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Farzaneh Family Foundation at a glance

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Farzaneh Family 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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$500k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$5.2MHealth$742kArts & Culture$417kHousing & Shelter$210kReligion$141kHuman Services$130kInternational$82kScience & Tech$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $415k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC$500,000
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC$160,000
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC$155,000
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER$100,000
PAAIA FUND$25,000
OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$20,000
NORMAN REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC$10,000
NORMAN ALCOHOL INFORMATION CENTER INC$10,000
K Ward$5,000
M Ramezani$5,000
O Keyvan$5,000
F Azinmoghaddam$4,000
D Nematollahl$3,000
M Nazari$3,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $635k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILDREN IN CONFLICT INC: $5k → 17%HELPING HAND FOR RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT INC: $3k → 8%CHILD FOUNDATION: $30k → 12%GOLESTAN FOUNDATION: $32k → 9%CHILDREN IN CONFLICT INC: $10k → 17%CHILDREN IN CONFLICT INC: $5k → 17%DEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $500k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $10k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $10k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $10k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $10k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $10k → 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

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
NC
DC
OK
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.1M · 18 repeat orgs$892k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
27

Total granted

$7.1M
$855k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-26%
+46%

Still filing today

83%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterReligionOther
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

  • THE HOMELESS ALLIANCE INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $210k · revenue +52%
  • OI
    OKLAHOMA ISLAMIC ACADEMY LLC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $131k · revenue +102%
  • PF
    PAAIA FUND
    4× · 2019–2025 · $107k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • DM
    DEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue +117%
  • OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $150k · revenue -24%
  • GF
    GOLESTAN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $32k · revenue -10%
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
The American University of Iraq Foundation Inc

To promote higher education in iraq based on the american liberal arts model.

Education
2
The Oklahoma United Methodist Foundation

To create and administer permanent charitable endowments to strengthen Methodist ministries in Oklahoma.

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3
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
4
Oklahoma State University Foundation

Unite donor passions with university priorities to elevate the impact of oklahoma state university.

Education
5
University of Arizona Foundation

The university of arizona foundation is committed to supporting and enhancing the vision, mission and values of the university of arizona through the development and management of private support.

Education
6
U of O Foundation Supporting Organization

See schedule othe purpose and mission of the organization is to support and assist the university of oregon foundation in its activities by management and administration of organization assets representing privately donated funds, by…

Education
7
Oklahoma Arts Institute Foundation

To support, promote, and improve the programs and services of the oklahoma arts institute.

Arts & Culture
8
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
9
Oklahoma City Art Museum Affiliated Fund of Occf Inc

Support the oklahoma city community foundation through distributions made to the oklahoma city museum of art.

Arts & Culture
10
The Ku Endowment Charitable Gift Fund

To strengthen the university and communities that have touched the lives of ku alumni and friends, the mission of the ku endowment charitable gift fund is to receive and administer gifts and bequests to further the charitable objectives of…

Philanthropy
11
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
12
The Kansas University Endowment Association

KU Endowment partners with donors in providing philanthropic support to build a greater University of Kansas.

Education
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 Razi Health Foundation 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

27 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. 27 of the 54 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
15/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $5,783,139 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC+3 more: $26,000 · EducationDEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $500,000 · Human ServicesDEAN MCGE…INFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesINFANT CR…GOLESTAN FOUNDATION: $32,000 · Human ServicesChild Foundation: $30,000 · Human Services+2 more: $22,500 · Human ServicesNORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $188,000 · OtherRAZI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Other+30 more: $149,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE MANSION INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureOKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC: $150,000 · Arts & CulturePAAIA FUND: $107,000 · Arts & CultureOKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HOMELESS ALLIANCE INC: $210,000 · Housing & ShelterINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER: $105,000 · HealthNorman Alcohol Information Center Inc: $50,000 · HealthNORMAN REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Health+1 more: $2,000 · HealthOKLAHOMA ISLAMIC ACADEMY LLC: $130,600 · Religion
Education$5,809,139Human Services$634,500Other$557,000Arts & Culture$452,000Housing & Shelter$210,000Health$187,000Religion$130,600

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $5,783,139 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetDEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHE HOMELESS ALLIANCE INC: $210,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $188,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetRAZI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MANSION INC: $150,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetOKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC: $150,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetOKLAHOMA ISLAMIC ACADEMY LLC: $130,600 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetPAAIA FUND: $107,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER: $105,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetINFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNorman Alcohol Information Center Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGOLESTAN FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetNORMAN REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetChild Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN IN CONFLICT INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTwo Chairs Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetRotary Club 29 Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOOMANITIES INC: $5,000 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetHELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDown Syndrome Association of Central Oklahoma: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 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.

American Fidelity Fou…Inasmuch FoundationOge Energy Corp Found…Kirkpatrick Foundatio…Oklahoma City Communi…Because We Care Phila…El and Thelma Gaylord…Communities Foundatio…Presbyterian Health F…Bowen FoundationThe Merrick FoundationCresap Family Foundat…
American Fidelity FoundationOK19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Fidelity Foundation · Inasmuch Foundation · Oge Energy Corp Foundation Inc · Kirkpatrick Foundation Inc · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Because We Care Philanthropy Inc · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Presbyterian Health Foundation · Bowen Foundation · The Merrick Foundation · Cresap Family 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 Farzaneh Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Farzaneh Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get 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 · 0–20%
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 Farzaneh Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Farzaneh Family 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 54 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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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