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John C Smith Family Foundation at a glance

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John C Smith Family 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.

$104k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Health$50kPhilanthropy$25kHousing & Shelter$20kArts & Culture$17kEducation$15kFood & Nutrition$14kHuman Services$12kRecreation & Sports$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$50,000
FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OK$14,200
VIZAVANCE$10,600
TULSA DAY CENTER$10,000
UP WITH TREES$5,300
TULSA TOUGH$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF TULSA$5,000
TULSA GIRLS ART SCHOOL$4,300
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 (FY22–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%VIZAVANCE: $11k → 16%TULSA BOYS HOME: $1k → 15%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF OKLAHOMA: $3k → 15%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF OKLAHOMA: $500 → 15%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.

26%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$52k · 4 repeat orgs$147k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
8

Total granted

$52k
$63k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+9%

Still filing today

75%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterEducationReligionHealthPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • PM
    PHILBROOK MUSEUM
    2× · 2022–2023 · $17k
  • TULSA DAY CENTER INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $15k · revenue -6%
  • TT
    Tulsa ToughInc
    2× · 2022–2024 · $10k · revenue +429%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • BB
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +9%
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
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
2
Tulsa Casa Inc

Tulsa casa is organized to speak for the best interests of abused and neglected children in court. we promote and support volunteer representation for the children in an effort to provide each child a safe, permanent, nurturing home.

Civil Rights
3
Tulsa Police Foundation Inc

Raise awareness and funds for needs of the Tulsa Police Department that will benefit officers and citizens in the city of Tulsa. A joint effort between law enforcement and the citizens of Tulsa to enhance the safety and security of each.

Crime & Legal
4
Tulsa Spca

The Tulsa SPCA's mission is to improve the lives of dogs and cats, and their human companions.

Animals
5
Tulsa Neighborhood Networks Inc

Provide the poor of the city of tulsa, oklahoma an opportunity to improve their quality of life through guidance and training in the areas of education, employment, family skills, healthcare, housing, socialization and spirituality.

Community Improvement
6
Tulsa County Medical Society Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to develop, create, and maintain programs in the tulsa area designed for health promotion, health education, and disease prevention and treatment through the professional expertise and engagement of the…

Philanthropy
7
Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation
Arts & Culture
8
Tulsa Children's Museum Inc

To inspire children, connect families, and build community through exploration, exhibits, programming, and play.

Arts & Culture
9
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

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10
Tulsa Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

—
11
Tulsa Honor Academy Inc

The operation of a public charter school in the tulsa area with the mission to equip all scholars with the academic skills, content knowledge, and ethical character required for college graduation and life success.

Education
12
Baila Tulsa

To offer everyone the opportunity to experience the joy and collective healing of Afro-Caribbean/Latin dancing in an inclusive community.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tulsa Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Stand 1ST Foundation. 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

10 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. 10 of the 18 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
5/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $50,000 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPHILBROOK MUSEUM: $16,788 · OtherPHILBROOK MUSEUMFOOD BANK OF EASTERN OK: $14,200 · OtherFOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKUP WITH TREES INC: $5,300 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $5,250 · Other+3 more: $5,700 · OtherTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTULSA COMMUN…TULSA DAY CENTER INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterVIZAVANCE INC: $10,600 · Human ServicesBig Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma Inc: $3,000 · Human ServicesTULSA BOYS' HOME INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTulsa ToughInc: $10,000 · HealthThe University of Tulsa: $10,000 · EducationTHE SAN MIGUEL SCHOOL OF TULSA: $1,000 · ReligionSTAND 1ST FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$147,238Philanthropy$25,000Housing & Shelter$15,000Human Services$14,600Health$10,000Education$10,000Religion$1,000Public Safety & Disaster$1,000

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 budgetTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTULSA DAY CENTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVIZAVANCE INC: $10,600 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTulsa ToughInc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetThe University of Tulsa: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUP WITH TREES INC: $5,300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTULSA BOYS' HOME INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN MIGUEL SCHOOL OF TULSA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTAND 1ST FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

The Hardesty Family F…The Anne and Henry Za…Tulsa Community Found…Sanford P & Irene F B…Mervin Bovaird Founda…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Hardesty Family Foundation IncOK15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Sanford P & Irene F Burnstein Foundation Irene F Burnstein Co-Trustee · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · 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 John C Smith Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John C Smith Family 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Up With Trees Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
  • Tulsa Day Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The University of Tulsa: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
1report 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.

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 18 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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