Oklahoma · Private foundation
Carson 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.
- $33k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $283k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Carson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $33k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $26k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $29k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $25k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $26k | 44% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smile Train Inc | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Little Light House Inc | $14,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Spring Shelter Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Iron Gate Inc | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $9,000 | 8 | n/a |
| John 316 Mission | $8,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Martha's Foundation | $7,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Dress for Success Oklahoma City Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Charity Ball Inc | $4,000 | 8 | 2% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smile Train Inc | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Little Light House Inc | $14,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Spring Shelter Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Iron Gate Inc | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $9,000 | 8 | n/a |
| John 316 Mission | $8,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Martha's Foundation | $7,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Dress for Success Oklahoma City Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Charity Ball Inc | $4,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Joy in the Cause Company | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| James Mission Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Hills Baptist Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sapulpa Public School Foundation | $1,250 | 5 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sapulpa Area Chamber Foundatio | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oklahoma Sheriffs Association Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($109k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Carson Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Tulsa Community Foundation · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Carson Foundation
- How much does Carson Foundation give?
- Carson Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $32,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Carson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (28%), Human Services (25%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are Carson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Smile Train Inc ($16k), Little Light House Inc ($14k), The Spring Shelter Inc ($13k).
- Does Carson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Carson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Carson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tulsa Community Foundation, Network for Good, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Carson Foundation based?
- Carson Foundation is based in OK.
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