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J & S Boyce Family Foundation at a glance

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J & S Boyce 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.

$55k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$20k
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$88kHuman Services$65kFood & Nutrition$19kCrime & Legal$15kHealth$8kYouth Development$8kCommunity Improvement$7kArts & Culture$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$969k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAZORBACK FOUNDATION$20,000
LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE$10,000
SPRINGDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION$2,500
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS$2,000
CASA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES CASA OF NORTHWEST$2,000
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOOD BANK$2,000
CHILDRENS SAFETY CENTER$2,000
REYNOLDS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$2,000
FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA$2,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR$2,000
COMPASSION MINISTRIES$2,000
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL$2,000
CLEVELAND FOOD BANK$2,000
TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$1,500
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF OKLAHOMA$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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $3k → 15%CLEVELAND FOOD BANK: $2k → 17%FAYETTEVILLE YOUTH CENTER INC: $2k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR: $4k → 14%ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $2k → 17%TIFTAREA HOUSE OF HOPE: $3k → 17%TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $3k → 15%CLEVELAND FOOD BANK: $2k → 17%DONALD W REYNOLDS BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $2k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR: $2k → 14%ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $2k → 17%TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $2k → 15%CLEVELAND FOOD BANK: $2k → 17%DONALD W REYNOLDS BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $2k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR: $2k → 14%ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $2k → 17%FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA: $2k → 15%REYNOLDS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $2k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR: $2k → 14%ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $2k → 17%FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA: $2k → 15%SPRINGDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA: $1k → 15%CHILDRENS SAFETY CENTER: $2k → 14%FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA: $1k → 15%CHILDRENS SAFETY CENTER: $2k → 14%LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE: $10k → 15%CHILDRENS SAFETY CENTER: $2k → 14%LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE: $10k → 15%NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOOD BANK: $2k → 14%LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE: $10k → 15%NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOOD BANK: $2k → 14%LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE: $7k → 15%CHILDRENS SAFETY CENTER: $1k → 14%LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE: $5k → 15%NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOOD BANK: $1k → 14%MEALS ON WHEELS: $2k → 15%CASA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES CASA OF NORTHWEST: $2k → 14%CASA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES CASA OF NORTHWEST: $2k → 14%CASA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 14%CASA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 14%RAZORBACK FOUNDATION: $38k → 14%RAZORBACK FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%RAZORBACK FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%RAZORBACK FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%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.
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$205k · 15 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
3

Total granted

$205k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+16%

Still filing today

53%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationFood & NutritionHealthCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • RF
    RAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $88k · revenue +91%
  • LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $42k · revenue +46%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $8k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • TH
    TIFTAREA HOUSE OF HOPE
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • FY
    FAYETTEVILLE YOUTH CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue +1%
  • Meals on Wheels of Norman Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +16%
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
Arkansas Family Alliance F/K/a Whitsonlife Inc

Ministry for child welfare and families in crisis.

Religion
2
The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas

The food bank of northeast arkansas provides hunger relief to people in need in twelve counties in northeast arkansas by raising awareness, securing resources, and distributing food through a network of non-profit agencies and programs.

Human Services
3
Northwest Arkansas Children's Shelter in Dba Everhope Arkansas Inc

To provide a safe have, high quality care, and hope for the future to chidren who have been abandoned, abused, or neglected.

Human Services
4
Oklahoma Lawyers for Children Inc

To provide legal service and education advocacy for children

Crime & Legal
5
Northeast Arkansas Children's Advocacy Center Inc

The northeast arkansas children's advocacy center provides a child appropriate, safe setting for children to tell their story of abuse.

Crime & Legal
6
Northwest Arkansas Family Child Care Association Inc

To promote quality child care in family day care homes, provide planned programs, workshops, and other activities to increase the knowledge, abilities and self-respect of care givers.

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7
Casa of North Arkansas

The organization and its volunteers serve as advocates for abused and neglected children.

Civil Rights
8
Northwest Arkansas Women's Shelter

The northwest arkansas women's shelter is committed to serving victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and empowering them to build lives free of violence.

Human Services
9
Fcc Child Development Center Inc Dba Growing Kidz

The fcc child development center (cdc) opened its doors september 8, 1987 with the primary purpose of providing quality childcare to those families living and working in the downtown tulsa area and surrounding areas. the cdc provides full…

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10
Food Bank of North Central Arkansas

Food bank that distributes food supplies to families in need in nine counties.

Food & Nutrition
11
Tulsa Advocates for the Protection of Children

To improve the lives of children and youth in oklahoma's child welfare system by providing resources and building community.

Crime & Legal
12
Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance Inc

The alliance is a collaborative organization that works on behalf of arkansans facing hunger.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Inc; the most unlike its peers is Children's Safety Center. 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

11 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. 11 of the 21 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $42,000 · OtherLITTLE LIGHT HOUSE INCWOUNDED WARRIOR: $9,000 · OtherWOUNDED WARRIORTULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TRUST: $6,500 · OtherTULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TRUSTCLEVELAND FOOD BANK: $6,000 · OtherCLEVELAND FOOD BANKRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $6,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIESNORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOOD BANK: $5,000 · OtherCASA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES CASA OF NORTHWEST: $4,000 · OtherDONALD W REYNOLDS BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $4,000 · OtherCASA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN: $3,500 · Other+4 more: $9,500 · Other+4 moreRAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC: $88,000 · EducationRAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $2,500 · EducationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $6,000 · Food & NutritionMeals on Wheels of Norman Inc: $1,500 · Food & NutritionCOMPASSION MINISTRIES LTD: $7,000 · Community ImprovementCHILDREN'S SAFETY CENTER: $7,000 · Crime & LegalFAYETTEVILLE YOUTH CENTER INC: $2,000 · Youth Development
Other$95,500Education$90,500Health$8,000Food & Nutrition$7,500Community Improvement$7,000Crime & Legal$7,000Youth Development$2,000

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 budgetRAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC: $88,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $42,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION MINISTRIES LTD: $7,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S SAFETY CENTER: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TRUST: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFAYETTEVILLE YOUTH CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Norman Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 RAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPASSION MINISTRIES LTD ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S SAFETY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TRUST ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Springdale Public Schools Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FAYETTEVILLE YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Meals on Wheels of Norman 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.

Arkansas Community Fo…Wal-Mart FoundationArvest FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…Raymond James Charita…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Arkansas Community Foundation IncAR17.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Wal-Mart Foundation · Arvest Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 J & S Boyce Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from J & S Boyce Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report 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 21 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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