The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund
San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-3402266. Reported 463 grants totalling $83.3M to 310 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
13 of the organizations The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund funded make grants themselves, and it reported 23 grants totalling $21.5M to them. That is 36% of the $60.0M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $10.6M | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| California Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $3,950,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| The San Francisco Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $2,650,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Solidaire Network Inc | grantmaking organization | California | $1,100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $650,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Hopewell Fund | grantmaking organization | District of Columbia | $505,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Communal Fund | federated giving programme | New York | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Rockefeller Family Fund Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Progressive Multiplier Fund | grantmaking organization | District of Columbia | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Goodnation Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Latino Community Fund Inc | community foundation | Georgia | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $20 and the largest $4,605,000.
Every organization it funded
310 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $10.6M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Francsico Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $4,600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $3,950,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Washington, DC | $3,456,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of the Hebrew University | New York, NY | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $2,650,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The University of Southern California (usc) Leonard Davis School of Geronto | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Rhode Island | Woonsocket, RI | $2,100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Working America Education Fund | Washington, DC | $1,900,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Florida Gulf Coast University | Fort Meyers, FL | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $1,500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute | San Francisco, CA | $1,469,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Proteus Fund | New York, NY | $1,290,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Register 2 Vote Fund | New York, NY | $1,250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pa Alliance Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $1,240,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Raymond F Kravis Center | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| State Democracy Project | Brooklyn, NY | $1,120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Accelerate Change Inc | Boston, MA | $1,100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Focus for Democracy Fund | Washington, DC | $1,100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Solidaire Network Inc | Oakland, CA | $1,100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute | New York, NY | $1,050,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Norton Museum of Art Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,050,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Amalgamated Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | San Francisco, CA | $991,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Workmoney Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $800,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $650,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tesseract Research Center | Washington, DC | $650,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Policy Studies | Washington, DC | $525,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $505,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Communal Fund | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The American Independent Foundation | Washington, DC | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Verified Voting Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $445,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beth Israel Medical Center | New York, NY | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Museum of Women in the Arts | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Imagine North Carolina First | Raleigh, NC | $370,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| California Common Cause | Alhambra, CA | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| School of the Arts Foundation Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Freedom Network Education Fund | Austin, TX | $330,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $325,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| California Budget and Policy Center | Sacramento, CA | $310,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fair Elections Center | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $290,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kravis Center | West Palm Beach, FL | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Neo Philantropy | New York, NY | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| State Innovation Exchange | Madison, WI | $270,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Youth Organizing | Washington, DC | $265,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Common Ground | Ruther Glen, VA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| People's Action Institute | Chicago, IL | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Public Citizen Foundation | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Take Back the Court | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| California Calls Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $240,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fair Elections Center | Marietta, OH | $240,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Georgia Alliance Education Fund Inc | Atlanta, GA | $235,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pennsylvania Alliance Foundation | Phila, PA | $210,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| America Votes Education Fund | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Americans for Financial Reform | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club Northern Rhode Island | Woonsocket, RI | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coalition of Communities of Color | Portland, OR | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Catalyst | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Global Impact | Alexandria, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Mountain View, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| ACLU of Northern California | San Francisco, CA | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| State Voices | Washington, DC | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Empowered Politics | San Francisco, CA | $180,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| People for the American Way | Washington, DC | $180,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Violence Policy Center | Washington, DC | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Change | Washington, DC | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jobs With Justice Education Fund | Washington, DC | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund | New York, NY | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| North Carolina Black Alliance | Raleigh, NC | $165,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Promise Education Fund | Washington, DC | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arizona Coalition for Change | Phoenix, AZ | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center on Budget and Policy | Washington, DC | $160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Florida Alliance for Civic Engagement | Homestead, FL | $160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Organization of Resource Councils | Billings, MT | $160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Popular Democracy | Brooklyn, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Children's Funding Project | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Civic Influencers | Lewes, DE | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Catalyst | San Diego, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congressional Progressive Caucus | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Democracy North Carolina | Morrisville, NC | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Economic Policy Institute | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Equity Alliance (ea) | Nashville, TN | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Every Voice Center | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Indivisible Civics | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Partnership for Large Election Jurisdictions | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project South | Atlanta, GA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rockefeller Family Fund | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Silicon Valley Community | Mountain View, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Voteamerica Inc | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Voter Participation Center | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Justice Funders Inc | Oakland, CA | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Movement Research | New York, NY | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Progressive Multiplier Fund | Washington, DC | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Amnesty International USA | New York, NY | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Celia Awareness Natl Fdtn for Cancer Research | Ambler, PA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Issue One | Washington, DC | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maplight | Berkeley, CA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| We Are Down Home | Greensboro, NC | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Constitution Society | Washington, DC | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ploughshares Fund | Washington, DC | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Acre Institute | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Color of Change Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dolores Huerta Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fair Vote | Takoma Park, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fairvote | Silver Spring, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Giffords Law Center to Prevent | Minneapolis, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Headlands Center for the Arts | Sausalitoc, CA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy | Washington, DE | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Latino Community Fund | Yakima, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Voter Education Network | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Michigan Voices | Detroit, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Momsrising Education Fund | Bellevue, WA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| One Fair Wage | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Repower Fund | Saint Paul, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Roosevelt Institute | Silver Spring, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Francis Hospital Foundation | Maryville, MO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Francis Hospital Foundation | Roslyn, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Organizing Empowerment Fund Inc | Mcfarland, WI | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Take Action Minnesota Education Fund | St Paul, MI | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Advancement Project | Los Angeles, CA | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Appalachian Voices | Boone, NC | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| League of Conservation Voters | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Advocates for Human Rights | Minneapolis, MN | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Equality Michigan | Kalamazoo, MI | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Good Nation Foundation | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Safe Boating Council | Clearwater, FL | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Real News Project Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ackerman Institute for the Family | New York, NY | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Beyond Nuclear International | Takoma Park, MD | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Capital and Main | Los Angeles, CA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Celiac Awareness Natl Fdtn for Cancer Research | Ambler, PA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Color of Change Education | Oakland, CA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peace Development Fund | Amherst, MA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Progressive Change Institute | Washington, DC | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Re-Power Fund | Minneapolis, MI | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roc United | New York, NY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Workers Defense Project | Austin, TX | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Ghost Ranch Foundation | Abiquiu, NM | $67,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of South Florida | West Plam Beach, FL | $67,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| A Better Wisconsin Institute | Monona, WI | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Ballet Theatre | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| CASA De Maryland Inc | Rockville, MD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund | Milwaukee, WI | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fairewinds Energy Education | Charleston, SC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation for City College | New York, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Free Speech for People | Houston, TX | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Free Speech for People Inc | Amherst, MA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hmong American Womens Association | Milwaukee, WI | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kwizera Ministries | Milwaukee, WI | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Make the Road States | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York City Ballet | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Schwab Charitable | Orlando, FL | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The American Technion Society | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| We All Rise-African American Resource Ctr | Green Bay, WI | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Civic Leadership | Cambridge, MA | $50,020 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 1HOOD Media | Pittsburgh, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 482 Forward | Detroit, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Acre Institute | Orlando, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| America-Israel Cultural Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arizona Advocacy Network & Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Asian American Advancing Justice | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Barefoot Artists | Phila, PA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bioneers Collective Heritage | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Black Voters Matter Capacity Building | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Law and Social Policy | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Central Arizonans for a Sustainable Economy | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coalition for Communities of Color | Portland, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Drawbridge | San Rafael, CA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fairvote Washington Foundation | Bothell, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Faith in Action | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forward Justice | Durham, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Health Federation of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jolt Initiative | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| KIPP Schools | New York, NY | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Latino Community Fund | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts Voter Eduction | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Center for Civic Innovation Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Foundation for Celiac Awareness | Ambler, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Vote at Home Institute | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Women's Law Center | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nc a Phillip Randolph Institute | Raleigh, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ole Education Fund | Albuquerque, NM | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Open Markets Institute | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pastors United Community Advocacy Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Progress Texas Institute | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Puente Human Rights Movement | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roosevelt Institute | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rural Arizona Engagement (raze) | Coolidge, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Start Early | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Thanks to Scandinavia | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Andrew Goodman Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Video Veracity | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wine to Water | Boone, NC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Women Make Movies | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Environmental Voters | Oakland, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fairewinds Energy Education | Burlington, VT | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Music Conservatory of Sandpoint | Sandpoint, ID | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sophia Academy | Spring Valley, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fair Trade USA | Washington, DC | $42,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 350ORG | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Bronx, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alliance for Youth Action | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Conservatory Theater | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Domestic Peace | San Rafael, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Change Labs | Tuba City, AZ | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dance Theater of Harlem | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Democracy Initiative Education Fund | Washington, DE | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Film Independent | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Freedom Community Clinic | Oakland, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Earth | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harlem Stage | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Impact Fund | Berkeley, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mi Familia Vota Education Fund | Modesto, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| One Treasure Island | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Opportunity Agenda Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pennsylvania Stands Up Institute | Reading, PA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| State Democracy Project | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Wooden Floor | Santa Ana, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ue Research and Education Fund | Pittsburgh, PA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United for a Fair Economy | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| USC Davis School of Gerontology | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Washington Monthly Corp | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Virginia Can't Wait | Huntington, WV | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wildfire Az | Phoenix, AZ | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The New School | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Register Her | Los Angeles, CA | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Agulia Youth Leadership Institute | Tempe, AZ | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Israel Cultural Foundation | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Asian Community Development | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carter Center | Staten Island, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
113 of 310 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 35%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Tides Foundation
SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS OR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS - Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums
SUPPORT COFAM'S DEPARTMENT OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND PROGRAMMING'S EFFORTS IN ACQUIRING CONTEMPORARY WORKS OF ART BY EMERGING UNDERREPRESENTED ARTISTS.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 295 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 153 | $18.3M | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 121 | $20.5M | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 138 | $20.1M | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 51 | $24.3M | $160,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
40% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Co Alan Davis Po Box 590723, San Francisco, CA, 94159. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 94-3402266 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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