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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 05-6149205

Davis Family Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 56 grants and $2.2 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $2,240,106

    Grants listed
    56
    Assets, end of year
    $37,363,067

  • Tax year 2023

    $2,330,500

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $35,577,436

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,498,000

    Grants listed
    44
    Assets, end of year
    $34,185,666

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,203,000

    Grants listed
    40
    Assets, end of year
    $38,635,853

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,988,500

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $29,239,304

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,348,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $29,281,605

  • Tax year 2018

    $1,224,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $25,124,928

Grants paid in 2024

56 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Heading HomeBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $275,000
  2. Wbur BostonBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $250,000
  3. Save the Children FederationFairfield, CT

    Charitable gift

    $150,000
  4. Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA

    Charitable gift

    $125,000
  5. Family Aid Boston IncBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $100,000
  6. Boston Medical CenterBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $75,000
  7. Cambridge Health Alliance FoundationMalden, MA

    Charitable gift

    $75,000
  8. Boston Childrens HospitalBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $70,000
  9. Boys & Girls Clubs BostonBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $61,272
  10. JVSBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $60,000
  11. Lake Sunapee Protective AssociationSunapee, NH

    Charitable gift

    $60,000
  12. Big Brothers Big Sisters of MassachusettsBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $50,000
  13. Combined Jewish PhilanthropiesBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $50,000
  14. Pine Street InnBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $50,000
  15. Project BreadEast Boston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $50,000
  16. Children's Services of RoxburyRoxbury, MA

    Charitable gift

    $50,000
  17. Kids in Need of Defense (kind)Washington, DC

    Charitable gift

    $50,000
  18. Natural Resources Defense Council IncNew York, NY

    Charitable gift

    $50,000
  19. Our Children's TrustEugene, OR

    Charitable gift

    $50,000
  20. The Trustees of ReservationsBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $30,000
  21. Irc's Center for Economic OpportunityNew York, NY

    Charitable gift

    $30,000
  22. Anti-Defamation LeagueNew York, NY

    Charitable gift

    $25,000
  23. Boston Harbor NowBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $25,000
  24. Franciscan Children'sBrighton, MA

    Charitable gift

    $25,000
  25. Greater Boston Legal ServicesBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $25,000
  26. The Greater Boston Food BankBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $25,000
  27. Boston Commumity PediatricsBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $25,000
  28. Bottom LineJamaica Plain, MA

    Charitable gift

    $25,000
  29. English for New BostoniansBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $25,000
  30. SpoonfulsNewton, MA

    Charitable gift

    $25,000
  31. Alzheimer's AssociationChicago, IL

    Charitable gift

    $20,000
  32. Boston FoundationBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $20,000
  33. International Rescue CommitteeNew York, NY

    Charitable gift

    $20,000
  34. Neighborhood Villages IncBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $20,000
  35. The Brookline Center for Community Mental HealthBrookline, MA

    Charitable gift

    $20,000
  36. Emerald Necklace ConservancyJamaica Plain, MA

    Charitable gift

    $16,500
  37. Emerson Health Care FoundationConcord, MA

    Charitable gift

    $15,000
  38. Temple IsraelBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $15,000
  39. Breaktime United IncBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $15,000
  40. The Corey C Griffin Charitable FoundationBraintree, MA

    Charitable gift

    $15,000
  41. Jewish Family & Children's ServiceWaltham, MA

    Charitable gift

    $10,000
  42. The Wang Center for the Performing Arts IncBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $10,000
  43. Friends of Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $9,000
  44. T of L IncPittsburgh, PA

    Charitable gift

    $8,334
  45. Coolidge Corner Theater Foundation IncBrookline, MA

    Charitable gift

    $5,000
  46. Social Innovation ForumBoston, MA

    Charitable gift

    $5,000
  47. The Park SchoolBrookline, MA

    Charitable gift

    $5,000
  48. Pef Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NY

    Charitable gift

    $5,000
  49. Westover SchoolMiddlebury, CT

    Charitable gift

    $3,000
  50. Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation TrustNew London, NH

    Charitable gift

    $2,500
  51. Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC

    Charitable gift

    $2,500
  52. Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA

    Charitable gift

    $2,500
  53. Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA

    Charitable gift

    $2,500
  54. New London HospitalNew London, NH

    Charitable gift

    $2,500
  55. JCC Greater BostonNewton, MA

    Charitable gift

    $2,500
  56. Lincoln Nursery SchoolLincoln, MA

    Charitable gift

    $2,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Housing and shelter1 grant $275,00020% of the total
  2. Health6 grants $264,00019% of the total
  3. Environment6 grants $217,50016% of the total
  4. International aid2 grants $170,00012% of the total
  5. Education7 grants $165,00012% of the total
  6. Human services4 grants $135,00010% of the total
  7. 7 other causes10 grants $164,83412% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts39 grants $1,733,772
  2. Connecticut2 grants $153,000
  3. New York5 grants $125,000
  4. New Hampshire3 grants $65,000
  5. District of Columbia2 grants $52,500
  6. Oregon1 grant $50,000
  7. California1 grant $30,000
  8. Illinois1 grant $20,000
  9. Pennsylvania2 grants $10,834

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Jonathan G DavisTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Margot T DavisTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Molly Davis MacleodTRUSTEE/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $88,964
  • Stephen T DavisTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0

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