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Fergeson 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.

$17k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$78kFood & Nutrition$17kInternational$15kPhilanthropy$14kReligion$12kHousing & Shelter$10kEducation$7kPublic Benefit$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$83k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$5,000
OSSM FOUNDATION$3,000
OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME$3,000
OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Individual grant recipient$500
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 (FY18–23, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNITY CARE: $1k → 8%BRIGID ALLIANCE: $500 → 17%FIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM: $3k → 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

NY
OR
CA
MO
VA
AR
NC
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$120k · 14 repeat orgs$61k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
29

Total granted

$120k
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+26%

Still filing today

71%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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
Arts & CultureReligionHuman ServicesEducationInternationalHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $17k · revenue +27%
  • CR
    CHI RHO CORPORATION
    6× · 2017–2023 · $12k · revenue +35%
  • OH
    OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME
    3× · 2021–2025 · $9k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • LC
    LONGWOOD CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • TO
    THEATRE OF NOTE
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -24%
  • FIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +211%
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 Newspaper Foundation
Arts & Culture
2
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
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
Neighborhood Housing Services Oklahoma City Inc

To increase the availability of affordable, safe housing options for low-to-moderate income families, by providing assistance to those who wish to become renters or homeowners through a variety of wealth-building programs.

Housing & Shelter
5
Community Action Agency of Oklahoma City & Oklahoma/Canadian Counties

To promote the self-sufficiency of the socially, economically, and culturally disadvantaged citizens of oklahoma and canadian counties and to eliminate the paradox of poverty among these citizens by opening to everyone the opportunity to…

Human Services
6
Brady Craft Inc

A contemporary fine craft community arts organization dedicated to fine craft; showcase local, state, regional, and national artists; and creating a community of partnerships with artists, curators, arts, and social service organizations.…

Arts & Culture
7
United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc

United way of central oklahoma is committed to connecting people and resources to improve the well being of those in our community.

Philanthropy
8
Oklahoma City Housing Services Redevelopment Corporation

To revitalize urban oklahoma city neighborhoods and create affordable housing opportunities by rehabilitating historic homes, constructing new homes, and increasing community investment through home ownership.

Housing & Shelter
9
Habitat for Humanity of Okaloosa County Inc

Okaloosa habitat for humanity is a non-profit, christian organization dedicated to eliminating substandard housing in okaloosa county. we provide opportunites for the community to show god's love in action. through partnership with people…

Housing & Shelter
10
Oklahoma Association of Realtors

The oklahoma association of realtors connects real estate professionals across the state by providing comprehensive professional resources, maintaining the highest ethical standards and giving realtors a unified voice in shaping oklahoma…

—
11
Leadership Oklahoma Inc

Leadership oklahoma was organized to create, inspire, and support a dynamic network of leaders whose increased awareness and commitement to service will energize oklahomans to shape oklahoma's future.

Public Benefit
12
Downtown Oklahoma City Inc

The organization's mission is to create and champion a vibrant and diverse downtown through placemaking, advocacy, and promotion.

Community Improvement
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 Chi Rho Corporation. 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

28 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. 28 of the 48 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF THE OETA: $11,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE OETAOSSM FOUNDATION: $9,000 · OtherOSSM FOUNDATIONTHREE RIVERS FOUNDATION: $6,000 · OtherTHREE RIVERS FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $5,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLONGWOOD CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS: $5,000 · OtherLONGWOOD CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTSFIRST AMERICAN MUSEUM: $3,000 · OtherFIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $3,000 · OtherOKLAHOMA POLICY INC: $3,000 · Other+21 more: $28,200 · Other+21 moreFRIENDS OF THE OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE OKLAHOMA ARTS COUN…OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC: $9,500 · Arts & CultureOKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER…Mid-America Arts Alliance: $9,000 · Arts & CultureMid-America Arts AllianceOKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME: $9,000 · Arts & CultureOKLAHOMA HALL OF FAMEOklahoma Visual Arts Coalition: $6,000 · Arts & CultureOklahoma Visual Arts CoalitionTHEATRE OF NOTE: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE OF NOTEOklahoma Humanities Council Inc: $3,000 · Arts & CultureOklahoma Humanities Council IncALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $17,000 · Food & NutritionREGIONAL F…CHI RHO CORPORATION: $12,000 · InternationalMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 · InternationalKIDS ACROSS AMERICA: $5,800 · ReligionCITYTEAM MINISTRIES: $3,000 · ReligionSON RISE MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 · ReligionOKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA: $2,500 · PhilanthropyFOCUS ON HOME INC: $5,500 · Housing & ShelterTHE HOMELESS ALLIANCE INC: $1,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$78,700Arts & Culture$56,000Food & Nutrition$17,000International$13,000Religion$9,800Philanthropy$7,500Housing & Shelter$6,500

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 budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHI RHO CORPORATION: $12,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL INC: $12,000 over 2y, 40% of budgetOKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC: $9,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMid-America Arts Alliance: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME: $9,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOklahoma Visual Arts Coalition: $6,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFOCUS ON HOME INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHEATRE OF NOTE: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOklahoma Humanities Council Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOKLAHOMA POLICY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCITYTEAM MINISTRIES: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOSITIVE TOMORROWS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOKLAHOMA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWARRIORS REST FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE HOMELESS ALLIANCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPELLED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE UNITY CARE GROUP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $500 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…Kirkpatrick Foundatio…Cresap Family Foundat…El and Thelma Gaylord…Inasmuch FoundationThe Anne and Henry Za…Communities Foundatio…Oklahoma City Communi…Oge Energy Corp Found…The Kerr Foundation I…Arvest FoundationRainbolt Family Found…
American Fidelity FoundationOK28.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Fidelity Foundation · Kirkpatrick Foundation Inc · Cresap Family Foundation · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Inasmuch Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Oge Energy Corp Foundation Inc · The Kerr Foundation Inc · Arvest Foundation · Rainbolt 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 Fergeson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fergeson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Oklahoma Humanities Council Inc: 91% of income from government
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
  • First Americans Museum Foundation: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 Fergeson Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Fergeson 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 48 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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