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· 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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2023
28
Grants FY2023
6
States reached
$502k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

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

2
’20
10
’21
18
’22
27
’23
21
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$5.1MEducation$4.0MHealth$656kReligion$280kEnvironment$225kRecreation & Sports$187kHuman Services$130kCommunity Improvement$128kOther$0
02FY2023 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 28 grants below total $1,953,827, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,101,294 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $147,467 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $267k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $884k
  • $250k+2 grants · $798k
$31,549
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION I$502,100
COMPASSION OUTREACH CENTER INC$296,172
USEFUL WILD PLANTS OF TEXAS$200,000
OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY INC$183,506
HOLY FAMILY CLASSICAL SCHOOL$100,000
THE CARE CENTER - CHILD ABUSE RESPO$75,000
CAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC$75,000
VELA EDUCATION FUND$50,000
ENGAGE LEARNING OKLAHOMA INCORPORAT$50,000
FOCUS ON HOME INC$50,000
ST ANNE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH$50,000
YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS INC (DBA EMPOW$50,000
AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS$35,000
OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY$31,549
ST LUKE'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$30,000
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 (FY21–24, $197k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE CARE CENTER - CHILD ABUSE RESPO: $75k → 16%THE CARE CENTER - CHILD ABUSE: $10k → 16%SUNBEAM FAMILY SERVICES INC: $6k → 16%DEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $100k → 16%FAITH WORKS IN THE INTERCITY: $6k → 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

MT
MN
IL
NY
PA
CO
VA
OK
TX
FL
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 19 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
6

Total granted

$4.8M
$140k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+37%

Still filing today

68%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $529k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • OC
    OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $516k · revenue +16%
  • CO
    COMPASSION OUTREACH CENTER INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $457k · revenue +183% · 56% of their budget
  • AB
    ALFRED B MACLAY JR DAY SCHOOL
    2× · 2022–2024 · $200k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • DM
    DEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +37%
  • PI
    PURPLE INK
    one grant, 2021 · $13k
  • MA
    MARY ABBOTT CHILDREN'S HOUSEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · 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 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
2
Oklahoma Hall of Fame

The oklahoma hall of fame preserves oklahomas unique history while promoting pride in our great state through each of its programs and the gaylord-pickens museum. the association honors our states rich tradition by telling oklahomas story…

Arts & Culture
3
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.

—
4
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
5
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
6
Oklahoma City Beautiful Inc

OKC Beautiful's mission is to lead beautification and environmental stewardship through collaboration, education and advocacy. We have been doing this for over 50 years through volunteers and contributing donors. This directly impacts the…

Environment
7
Tulsa Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

—
8
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.

—
9
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

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

Employment
10
Dean Mcgee Eye Institute

The dean mcgee eye institute is dedicated to serving all oklahomans and the global community through excellence and leadership in patient care, education and vision research.

Health
11
University of the Ozarks

True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

Education
12
Ok Foundation

Serving the needs of the whole child, including education, safety, environment, health, and well-being.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Connected U Inc. 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

47 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 47 of the 55 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/47
Grantees still filing
26/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,970,092 · PhilanthropyOKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCEAST TEXAS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $1,048,487 · PhilanthropyEAST TEXAS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION+5 more: $158,463 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $2,002,100 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDAT…OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY: $516,064 · EducationOKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITYOklahoma Christian University: $189,629 · EducationOklahoma Christian UniversityCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $105,000 · Education+4 more: $112,696 · EducationEAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · OtherEAST CENTRAL UNIV…CONNECTED U INC: $300,000 · OtherCONNECTED U INCHOLY FAMILY CLASSICAL SCHOOL: $250,419 · OtherHOLY FAMILY CLASS…ALFRED B MACLAY JR DAY SCHOOL: $200,000 · OtherALFRED B MACLAY J…ST ANNE CATHOLIC CHURCH: $150,000 · OtherST ANNE CATHOLIC …AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: $65,000 · OtherFOCUS ON HOME INC: $70,000 · Other+17 more: $359,239 · Other+17 moreCOMPASSION OUTREACH CENTER INC: $456,811 · HealthUSEFUL WILD PLANTS INC: $200,000 · HealthNorman Alcohol Information Center Inc: $30,000 · Health+2 more: $26,789 · HealthFIELDS & FUTURES FOUNDATION: $179,830 · Recreation & SportsWES WELKER FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsNICHOLS HILLS PARKS INC: $7,500 · Recreation & SportsDEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Human ServicesCare Center-Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Inc DBA The CARE Center: $85,000 · Human Services+3 more: $18,000 · Human ServicesALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC: $64,500 · Arts & CultureOKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureOKLAHOMA PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$5,177,042Education$2,925,489Other$1,694,658Health$713,600Recreation & Sports$207,330Human Services$203,000Arts & Culture$84,500

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 budgetOKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,970,092 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $2,002,100 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEAST TEXAS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $1,048,487 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY: $516,064 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCOMPASSION OUTREACH CENTER INC: $456,811 over 3y, 56% of budgetEAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetALFRED B MACLAY JR DAY SCHOOL: $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUSEFUL WILD PLANTS INC: $200,000 over 1y, 55% of budgetOklahoma Christian University: $189,629 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFIELDS & FUTURES FOUNDATION: $179,830 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $105,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCare Center-Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Inc DBA The CARE Center: $85,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetFOCUS ON HOME INC: $70,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetUnited Way of Central Oklahoma Inc: $65,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: $65,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC: $64,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetYouth Entrepreneurs Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetENGAGE LEARNING OKLAHOMA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetVELA EDUCATION FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetREMERGE INC: $32,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNorman Alcohol Information Center Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMYRIAD GARDENS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION OKLAHOMA CITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChild Legacy International Inc: $24,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA: $23,463 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $21,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWES WELKER FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetPOSITIVE TOMORROWS INC: $14,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBranch 15 Inc: $13,766 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLORDS HARVEST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetOKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL MONTANA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOKLAHOMA PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARY ABBOTT CHILDREN'S HOUSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWORLD NEIGHBORS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNICHOLS HILLS PARKS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCHICKASHA PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetHalo Project International Foundation: $6,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFaithworks of the Inner City Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSUNBEAM FAMILY SERVICES INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOklahoma Israel Exchange Inc: $5,400 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers: $5,289 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…Oklahoma City Communi…El and Thelma Gaylord…American Fidelity Fou…Fred Jones Family Fou…Oge Energy Corp Found…Inasmuch FoundationCresap Family Foundat…Records Johnston Fami…McLaughlin Family Fou…Bowen FoundationThe Merrick Foundation
Communities Foundation of OklahomaOK54× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Because We Care Philanthropy Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Because We Care Philanthropy Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Sunbeam Family Services Inc: 52% of income from government
  • World Neighbors Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Remerge Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers: 2% of income from government
  • Oklahoma Christian University: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Because We Care Philanthropy Inc?

Find your warmest path to Because We Care Philanthropy Inc 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 55 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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