Davison Bruce Foundation
Nashville, TN · EIN 20-6565366. Reported 206 grants totalling $4,521,601 to 88 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Davison Bruce Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $86,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homes of Hope for Children Homes of Hope for Children | Purvis, MS | $289,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Living Hope International Living Hope International | Dallas, TX | $230,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bracken Christian School Bracken Christian School | Bulverde, TX | $212,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Twin Cedars Youth Services Twin Cedars | Opelika, AL | $196,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Life Auburn Opelika Young Life Auburn | Auburn, AL | $187,788 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harmony House Domestic Violence She Harmony House Domestic Violence Shelter | Lagrange, GA | $154,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Petals Children Task Force Petals Childrens Task Force | Petal, MS | $146,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Esperanza House Inc Esperanza House Inc | Artesia, NM | $139,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Crestwood Day School Crestwood Day School | Birmingham, AL | $131,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Immanuel Church Immanuel Church | Birmingham, AL | $127,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kids Hub Child Advocacy Center Kids Hub Child Advocacy Center | Hattiesburg, MS | $125,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smile a Mile Smile a Mile | Birmingham, AL | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Just Keep Smiling Just Keep Smiling | Gargardendale, AL | $101,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foundry Ministries Foundry Ministries | Bessemer, AL | $99,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marannook Inc Marannook | Lafayette, AL | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Lee C Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Lee | Opelika, AL | $86,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bighouse Inc Bighouse Inc | Tempe, AZ | $85,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rape Counselors of East Alabama Rape Counselors of East Atlanta | Auburn, AL | $85,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alabama Kidney Foundation Alabama Kidney | Hoover, AL | $78,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Womens Hope Medical Clinic Womens Hope | Auburn, AL | $73,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mercy Medical Ministry Mercy Medical Ministry | Auburn, AL | $71,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Storybrook Farm Storybrook Farm | Opelika, AL | $71,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sky High for St Judes Sky High for St Judes | Houston, TX | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Truth in Nature Truth in Nature | Douglasville, GA | $67,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Childrens Hospital of Alabama Childrens Hospital | Birmingham, AL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Eastlake Initiative Eastlake Initiative | Birmingham, AL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Liberty Cme Liberty Cme | Jackson, TN | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lifeline Childrens Services Lifeline Childrens Services | Tyrone, GA | $57,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Grace Auburn Church Grace Auburn | Auburn, AL | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Life West Ga Young Life West Ga | Carrollton, GA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Navigators Navigators | Colorado Springs, CO | $48,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Life Gainesville Young Life Gainsville | Colorado Springs, CO | $48,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Refuge 1212 Inc Refuge 1212 | Birmingham, AL | $48,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Young Life West Ga Young Life West Ga | Colorado Springs, CO | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Andrews St Andrews | Birmignham, AL | $42,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Auburn, AL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Way 2 Serve Way 2 Serve | Opelika, AL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wilderness Trek Wilderness Trek | Glorieta, NM | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City on a Hill City on a Hill | Milwaukee, WI | $38,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Exceptional Way Exceptional Way | Birmingham, AL | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Agora Ministrie Agora | San Antonio, TX | $37,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mitchell's Place Inc Mitchell's Place | Birmingham, AL | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Spring Valley School Spring Valley School | Birmingham, AL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Four Corners Ministries Four Corners | Opelika, AL | $34,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hillside Fellowship Church Hillside | Silver Creek, GA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Icare Icare | Decatur, GA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kerusso Institute for Global Leader Kerusso Institute for Global Leaders | Mckinney, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Troup Cares Inc Troup Cares Inc | Lagrange, GA | $29,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| All Things Ministries Inc All Things Ministries | Auburn, AL | $29,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hispaniola Mountain Ministries Hispaniola Mountain Ministries | Jackson, MS | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childcare Resource Center Childcare Resource Center | Chatsworth, CA | $25,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Crestwood Heights Academy Crestwood Heights Academy | Birmingham, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kerusso Foundation Kerusso Foundation | Mckinney, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lifeline's Children's Services Lifeline Children's Services | Roswell, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Butterfly Bridge Advocacy Ctr Butterfly Bridge Advocacy Ctr | Clanton, AL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Is Able Ministries Is Able Ministries | Norcross, GA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Blood Water Mission Bloodwater | Nashville, TN | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mission at the Cross Mission at the Cross | Laurel, MS | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christian Hope Center Inc Christian Hope Center | Hawkinsville, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Care Development Network Community Care Development Network | Center Point, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Daily Bread Ministries Inc Daily Bread Ministries | Birmingham, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Samford University Samford University | Homewood, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Life Gainsville Ga Young Life Gainsville | Gainesville, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Butterfly Bridge Butterfly Bridge | Clanton, AL | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leaps Leaps | Dallas, TX | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chambers County Chambers Co | Valley, AL | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Blood Water Mission Blood Water Mission | Nashville, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bundle of Hope Bundle of Hope | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Feeding the Valley Feeding the Valley | Midland, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Four Corners Ministries Four Corners Ministries | Opelika, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leadership Education Achievement Leadership Education Achievement Partnership | Auburn, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mothers Milk Mothers Milk | Arvada, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neighborhood Housing of Birmingham Nieghborhood Housing of Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neighbourhood Housing Services Neighbourhood Housing | Reading, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Range of Motion Project Inc Range of Motion Project | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| College Golf Fellowship College Golf Fellowship | Roseville, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Samaritans Purse Samaritans Purse | Boone, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Joy of Giving Joy of Giving | Syracuse, NY | $4,913 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chambers County Chambers Co Council for Neglected & Dependent Chil | Valley, AL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Life Pastoral Counseling Life Pastoral Counseling | Auburn, AL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Auburn Ask Auburn Ask | Auburn, AL | $2,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kids Feeding Kids Kids Feeding Kids | Kansas City, MO | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Young Life Barrow Co Young Life Barrow Co | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beloved Atlanta Beloved Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Ronald Mcdonald House | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bighouse Inc Bighouse Inc | Opelika, AL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clock Work Youth Clock Work Youth | Lagrange, GA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope Center Hope Center | Woodstock, GA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
57 of 88 (65%) 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 74%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Living Hope International Living Hope International
GENERAL CHARITABLE GIVING - Storybrook Farm Storybrook Farm
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE - Harmony House Domestic Violence She Harmony House Domestic Violence Shelter
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER - Bighouse Inc Bighouse Inc
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES - Esperanza House Inc Esperanza House Inc
HELPING VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE - Petals Children Task Force Petals Childrens Task Force
ADVOCATE FOR FAMILIES IN THE PETAL D
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 52 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 | 46 | $1,095,450 | $18,000 |
| 2022 | 54 | $1,228,991 | $17,250 |
| 2023 | 54 | $1,094,960 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 52 | $1,102,200 | $15,000 |
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
48% of its giving went to organizations in Alabama. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Alabama.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Davison Bruce Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 40 Burton Hills Blvd Ste 300, Nashville, TN, 37215. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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