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Arvest Foundation at a glance

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Arvest Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
562
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$4.2MHuman Services$2.5MHealth$2.2MCommunity Improvement$2.1MArts & Culture$1.6MYouth Development$1.6MPhilanthropy$1.4MRecreation & Sports$1.3MOther$0
02FY2024 · 562 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k401 grants · $1.8M
  • $10k–50k157 grants · $2.3M
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $245k
$5,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Little Rock Chamber Foundation$75,000
Tulsa Area United Way$70,000
Fort Kids$50,000
Oklahoma City Economic Development Foundation Inc$50,000
Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits Inc$42,500
United Way of the Ozarks$35,000
Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust$35,000
Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas Inc$33,750
The Outsiders House Museum Association$25,000
Economic Security Corporation of Southwest Area$25,000
Oral Roberts University$25,000
Shawnee Community Foundation$25,000
Downtown Tulsa Partnership Inc$25,000
UMKC Foundation$25,000
Tulsa Community College Foundation$25,000
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 (FY20–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HWC Foundation: $10k → 21%Russ Bus Inc: $10k → 15%Lincoln Childcare Center Inc: $20k → 17%Wayseekers Ministry Inc: $15k → 20%His House Foundation: $13k → 13%Osage Prairie YMCA Inc: $20k → 18%Christian Family Counseling Center Inc: $10k → 16%Okmulgee County Family Resource Center Inc: $13k → 19%Conway County Care Center: $10k → 18%Osage Prairie YMCA Inc: $10k → 18%Ozark Regional Share and Care Program Inc: $15k → 13%Force 50 Foundation Inc: $15k → 13%Fostering Hope Inc: $10k → 19%Pervasive Parenting Center Inc: $10k → 19%Sunshine Childrens Home: $10k → 18%Dress for Success Northwest Arkansas: $10k → 8%Family Promise of Lawton Inc: $10k → 16%Sunshine School & Development Center: $10k → 8%Oklahoma Warriors Honor Flight Inc: $10k → 18%Sheep Dog Impact Assistance: $10k → 8%Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas: $15k → 17%Oklahoma Warriors Honor Flight Inc: $10k → 18%Hearts for Hearing Foundation: $10k → 15%Fort Smith Childrens Emergency Shelter Foundation: $12k → 17%Peterson Outdoor Ministries: $18k → 18%Lincoln Childcare Center Inc: $10k → 17%Comprehensive Juvenile Services Inc: $10k → 17%Community Rescue Mission Inc: $10k → 17%Northwest Arkansas Children's Shelter Inc: $21k → 8%Family & Childrens Services Inc: $10k → 15%Family & Childrens Services Inc: $10k → 15%Family & Childrens Services Inc: $10k → 15%Ability Tree of Arkansas Inc: $11k → 8%Jones Center for Families Inc: $25k → 14%Jones Center for Families Inc: $13k → 14%Red Dirt Relief Fund Inc: $15k → 15%Red Dirt Relief Fund Inc: $15k → 15%Seven Hills Homeless Center: $13k → 14%Seven Hills Homeless Center: $11k → 14%Seven Hills Homeless Center: $11k → 14%American Indian Cultural Center Foundation: $24k → 16%Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City Inc: $15k → 16%Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City Inc: $15k → 16%Latino Community Development Agency Inc: $15k → 16%Latino Community Development Agency Inc: $15k → 16%Latino Community Development Agency Inc: $15k → 16%Clarehouse Inc: $15k → 15%Operation Hope Prison Ministry: $15k → 15%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

ID
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
KS
AR
TN
OK
GA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 25% of Arvest Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 56% of the giving stays in AR; by stated purpose, 54%.

Arvest Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 568 repeat orgs$6.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

568 repeat relationships: 335 still active in FY2024, 233 since wound down; 190 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

568
697

Total granted

$14M
$4.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+8%

Still filing today

71%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • LR
    LITTLE ROCK CHAMBER FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $470k · revenue +54% · 39% of their budget
  • TULSA AREA UNITED WAY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $305k · revenue +12%
  • OKLAHOMA CENTER FOR NONPROFITS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $158k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • LP
    Lawton Public Schools
    one grant, 2021 · $51k
  • 3D
    36 DEGREES NORTH COgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +47%
  • GREENWOOD RISING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +574%
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
Opportunity Arkansas Foundation

Renewing the land of opportunity by simplifying government and solving generational problems for the next generation.

Philanthropy
2
The Arkansas Center for Independence

Habilitation and residential services for adults with developmental disabilities

Human Services
3
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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4
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
5
Ozark Opportunities Inc

To render constructive civic service, including the sponsorship of social, educational, and economic projects for the promotion of the welfare of the community and the citizens of the ozarks situated in baxter, boone, marion, newton,…

Community Improvement
6
Oklahoma Association of Community Action

To alleviate the causes of poverty by supporting oklahoma's community action agencies, which includes providing coordinated services, training and other assitance to member agencies.

Human Services
7
Casa of Southwest Oklahoma Inc

Court Advocate for Abused and Neglected Children

Crime & Legal
8
Legal Aid of Arkansas

To provide legal assistance & housing counseling to the underprivileged citizens of north arkansas.

Crime & Legal
9
Arkansas Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc

The organization provides a therapeutic shelter and care for homeless and/or abused children.

Housing & Shelter
10
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

Goodwill empowers people to reach their full potential through work opportunities, training, and support services.

Employment
11
Northwest Arkansas Women's Shelter

The northwest arkansas women's shelter is committed to serving victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and empowering them to build lives free of violence.

Human Services
12
Northwest Arkansas Council

Promotion of the growth, vitality, and development of northwest arkansas and its people, concentrating on workforce development, regional stewardship, infrastructure, and economic development.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leadership Oklahoma City Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stormwalker Ranch Equine. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

931 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. 931 of the 1,465 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.

17
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
224
Early backer (in before they grew)
904/931
Grantees still filing
566/931
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LITTLE ROCK CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $470,000 · OtherLITTLE ROCK CHAMBER FOUNDATIONTULSA AREA UNITED WAY: $305,000 · OtherTULSA AREA UNITED WAY+109 more: $4,887,463 · Other+109 moreTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $261,000 · PhilanthropyTULSA COMMUN…UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC: $124,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY O…United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc: $97,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way o…COXHEALTH FOUNDATION: $82,500 · PhilanthropyCOXHEALTH FO…BARTLESVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $75,000 · PhilanthropyBARTLESVILLE…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC: $66,500 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FO…RIVER PARKS FOUNDATION: $60,000 · PhilanthropyRIVER PARKS …BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BENTON CO INC: $40,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MANNA CENTER: $40,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA: $40,000 · PhilanthropyEXCELLERATE FOUNDATION: $40,000 · PhilanthropyNORTH ARKANSAS MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $39,000 · PhilanthropyOKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $37,500 · Philanthropy+3 more: $98,500 · Philanthropy+3 moreTulsa Community College Foundation: $125,000 · EducationTulsa Comm…ARKANSAS COLLEGES OF HEALTH EDUCATION: $75,000 · EducationARKANSAS C…ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $63,000 · EducationARKANSAS S…ROGERS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $60,000 · EducationROGERS DEV…SINGLE PARENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INC: $55,410 · EducationSINGLE PAR…OKLAHOMA SINGLE PARENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: $50,000 · EducationOKLAHOMA S…JOPLIN REGIONAL MEDICAL SCHOOL ALLIANCE: $50,000 · EducationJOPLIN REG…OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationOKLAHOMA C…Oklahoma State University Foundation: $41,700 · EducationThe Pencil Box Inc: $40,000 · EducationTULSA CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CORPORATION: $40,000 · EducationORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY: $39,000 · EducationOKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY: $35,000 · EducationOKLAHOMA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $33,000 · EducationASPIRE OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI: $31,500 · Education+4 more: $117,500 · Education+4 moreNORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S SHELTER IN DBA EVERHOPE ARKANSAS INC: $56,080 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE CALL: $47,000 · Human ServicesSEVEN HILLS HOMELESS CENTER INC: $46,250 · Human ServicesLATINO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesPHILOS HOSPITALITY INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesFamily & Childrens Services Inc: $40,000 · Human ServicesTHE JONES CENTER FOR FAMILIES INC: $37,627 · Human ServicesConway County Care Center: $37,000 · Human ServicesBig Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma Inc: $35,900 · Human ServicesTHE CITY LIGHTS FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA: $35,000 · Human ServicesLINCOLN CHILDCARE CENTER INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesOSAGE PRAIRIE YMCA: $30,000 · Human ServicesTOY SHOP OF DUNCAN INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesRED DIRT RELIEF FUND INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesRECONCILIATION SERVICES: $27,500 · Human ServicesTHE SAFE PLACE INC: $25,500 · Human ServicesOKLAHOMA CENTER FOR NONPROFITS INC: $157,500 · Community ImprovementPARK PARTNERS OF FORT SMITH INC: $55,000 · Community ImprovementOKLAHOMA CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Community Improvement36 DEGREES NORTH CO: $50,000 · Community ImprovementWOMENS FOUNDATION OF ARKANSAS: $47,500 · Community ImprovementDOUGLASS COMMUNITY CENTER ORGANIZATION: $45,000 · Community ImprovementSHAWNEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $40,700 · Community ImprovementBENTONVILLEBELLA VISTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Community ImprovementROTARY CLUB OF BRYANT: $38,500 · Community ImprovementVAN BUREN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION: $31,500 · Community ImprovementURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE INC: $30,000 · Community ImprovementWestside Community Action Netw: $27,500 · Community ImprovementTHE DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK PARTNERSHIP: $27,500 · Community ImprovementARKANSAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $95,000 · Arts & CultureARKANSAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FOUNDATION: $82,500 · Arts & CultureALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureTHE OUTSIDERS HOUSE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $60,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF BERRYVILLE LIBRARY INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureGREENWOOD RISING INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureFORT KIDS: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GILCREASE MUSEUM MANAGEMENT TRUST: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHURCH STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF DISCOVERY: $37,500 · Arts & CultureBENTONVILLE HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NW ARKANSAS: $30,000 · Arts & CultureGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $88,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BARTLESVILLE: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentFORT SMITH BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts Western Oklahoma Inc: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentOKLAHOMA 4-H FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentCITY YOUTH MINISTRIES INC: $34,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF OTTAWA COUNTY: $32,500 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH DEVELOPMENT OF TULSA INC: $32,000 · Youth DevelopmentMAYES COUNTY PREMIUM AUCTION CORPORATION: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentMETROPOLITAN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SILOAM SPRINGS: $25,000 · Youth Development
Other$5,662,463Philanthropy$1,101,500Education$906,110Human Services$647,857Community Improvement$640,700Arts & Culture$635,000Youth Development$492,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetLITTLE ROCK CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $470,000 over 5y, 39% of budgetTULSA AREA UNITED WAY: $305,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $261,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOKLAHOMA CENTER FOR NONPROFITS INC: $157,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetBARNABAS FOUNDATION INC: $133,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTulsa Community College Foundation: $125,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetTULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TRUST: $125,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC: $124,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetNORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOOD BANK: $116,164 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNEWVIEW OKLAHOMA INC: $110,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Central Oklahoma Inc: $97,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetARKANSAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $95,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetWELCOMEHEALTH: $94,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetThe Peel Compton Foundation: $90,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $88,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $85,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetARKANSAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FOUNDATION: $82,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCOXHEALTH FOUNDATION: $82,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S SAFETY CENTER: $80,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetBARTLESVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetARKANSAS COLLEGES OF HEALTH EDUCATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINDIAN NATIONS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $75,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC: $66,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $63,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFood on the Move Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTHE OUTSIDERS HOUSE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $60,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetROGERS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetRIVER PARKS FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetO R U GOLDEN EAGLE CLUB INC: $60,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetA NEW LEAF INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S SHELTER IN DBA EVERHOPE ARKANSAS INC: $56,080 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSINGLE PARENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INC: $55,410 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetDUNCAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 5y, 8.4% of budgetPARK PARTNERS OF FORT SMITH INC: $55,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Arkoma Inc: $52,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetYOUTH GOLF OF NWA INC DBA FIRST TEE - NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $51,366 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BARTLESVILLE: $50,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetOKLAHOMA SINGLE PARENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: $50,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetJOPLIN REGIONAL MEDICAL SCHOOL ALLIANCE: $50,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budget36 DEGREES NORTH CO: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF BERRYVILLE LIBRARY INC: $50,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetGREENWOOD RISING INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.5% 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 LITTLE ROCK CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TULSA AREA UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA CENTER FOR NONPROFITS INC ↗
  • Who funds BARNABAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Tulsa Community College Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TRUST ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds NEWVIEW OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds WELCOMEHEALTH ↗
  • Who funds The Peel Compton Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COXHEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S SAFETY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BARTLESVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS COLLEGES OF HEALTH EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN NATIONS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds Food on the Move Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE OUTSIDERS HOUSE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ROGERS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RIVER PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds O R U GOLDEN EAGLE CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds A NEW LEAF INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S SHELTER IN DBA EVERHOPE ARKANSAS 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.

Arkansas Community Fo…Sarkeys FoundationThe Schmieding Founda…The Anne and Henry Za…Cresap Family Foundat…Alice L Walton Founda…Oge Energy Corp Found…Windgate Charitable F…One Gas Foundation IncCommunities Foundatio…Riggs Benevolent FundThe Hardesty Family F…
Arkansas Community Foundation IncAR106.1× affinity222 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Sarkeys Foundation · The Schmieding Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Cresap Family Foundation · Alice L Walton Foundation · Oge Energy Corp Foundation Inc · Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc · One Gas Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Riggs Benevolent Fund · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc

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 Arvest Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arvest Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 410%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Newview Oklahoma Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Tulsa Economic Development Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Family & Childrens Services Inc: 1% of income from government
  • First Americans Museum Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Oral Roberts University: 0% of income from government
  • Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
41get no government money at all
77report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Arvest Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Arvest 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 1465 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home