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Charles and Nikki Singer Foundation at a glance

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Charles and Nikki Singer Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$124k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$179kEducation$142kHealth$83kPhilanthropy$83kReligion$63kArts & Culture$48kPublic Benefit$31kInternational$23kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $72k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $52k
$5,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$50k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF OKLA CITY$12,274
TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$10,000
FREE TO LIVE$10,000
FEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELESS$10,000
OKLAHOMA HUMANE SOCIETY$10,000
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN$5,000
PAWS OF WAR$5,000
PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS$5,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$5,000
MUTTS WITH A MISSION$5,000
PETS AND PEOPLE HUMANE SOCIETY$5,000
FRONT RANGE EQUINE RESCUE$5,000
US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$5,000
CHILDRENS HEALTH FOUNDATION OF OK$5,000
PILOTS TO THE RESCUE$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, $700) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%JESUS HOUSE: $600 → 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

MI
NY
NV
CA
CO
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
OK
GA
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$641k · 34 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
18

Total granted

$641k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
-4%

Still filing today

53%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationHealthPublic BenefitHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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× · 2017–2023 · $122k · revenue +32%
  • OH
    OKLAHOMA HUMANE SOCIETY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +410%
  • FT
    FREE TO LIVE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $41k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BELLA FOUNDATION INC SPCAgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +87%
  • SC
    SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -9%
  • GA
    GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
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
Operational K9 Medical Team of Wisconsin
Animals
2
Tulsa Spca

The Tulsa SPCA's mission is to improve the lives of dogs and cats, and their human companions.

Animals
3
United States War Dogs Association Inc

The mission of the corporation is to provide support for the war dogs of the united states military. the organization provides care packages to war dogs and their handlers serving overseas. the organization also provides support for…

Animals
4
Oklahoma Paws Memphis Street Animal Rescue

To assist in the ongoing battle of pet overpopulation in Oklahoma by offering a no kill shelter environment, responsible adoption, medical aid, and community outreach. We also intend to provide sanctuary to companion animals who's people…

Animals
5
Pets for Vets Inc

Pets for Vets enriches the lives of veterans by creating a life-changing Super Bond with expertly selected and trained shelter or rescue pets. It provides ongoing expert support to ensure a reciprocal and thriving partnership at no cost to…

Public Benefit
6
PAUSE4PAWS Inc

Pause4Paws promotes access to healthcare for pet owners in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, metro area impacted by homelessness, mental illness, or addiction who need inpatient treatment but have no one to care for their pets.

Health
7
Companions for Heroes

To champion public awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and challenges confronting our countrys heroes and rally support for shelter animal adoption by connecting heroes and companions.

Human Services
8
Operation Kindness

Our mission is to create a kinder world for pets and the people who love them by providing lifesaving care, innovative programs, and community resources.

Animals
9
Patriot K9 Rescue Inc

Our mission is to provide retirement and adoption services to our retired military and police K9's. Including but not limited to veterinary care, transportation services, training, safe, clean housing, rehabilitation, and to provide life…

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10
Black Ops Rescue

Transforming the lives of shelter pets and veterans through compassionate assessment, compatible adoptions, and ongoing support.

Animals
11
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
12
Pug Rescue Owasso

Pug Rescue Owasso mission is to rescue abused, abandoned, homeless, unwanted , sick and injured pugs. we rehabilitate them medically and emotionally and place them into homes

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feeding Pets of the Homeless Aka Pets of the Homeless; the most unlike its peers is Oklahoma Reserve Law Officers Assoc. 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

31 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. 31 of the 59 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/31
Grantees still filing
21/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION OF OKLA CITY: $83,017 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF OKLA CITYTEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL: $50,018 · OtherTEMPLE B'NAI ISRAELHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $20,800 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYCHILDRENS HEALTH FOUNDATION OF OK: $10,000 · OtherOKLAHOMA CITY BALLET: $10,000 · OtherOKLAHOMA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $9,000 · OtherPROJECT K9 HERO: $8,500 · Other+27 more: $44,350 · Other+27 moreOKLAHOMA HUMANE SOCIETY: $44,500 · AnimalsOKLAHOMA HUMANE SOCIETYFREE TO LIVE INC: $40,500 · AnimalsFREE TO LIVE INCMUTTS WITH A MISSION: $23,750 · AnimalsMUTTS WITH A MISSIONPets and People Humane Society Inc: $18,000 · AnimalsPets and People Humane Soc…FEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELESS AKA PETS OF THE HOMELESS: $10,000 · AnimalsFEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELE…+9 more: $25,750 · Animals+9 moreOKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY: $122,000 · EducationOKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITYSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO T…Oklahoma Israel Exchange Inc: $17,154 · EducationOklahoma Israel Exchange I…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $25,500 · HealthSHRINERS H…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $24,000 · HealthST JUDE CH…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION AT SAINT FRANCIS: $12,500 · HealthTHE CHILDR…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $35,324 · Arts & CulturePAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $27,555 · Public BenefitSEMPER K9 ASSISTANCE DOGS: $3,000 · Public BenefitMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $1,000 · International
Other$235,685Animals$162,500Education$159,154Health$62,000Arts & Culture$35,324Public Benefit$30,555International$6,000

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 budgetOKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY: $122,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOKLAHOMA HUMANE SOCIETY: $44,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetFREE TO LIVE INC: $40,500 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $35,324 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $27,555 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $25,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $24,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMUTTS WITH A MISSION: $23,750 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPets and People Humane Society Inc: $18,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetOklahoma Israel Exchange Inc: $17,154 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION AT SAINT FRANCIS: $12,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELESS AKA PETS OF THE HOMELESS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BELLA FOUNDATION INC SPCA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFront Range Equine Rescue: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $3,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Oklahoma Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSEMPER K9 ASSISTANCE DOGS: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS OF HONOR INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT K9 HERO: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJesus House Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTiny Paws Kitten Rescue Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOKLAHOMA RESERVE LAW OFFICERS ASSOC: $200 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FREE TO LIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds MUTTS WITH A MISSION ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Pets and People Humane Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds Oklahoma Israel Exchange Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION AT SAINT FRANCIS ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELESS AKA PETS OF THE HOMELESS ↗
  • Who funds PAWS OF WAR INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BELLA FOUNDATION INC SPCA ↗
  • Who funds Front Range Equine Rescue ↗
  • Who funds SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds Special Olympics Oklahoma Inc ↗
  • Who funds SEMPER K9 ASSISTANCE DOGS ↗
  • Who funds K9S FOR WARRIORS INC ↗
  • Who funds PAWS OF HONOR INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗

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.

American Fidelity Fou…El and Thelma Gaylord…Kirkpatrick Foundatio…Oklahoma City Communi…Cresap Family Foundat…Olson Family Foundati…Rainbolt Family Found…Fred Jones Family Fou…Bowen FoundationThe Magnolia Charitab…Harris Foundation IncThe Hardesty Family F…
American Fidelity FoundationOK24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Fidelity Foundation · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Kirkpatrick Foundation Inc · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Cresap Family Foundation · Olson Family Foundation Inc · Rainbolt Family Foundation · Fred Jones Family Foundation · Bowen Foundation · The Magnolia Charitable Foundation · Harris Foundation Inc · 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 Charles and Nikki Singer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles and Nikki Singer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 59 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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