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Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$101k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2024
18
Organizations funded FY2023
22%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 29
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$1.5M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterEducationPublic BenefitAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving23$101k30%
FY202318$100k22%
FY202222$100k27%
FY202118$88k11%
FY202019$88k37%
FY201926$100k35%
FY201829$91kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$494kHousing & Shelter$34kHuman Services$29kYouth Development$21kHealth$14kEnvironment$13kRecreation & Sports$11kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc$112,50050%
Tulsa Opera Inc$87,00071%
Oklahoma Arts Institute Inc$52,00071%
Tulsa Ballet Theatre Inc$35,00060%
Circle Cinema Foundation$30,00022%
Mid-America Arts Alliance$29,00040%
Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc$23,00040%
Youth Services of Tulsa Inc$16,00050%
Tulsa Children's Museum Inc$16,00040%
Tulsa Girls Art School Project Inc$13,00051%
Living Arts of Tulsa Inc$11,50051%
Tulsa Boys' Home Inc$11,00050%
The Gilcrease Museum Management Trust$10,00010%
Domestic Violence Intervention Services$8,00040%
A New Leaf Inc$7,50050%
Meals on Wheels of Norman Inc$7,50030%
Life Senior Services Inc$7,00040%
Gatesway Foundation Inc$6,50020%
Family & Childrens Services Inc$6,00020%
Tulsa Area United Way$4,50030%
Theatre Tulsa Inc$4,50020%
Tulsa Youth Symphony$4,00021%
Tulsa Air & Space Museum Inc$4,00040%
Planned Parenthood Great Plains$3,00020%
The Foundation for Tulsa Schools$3,00010%
Choregus Productions Inc$2,5002n/a
Friends of American Song Archives Inc$2,00010%
Tulsa Day Center Inc$2,00020%
Tulsa Pop Kids Inc$2,0001n/a
Soldier's Wish$2,00020%
Sapulpa Furry Friends Inc$1,40022%
Oklahoma Writers Federation Inc$1,00012%
Youth At Heart Inc$1,00010%
Light of Hope Inc$1,00011%
Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa Inc$1,00010%
Amplify Inc$1,00010%
Street School Inc$1,00010%
Palmer Continuum of Care Inc$50010%
Tulsa Chautauqua Inc$5001n/a
Greenwood Cultural Center Inc$5001n/a
Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa Inc$50010%
World Book Bank Inc$5001n/a
Westby Area Historical Society Inc$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($135k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Philbrook Museum of Art Inc: $112,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTulsa Opera Inc: $87,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetOklahoma Arts Institute Inc: $52,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTulsa Ballet Theatre Inc: $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCircle Cinema Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetMid-America Arts Alliance: $29,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc: $23,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetYouth Services of Tulsa Inc: $16,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTulsa Children's Museum Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTulsa Girls Art School Project Inc: $13,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetLiving Arts of Tulsa Inc: $11,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTulsa Boys' Home Inc: $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Gilcrease Museum Management Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDomestic Violence Intervention Services: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetA New Leaf Inc: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Norman Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLife Senior Services Inc: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGatesway Foundation Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFamily & Childrens Services Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTulsa Area United Way: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTheatre Tulsa Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTulsa Youth Symphony: $4,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTulsa Air & Space Museum Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Great Plains: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for Tulsa Schools: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of American Song Archives Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTulsa Day Center Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSoldier's Wish: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSapulpa Furry Friends Inc: $1,400 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetOklahoma Writers Federation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetYouth At Heart Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLight of Hope Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmplify Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStreet School Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPalmer Continuum of Care Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArts & Humanities Council of Tulsa Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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 Anne and Henry Zarrow FoundationOK62.4× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · The Gelvin Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation · Sanford P & Irene F Burnstein Foundation Irene F Burnstein Co-Trustee · Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · Oneok Foundation Inc · George Kaiser Family Foundation · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma

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.

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About Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation

How much does Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation give?
Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $100,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (74%), Housing & Shelter (5%), Human Services (4%).
Who are Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc ($113k), Tulsa Opera Inc ($87k), Oklahoma Arts Institute Inc ($52k).
Does Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, The Gelvin Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation.
Where is Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation based?
Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation is based in OK.

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 64 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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