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Ressa Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$30k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$24k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$85kReligion$64kHealth$52kArts & Culture$39kHuman Services$25kInternational$22kFood & Nutrition$21kYouth Development$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $24k
$300
Median grant
1
States reached
$9.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD OKLMULGEE$24,000
MAINSPRINGS$5,108
TULSA GLOBAL ALLIANCE$300
OKMULGEE COUNTY HISTORIC SOCIETY$150
LANDMARK FOR ALL GENERATIONS$120
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 (FY19–22, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $2k → 10%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $2k → 17%OKMULGEE COUNTY HOMELESS SHELTER: $5k → 19%RED CROSS: $2k → 14%TULSA BOYS HOME: $416 → 15%EMERGENCY INFANT SERVICES: $2k → 15%RISING VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%DVIS: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
IN
CA
CO
NE
KY
VA
KS
DC
OK
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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$185k · 16 repeat orgs$254k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
63

Total granted

$185k
$230k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+22%

Still filing today

44%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 ServicesEducationArts & CultureInternationalYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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

  • PT
    PATHS TO INDEPENDENCE INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $45k · revenue +135%
  • TG
    TULSA GLOBAL ALLIANCE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $15k · revenue +6%
  • Global Gardens Incorporated
    2× · 2021–2022 · $9k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue +79%
  • BF
    BAKER FAMILY EDUCATION
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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 Casa Inc

Tulsa casa is organized to speak for the best interests of abused and neglected children in court. we promote and support volunteer representation for the children in an effort to provide each child a safe, permanent, nurturing home.

Civil Rights
2
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
3
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

Goodwill empowers people to reach their full potential through work opportunities, training, and support services.

Employment
4
Tulsa Area United Way

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

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5
Tulsa Regional Chamber (Fka Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce)

The tulsa regional chamber transforms the tulsa region by attracting and retaining employers, talent and tourism for long-term prosperity.

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6
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Inc

To promote the flourishing of the people of oklahoma by advancing principles and policies that support free enterprise, limited government, personal responsibility, and individual initiative.

Public Safety & Disaster
7
Oklahoma Indian Legal Services Inc

Oklahoma indian legal services is dedicated to representation where federal indian, tribal and treaty law arise. oils is a nonprofit corporation primarily funded by the legal services corporation (lsc). establisehd in 1981, its purpose is…

Crime & Legal
8
Tulsa Spca

The Tulsa SPCA's mission is to improve the lives of dogs and cats, and their human companions.

Animals
9
Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation
Arts & Culture
10
Life International

To partner with leaders globally to boldly proclaim the biblical truth of the father's heart for life, champion the gospel of jesus christ, and establish life-giving ministries.

Health
11
Tulsa Zoo Management Inc

Connecting, caring, advocating for wildlife, people, and wild places.

Animals
12
Downtown Oklahoma City Inc

The organization's mission is to create and champion a vibrant and diverse downtown through placemaking, advocacy, and promotion.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is A New Leaf Inc; the most unlike its peers is Internet Archive. 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

37 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. 37 of the 81 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
25/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEN-SEVEN RETREAT INC: $25,000 · OtherTEN-SEVEN RETREAT INCBAKER FAMILY EDUCATION: $25,000 · OtherBAKER FAMILY EDUCATIONFIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD OKLMULGEE: $24,000 · OtherFIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD OKLMULGEEFOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE: $10,113 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $10,000 · Other4H: $10,000 · OtherSUTTON AVIAN RESEARCH CENTER: $8,699 · Other+51 more: $136,504 · Other+51 morePATHS TO INDEPENDENCE INC: $45,000 · EducationPATHS TO INDEPENDENCE IN…UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO F…+4 more: $8,517 · Education+4 moreDancing Rabbit Music Association: $26,500 · Arts & CultureDancing R…TULSA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTULSA CHI…LANDMARK FOR ALL GENERATIONS INC: $4,320 · Arts & CultureLANDMARK …TULSA GLOBAL ALLIANCE: $14,523 · InternationalTIM CASE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC: $5,120 · InternationalOPERATION CALIFORNIA INC: $2,064 · InternationalOKMULGEE COUNTY HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2,100 · Human ServicesEmergency Infant Services Inc: $2,077 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 · Human ServicesInternet Archive: $1,500 · Human ServicesRISING VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $1,031 · Human Services+1 more: $416 · Human ServicesGlobal Gardens Incorporated: $9,110 · Youth DevelopmentWILLS HOUSE LLC: $5,250 · Youth DevelopmentLEADERSHIP TULSA INC: $7,100 · Public Benefit
Other$249,316Education$93,517Arts & Culture$35,820International$21,707Human Services$17,124Youth Development$14,360Public Benefit$7,100

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 budgetPATHS TO INDEPENDENCE INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDancing Rabbit Music Association: $26,500 over 2y, 13% of budgetTULSA GLOBAL ALLIANCE: $14,523 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetGlobal Gardens Incorporated: $9,110 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLEADERSHIP TULSA INC: $7,100 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF OKLA: $7,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetWILLS HOUSE LLC: $5,250 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetTIM CASE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC: $5,120 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDanceSafe Inc: $5,113 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOKLAHOMA CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTULSA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOKMULGEE COUNTY HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLANDMARK FOR ALL GENERATIONS INC: $4,320 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetA NEW LEAF INC: $4,172 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTULSA POP KIDS INC: $3,061 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEGAL AID SERVICES OF OKLAHOMA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmergency Infant Services Inc: $2,077 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION CALIFORNIA INC: $2,064 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTULSA DAY CENTER INC: $2,060 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSand Springs Community Services Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTulsa Garden Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHEARTS IN MOTION: $1,545 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternet Archive: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,456 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKansas Livestock Association: $1,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUP WITH TREES INC: $1,039 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRISING VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $1,031 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DISASTER RESILIENCE NETWORK: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTULSA BOYS' HOME INC: $416 over 1y, 0.0% 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 PATHS TO INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Dancing Rabbit Music Association ↗
  • Who funds TULSA GLOBAL ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Global Gardens Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds LEADERSHIP TULSA INC ↗
  • Who funds ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF OKLA ↗
  • Who funds WILLS HOUSE LLC ↗
  • Who funds TIM CASE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds DanceSafe Inc ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TULSA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds OKMULGEE COUNTY HOMELESS SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LANDMARK FOR ALL GENERATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds A NEW LEAF INC ↗
  • Who funds TULSA POP KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID SERVICES OF OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES ↗

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.

Tulsa Community Found…The Gelvin FoundationFlint Family Foundati…The Anne and Henry Za…Tulsa Area United WayThe Hardesty Family F…Charles and Lynn Schu…George Kaiser Family …Arvest FoundationLobeck Taylor Family …Oneok Foundation IncOne Gas Foundation Inc
Tulsa Community FoundationOK30.2× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tulsa Community Foundation · The Gelvin Foundation · Flint Family Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Tulsa Area United Way · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation · George Kaiser Family Foundation · Arvest Foundation · Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation · Oneok Foundation Inc · One Gas Foundation Inc

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 Ressa Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ressa Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Up With Trees Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Domestic Violence Intervention Services: 15% of income from government
  • Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Tulsa Day Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Global Gardens Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Ressa Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ressa 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 81 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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