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Rathburn Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Rathburn Family Charitable 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.

$240k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$540kArts & Culture$448kAnimals$225kRecreation & Sports$53kPublic Safety & Disaster$44kHuman Services$33kHealth$27kEnvironment$24kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TULSA CHILDRENS MUSEUM$149,750
ANGELS SAVING THOSE IN NEED$25,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE$20,000
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA COLORADO$7,000
ALTERNATIVE HORIZONS CORPORATION$7,000
LA PLATA YOUTH SERVICES$7,000
DURANGO MONTESSORI SCHOOL$4,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 69% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ANGELS SAVING THOSE IN NEED: $25k → 11%SRU FOUNDATION: $125k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $100k → 11%CASCIA HALL: $20k → 15%ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $17k → 14%SHRINER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 13%POWERHOUSE SCIENCE CENTER: $22k → 12%VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA COLORADO: $7k → 12%ANGELS SAVING THOSE IN NEED: $25k → 11%SRU FOUNDATION: $125k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $100k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF TULSA: $60k → 15%POWERHOUSE SCIENCE CENTER: $15k → 12%VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA COLORADO: $7k → 12%ANGELS SAVING THOSE IN NEED: $25k → 11%SRU FOUNDATION: $125k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $60k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF TULSA: $60k → 15%DURANGO TRAILS: $11k → 12%VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA COLORADO: $7k → 12%ANGELS SAVING THOSE IN NEED: $25k → 11%SRU FOUNDATION: $125k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $27k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF TULSA: $60k → 15%RIVERVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $10k → 12%VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA COLORADO: $5k → 12%ANGELS SAVING THOSE IN NEED: $25k → 11%SRU FOUNDATION: $125k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF TULSA: $30k → 15%RIVERVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $10k → 12%VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA COLORADO: $5k → 12%ANGELS SAVING THOSE IN NEED: $25k → 11%TULSA CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $150k → 15%RIVERVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $10k → 12%VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA COLORADO: $5k → 12%ANGELS SAVING THOSE IN NEED: $25k → 11%TULSA CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $150k → 15%LA PLATA YOUTH SERVICES: $7k → 12%VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA COLORADO: $5k → 12%ANGELS SAVING THOSE IN NEED: $25k → 11%TULSA CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $100k → 15%DURANGO TRAILS: $7k → 12%ANGELS SAVING THOSE IN NEED: $25k → 11%TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTERS OF OKLA: $5k → 15%POWERHOUSE SCIENCE CENTER: $5k → 12%LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE: $20k → 15%POWERHOUSE SCIENCE CENTER: $5k → 12%MOUNTAIN STUDIES INSTITUTE: $7k → 12%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 13 repeat orgs$124k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
7

Total granted

$1.9M
$77k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
-9%

Still filing today

69%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentAnimalsRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    4× · 2019–2024 · $287k · revenue +28%
  • The University of Tulsa
    4× · 2017–2023 · $210k · revenue +8%
  • TP
    THE POWERHOUSE
    5× · 2018–2022 · $48k · revenue +249%

Funded once

  • HI
    Hurricane Impact Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $35k
  • EW
    ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP
    one grant, 2023 · $17k · revenue -9%
  • MS
    MOUNTAIN STUDIES INSTITUE
    one grant, 2024 · $7k · revenue -10%
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 Scintillon Institute

To create breakthrough technologies that catalyze discoveries in a spirited home for collaborative science. With the goal to build and disseminate new capabilities, engineer unique technologies, and pioneer pathways to fresh discoveries,…

Science & Tech
2
Tucson Audubon Society

Inspire people to enjoy and protect birds through recreation, education, conservation, and restoration of the environment, upon which we all depend.

Animals
3
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
4
University of Western States

The mission of the University of Western States is to advance the science and art of integrated health care through excellence in education and patient care.

Health
5
Twirl a Play and Discovery Space Inc

Our mission is to support the growth and potential of children in Taos through inspirational,community-wide opportunities to gather learn, create and play.

Recreation & Sports
6
Fisk University

Fisk university produces graduates from diverse backgrounds with the integrity and intellect required for substantive contributions to society. our curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts. our faculty and administrators emphasize the…

Education
7
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
8
Tulsa Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

—
9
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
10
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

—
11
Animas High School

Animas High School prepares all students for college and postsecondary success by creating critical thinkers and engaged citizens through an innovative, student-centered, project-based curriculum.

Education
12
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trails 2000 Inc; the most unlike its peers is Angels Saving Those in Need 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

16 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. 16 of the 23 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
8/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SRU FOUNDATION: $625,000 · OtherSRU FOUNDATIONVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA COLORADO: $43,750 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA COLORADORIVERVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $30,000 · Other+10 more: $107,750 · Other+10 moreUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $286,509 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHThe University of Tulsa: $210,000 · EducationThe University of Tulsa+1 more: $4,590 · EducationTULSA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $399,750 · Arts & CultureTULSA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM …THE POWERHOUSE: $48,000 · Arts & CultureTHE POWERHOUSEANGELS SAVING THOSE IN NEED INC: $225,000 · AnimalsANGELS SAVIN…Hurricane Impact Inc: $35,000 · PhilanthropyENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $17,000 · EnvironmentMOUNTAIN STUDIES INSTITUE: $7,072 · EnvironmentTRAILS 2000 INC: $17,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$806,500Education$501,099Arts & Culture$447,750Animals$225,000Philanthropy$35,000Environment$24,072Recreation & Sports$17,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTULSA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $399,750 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $286,509 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANGELS SAVING THOSE IN NEED INC: $225,000 over 9y, 98% of budgetThe University of Tulsa: $210,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POWERHOUSE: $48,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetHurricane Impact Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetDURANGO PREGNANCY CENTER: $22,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetLITTLE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTRAILS 2000 INC: $17,500 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $17,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlternative Horizons Corporation: $12,750 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMOUNTAIN STUDIES INSTITUE: $7,072 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLa Plata Youth Services: $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTransitional Living Centers of Oklahoma Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hive DGO: $4,590 over 2y, 1.0% 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.

  • Who funds TULSA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds ANGELS SAVING THOSE IN NEED INC ↗
  • Who funds The University of Tulsa ↗
  • Who funds THE POWERHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Hurricane Impact Inc ↗
  • Who funds DURANGO PREGNANCY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds TRAILS 2000 INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP ↗
  • Who funds Alternative Horizons Corporation ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN STUDIES INSTITUE ↗
  • Who funds La Plata Youth Services ↗
  • Who funds Transitional Living Centers of Oklahoma Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds The Hive DGO ↗

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.

Colorado Gives Founda…Community Foundation …Team UpBallantine Family FundPaypal Charitable Giv…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO18.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado · Team Up · Ballantine Family Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Rathburn Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rathburn Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • The University of Tulsa: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report 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 23 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-PF 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home