Trust, Land Preservation Trust.
Emphasize unrestricted general support; every grant on file is coded GENERAL USE with no project restrictions.

Worth knowing: Roughly three quarters of all dollars go straight to Vanguard Charitable as donor-advised transfers, so the real decisions happen outside these filings and the visible grants are a repeating list of about 40 institutions. The concentration is Baltimore and Catholic, with a secondary Philadelphia/Villanova cluster and small Palm Beach and Naples gifts that track where the family spends time.

Top recipients

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

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program3 grants · $137.3M
Johns Hopkins Medicine3 grants · $7.5M
Catholic Charities3 grants · $6.0M
National Senior Campuses2 grants · $5.0M
Villanova University3 grants · $4.8M
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Baltimore2 grants · $3.0M
Per Scholas1 grant · $2.7M
University of Maryland Medical System Corporation2 grants · $2.0M
Center for Urban Families3 grants · $1.2M
Malvern Preparatory School2 grants · $1.0M

Giving over time

$55.4M

2022

$55.2M

2023

$72.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 121 grants.

$56.3M
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Southeastern, PA · 2024
General use
$44.0M
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Southeastern, PA · 2022
General use
$37.0M
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Southeastern, PA · 2023
General use
$4.7M
Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2023
General use
$3.3M
National Senior Campuses · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2023
General use
$2.7M
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2022
General use
$2.5M
Johns Hopkins Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$2.5M
Johns Hopkins Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$2.5M
Johns Hopkins Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General use
$2.0M
Catholic Charities · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$2.0M
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$2.0M
Catholic Charities · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$2.0M
Catholic Charities · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General use
$1.8M
National Senior Campuses · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2022
General use
$1.0M
Chaney Foundation Ltd · Gambrills, MD · 2024
General use
$1.0M
Malvern Preparatory School · Malvern, PA · 2024
General use
$1.0M
The Topper Foundation · Allentown, PA · 2024
General use
$1.0M
University of Maryland Medical System Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$1.0M
West Palm Golf Community Trust · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General use
$1.0M
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$1.0M
University of Maryland Medical System Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$515,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$500,000
Amigos De Jesus · Malvern, PA · 2024
General use
$500,000
Naval Postgraduate School Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2024
General use
$500,000
St Bernard Abbey · Cullman, AL · 2024
General use
$500,000
Entitlements How · Lexington, KY · 2023
General use
$500,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2022
General use
$400,000
Center for Urban Families · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$400,000
Amigos De Jesus · Malvern, PA · 2023
General use
$400,000
Center for Urban Families · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$400,000
Center for Urban Families · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General use
$300,000
The Boys Latin School of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$250,000
Mercy High School · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$250,000
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$250,000
Baltimore Community Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$250,000
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$250,000
Ymca of Central Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$250,000
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General use
$200,000
The Children'S Hospital Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
General use
$200,000
The First Tee of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General use
$175,000
Tuition Support Fund · Clementon, NJ · 2024
General use
$175,000
Charlestown Benevolent Care Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$150,000
Caves Valley Golf Club Foundation · Owings Mills, MD · 2022
General use
$100,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024
General use
$100,000
Children'S Scholarship Fund of Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$100,000
Loyola Early Learning Center · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$100,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2024
General use
$100,000
Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2024
General use
$100,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2023
General use
$100,000
Children'S Scholarship Fund of Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$100,000
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General use
$100,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
General use
$100,000
Amigos De Jesus · Malvern, PA · 2022
General use
$100,000
Charlestown Benevolent Care Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General use
$100,000
Children'S Scholarship Fund of Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General use
$100,000
Next One Up Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General use
$50,000
Chesapeake Bay Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2024
General use
$50,000
Mother Mary Lange Catholic School · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$50,000
Mother Seton Academy · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$50,000
Players Philanthropy Fund · Towson, MD · 2024
General use
$50,000
Port Discovery · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$50,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
General use
$50,000
Chesapeake Bay Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2023
General use
$50,000
Frank J Battaglia Signal 13 Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$50,000
Mother Seton Academy · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$50,000
Port Discovery · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$50,000
St Mary'S Seminary & University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$50,000
The First Tee of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General use
$50,000
Boy Scouts of America · Irving, TX · 2022
General use
$50,000
Chesapeake Bay Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2022
General use
$50,000
Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2022
General use
$50,000
Frank J Battaglia Signal 13 Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General use
$50,000
Harriett'S House · Cambridge, MD · 2022
General use
$50,000
Players Philanthropy Fund · Towson, MD · 2022
General use
$50,000
Port Discovery · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General use
$40,000
Naval Academy Athletic Association · Annapolis, MD · 2022
General use
$35,000
Naval Academy Athletic Association · Annapolis, MD · 2024
General use
$30,000
Boy Scouts of America · Irving, TX · 2024
General use
$25,000
Augustinian Fund · Villanova, PA · 2024
General use
$25,000
Helping Up Mission · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$25,000
J Wood Platt Caddie Scholarship Trust · Broomall, PA · 2024
General use
$25,000
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024
General use
$25,000
Maxim Charitable Foundation · Columbia, MD · 2024
General use
$25,000
McDonogh School Incorporated · Owings Mills, MD · 2024
General use
$25,000
Service Academies Golf Foundation · McLean, VA · 2024
General use
$25,000
The Lord'S Place · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General use
$25,000
Augustinian Fund · Villanova, PA · 2023
General use
$25,000
Calvert School Incorporated · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$25,000
J Wood Platt Caddie Scholarship Trust · Broomall, PA · 2023
General use
$25,000
Kennedy Krieger Institute · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$25,000
Maxim Charitable Foundation · Columbia, MD · 2023
General use
$25,000
McDonogh School Incorporated · Owings Mills, MD · 2023
General use
$25,000
Roland Park Country School · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General use
$25,000
Malvern Preparatory School · Malvern, PA · 2022
General use
$25,000
Maxim Charitable Foundation · Columbia, MD · 2022
General use
$25,000
Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2022
General use
$20,000
Kennedy Krieger Institute · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General use
$16,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$10,000
Collier Community Foundation · Naples, FL · 2024
General use
$10,000
Family League of Baltimore City · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use

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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.