· Private foundation
Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $43k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER | $22,500 |
| WEWOKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS | $10,500 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS - TIFFANY CIRCLE | $10,000 |
| OKC MUSEUM OF ART | $8,000 |
| PAINTED SKY OPERA | $7,500 |
| POSITIVE TOMORROWS | $5,000 |
| ALLIED ARTS | $5,000 |
| OKLAHOMA CITY BALLET | $3,000 |
| OKLAHOMA CITY PHILHARMONIC | $2,500 |
| ARTS COUNCIL OKLAHOMA CITY | $2,500 |
| LIBRARY ENDOWMENT TRUST | $2,500 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OKLAHOMA | $2,400 |
| CHILDRENS HEALTH FOUNDATION | $1,850 |
| YMCA OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY | $1,500 |
| CALM WATERS | $1,500 |
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 (FY17–24, $44k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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
Which US states its grants reach
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 +43% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PSPAINTED SKY OPERA INC7× · 2017–2024 · $113k · revenue +156%
- AAALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC6× · 2017–2024 · $112k · revenue +36%
- PTPOSITIVE TOMORROWS INC6× · 2017–2024 · $73k · revenue +95%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $25k
- TLTulsa Lawyers for Children Incone grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +15%
- OLOKLAHOMA LAWYERS FOR CHILDREN INCone grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +22%
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.
To provide exceptional multidisciplinary arts experiences that develop individual talent and inspire a lifelong passion for the arts.
Oklahoma connections inc, a public charter school, uses the connections curriculum to offer oklahoma students in grades k-12 an exceptional learning experience.
To promote the flourishing of the people of oklahoma by advancing principles and policies that support free enterprise, limited government, personal responsibility, and individual initiative.
To improve the lives of children and youth in oklahoma's child welfare system by providing resources and building community.
We are the leading advocate for okcps. we strengthen our schools through community investment, strategic partnerships, and innovative programs.
To inspire children, connect families, and build community through exploration, exhibits, programming, and play.
To prepare students for college through a rigorous arts infused program.
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 support, promote, and improve the programs and services of the oklahoma arts institute.
Inspired by a culture of creativity, Oklahoma City University fosters an immersive, personalized experience that welcomes and prepares students to pursue boundless opportunities.
Okc rep produces live theater that builds community, creates conversation, and inspires us all.
How this is measured
33 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. 33 of the 68 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 PAINTED SKY OPERA INC ↗
- Who funds ALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC ↗
- Who funds POSITIVE TOMORROWS INC ↗
- Who funds OKLAHOMA CITY MUSEUM OF ART INC FKA OKLAHOMA CITY ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CALM WATERS CENTER FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES INC ↗
- Who funds LYRIC THEATRE OF OKLAHOMA INC ↗
- Who funds CITY RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds Tulsa Lawyers for Children Inc ↗
- Who funds OKLAHOMA LAWYERS FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE IS ALIVE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds OKLAHOMA CITY BEAUTIFUL INC ↗
- Who funds THE SANTA FE OPERA ↗
- Who funds ROLLINGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO ↗
- Who funds HERITAGE HALL SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds ARTS COUNCIL OF OKLAHOMA CITY ↗
- Who funds HEARTLINE INC ↗
- Who funds Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition ↗
- Who funds OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CITIZENS CARING FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds Library Endowment Trust ↗
- Who funds CREATIVE OKLAHOMA 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.
Open a dossier: American Fidelity Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Inasmuch Foundation · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Fred Jones Family Foundation · The Ann Lacy Foundation · Rainbolt Family Foundation · Sarkeys Foundation · Bowen Foundation · Harris Foundation Inc · Records Johnston Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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