Oklahoma · Private foundation
Patterson Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $117k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $38,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Patterson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 23 | $117k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $111k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $118k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $123k | 39% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $107k | 52% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $101k | 39% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $113k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $109k | 52% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | $172,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Wewoka Public Schools | $60,460 | 9 | n/a |
| Seminole State College Educational Foundation Inc | $24,354 | 6 | 1% |
| Seminole Nation Historical Society | $20,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Malchus Skateboard Ministries Association | $18,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Wewoka Sorghum Festival Inc | $13,740 | 5 | n/a |
| Holdenville Society of Painters and Sculptors Inc | $5,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Wewoka Chamber of Business and Industry Inc | $2,278 | 7 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Street School Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | $172,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Wewoka Public Schools | $60,460 | 9 | n/a |
| Seminole State College Educational Foundation Inc | $24,354 | 6 | 1% |
| Seminole Nation Historical Society | $20,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Malchus Skateboard Ministries Association | $18,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Wewoka Sorghum Festival Inc | $13,740 | 5 | n/a |
| Holdenville Society of Painters and Sculptors Inc | $5,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Wewoka Chamber of Business and Industry Inc | $2,278 | 7 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Street School Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Touchdown Club of Oklahoma | $1,100 | 4 | 0% |
| JC Watts Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Stephens College | $500 | 4 | 0% |
| Urban Search and Rescue Foundation | $400 | 2 | n/a |
| Youth and Family Services Inc | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| Saint Ann Retirement Center | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Oklahoma Christian University | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Oklahoma City Museum of Art Inc Fka Oklahoma City Art Museum | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Lincoln County Historical Society | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Holdenville Animal Lovers Organization Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Central Oklahoma Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Haven of the Ozarks Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 79 recipients with no EIN on record ($686k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Patterson Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Jearl Smart Foundation Inc · Inasmuch Foundation · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Patterson Family Foundation
- How much does Patterson Family Foundation give?
- Patterson Family Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $116,985 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Patterson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (30%), Education (30%), Animals (12%).
- Who are Patterson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc ($172k), Wewoka Public Schools ($60k), Seminole State College Educational Foundation Inc ($24k).
- Does Patterson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Patterson Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Patterson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jearl Smart Foundation Inc, Inasmuch Foundation, Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Patterson Family Foundation based?
- Patterson Family Foundation is based in OK.
Play a game based on Patterson Family’s filings →