· Private foundation
Freese Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k5 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF TULSA | $40,000 |
| TULSA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| WL HUTCHERSON FAMILY YMCA | $5,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $4,463 |
| TULSA BOTANICAL GARDENS | $4,000 |
| NATURE CONSERVANCY | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CTCHRIST THE KING CHURCH3× · 2020–2022 · $62k
- THTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF TULSA2× · 2021–2023 · $43k · revenue 0%
THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC3× · 2020–2022 · $21k · revenue +207%
Funded once
- COCHURCH OF THE RESURRECTIONone grant, 2022 · $10k
- CTCHRIST THE KING PLAYGROUNDone grant, 2021 · $7k
- SHSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDRENone grant, 2022 · $5k
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.
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.
The Tulsa SPCA's mission is to improve the lives of dogs and cats, and their human companions.
The tulsa regional chamber transforms the tulsa region by attracting and retaining employers, talent and tourism for long-term prosperity.
Inspire people to enjoy and protect birds through recreation, education, conservation, and restoration of the environment, upon which we all depend.
To inspire children, connect families, and build community through exploration, exhibits, programming, and play.
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…
Connecting, caring, advocating for wildlife, people, and wild places.
The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The organization operates to promote the Real Estate industry by uniting real estate professionals, promoting and maintaining high standards of conduct in real estate transactions, advancing civil development and economic growth in Tulsa,…
To prepare students for college through a rigorous arts infused program.
To preserve the places where Oklahoma history lives.
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.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 31 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF TULSA ↗
- Who funds THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds TULSA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Clarehouse Inc ↗
- Who funds Transitional Living Centers of Oklahoma Inc ↗
- Who funds TULSA BOYS' HOME INC ↗
- Who funds Tulsa Garden Center ↗
- Who funds Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa Inc ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Sigma Chi Foundation ↗
- Who funds GREENWOOD CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
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: The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Sanford P & Irene F Burnstein Foundation Irene F Burnstein Co-Trustee · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · A R and Marylouise Tandy Foundation · The Charles & Peggy Stephenson Family Foundation · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · Zarrow Families Foundation · The Gelvin Foundation · Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation · One Gas Foundation Inc · George Kaiser Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Freese Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Freese Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc: 4% of income from government
How this is measured
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