· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k19 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $86k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OU FOUNDATION | $38,500 |
| K-9 ETC FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| WEWOKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS | $12,700 |
| ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $10,000 |
| FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WEWOKA | $5,000 |
| ST MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $5,000 |
| FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF WEWOKA | $5,000 |
| SEMINOLE NATION HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $3,300 |
| WEWOKA SORGHUM FESTIVAL | $3,000 |
| SSC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | $2,250 |
| MALCHUS SKATEBOARD MINISTRIES ASSOCIATION | $2,000 |
| CAMP MISHAWAKA FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| EASTERN OK JUMP ROPE TEAM | $1,000 |
| LIFE SHARE OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| TULSA STREET SCHOOL | $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 (FY17–19, $300) land where the poverty rate runs at 25%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 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 +96% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.
43 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 24 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, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SSSeminole State College Educational Foundation Inc6× · 2018–2023 · $24k · revenue +99%
- SNSEMINOLE NATION HISTORICAL SOCIETY9× · 2017–2025 · $20k · revenue +96%
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC3× · 2018–2024 · $2k · revenue +125%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA SOONER CLUBone grant, 2021 · $33k
- SCSOONER CLUB - INSPIRING CHAMPIONS FUNDone grant, 2022 · $20k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $15k
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.
True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.
The purpose of the USAO Foundation is to support the mission of the University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma.
To help southwestern oklahoma state university raise the resources needed for the university to advance beyond what is possible with state funds and to assist students with tuition and fees in the form of scholarships for attendance at…
Provide scholarships to WOSC students and financial support to WOSC
The Foundation's primary purpose is to provide resources and to seek external support for scholarships, faculty development, equipment, and campus projects, which support Eastern Oklahoma State College, a community college in Southeast…
Ouachita baptist university is a christ-centered learning community. embracing the liberal arts tradition, the university prepares individuals for ongoing intellectual and spiritual growth, lives of meaningful work, and reasoned engagement…
Support Rogers State University's programs, services and students
Its purpose is to offer a holistic educational program that will motivate the student to value and achieve academi excellence within the context of commitment to moral and spiritual values.
The oklahoma hall of fame preserves oklahomas unique history while promoting pride in our great state through each of its programs and the gaylord-pickens museum. the association honors our states rich tradition by telling oklahomas story…
To prepare students for college through a rigorous arts infused program.
The College is an institution of higher education and provides instruction and various support services in achieving its purpose.
As a christian university of the wesleyan church, oklahoma wesleyan university models a way of thought, a way of life, and a way of faith. it is a place of serious study, honest questions, and critical engagement, all in the context of a…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 101 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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Patterson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Patterson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Youth and Family Services Inc: 23% of income from government
- Oklahoma Christian University: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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