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Oklahoma Business Roundtable Inc at a glance

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Oklahoma Business Roundtable Inc

Serve as the state's primary economic development support organization providing vital funding to assist business start up, retention, expansion and recruitment.

$108k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$59k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Community Improvement$942kScience & Tech$30k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $49k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $59k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Select Oklahoma an Economic Development Partnership Inc$58,510
I2E$25,000
The State Chamber Research Foundation$13,500
Oklahoma Governors International Team Inc$10,000
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 (FY19–20, $35k) 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.

area typical 11%STITCHCREW INC: $25k → 16%STITCHCREW INC: $10k → 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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$692k · 8 repeat orgs$280k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
11

Total granted

$692k
$266k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+12%

Still filing today

75%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Community ImprovementEducationScience & TechHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • SO
    SELECT OKLAHOMA AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $141k · revenue +9%
  • SI
    STITCHCREW INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $35k · revenue +261%
  • OA
    OKLAHOMA ALLIANCE FOR MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $20k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • GE
    GOVERNOR'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MARKETING TEAM
    one grant, 2019 · $55k
  • TR
    TULSA REGIONAL CHAMBER (FKA METROPOLITAN TULSA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE)
    one grant, 2022 · $43k · revenue +16%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
    one grant, 2019 · $40k
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
The Verge Entrepreneurship Hub Foundation
Community Improvement
2
Okmulgee Area Development Corp

Economic development in okmulgee county

Community Improvement
3
Broken Arrow Economic Development Corporation

To create and/or operate citywide and multi-county economic development programs and activities that result in the creation and retention of jobs and capital within the City of Broken Arrow and surrounding area

Community Improvement
4
Tullahoma Area Chamber of Commerce

To promote industry and commerce in the tullahoma area.

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5
Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation
Arts & Culture
6
Ok Rhythmic Empire Inc
Youth Development
7
Oklahoma City Economic Development Foundation Inc

To create new jobs and payroll in the oklahoma city region.

Community Improvement
8
Raise the Wage Oklahoma Inc

Education and outreach to increase voter support of State Question 832 to raise the minimum wage.

—
9
Oklahoma Achieves Inc

To engage business leaders in the development of education policies that will match our K-12 education system to the needs of tomorrow's workforce.

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10
Stillwater Chamber of Commerce

The Stillwater Chamber is the leader in representing business and the driving force behind the economic development of Stillwater. The Chamber builds business through educational programs and establishes connections while representing…

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11
Greater Enid Chamber of Commerce

Advancing business,economic,industrial, professional, cultural and civic welfare of the greater enid area.

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12
Diversity Center of Oklahoma Inc
Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The State Chamber Research Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Potts Family Foundation 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

15 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. 15 of the 20 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
7/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GLOBAL OKLAHOMA CONNECT INC: $56,869 · OtherGLOBAL OKLAHOMA CONNECT INCGOVERNOR'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MARKETING TEAM: $55,000 · OtherGOVERNOR'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MAR…TULSA REGIONAL CHAMBER (FKA METROPOLITAN TULSA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE): $43,137 · OtherTULSA REGIONAL CHAMBER (FKA METROPO…UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA: $40,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMASELECT OKLAHOMA: $25,000 · OtherSELECT OKLAHOMAOKLA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $20,000 · OtherOKLA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCILPOTTS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · OtherThe State Chamber Research Foundation: $13,500 · OtherOklahoma State Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc: $13,000 · Other+2 more: $20,000 · Other+2 moreI2E INC: $227,500 · Community ImprovementI2E INCNORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA REGIONAL ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 · Community ImprovementNORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA REGIONAL …OKLAHOMA ALLIANCE FOR MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE INC: $19,500 · Community ImprovementOKLAHOMA ALLIANCE FOR MANUFACTU…SELECT OKLAHOMA AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP INC: $140,788 · Recreation & SportsSELECT OKLAHOMA …CREATIVE OKLAHOMA INC: $120,000 · EducationCREATIVE OKLAHO…Tulsa Community College Foundation: $10,000 · EducationTulsa Community…For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST): $72,500 · Science & TechSTITCHCREW INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $25,000 · International
Other$301,506Community Improvement$267,000Recreation & Sports$140,788Education$130,000Science & Tech$72,500Human Services$35,000International$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetI2E INC: $227,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetSELECT OKLAHOMA AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP INC: $140,788 over 3y, 10% of budgetCREATIVE OKLAHOMA INC: $120,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST): $72,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTULSA REGIONAL CHAMBER (FKA METROPOLITAN TULSA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE): $43,137 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTITCHCREW INC: $35,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA REGIONAL ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetOKLAHOMA ALLIANCE FOR MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE INC: $19,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPOTTS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetOklahoma State Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc: $13,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTulsa Community College Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCLEVELAND COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COALITION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBroken Arrow Chamber of Commerce: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Lobeck Taylor Family …
Lobeck Taylor Family FoundationOK13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lobeck Taylor Family 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 Oklahoma Business Roundtable Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Oklahoma Business Roundtable Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 46%
  • Oklahoma Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence Inc: 46% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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 20 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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