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4 Kids by Kids Foundation at a glance

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4 Kids by Kids Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$19kHuman Services$11kYouth Development$8kHousing & Shelter$5kRecreation & Sports$4kFood & Nutrition$3kPublic Benefit$3kEducation$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$150k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Childrens Health Foundation$5,000
Casady School$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 16%City Care: $1k → 16%SISU Youth Services: $5k → 16%SISU Youth Services: $3k → 16%YWCA OF OKLAHOMA CITY: $2k → 16%YWCA of Oklahoma City: $1k → 16%SISU Youth Services: $815 → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $4k → 16%Infant Crisis Services: $1k → 16%Infant Crisis Services: $1k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$22k · 5 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
10

Total granted

$22k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+15%

Still filing today

80%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SISU YOUTH INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $8k · revenue +94%
  • INFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $6k · revenue +66%
  • YW
    YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF OKLAHOMA CI
    2× · 2021–2022 · $3k · revenue -6%

Funded once

  • OC
    Oklahoma Children's Hospital Found
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • NH
    NEIGHBORHOOD HOPE DEALERS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -32%
  • OC
    Oklahoma Childrens Hospital Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Family Crisis Center Inc

The family crisis center provides intervention and advocacy for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. this is done with counselors, court advocates and 24 hour shelter for victims and their children.

Human Services
2
The Wichita Children's Home

To assure the safety and well-being of children and to create heathly families by providing: assessment and intervention services; a temporary home for children at risk of abuse, neglect, or homelessness; education, prevention and advocacy…

Human Services
3
Help in Crisis Inc

Our mission is to eliminate family violence, stalking, child abuse, and sexual assault through advocacy, education, counseling, support and prevention services.

Human Services
4
Neighborhood Services Organization Inc

Transforming lives and encouraging independence through safe, healthy homes, dental care, and nutrition.

Human Services
5
Tulsa Casa Inc

Tulsa casa is organized to speak for the best interests of abused and neglected children in court. we promote and support volunteer representation for the children in an effort to provide each child a safe, permanent, nurturing home.

Civil Rights
6
City Rescue Mission Inc

Our mission is to lead our community by serving people experiencing or at risk of homelessness with help, hope, and healing, in the spirit of excellence, under the call of christ.

Human Services
7
Oklahoma City Housing Services Redevelopment Corporation

To revitalize urban oklahoma city neighborhoods and create affordable housing opportunities by rehabilitating historic homes, constructing new homes, and increasing community investment through home ownership.

Housing & Shelter
8
International Crisis Aid Inc

Provide aid to people in need worldwide

Human Services
9
Oklahoma Child Care Resource & Referral Association Inc

Our Mission is for all Oklahoma families to have access to quality care and education for their children through community-based resource and referral services; with a vision of Oklahoma communities supporting the development and learning…

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10
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

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11
Care Center-Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Inc Dba the Care Center

The CARE Center exists to reduce trauma for child abuse victims and their families, coordinate a multidisciplinary approach to child abuse investigations, and provide free, effective child abuse prevention resources and education.

Human Services
12
Womens Aid in Crisis Inc

Domestic violence shelter provides 24 hour a day crisis intervention and advocacy along with emergency food, clothing, and shelter to those in situations related to domestic violence and sexual assault.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is City Care Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kaizen Volleyball Development Club. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 16 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
4/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Oklahoma Children's Hospital Found: $10,000 · OtherOklahoma Children's Hospital FoundOklahoma Childrens Hospital Foundation: $2,685 · OtherOklahoma Childrens Hospital FoundationBEHIND THE WIRE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherBEHIND THE WIRE FOUNDATIONCASADY SCHOOL: $2,100 · OtherCASADY SCHOOLFirst Baptist Church of Bethany OK: $1,500 · OtherFirst Baptist Church of Bethany OKOklahoma Boys Volleyball Associatio: $1,500 · OtherOklahoma Boys Volleyball AssociatioDRESS FOR SUCCESS OK CITY CHAPTER: $1,000 · OtherSISU YOUTH INC: $8,315 · Human ServicesSISU YOUTH INCINFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC: $5,575 · Human ServicesINFANT CRISIS SERVICES INCYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF OKLAHOMA CI: $3,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION …CITY CARE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCITY CARE INCCHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INC: $5,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S ME…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,600 · HealthST JUDE CHILD…NEIGHBORHOOD HOPE DEALERS INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterNEIGHBORHO…REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $3,000 · Food & NutritionKAIZEN VOLLEYBALL DEVELOPMENT CLUB: $2,650 · Recreation & Sports
Other$21,285Human Services$17,890Health$6,600Housing & Shelter$5,000Food & Nutrition$3,000Recreation & Sports$2,650

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSISU YOUTH INC: $8,315 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetINFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC: $5,575 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOPE DEALERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF OKLAHOMA CI: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKAIZEN VOLLEYBALL DEVELOPMENT CLUB: $2,650 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY CARE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Communities Foundatio…Kirkpatrick Family Af…El and Thelma Gaylord…Oklahoma City Communi…Feed the Children IncServant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Communities Foundation of OklahomaOK15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Kirkpatrick Family Affiliated Fund of Occf Inc · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Feed the Children Inc · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization 4 Kids by Kids Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 4 Kids by Kids Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    How do I get to 4 Kids by Kids Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to 4 Kids by Kids Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 16 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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