Tanisha Davis

Vice President, Grant Operations and Planning

Tanisha Davis (she/her) is Vice President of Grant Operations and Planning at Archstone Foundation. She joined the Foundation in 2004 and has extensive programmatic, grants management, systems administration, and payout planning experience. Tanisha works closely with the Archstone Foundation Board of Directors, staff, grantees, and potential applicants. In her current role, she provides oversight of the Foundation’s grantmaking operations and is responsible for the development and implementation of systems and procedures that facilitate an efficient, effective, and equitable grantmaking process. She led the Foundation’s transition to an online grantmaking process in 2019. She also serves as the Assistant Secretary of the Board of Directors and Co-Chair of Archstone Foundation’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee.

Tanisha received her master’s degree from the University of Southern California (USC) Davis School of Gerontology, and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Information Systems from California State University, Fullerton. Tanisha is engaged in several professional associations within the philanthropic sector. She is a long-time member and champion of PEAK Grantmaking – currently serving on the Board of the Directors and appointed as the Board Secretary; was a 2022-2023 fellow of the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations’ (GEO) Change Leaders in Philanthropy cohort; participated as a mentor in the inaugural 2022 American Society on Aging (ASA) RISE program, and again in 2025; and was a member of the 2021 Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) Emerging Leaders cohort.