Davis Family Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 58-2432024 · since 2001·South Carolina·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$1M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$500 to $7,500

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$2,500

Typical grant (median)

92 grants in the latest filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; the realistic route in is a relationship that leads to an invitation, and it has no forms or deadlines to work to.
Its recorded grants go mainly to South Carolina charitable organisations, including colleges, churches, food banks, hospices and arts groups, but it states no geographic focus, so check its grant pattern before assuming a fit.
About 8 in 10 of its grants to organisations fall between $500 and $7,500 and the median is $2,000, so a request of that order is a realistic size, though its largest grant was $500,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
Repeat support is strong: 92% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had already funded in earlier filings, so it is best approached as a long relationship rather than a one-off request.
Most grant purposes are recorded as general support.

Overview

Davis Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Greenwood, SC.

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 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The foundation’s recorded grants went mainly to South Carolina charitable organisations, with almost all recorded grant dollars awarded to recipients in that state. Most grant purposes are recorded as general support. Recipient organisations include colleges and universities, churches, children’s services, healthcare and hospice providers, food banks, meals-on-wheels services, arts and cultural organisations, youth services, conservation groups and community organisations. Its recorded giving spans a range of charitable organisations rather than one stated funding field. The filings do not set out a broader funding brief or eligibility criteria; requests are not solicited and no forms or deadlines are available.

Geographic Focus

No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in South Carolina.

How to apply

The foundation does not solicit contribution requests; it has no application forms or deadlines.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 92% 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 268 grants to organisations were $2,000 or less.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

South Carolina96%

Maryland1%

Tennessee<1%

Missouri<1%

District of Columbia<1%

Georgia<1%

5 other states: <1%

The largest single recipient received 33% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 92% of grant dollars went to organisations Davis Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
2% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

92 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $2,500

How much do they typically give?

Share of 92 grants in tax year 2024 by size

Under $1k10%

$1k–$2.5k26%

$2.5k–$5k29%

$5k–$10k23%

$10k–$25k8%

$25k–$50k0%

$50k–$100k3%

$100k–$250k0%

$250k–$500k0%

$500k–$1M1%

Median $2,500 (tax year 2024)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

Citadel · General support
$500,0002024 tax year
Greenwood First Arp Church · General support
$85,0002024 tax year
Clemson University Foundation · General support
$66,0002024 tax year
Connie Maxwell Childrens Home · General support
$50,0002024 tax year
Mount Horeb Church · General support
$24,0002024 tax year
SC Wildlife Partners · General support
$17,5002024 tax year
Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation · General support
$10,8002024 tax year
Water Mission International · General support
$10,1232024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

Hillary Craigo — Trustee From 1/3/24
Hunter M Davis — Secretary
Cheri Tapager — Vice Chair
Stephen L Davis — Chair & Treasurer

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$385,831	$326,681	$5,341,753	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$355,821	$275,002	$26,357,733	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$1,137,335	$1,019,032	$28,989,214	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

Registers and filings

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