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Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc: 118 grants to organizations, $120.2 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc, a private foundation in Wilmington, DE, paid 118 grants to organizations totaling $120,240,558 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on October 16, 2025. The largest was $26,000,000 to Armand Hammer United World College of the American in Montezuma, NM for uwc forever fund and davis scholars program.
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- EIN
- 203734688
- Based in
- Wilmington, DE
- Assets
- $4,130,935,555
- Grants paid
- $120,240,558
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed October 16, 2025, IRS object ID 202502899349100920. It reported $120,240,558 in grants paid; 118 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Hammer United World College of the American | Montezuma, NM | UWC Forever fund and Davis Scholars Program | $26,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | Norman, OK | Davis UWC Scholars Program 2024 | Education | $13,130,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Santa Fe Preparatory School | Santa Fe, NM | Davis New Mexico Scholars fund | Education | $9,219,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| President & Trustees of Colby College | Waterville, ME | Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence | Education | $6,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sonoma Academy | Santa Rosa, CA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $5,580,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Macalester College | Saint Paul, MN | Davis UWC Scholars Program Fund 2024 | Education | $5,520,556 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Brigham & Womens Hospital Inc | Boston, MA | Alzheimer Prevention Program | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Coney Island Prep Builders Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Pride Promise Scholarship fund for deposit into the account held at fidelity and school's general operations fund | Education | $3,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Inc | Garrison, NY | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $3,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Landpaths | Santa Rosa, CA | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Petaluma River Park Foundation Inc | Petaluma, CA | General & Unrestricted | Recreation and sports | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The College of Idaho Inc | Caldwell, ID | Davis UWC Scholars Program Fund 2024 | Education | $2,210,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation | Pasadena, CA | General & Unrestricted | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | General & Unrestricted | Education | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of St Andrews American Foundation Inc | St Andrews, UK | General & Unrestricted | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Scenic Hudson Inc | Poughkeepsie, NY | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $1,200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maine Seacoast Mission | Northeast Harbor, ME | Davis Maine Scholarship Fund | $1,101,131 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chautauqua Foundation Inc | Chautauqua, NY | General & Unrestricted | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Holderness School | Plymouth, NH | construction of academic building; building of Mittersill performance center; trail, field, and ski and snowboarding venue initiatives | Education | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Institute for Shipboard Education | Dallas, TX | scholarship Fund | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Land Trust Alliance Incorporated | Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nature Conservancy | Sacramento, CA | The Point Reyes Project | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| School of Leadership-Afghanistan Inc | Boston, MA | Sola-X & General Education Funds | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | Davis First-Generation Scholarship fund | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brooks School | North Andover, MA | First Gen Scholarship Fund | Education | $849,805 | apps.irs.gov |
| Scenic Hudson Inc | Poughkeepsie, NY | the Westchester Riverwalk and Regenerative Agriculture and other projects funds | Environment | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Taft School Corporation | Watertown, CT | Davis International Scholars Program | Education | $775,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Future Generations University Corporation | Franklin, WV | Institutional Support fund, field-based residentials financial aid fund, and field-based learning fund | Education | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Riverkeeper Inc | Ossining, NY | activities and projects in Westchester county, General & Unrestricted | Environment | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rockefeller Family Fund Inc | New York, NY | RFFs civic engagement and climate work fund | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rockefeller Family Fund Inc | New York, NY | Democracy & Power Innovation Fund | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees of Phillips Academy | Andover, MA | Davis International Scholars Program | Education | $740,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Emma Willard School | Troy, NY | Davis International Scholars Program | Education | $710,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gina Gibney Dance Inc | New York, NY | Dance Company fund | Arts, culture and humanities | $666,666 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees of the Lawrenceville School | Lawrenceville, NJ | Davis International Scholars Program | Education | $570,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival Inc | Becket, MA | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Milton Academy | Milton, MA | Davis International Scholars Program | Education | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | Palo Alto, CA | San Gregorio Ranch Campaign | Environment | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | Palo Alto, CA | San Gregorio Ranch Campaign and POST Annual Fund | Environment | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Bernards School Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Education | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | PILLAR program spearheaded by Dr. Jeff Goldberg and medical scholarship fund for underrepresented minorities | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trustees of Westminster School Inc | Simsbury, CT | Davis International Scholars Program | Education | $495,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Riverfest FPS Inc | Briarcliff, NY | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brown Hope | Portland, OR | General & Unrestricted | Community improvement and capacity building | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Catlin Gabel School | Portland, OR | Financial Assistance and school's capital campaign funds | Education | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Briarcliff Nursery School | Ossining, NY | Building and grounds maintenance, repairs and beautification, bathroom installation, and BNS endowment Fund | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Energy Innovation Reform Project | Fairfax, VA | General & Unrestricted | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| President & Fellows of Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | Afghani students at Middlebury Fund | Education | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arise Media Inc | Pleasantville, NY | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Filmnorth | Saint Paul, MN | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friend Memorial Public Library Inc | Brooklin, ME | Capital Building Campaign | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Museum Foundation of Pacific Grove Inc | Pacific Grove, CA | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ohsu Foundation | Portland, OR | The Northwest Native American Center of Excellence Fund | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Public Health Institute | Oakland, CA | Roots of Change | Health care | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Armand Hammer United World College of the American | Montezuma, NM | financial aid fund | $210,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Armand Hammer United World College of the American | Montezuma, NM | Geier International Scholarship Fund, Bartos Institute, and President's Discretionary Fund | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| College of the Atlantic | Bar Harbor, ME | General & Unrestricted | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of Acadia | Bar Harbor, ME | Raise the Roof Building a Better Future for Acadia workforce fund | Environment | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kieve-Wavus Education Inc | Nobleboro, ME | Educators in Residence program | Human services | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Orca Network | Freeland, WA | General & Unrestricted | Animal-related | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Re the Regenerative School Inc | Fayetteville, TN | General & Unrestricted | Education | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center the Societ | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Open Space Institute Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Seeds of Peace Inc | Newark, NJ | General & Unrestricted | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Teatown Lake Reservation Inc | Ossining, NY | KWD center cleaning/maintenance/improvement fund Nature Girls and general programming fund | Public and societal benefit | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Farm School Inc | Athol, MA | General & Unrestricted | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United States Ski Team Foundation | Park City, UT | General & Unrestricted | Recreation and sports | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | Davis UWC Scholars Program 2024 | Education | $140,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International House | New York, NY | Davis Scholars and programming fund | International, foreign affairs and national security | $130,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| From the Heart Productions Inc | Oxnard, CA | Retro Report Project | Arts, culture and humanities | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hudson Highlands Land Trust Inc | Garrison, NY | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Riverkeeper Inc | Ossining, NY | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Battery Conservancy Inc | New York, NY | Charitable Event | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Common Sense Media | San Francisco, CA | Healthy Young Minds Project | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Council On Foreign Relations Inc | New York, NY | Security Fellowship Fund | International, foreign affairs and national security | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Flight School Inc | Sonoma, CA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Peace Corps Association | Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | International, foreign affairs and national security | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northwest Academy | Portland, OR | Student and Family Support Fund | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH | General & Unrestricted | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| President & Fellows of Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | new museum project | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| President & Fellows of Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | Kathryn W. Davis School of Russian | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc | New York, NY | table and paddle raise funds | Health care | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Williams College | Williamstown, MA | Davis UWC Scholars Program and President's discretionary fund | Education | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Acadia | Bar Harbor, ME | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $55,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boston University | Boston, MA | Endowed Fund and Current-use Fund | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chartwell School | Seaside, CA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | General & Unrestricted | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc | Mahwah, NJ | NYNJTC Trail Steward Program in the Breakneck Ridge area of the Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve | Recreation and sports | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Open Space Institute Inc | New York, NY | Charitable Event | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| President & Fellows of Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | Davis UWC Scholars Program and President's Discretion | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| School for Advanced Research | Santa Fe, NM | SAR's national endowment for the humanities challenge grant, General & Unrestricted | Social science | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | General & Unrestricted | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| East Hampton Historical Society Inc | East Hampton, NY | General & Unrestricted | $33,400 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Recreation and sports | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| College of the Atlantic | Bar Harbor, ME | President's Discretionary Fund | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| College of the Atlantic | Bar Harbor, ME | Davis UWC Scholars program | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Georgia Okeeffe Museum | Santa Fe, NM | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival Inc | Becket, MA | Gibney recitals fund | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lever Inc | North Adams, MA | General & Unrestricted | Community improvement and capacity building | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | Topsham, ME | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| President & Trustees of Colby College | Waterville, ME | Colby Musuem / Lunder Institute | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Santa Fe Downtown Kiwanis Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | Enhancing cultural traditions for the local Mexican community fund | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Santa Fe Preparatory School | Santa Fe, NM | Head of School's Discretionary Fund | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Skidmore College | Saratoga SPGS, NY | Davis UWC Scholars Program | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc | Southampton, NY | General & Unrestricted | Health care | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Storytelling Association of Alta California | Walnut Creek, CA | Bay Area Storytelling Festival Fund | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees for Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees of Westminster School Inc | Simsbury, CT | General & Unrestricted | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Year Up Inc | Boston, MA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Groundwork Hudson Valley Inc | Yonkers, NY | Green Teams restoration projects in the Rockefeller state park preserve, further maintenance at the recent planning site, assisting in the brook trout stocking in the spring, and future restoration an | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Riverkeeper Inc | Ossining, NY | Charitable Event | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Northern California Peace Corps Association | San Francisco, CA | Grants Committee | International, foreign affairs and national security | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | Charlestown, MA | 2024 Trail Crew Program in the Acadia National Park | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | The Thomas Gorman Scholarship Fund - English Department | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peconic Land Trust Incorporated | Southampton, NY | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society Inc | Seal Harbor, ME | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $56,124,361 |
| Environment | $8,430,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $5,976,666 |
| Recreation and sports | $2,725,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,545,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $375,000 |
| Health care | $350,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $345,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New Mexico | $35,754,000 |
| New York | $16,575,066 |
| California | $16,045,000 |
| Oklahoma | $13,130,000 |
| Massachusetts | $9,024,805 |
| Maine | $8,116,131 |
| Minnesota | $5,770,556 |
| Idaho | $2,210,000 |
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Updated October 16, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.