· Private foundation
Lemon Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k15 grants · $32k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $95k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CLEATS FOR KIDS | $50,000 |
| POSITIVE TOMORROWS | $25,000 |
| WHIZ KID OF OKLAHOMA | $20,000 |
| ACTS 2 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $15,300 |
| KIDS ACROSS AMERICA | $15,000 |
| PROJECT TRANSFORMATION | $10,000 |
| OKLAHOMA CITY SCHOOL FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| INFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC | $5,000 |
| SKYLINE CHURCH INC | $5,000 |
| EDMOND SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| ST PAUL SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY | $2,500 |
| DINNER WITH LOVE FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| CROSS POINT CAMP RETREAT | $2,000 |
| TWIN CEDARS | $2,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $262k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
25 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 7 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, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
CLEATS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION6× · 2020–2025 · $180k · revenue +85%- PTPOSITIVE TOMORROWS INC6× · 2020–2025 · $150k · revenue +82%
- CCCITY CARE INC3× · 2022–2024 · $48k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -121%
- FFFIELDS & FUTURES FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +110%
- LLLUCKY LAB RESCUE INCone grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue -48%
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.
Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
We unite brothers and sisters in foster care, surround them with a community of hope, and help them grow into caring and productive adults.
The mission of the okcfjc is to provide protection, hope and healing to those impacted by domestic and family violence in the oklahoma city community. the organization provides a centrally located facility which co-locates and coordinates…
Pause4Paws promotes access to healthcare for pet owners in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, metro area impacted by homelessness, mental illness, or addiction who need inpatient treatment but have no one to care for their pets.
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.
Citizens caring for children breaks the cycle of abuse and neglect for oklahoma foster children by addressing their material, emotional, intellectual and spiritual needs...because every child deserves the chance for a better life. through…
Reduce hunger in pets by providing free pet food and pet services to low income pet owners enabling them to keep their companion animal(s) with them. this includes providing routine vaccinations, spaying/neutering, pet supplies and shelter…
To assist in the ongoing battle of pet overpopulation in Oklahoma by offering a no kill shelter environment, responsible adoption, medical aid, and community outreach. We also intend to provide sanctuary to companion animals who's people…
The mission of the regional food bank of oklahoma is to lead a network that provides nutritious food and pathways to self-sufficiency for people facing hunger. our vision is an oklahoma where no one goes hungry.
Serving the needs of the whole child, including education, safety, environment, health, and well-being.
To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most to reach their full potential as responsible, caring, and productive citizens.
To encourage the health and happiness of pediatric cancer patients by soliciting public support in order to operate the "ok kids korral". this state of the art facility provides temporary housing for families of pediatric cancer patients…
How this is measured
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 41 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 CLEATS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds POSITIVE TOMORROWS INC ↗
- Who funds KIDS ACROSS AMERICA ↗
- Who funds CITY CARE INC ↗
- Who funds INFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds HOPEHOUSE SUPPORTIVE & TRANSITIONAL LIVING INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Whiz Kids of Oklahoma Inc ↗
- Who funds FIELDS & FUTURES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds IMPACT OKLAHOMA INC ↗
- Who funds DINNER WITH LOVE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds SOONER GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds FREE TO LIVE INC ↗
- Who funds TULSA BOYS' HOME INC ↗
- Who funds UPWARD TRANSITIONS INC ↗
- Who funds TWIN CEDARS INC ↗
- Who funds LUCKY LAB RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Calvary Baptist Ministries 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: Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Wegener Foundation Inc · American Fidelity Foundation · Inasmuch Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Fred Jones Family Foundation · Bowen Foundation · The Merrick Foundation · Servant Foundation · Hudiburg Family Foundation Inc Attn David Hudiburg · Wilshire Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lemon Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lemon Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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