The Davis Family Foundation

The Davis Family Foundation

James C. Davis established The Davis Family Foundation in 2002. The foundation focuses grantmaking on education and Roman Catholic charities, with a documented $50 million gift to Villanova University School of Business in 2013. Davis built the capital base through Allegis Group, which he co-founded with cousin Stephen J. Bisciotti. The foundation deploys capital across real estate, operating businesses, and select public equities. Confirmed holdings include Erickson Senior Living Communities, Tradepoint Atlantic industrial site in Baltimore, BDB Realty grocery-anchored centers, and Newly Weds Foods. Additional positions encompass Grain Craft, VF Corporation Occupational Workwear brands, and Pepin Distributing. Geographic reach centers on the United States, with concentrated activity in Maine for grant recipients and Maryland for industrial and senior living assets. The structure routes ownership through Redwood Capital Investments LLC, which holds 100 percent of several portfolio companies. R. Alan Butler serves as CEO of both Redwood Capital Investments and Erickson Senior Living. The foundation reported $60.2 million in estimated giving. PNC Wealth Management acted as investment advisor and Wells Fargo as custodian on 2018 filings that listed equity positions in PNC Financial Services Group and Wells Fargo. Kirkland & Ellis LLP has provided legal counsel since 2021. No operational events from the last 24 months appear in available records. Ownership flows directly from James C. Davis through Redwood Capital Investments LLC, which functions as the primary holding vehicle for both the foundation's grant assets and its for-profit businesses. This architecture separates philanthropic distributions from operating company control while keeping investment decisions inside the same family-managed entity.