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Kwco Cares Inc

Making a difference in the lives of others and bettering the communities that we serve by raising money for local charitable organizations.

$220k
Granted FY2023
11
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$42k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Education$218kHuman Services$214kFood & Nutrition$207kHealth$167kArts & Culture$9kAnimals$5kHousing & Shelter$1k
02FY2023 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $204,918, the rows itemized in this filing. The $219,918 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $15,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k3 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $181k
$12,600
Median grant
1
States reached
$53k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$42,000
PROJECT 66$37,800
EDMOND MOBILE MEALS$31,500
WINGS$21,000
HALO$14,700
NORTHCARE$12,600
FOLDS OF HONOR$10,500
PEPPERS RANCH$10,500
EDMOND FINE ARTS$8,505
OKC DREAM CENTER$8,400
FOSTERING SWEET DREAMS$7,413
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $306k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%PEPPERS RANCH: $11k → 12%DREAMCENTER INC: $9k → 16%DREAMCENTER INC: $9k → 16%OKC DREAM CENTER: $8k → 16%DREAMCENTER INC: $1k → 16%CALEB'S CAUSE: $11k → 16%FOSTERING SWEET DREAMS: $7k → 16%FOSTERING SWEET DREAMS: $5k → 16%ALL THINGS BABY: $1k → 16%ANGELS FOSTER FAMILY NETWORK: $1k → 16%UR SPECIAL MINISTRIES: $1k → 16%WINGS: $56k → 16%WINGS: $44k → 16%PROJECT 66: $38k → 16%WINGS: $32k → 16%WINGS: $21k → 16%HALO PROJECT: $34k → 16%HALO: $15k → 16%HALO PROJECT: $1k → 16%THE ANNAS HOUSE FOUNDATION: $1k → 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.
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.
$775k · 10 repeat orgs$46k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +117% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2023, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
10

Total granted

$775k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+117%
+16%

Still filing today

100%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther
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

  • EP
    EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $163k · revenue +166%
  • WS
    WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $154k · revenue +823%
  • EM
    EDMOND MOBILE MEALS INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $78k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • CC
    Calebs Cause Foundation Inc
    2× · 2019–2020 · $11k · revenue -87% · 29% of their budget
  • FO
    Friends of Guthrie Animals Inc
    2× · 2019–2020 · $5k
  • FT
    FILLING TUMMIES
    2× · 2019–2020 · $1k
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
Southeastern Oklahoma Family Services Inc

Provide mental health counseling to needy families and persons in south central Oklahoma

Recreation & Sports
2
Embrace Hope Collaboratorium Inc

Embrace Hope's primary goal is to break the cycle of homelessness and reduce the number of children in foster care due to neglect and abuse by providing shelter for and serving those currently experiencing homelessness while simultaneously…

Human Services
3
Hope Chest Okc

To provide beds bedding for families

—
4
Bridge of Hope Ministries Inc

Provide safe & loving home for children

Human Services
5
Loaves & Fishes of Nw Okla Inc

Fighting hunger and feeding hope through healthy food choices. loaves & fishes of nw oklahoma is a private 501(c)(3) hunger-relief charity and client-choice food pantry. located in enid, ok we provide food to an average of 800 families…

Food & Nutrition
6
111 Tulsa Inc

111Tulsa exists to mobilize the local church to see that no child is without a family in Tulsa County.

—
7
Family Promise of Tulsa County Inc

Poverty alleviation/homelessness prevention

Housing & Shelter
8
Hope Center of Edmond Inc

Provide basic emergency needs to people in the greater edmond area

Human Services
9
The Urban Mission Inc

The organization provides emergency social and educational services to families in central oklahoma.

—
10
Livefree Okc Inc

Dramatically reduce gun violence in impacted Oklahoma communities through intervention and effective provision of resources.

Human Services
11
Heart and Home Makeovers Inc

Thousands of families suffering from challenging circumstances need help with their homes but do not have the financial or mental ability to address the need. Everyone deserves to live in a home that promotes peace, purpose, and belonging,…

Housing & Shelter
12
Dfw Cares for Kids

Provide donated items to families

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Oklahoma Inc; the most unlike its peers is All Things Baby 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

20 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. 20 of the 22 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC: $153,500 · Human ServicesWINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INCPROJECT 66 INC: $127,800 · Human ServicesPROJECT 66 INCPEPPERS RANCH INC: $88,700 · Human ServicesPEPPERS RANCH INCHalo Project International Foundation: $49,525 · Human ServicesHalo Project International FoundationDream Center Inc: $27,275 · Human ServicesDream Center Inc+6 more: $27,838 · Human Services+6 moreEDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $163,000 · EducationEDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATI…FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $54,500 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATIONEDMOND MOBILE MEALS INC: $77,900 · OtherEDMOND MOBILE …MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA INC: $19,600 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FO…Friends of Guthrie Animals Inc: $5,375 · Other+1 more: $1,075 · OtherNorthCare General Pershing Inc: $12,600 · HealthSARAH MCLEAN FOUNDATION: $1,075 · HealthFINE ARTS INSTITUTE OF EDMOND: $8,505 · Arts & CultureKEATON'S KINDNESS FOUNDATION INC: $1,075 · PhilanthropyTURNING POINT MINISTRIES INC: $1,075 · Housing & Shelter
Human Services$474,638Education$217,500Other$103,950Health$13,675Arts & Culture$8,505Philanthropy$1,075Housing & Shelter$1,075

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $163,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetWINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC: $153,500 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetPROJECT 66 INC: $127,800 over 6y, 9.2% of budgetPEPPERS RANCH INC: $88,700 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetEDMOND MOBILE MEALS INC: $77,900 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $54,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHalo Project International Foundation: $49,525 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetDream Center Inc: $27,275 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA INC: $19,600 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFOSTERING SWEET DREAMS INC: $12,788 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetCalebs Cause Foundation Inc: $10,750 over 2y, 29% of budgetFINE ARTS INSTITUTE OF EDMOND: $8,505 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetKEATON'S KINDNESS FOUNDATION INC: $1,075 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetU R Special Ministries Inc: $1,075 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetANGELS FOSTER FAMILY NETWORK OKC INC: $1,075 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSARAH MCLEAN FOUNDATION: $1,075 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAll Things Baby Inc: $1,075 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetTURNING POINT MINISTRIES INC: $1,075 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ANNA'S HOUSE FOUNDATION: $1,075 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Oklahoma City Communi…Love Meyer Family Fou…Sarkeys FoundationCommunities Foundatio…Arvest FoundationServant FoundationThe Magnolia Charitab…El and Thelma Gaylord…American Fidelity Fou…Paula and Van Jones F…Wegener Foundation IncOklahoma Center for N…
Oklahoma City Community Foundation IncOK29.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Love Meyer Family Foundation · Sarkeys Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Arvest Foundation · Servant Foundation · The Magnolia Charitable Foundation · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · American Fidelity Foundation · Paula and Van Jones Foundation · Wegener Foundation Inc · Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits Inc

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 Kwco Cares Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kwco Cares Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    13get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Kwco Cares Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Kwco Cares Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 22 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $220k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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