Private foundation
KEN W DAVIS FOUNDATION
FORT WORTH, TXEIN
Can I apply?
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
- How to apply
Private foundation
FORT WORTH, TXEIN
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 990-PF | $2,000,984 | $2,854,300 | $2,504,055 | $44,641,602 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 36% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANKAUSTIN, TX | GENERAL OPERATING FUND | $85,000 | 2020 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed.
| $44,641,602 |
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $4,211,728 | $2,940,073 | $2,503,925 | $45,494,918 | $45,494,918 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $2,957,981 | $2,760,025 | $2,404,764 | $44,184,258 | $44,184,258 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $2,315,572 | $3,180,807 | $2,734,010 | $43,986,302 | $43,986,302 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $4,089,177 | $2,897,785 | $2,479,941 | $44,850,283 | $44,850,283 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $3,600,829 | $2,586,215 | $2,212,577 | $43,654,436 | $43,654,436 |
| INCREASED FOOD DIST DEMAND DUE TO GOVT SHUT DOWN |
| $70,000 |
| 2025 |
| MIDLAND RAPE CRISIS & CHILD ADVOCACY CTRMIDLAND, TX | GENERAL OPERATING FUND | $70,000 | 2024 |
| HEALING REINS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INCBEND, OR | GENERAL OPERATIONS | $69,000 | 2025 |
| MIDLAND RAPE CRISIS & CHILD ADVOCACY CTRMIDLAND, TX | GENERAL OPERATING FUND | $60,000 | 2022 |
| RECORDING LIBRARY OF WEST TXMIDLAND, TX | GENERAL OPERATING FUND | $60,000 | 2025 |
| CENTERS FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIESMIDLAND, TX | PROVIDE COUNSELING SERVICE FOR RECEIPENTS | $60,000 | 2025 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (BUFFALO TRAILS COUNCIL)MIDLAND, TX | GENEREAL OPEATIONS | $60,000 | 2022 |
| FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AMENGLEWWOOD, CO | SERVICE DOG TRAINING PROGRAM | $55,000 | 2024 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSEBOONE, NC | HURRICANE HELENE & HURRICANE MILTON RELIEF | $50,000 | 2024 |
| PERMIAN BASIN GIFTS OF HOPEMIDLAND, TX | FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | $50,000 | 2024 |
| MISSION AGAPEMIDLAND, TX | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $50,000 | 2022 |
| TRUE PURPOSE MINISTRIESMARYVILLE, TN | BUILDING PROJECT - CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $50,000 | 2025 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (BUFFALO TRAILS COUNCIL)MIDLAND, TX | RESTRICTED TO PROJECT | $50,000 | 2021 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTH TEXAS REGIONDALLAS, TX | HURRICAN IDA RELIEF FUND | $50,000 | 2021 |
| SENIOR LIFE MIDLANDMIDLAND, TX | MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM | $50,000 | 2024 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HILL COUNTRYKERRVILLE, TX | KERR COUNTY FLOOD RELIEF FUND | $50,000 | 2025 |
| SALVATION ARMY EMREGENCY DISASYER SERVICESDALLAS, TX | HURRICANE IDA RELIEF FUND | $50,000 | 2021 |
| MERCY CLINICFORT WORTH, TX | GENERAL OPERATIONS | $50,000 | 2024 |
| MIDLAND RAPE CRISIS & CHILD ADVOCACY CTRMIDLAND, TX | GENERAL OPERATING FUND | $50,000 | 2020 |
| SALVATION ARMY EMREGENCY DISASTER SERVICESDALLAS, TX | HURRICANE IAN RELIEF FUND | $50,000 | 2022 |
| MIDLAND RAPE CRISIS & CHILD ADVOCACY CTRMIDLAND, TX | GENERAL OPERATING FUND | $50,000 | 2025 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSEBOONE, NC | KEERRVILLE FLOOD RELIEF FUND | $50,000 | 2025 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (BUFFALO TRAILS COUNCIL)MIDLAND, TX | RESTRICTED TO PROJECT | $50,000 | 2020 |
| MIDLAND RAPE CRISIS & CHILD ADVOCACY CTRMIDLAND, TX | GENERAL OPERATING FUND | $50,000 | 2021 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2024 · period ending Dec 31, 2024IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202511209349100636
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202441229349102114
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202321319349104037
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202231319349104368
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202101279349101345
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.