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Allen Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.5MRecreation & Sports$1.9MEducation$1.5MPhilanthropy$647kHuman Services$292kPublic Benefit$255kHealth$169kYouth Development$61kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $155k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$55,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT FUND$1,007,550
COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE$100,000
ASTROS FOUNDATION$55,000
ENID HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL$20,000
OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME$5,000
THE SALVATION ARMY OF ENID$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PEPPERS RANCH: $2k → 12%PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA: $1k → 8%CLEATS FOR KIDS: $500 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
MA
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
TN
SC
OK
TX
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 20 repeat orgs$3.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
54

Total granted

$3.7M
$2.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+34%

Still filing today

55%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • ES
    Enid Sports Association
    5× · 2017–2023 · $1.7M · revenue +256% · 36% of their budget
  • AF
    ASTROS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $462k · revenue +405%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF ENID AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $127k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • CS
    Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2.0M · revenue +48%
  • SW
    Soldier's Wish
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue -57%
  • OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -44%
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
Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc

The State Chamber is a statewide membership organization. Our purpose is to be the unified voice of business and the most effective advocacy organization at the State Capitol.

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2
The State Chamber Research Foundation

The State Chamber Research Foundation strives to support Oklahoma's growth and increase prosperity for all Oklahomans. We create solution orientated programming, advance research and policy, and provide sound data geared to advancing…

Unclassified
3
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Inc

To promote the flourishing of the people of oklahoma by advancing principles and policies that support free enterprise, limited government, personal responsibility, and individual initiative.

Public Safety & Disaster
4
Osteopathic Founders Foundation

The mission of the osteopathic founders foundation is to support osteopathic medical education, to enhance the public's understanding of osteopathic medicine, and to improve the health of the community through projects consistent with the…

Health
5
Tulsa Regional Chamber (Fka Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce)

The tulsa regional chamber transforms the tulsa region by attracting and retaining employers, talent and tourism for long-term prosperity.

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6
Oklahoma Tennis Foundation

Oklahoma Tennis Foundation positively impacts lives by supporting & funding organizations that promote tennis & education throughout the great State of Oklahoma.

Recreation & Sports
7
Tulsa Legacy Charter School

To prepare students for college through a rigorous arts infused program.

Education
8
Eastern Oklahoma State College Development Foundation Inc

The Foundation's primary purpose is to provide resources and to seek external support for scholarships, faculty development, equipment, and campus projects, which support Eastern Oklahoma State College, a community college in Southeast…

Education
9
United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc

United way of central oklahoma is committed to connecting people and resources to improve the well being of those in our community.

Philanthropy
10
Oklahoma City University

Inspired by a culture of creativity, Oklahoma City University fosters an immersive, personalized experience that welcomes and prepares students to pursue boundless opportunities.

Education
11
Seg Foundation

Seg foundation advances geophysics today and inspires geoscientists for tomorrow through funding innovative activities and grant programs that benefit geophysicists, their professional community and the society of exploration geophysicists…

Science & Tech
12
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics Foundation

The mission of the oklahoma school of science and mathematics foundation is to foster excellence in k-12 science and mathematics education throughout oklahoma by supporting the school's outreach projects, programs, development, students,…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oklahoma State University Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Astros Foundation. 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

44 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. 44 of the 78 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/44
Grantees still filing
26/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT FUND: $1,007,550 · OtherVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT FUNDOCPA: $240,000 · OtherOCPAIndividual grant recipient: $215,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNITED WAY OF ENID AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA INC: $126,750 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $120,000 · OtherCOLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE: $100,000 · Other+46 more: $616,073 · Other+46 moreCherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center Inc: $1,986,043 · Arts & CultureCherokee Strip Regional Heritage C…OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME: $157,750 · Arts & CultureOKLAHOMA HALL OF FAMEOKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $12,500 · Arts & CultureEnid Sports Association: $1,700,000 · Recreation & SportsEnid Sports AssociationFIELDS & FUTURES FOUNDATION: $207,500 · Recreation & SportsFIELDS & FUTURES FOUNDATION+1 more: $21,000 · Recreation & SportsASTROS FOUNDATION: $462,000 · PhilanthropyCherokee Strip Community Foundation: $45,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $15,600 · PhilanthropySoldier's Wish: $150,007 · Public BenefitENID HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL INC: $85,000 · EducationOklahoma State University Foundation: $25,000 · Education+4 more: $6,000 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $53,000 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts Western Oklahoma Inc: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentOKLAHOMA CITY POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE: $2,500 · Youth Development
Other$2,425,373Arts & Culture$2,256,293Recreation & Sports$1,928,500Philanthropy$522,600Public Benefit$150,007Education$116,000Youth Development$60,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEnid Sports Association: $1,700,000 over 5y, 36% of budgetASTROS FOUNDATION: $462,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetFIELDS & FUTURES FOUNDATION: $207,500 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetOKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME: $157,750 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetSoldier's Wish: $150,007 over 1y, 11% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ENID AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA INC: $126,750 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetOKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetENID HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL INC: $85,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $53,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT ASSOCIATIO: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCherokee Strip Community Foundation: $45,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOklahoma Medical Research Foundation: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST SERVE OKC FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetCAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHouston Arts Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTIP OF THE SPEAR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetE FOUNDATION FOR OKLAHOMA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHope and Healing Center & Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOAVES & FISHES OF NW OKLA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc: $7,200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COVENANT SCHOOL INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts Western Oklahoma Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budget4R Kids Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLIGHT HOUSE STUDIO INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPEPPERS RANCH INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HAVEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSENIOR CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE HALL SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARAMOUNT THEATER FOUNDATION IN F/K/A THE PARAMOUNT THEATER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SUICIDE AND CRISIS CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTEEN RECOVERY SOLUTIONS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLANDMARK COLLEGE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEATS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPI BETA PHI FOUNDATION OF OKC: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetENID PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Enid Sports Association ↗
  • Who funds ASTROS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FIELDS & FUTURES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME ↗
  • Who funds Soldier's Wish ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF ENID AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ENID HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT ASSOCIATIO ↗
  • Who funds Cherokee Strip Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Oklahoma State University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FIRST SERVE OKC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Houston Arts Alliance ↗
  • Who funds TIP OF THE SPEAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds E FOUNDATION FOR OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds Hope and Healing Center & Institute ↗
  • Who funds LOAVES & FISHES OF NW OKLA INC ↗
  • Who funds The Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc ↗

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.

Harris Foundation IncEl and Thelma Gaylord…Communities Foundatio…The Merrick FoundationMcLaughlin Family Fou…Inasmuch FoundationOklahoma City Communi…Fred Jones Family Fou…Bowen FoundationDillingham FoundationThe Rimora FoundationLove Meyer Family Fou…
Harris Foundation IncOK34.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Harris Foundation Inc · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · The Merrick Foundation · McLaughlin Family Foundation · Inasmuch Foundation · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Fred Jones Family Foundation · Bowen Foundation · Dillingham Foundation · The Rimora Foundation · Love Meyer Family 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 Allen Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allen Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 160%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation: 31% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Community Development Support Associatio: 2% of income from government
  • Landmark College Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
16get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.

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 78 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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