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Osteopathic Founders Foundation

The mission of the Osteopathic Founders Foundation is to support osteopathic medical education, to enhance the public's understanding of osteopathic medicine, and to improve the health of the community through projects consistent with the osteopathic philosophy.

$217k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$357kHealth$350kFood & Nutrition$145kHousing & Shelter$37kInternational$6kHuman Services$5kYouth Development$5k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $47,635, the rows itemized in this filing. The $216,582 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $168,947 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Oklahoma State University Foundation$10,135
Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma$10,000
Tulsa CARES$7,500
Kendall Whittier Inc$5,000
Iron Gate$5,000
Youth Services of Tulsa Inc$5,000
Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa Inc$5,000
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 (FY17–24, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%OKLAHOMA CARING FOUNDATION: $8k → 16%Neighbors Along the Line: $5k → 14%Emergency Infant Services: $5k → 15%La Cosecha: $10k → 15%Youth Services of Tulsa Inc: $5k → 15%Youth Services of Tulsa Inc: $5k → 15%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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$519k · 7 repeat orgs$386k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
21

Total granted

$519k
$376k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+5%

Still filing today

100%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionEducationCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • OS
    Oklahoma State University Foundation
    8× · 2017–2024 · $359k · revenue +46%
  • HO
    Health Outreach Prevention Education Inc
    4× · 2017–2022 · $50k · revenue +327%
  • HR
    HIV Resource Consortium Inc dba Tulsa CARES
    3× · 2019–2024 · $43k · revenue +131%

Funded once

  • OO
    OSU ORTHOPEDIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $182k
  • TULSA DAY CENTER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue -1%
  • TULSA COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -24%
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
Tulsa Community Service Center Inc

Provide financial and supplement assistance to the tulsa area communities

Human Services
2
Tulsa Neighborhood Networks Inc

Provide the poor of the city of tulsa, oklahoma an opportunity to improve their quality of life through guidance and training in the areas of education, employment, family skills, healthcare, housing, socialization and spirituality.

Community Improvement
3
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

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4
Crossover Health Services Inc

Crossover health services (chs) envisions a christian healthcare movement where faith, strong relationships, and shared resources drive community restoration and eliminate health disparities. we believe that healthcare is a right, not a…

Health
5
Tulsa Community Loan Fund Inc

To support community efforts to provide a greater supply of affordable housing in tulsa county and the surrounding area.

Housing & Shelter
6
Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation
Arts & Culture
7
Oklahoma City Housing Services Redevelopment Corporation

To revitalize urban oklahoma city neighborhoods and create affordable housing opportunities by rehabilitating historic homes, constructing new homes, and increasing community investment through home ownership.

Housing & Shelter
8
Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Inc

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.

Food & Nutrition
9
Tulsa Advocates for the Protection of Children

To improve the lives of children and youth in oklahoma's child welfare system by providing resources and building community.

Crime & Legal
10
Saint Francis Hospital Inc

To extend the presence and healing ministry of christ in all we do.

Health
11
Indian Health Care Resource Center Inc

To empower the american indian through exceptional healthcare.

Health
12
Family Promise of Tulsa County Inc

Poverty alleviation/homelessness prevention

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Neighbors Along the Line; the most unlike its peers is Kendall Whittier Main Street 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

27 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. 27 of the 30 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Oklahoma State University Foundation: $358,845 · EducationOklahoma State University Foundation+2 more: $15,400 · EducationOSU ORTHOPEDIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FUND: $181,664 · OtherOSU ORTHOPEDIC RESEARCH AND EDUC…OSU MEDICAL CENTER: $25,000 · OtherOSU MEDICAL CENTERCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF TULSA: $10,000 · OtherHOSPICE OF GREEN COUNTRY INC: $10,000 · Other+6 more: $34,000 · Other+6 moreHealth Outreach Prevention Education Inc: $50,235 · HealthHealth Outreac…HIV Resource Consortium Inc dba Tulsa CARES: $42,500 · HealthHIV Resource C…American Heart Association Inc: $17,000 · HealthAmerican Heart…Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $7,000 · HealthMental Health …COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionMeals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa Inc: $15,000 · Food & NutritionAIM HIGH CENTER INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionHARVEST HOUSE OUTREACH INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionYOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesLA COSECHA INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesOklahoma Caring Foundation Inc: $7,500 · Human ServicesKendall-Whittier Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORS ALONG THE LINE: $5,000 · Human ServicesEmergency Infant Services Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesTULSA DAY CENTER INC: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterTransitional Living Centers of Oklahoma Inc: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterTULSA COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Philanthropy
Education$374,245Other$260,664Health$116,735Food & Nutrition$50,000Human Services$42,500Housing & Shelter$35,000Philanthropy$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$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $358,845 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHealth Outreach Prevention Education Inc: $50,235 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetHIV Resource Consortium Inc dba Tulsa CARES: $42,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTULSA DAY CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTULSA COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $17,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Northeastern State University Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOSPICE OF GREEN COUNTRY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLA COSECHA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetAMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ALBERT SCHWEITZER FELLOWSHIP: $6,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetTulsa Community College Foundation: $5,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKendall-Whittier Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetAIM HIGH CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetHARVEST HOUSE OUTREACH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSOUTH PEORIA NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNEIGHBORS ALONG THE LINE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTransitional Living Centers of Oklahoma Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetIRON GATE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSand Springs Community Services Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEmergency Infant Services Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKendall Whittier Main Street Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% 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.

The Anne and Henry Za…George Kaiser Family …Tulsa Community Found…Grace & Franklin Bern…Community Food Bank o…Hille Family Charitab…Ralph and Frances McG…The Gelvin FoundationMaxine and Jack Zarro…The Sharna and Irvin …The Hardesty Family F…Morningcrest Healthca…
The Anne and Henry Zarrow FoundationOK46.6× affinity20 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 · George Kaiser Family Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation · Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Inc · Hille Family Charitable Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · The Gelvin Foundation · Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · Morningcrest Healthcare 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 Osteopathic Founders Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Osteopathic Founders Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Tulsa Day Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Youth Services of Tulsa Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
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How do I get to Osteopathic Founders Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Osteopathic Founders Foundation 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 30 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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