· Private foundation
Joe and Jennifer Potts 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $9k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HOLLAND HALL | $250,000 |
| HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF TULSA | $5,000 |
| GLOBAL GARDENS TULSA | $1,500 |
| CALM CENTER | $1,000 |
| STREET SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $500 |
| BREAKTHROUGH T1D | $250 |
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 (FY19–25, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC4× · 2018–2024 · $88k · revenue +109%
TULSA OPERA INC2× · 2022–2023 · $5k · revenue +249%
STREET SCHOOL INC3× · 2022–2025 · $3k · revenue +20%
Funded once
- MCMARQUETE CATHOLIC SCHOOLone grant, 2020 · $10k
- UWUP WITH TREES INCone grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +25%
- MCMARQUETTE CATHOLIC SCHOOLone grant, 2018 · $3k
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 area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.
Connecting, caring, advocating for wildlife, people, and wild places.
The mission of the Oklahoma Hospital Association is to promote the welfare of the public by representing its members and advocating on their behalf, providing services to assist its members in meeting the health care needs of their…
The oklahoma hall of fame preserves oklahomas unique history while promoting pride in our great state through each of its programs and the gaylord-pickens museum. the association honors our states rich tradition by telling oklahomas story…
The tulsa regional chamber transforms the tulsa region by attracting and retaining employers, talent and tourism for long-term prosperity.
The mission of the osteopathic founders foundation is to support osteopathic medical education, to enhance the public's understanding of osteopathic medicine, and to improve the health of the community through projects consistent with the…
The mission of the Foundation for a Healthy Oklahoma is exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes. The activities of the Corporation may include: (A) Promoting the good health and welfare (continued on Schedule O)
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.
To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…
Osma's vision is to be the leading voice in health care for oklahoma's patients, families and physicians. osma's mission is better health for oklahoma.
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…
Provides housing to elderly persons under section 202 of the national housing act under agreement with the department of hud.
How this is measured
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 25 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 PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds PHILOS HOSPITALITY INC ↗
- Who funds TULSA OPERA INC ↗
- Who funds UP WITH TREES INC ↗
- Who funds STREET SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES ↗
- Who funds Pokes With A Purpose Inc ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds St John Health System Inc ↗
- Who funds Neighborhood Funders Group ↗
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 Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · The Gelvin Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Ruth Nelson Family Foundation · Zink Family Foundation · The Oxley Foundation · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · One Gas Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Joe and Jennifer Potts Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joe and Jennifer Potts Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Up With Trees Inc: 100% of income from government
- Domestic Violence Intervention Services: 15% of income from government
- The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc: 4% of income from government
How this is measured
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