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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL SAINTS HEALTH FOUNDATIONFORT WORTH, TX | ANDREW'S WOMEN'S HOSPITAL OUTREACH TO TEACH PROGRAM | $25,000 | 2023 | |
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. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Davis | PRESIDENT | 15.00 | $0 |
| Elaine Mcmerchant | SECRETARY | 15.00 | $0 |
| David Whitney | TREASURER & CHAIRMAN INVESTMENT COMMIT | 5.00 | $0 |
| Alana Marsh | EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $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 |
| WEST TEXAS FOOD BANKMIDLAND, TX |
| GENERAL OPERATING FUND |
| $25,000 |
| 2023 |
| REAL CLEAR FOUNDATIONNORTHBROOK, IL | GENERAL OPERATIONS | $25,000 | 2022 |
| WEST TEXAS FOOD BANKMIDLAND, TX | GENERAL OPERATING FUND | $25,000 | 2021 |
| MANOR PARK INCMIDLAND, TX | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $25,000 | 2024 |
| FORT WORTH HOPE CENTERFORT WORTH, TX | GENERAL OPERATIONS | $25,000 | 2024 |
| MIDLAND CHILDREN'S REHAB CENTERMIDLAND, TX | GENERAL OPERATING FUND | $25,000 | 2020 |
| CASA DE AMIGOS OF MIDLAND INCMIDLAND, TX | GENERAL OPERATIONS | $25,000 | 2025 |
| PERMIAN BASIN GIFTS OF HOPEMIDLAND, TX | FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | $25,000 | 2023 |
| CRISIS CENTER OF WEST TEXASODESSA, TX | GENERAL OPERATING FUND | $25,000 | 2022 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (BUFFALO TRAILS COUNCIL)MIDLAND, TX | GENEREAL OPEATIONS | $25,000 | 2024 |
| SALVATION ARMY - DFWDALLAS, TX | JE & LE MABEE CENTER E LANCASTER FORT WORTH | $25,000 | 2024 |
| TWELFTH STEP MINISTRY INCMatched to this organization because 5 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.DALLAS, TX | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - HOUSE OF HOPE | $25,000 | 2024 |
| VALOR RANCH - TEXASDECATUR, TX | SPONSOR A SHERO VETERAN PRODUCE | $25,000 | 2024 |
| UNION GOSPEL MISSION OF TARRANT COUNTYFORT WORTH, TX | GENERAL OPERATIONS | $25,000 | 2025 |
| CANCER CARE SERVICEFORT WORTH, TX | GENERAL OPERATING FUND | $25,000 | 2020 |
| CONCERNED WOMEN OF AMERICAALEXANDRIA, VA | GENERAL OPERATING FUND | $25,000 | 2023 |
| OPPORTUNITY TRIBE (UNLOCK MINISTRIES INC)MIDLAND, TN | GENERAL OPERATIONS | $25,000 | 2025 |
| CRISIS CENTER OF WEST TEXASODESSA, TX | GENERAL OPERATIONS | $25,000 | 2025 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS INC OF TARRANT COUNTYMatched to this organization because 11 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.FORT WORTH, TX | NUTRITION PROGRAM | $25,000 | 2023 |
| HARVESTING IN MANSFIELD FOOD BANK - HIMMANSFIELD, TX | COMMUNITY GROCERY PROGRAM FOR TARRANT COUNTY | $25,000 | 2024 |
| CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORKFORT WORTH, TX | GENERAL OPERATIONS | $25,000 | 2025 |
| BIG BROTHER BIG SISTERS MIDLANDMIDLAND, TX | GENERAL OPERATING FUND | $25,000 | 2024 |
| YMCAFORT WORTH, TX | COMMUNITY OUTREACH | $25,000 | 2021 |
| OPERATION HEALING FORCECLEARWATER, FL | PROGRAM RESTRICTED | $25,000 | 2021 |
| 1.00 |
| $0 |
| Bruce Brady | EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER | 1.00 | $0 |
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.