OVERVIEW: The Foster-Davis Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to education, the environment, and health.
IP TAKE: The foundation does not maintain a website, which restricts transparency about grantmaking strategies and guidelines.
PROFILE: Established in 1966, the Foster-Davis Foundation is steered by lawyer Foster Bam and family. Foster made partner at Cummings & Lockwood. The foundation does not maintain a website, which makes it difficult to locate further information on its priority areas and grantmaking strategies. Tax filings suggest that the Foster-Davis Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to education, the environment and health.
The foundation typically offers grants for general support. Education grantmaking predominately invests in schools with which the family has a personal connection, particularly Yale University, Foster’s alma mater, rather than general or at-large eduction grantmaking. Health giving addresses local hospitals, as well as disease research — including neurological diseases. Foster Bam is a member of the board of the American Museum of Fly Fishing and a life trustee of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences.
Grants range between $500 and $200,000. In a recent year, the foundation gave away around $777,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking also addresses Connecticut, as well as other states like New York, Massachusetts, and Colorado. Past local grantees include Yale University, Norwalk Hospital Foundation, Wilton Family YMCA, and Greenwich Emergency Services.
The foundation keeps a low profile and does not accept unsolicited proposals.
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CONTACT:
Foster-Davis Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 1669
Greenwich, CT 06836
(203) 571-1515