The Davis Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation makes gifts only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, and the filing gives no submission route, so an approach should go through an existing connection rather than a cold proposal.
- No subject area or geographic focus is stated; its recorded grants are concentrated in Pennsylvania and Maryland, but that pattern is not a rule on who may apply, so judge fit on your own work.
- Half of its 121 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $10,000 and $2,000,000, so a modest request sits within its usual giving, though that band is typical rather than a ceiling.
- Repeat giving is strong: 93% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had funded in earlier filings, so most of its money goes to recipients it already knows.
Overview
The Davis Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Hanover, MD.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 12 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filing does not state a subject-area programme: all recorded organisation grants are described as general use. Its recipient record spans charitable grantmaking intermediaries, schools and universities, health and medical organisations, social-service charities, youth and community organisations, and religious bodies. The grants are concentrated among recipients in Pennsylvania and Maryland, with additional grants to organisations elsewhere in the United States. This record shows support for a range of charitable organisations and institutions rather than a single named field. The filings do not set out the foundation’s selection criteria, intended beneficiaries or a narrower account of its charitable priorities.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in the United States and Maryland.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; the filing gives no submission route for organisations to seek consideration.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 93% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 121 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 1%
- The largest single recipient received 75% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 93% of grant dollars went to organisations The Davis Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 77% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 48 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $50,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · General use$56,300,0002024 tax year
- Johns Hopkins Medicine · General use$2,500,0002024 tax year
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Baltimore · General use$2,000,0002024 tax year
- Catholic Charities · General use$2,000,0002024 tax year
- Malvern Preparatory School · General use$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Topper Foundation · General use$1,000,0002024 tax year
- West Palm Golf Community Trust · General use$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Chaney Foundation · General use$1,000,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Kim Davis — Vice President / Secretary / Treasurer / Director
- James Davis — President / Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $57,278,010 | $55,390,000 | $1,092,897,166 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $56,808,447 | $55,153,500 | $1,355,021,251 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $74,289,836 | $72,013,500 | $1,597,949,218 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Contact
- Hanover, MD