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Who does The Mark E and Mary a Davis Foundation fund?

The Mark E and Mary a Davis Foundation has awarded $38 million across 500 grants to 128 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $1,000, with most between $500 and $5,000.

Total awarded
$37.6M
Typical grant
$1K
Grantees
128
Grants
500
Years
2020–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 128 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
National Philanthropic Trust $23.8M120242024PA
M Mayo Clinic $5.6M120242024— —
M Mayo $1.6M42020–20232023GA
T The Salvation Army - Adult Rehabilitation Center Building Remodel $1.5M120222022— —
T The Salvation Army $1.0M22020–20212021— —
M Minnesota Military & Veteran's Museum $1.0M120222022— —
H Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans INC $350K22020–20242024— —
The Annexstad Family Foundation $250K120212021GA
J Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest $240K42020–20232023— —
The George W Bush Foundation $150K52020–20242024TX
M Minnesota State University Mankato College of Business $125K52020–20242024— —
National Review Institute $125K52020–20242024NY
Minnesotans Military Appreciation Fund $125K52020–20242024MN
C Church of Saint Peter $90K52020–20242024TX
F Federated Foundation $88K32021–20232023— —
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation $80K42020–20232023MN
Center of the American Experiment $75K32020–20222022MN
Cato Institute $75K52020–20242024DC
M Minnesota Historical Society (north Star Circle Membership) $75K32020–20232023— —
St Jude Children's Research Hospital INC $70K52020–20242024TN
S Shriners Healthcare Hospital for Children $70K52020–20242024— —
C Church of the Holy Communion $68K52020–20242024— —
Nicollet County Historical Society $60K52020–20242024MN
Twin Cities Public Television INC $55K22020–20242024MN
S Scc North Mankato Campus Foundation $55K120202020— —
H Horatio Alger Association $50K120232023— —
A American Experiment $50K22023–20242024— —
H Horatio Alger $40K120222022— —
S Sdsu $40K42020–20232023— —
Minnesota State Fair Foundation $38K52020–20242024MN
S St Raphael by the Sea $35K22022–20242024— —
S Saint Anne's School $29K52020–20242024— —
M Minnesota State Mankato Foundation $28K22020–20212021— —
Bolder Options $25K52020–20242024MN
Federated Insurance Foundation INC $25K120242024MN
Minnesota Historical Society $25K120212021MN
Hillsdale College $25K52020–20242024MI
Upper Midwest Law Center $20K42021–20242024MN
U Uncf $19K52020–20242024— —
G Global Network Foundation $18K42021–20242024— —
J John Ireland School $18K52020–20242024— —
Club for Growth Foundation INC $15K120212021DC
J Jon Denzer Bear Hug Foundation $14K52020–20242024FL
C Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota $12K52020–20242024— —
The Charlemagne Institute $12K52020–20242024KY
Science Museum of Minnesota $12K52020–20242024MN
F Federated Foundation (not Attending Event) $12K120202020— —
T The Claremont Institute $11K52020–20242024— —
M Minnesota 4-H (university of Minnesota Foundation) $10K52020–20242024— —
H Have INC $10K42020–20242024— —
N Northern Star Scouting $9K52020–20242024— —
T Tunnel to Towers Foundation $8K42021–20242024— —
The Freedom Foundation of Minnesota $8K52020–20242024MN
Minnesota Masonic Charities $8K52020–20242024MN
Competitive Enterprise Institute $8K42021–20242024DC
N National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation $8K52020–20242024— —
Smile Network International $8K52020–20242024MN
T The Heritage Foundation $7K52020–20242024— —
U University of Minnesota Foundation (2021 Diamond Awards) $7K22020–20212021— —
S St Raphael's Episcopal Church $7K120212021— —
State Policy Network $6K52020–20242024VA
G Gustavus - Ren Anderson Fund $6K52020–20242024— —
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow $6K52020–20242024DC
Project Veritas $5K52020–20242024NY
The Minnesota FFA Foundation Incorporated $5K52020–20242024MN
N Ney Nature Center - a Le Sueur County Park $5K52020–20242024— —
C Children's Minnesota Foundation (childrens Health Care Foundation) $5K120222022— —
T The Minnesota Welsh Association INC $5K52020–20242024MN
Judicial Watch INC $5K52020–20242024DC
S Sdsu Foundation $5K120222022— —
H Holy Family $5K120232023— —
Minnesota Voters Alliance $5K52020–20242024MN
Media Research Center INC $5K52020–20242024VA
H Holy Family Academy $5K120242024— —
Citizens' Council for Health Freedom $4K52020–20242024MN
M MN Landscape Arboretum Foundation $4K52020–20242024— —
M Minnesota Independent School Forum $4K32020–20222022— —
Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation $4K32020–20222022SD
H Habitat for Humanity $4K52020–20242024— —
U University of Minnesota Foundation (2023 Diamond Awards) $4K120222022— —
F Friends of Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary $3K32020–20222022— —
Minndependent $3K22023–20242024MN
Greater Mankato Area United Way INC $2K52020–20242024MN
S Smithsonian - National Museum of African American History and Culture $2K52020–20242024— —
Knights Templar Eye Foundation INC $2K52020–20242024TX
F Friends of the Smithsonian $2K52020–20242024— —
Mankato Area Foundation $2K52020–20242024MN
L Leadership Institute $2K52020–20242024— —
Second Harvest Heartland $2K52020–20242024MN
T Tax Foundation $2K52020–20242024— —
American Diabetes Association INC $2K52020–20242024VA
Delta Waterfowl Foundation $2K52020–20242024ND
U United States Holocaust Memorial Museum $2K52020–20242024— —
C Caring Bridge $2K52020–20242024— —
M Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom INC Foundation $2K52020–20242024MN
A American Parkinson Disease Association $2K52020–20242024— —
The Army Historical Foundation INC $2K52020–20242024VA
E Episcopal Homes Foundation $2K52020–20242024— —
U Union Gospel Mission $2K52020–20242024— —
S Smithsonian - National Air and Space Museum $2K52020–20242024— —

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