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Friedman-Townsend Foundation at a glance

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Friedman-Townsend 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.

$18k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$19kReligion$9kHuman Services$5kInternational$3kEducation$2kPhilanthropy$2kEmployment$1kAnimals$230Other$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$64k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HERITAGE HALL$10,000
Individual grant recipient$4,112
TEMPLE BNAI ISRAEL$1,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF OKC$1,000
NREF$1,000
LOWE'S FOUNDATION$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $22 → 20%CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $15 → 20%FORCE 50 FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $15 → 20%HEARTS FOR HEARING: $75 → 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

IL
NY
SD
PA
NE
MD
NC
SC
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$37k · 13 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
16

Total granted

$37k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+79%

Still filing today

46%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationAnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • HH
    HERITAGE HALL SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2019–2024 · $18k · revenue +62%
  • AH
    ASHLEY HALL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $845 · revenue +42%
  • OC
    OKLAHOMA CITY MUSEUM OF ART INC FKA OKLAHOMA CITY ART MUSEUM
    2× · 2019–2022 · $225 · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • F5
    Force 50 Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -82%
  • JN
    JEWISH NATIONAL FUND-USA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
5
American Museum of Natural History

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."

Arts & Culture
6
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
7
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

Stanford university is one of a select group of american universities that have achieved eminence in both undergraduate and graduate education and research - cont'd sch o.

Education
8
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
9
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
10
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
11
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
12
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Oklahoma Israel Exchange 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

22 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. 22 of the 35 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
20/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HERITAGE HALL SCHOOL INC: $18,333 · EducationHERITAGE HALL SCHOOL INCOklahoma Israel Exchange Inc: $1,080 · EducationLowes Foundation: $1,000 · EducationASHLEY HALL FOUNDATION: $845 · Education+2 more: $750 · EducationTEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL: $7,080 · OtherTEMPLE B'NAI ISRAELIndividual grant recipient: $6,309 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFARA: $1,959 · OtherFARACHABAD COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,871 · OtherCHABAD COMMUNITY CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $1,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJEWISH FEDERATION OF OKC: $1,000 · OtherNREF: $1,000 · Other+7 more: $448 · OtherForce 50 Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesForce 50 Fo…+2 more: $127 · Human ServicesJEWISH NATIONAL FUND-USA INC: $2,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100 · International+1 more: $25 · InternationalCanterbury Voices Inc: $1,056 · Arts & CultureOKLAHOMA CITY MUSEUM OF ART INC FKA OKLAHOMA CITY ART MUSEUM: $225 · Arts & CultureFREE TO LIVE INC: $100 · AnimalsWILDCARE FOUNDATION: $50 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $40 · AnimalsNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $80 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $30 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $25 · EnvironmentPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS: $30 · Health
Education$22,008Other$21,167Human Services$5,127International$2,125Arts & Culture$1,281Animals$190Environment$135Health$30

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHERITAGE HALL SCHOOL INC: $18,333 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetForce 50 Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetOklahoma Israel Exchange Inc: $1,080 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCanterbury Voices Inc: $1,056 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLowes Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASHLEY HALL FOUNDATION: $845 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY MUSEUM OF ART INC FKA OKLAHOMA CITY ART MUSEUM: $225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFREE TO LIVE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $80 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHearts for Hearing Foundation: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $52 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWILDCARE FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $40 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $20 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.

Oklahoma City Communi…Fred Jones Family Fou…American Fidelity Fou…Rainbolt Family Found…El and Thelma Gaylord…Kirkpatrick Foundatio…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Oklahoma City Community Foundation IncOK19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Fred Jones Family Foundation · American Fidelity Foundation · Rainbolt Family Foundation · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Kirkpatrick Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Friedman-Townsend Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Friedman-Townsend Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Canterbury Voices Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 35 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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