Oklahoma · Public charity
Because We Care Philanthropy Inc
To support innovative improvements in health, education, youth development, inclusion and diversity for the poor, distressed, and/or underprivileged. We will also support animal welfare issues as they arise. This work is accomplished through the donor advised funds we sponsor.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2023
- 28
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
83% of Because We Care Philanthropy Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 21 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Because We Care Philanthropy Inc named its own grantees at scale: 27 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2023
- $2.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $31,549
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $502,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 27
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 52% of the organizations Because We Care Philanthropy Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $544k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 27 | $2.0M | 52% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $1.5M | 72% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $1.1M | 80% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $387k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | $2,002,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Oklahoma City University | $516,064 | 5 | 0% |
| Compassion Outreach Center Inc | $456,811 | 3 | 56% |
| East Central University Foundation Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Connected U Inc | $300,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Holy Family Classical School | $250,419 | 3 | n/a |
| Alfred B Maclay Jr Day School | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Useful Wild Plants Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 55% |
| Oklahoma Christian University | $189,629 | 2 | 0% |
| Fields & Futures Foundation | $179,830 | 2 | 9% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Because We Care Philanthropy Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · American Fidelity Foundation · Fred Jones Family Foundation · Oge Energy Corp Foundation Inc · Inasmuch Foundation · Cresap Family Foundation · Records Johnston Family Foundation · McLaughlin Family Foundation · Bowen Foundation · The Merrick Foundation
How this is measured
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About Because We Care Philanthropy Inc
- How much does Because We Care Philanthropy Inc give?
- Because We Care Philanthropy Inc reported 28 itemized grants totaling $1,953,827, out of $2,101,294 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 27 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Because We Care Philanthropy Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (46%), Education (37%), Health (6%).
- Who are Because We Care Philanthropy Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc ($2.0M), Oklahoma City University ($516k), Compassion Outreach Center Inc ($457k).
- Does Because We Care Philanthropy Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Because We Care Philanthropy Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc, El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation.
- Where is Because We Care Philanthropy Inc based?
- Because We Care Philanthropy Inc is based in OK.
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