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The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund: 51 grants to organizations, $24.3 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund, a private foundation in San Francisco, CA, paid 51 grants to organizations totaling $24,304,250 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 14, 2025. The largest was $4,605,000 to Tides Foundation in San Francisco, CA for support for social service programs or educational programs.
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- EIN
- 943402266
- Based in
- San Francisco, CA
- Assets
- $200,671,805
- Grants paid
- $24,304,250
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 14, 2025, IRS object ID 202523189349104247. It reported $24,304,250 in grants paid; 51 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $4,605,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The University of Southern California (usc) Leonard Davis School of Geronto | Los Angeles, CA | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,550,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pa Alliance Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $1,240,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Raymond F Kravis Center | West Palm Beach, FL | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $1,125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| State Democracy Project | Brooklyn, NY | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Public and societal benefit | $1,120,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Accelerate Change Inc | Boston, MA | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $1,100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Focus for Democracy Fund | Washington, DC | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $1,100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute | New York, NY | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $1,050,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Amalgamated Foundation | Washington, DC | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | San Francisco, CA | Support cofam's department of contemporary art and programming's efforts in acquiring contemporary works of art by emerging underrepresented artists. | Arts, culture and humanities | $991,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Norton Museum of Art Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Arts, culture and humanities | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Communal Fund | New York, NY | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The American Independent Foundation | Washington, DC | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $450,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Education | $450,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Institute for Policy Studies | Washington, DC | Support for social service programs or educational programs | International, foreign affairs and national security | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| School of the Arts Foundation Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Neo Philantropy | New York, NY | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $275,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Texas Freedom Network Education Fund | Austin, TX | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Georgia Alliance Education Fund Inc | Atlanta, GA | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Education | $210,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| America Votes Education Fund | Washington, DC | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boys and Girls Club Northern Rhode Island | Woonsocket, RI | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Imagine North Carolina First | Raleigh, NC | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Social science | $170,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Florida Alliance for Civic Engagement | Homestead, FL | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Public and societal benefit | $160,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Proteus Fund | New York, NY | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $160,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Western Organization of Resource Councils | Billings, MT | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $160,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Partnership for Large Election Jurisdictions | Washington, DC | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Voteamerica Inc | San Francisco, CA | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Environment | $105,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Francis Hospital Foundation | Maryville, MO | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| State Innovation Exchange | Madison, WI | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| State Voices | Washington, DC | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tesseract Research Center | Washington, DC | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fair Elections Center | Marietta, OH | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Organizing Empowerment Fund Inc | McFarland, WI | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation for Civic Leadership | Cambridge, MA | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Center for Civic Innovation Inc | New York, NY | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Community improvement and capacity building | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Open Markets Institute | Washington, DC | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew Goodman Foundation Inc | New York, NY | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Verified Voting Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of the Earth | Washington, DC | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Environment | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The New School | New York, NY | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Education | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Urban Institute | Washington, DC | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Social science | $28,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| A Nonprofit Group Enriching Lives Inc | Orange, CA | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| California Environmental Voters | Oakland, CA | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco Museum of Morden Art | San Francisco, CA | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Video Veracity | New Orleans, LA | Support for social service programs or educational programs | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Temple Emanu-El | New York, NY | Support for social service programs or educational programs | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $7,455,000 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $4,205,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $1,616,250 |
| Public and societal benefit | $1,280,000 |
| Education | $895,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $350,000 |
| Social science | $198,000 |
| Environment | $145,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $10,521,250 |
| District of Columbia | $3,768,000 |
| New York | $3,245,000 |
| Florida | $2,985,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $1,240,000 |
| Massachusetts | $1,150,000 |
| Texas | $250,000 |
| Georgia | $210,000 |
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Updated November 14, 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.