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Rgf Family Fund at a glance

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Rgf Family Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$37k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Public Benefit$38kHealth$33kArts & Culture$22kEducation$20kEnvironment$17kHuman Services$15kScience & Tech$13kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND$3,900
SURGICAL EYE EXPEDITIONS INTERNATIONAL$2,600
THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$2,600
YAMPA VALLEY SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL$2,600
THE RETREAT$2,600
THE DELORES PROJECT$2,600
THE ABRAHAM FOUNDATION$2,600
THE CENTER FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL CHALLENGES$2,000
FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES$2,000
TULSA BALLET$2,000
KCRW$2,000
THE ARTS ALLIANCE OF TULSA$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL$1,500
LAIST (SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO)$1,500
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, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE RETREAT: $3k → 7%MIDNIGHT MISSION: $1k → 14%FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES: $3k → 15%FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES: $3k → 15%FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES: $2k → 15%FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES: $2k → 15%FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES: $2k → 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
IA
CA
CO
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$125k · 22 repeat orgs$85k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +73% since the first grant, against +55% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
29

Total granted

$125k
$73k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+73%
+55%

Still filing today

82%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesInternationalCrime & LegalOther
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

  • FC
    Family & Childrens Services Inc
    5× · 2017–2024 · $11k · revenue +221%
  • THE CENTER FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL CHALLENGES
    6× · 2017–2024 · $10k · revenue +110%
  • TB
    TULSA BALLET THEATRE INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $10k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • CO
    City of Tulsa
    one grant, 2020 · $38k
  • MA
    MUSEUM ASSOCIATESgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +89%
  • TC
    THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +48%
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
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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4
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
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
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

Founded in 1889, the national association of regulatory utility commisioners (naruc) is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing the state public service commisions who regulate the utilities that provide essential services such…

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7
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
8
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
9
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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12
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Aspen Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma Foundation 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

48 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. 48 of the 58 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/48
Grantees still filing
39/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

City of Tulsa: $38,000 · OtherCity of TulsaGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $5,800 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCKCRW: $4,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,807 · OtherTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6,448 · OtherTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONMINDS MATTER OF NYC INC: $5,200 · OtherTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $3,750 · Other+21 more: $35,600 · Other+21 morePLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND INC: $15,900 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOO…THE CENTER FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL CHALLENGES: $10,200 · HealthTHE CENTER FOR IN…RED DOOR COMMUNITY INC: $5,200 · HealthRED DOOR COMMUNIT…+2 more: $1,200 · HealthTULSA BALLET THEATRE INC: $9,918 · Arts & CultureTULSA BALLET…ARTS ALLIANCE TULSA INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureARTS ALLIANC…MUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $2,500 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOC…PRO PUBLICA INC: $2,200 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLICA …SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $1,500 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN CAL…MUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureMUSICARES FO…COMMUNITY RADIO FOR NORTHERN COLORADO: $1,000 · Arts & CultureARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCHAMBER MUSIC TULSA: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureYAMPA VALLEY SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL: $4,800 · EnvironmentYAMPA VAL…AMERICAN RIVERS INC: $4,500 · EnvironmentAMERICAN …Colorado Outdoor Education Center Inc: $3,200 · EnvironmentColorado …RAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentRAINFORES…THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $2,200 · EnvironmentTHE CORAL…EARTHJUSTICE: $1,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUST…Family & Childrens Services Inc: $11,218 · Human ServicesRetreat Inc: $2,600 · Human ServicesTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $1,000 · Human ServicesSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesUniversity of Chicago: $9,200 · EducationThe University of Tulsa: $2,000 · EducationSURGICAL EYE EXPEDITIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $7,800 · InternationalGRAMEEN FOUNDATION USA: $1,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 · International
Other$102,705Health$32,500Arts & Culture$24,618Environment$18,700Human Services$15,818Education$11,200International$10,300

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 budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND INC: $15,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFamily & Childrens Services Inc: $11,218 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL CHALLENGES: $10,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTULSA BALLET THEATRE INC: $9,918 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $9,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSURGICAL EYE EXPEDITIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $7,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6,448 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $5,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMINDS MATTER OF NYC INC: $5,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRED DOOR COMMUNITY INC: $5,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYAMPA VALLEY SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL: $4,800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $3,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Outdoor Education Center Inc: $3,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARTS ALLIANCE TULSA INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOLLYWOOD FOOD COALITION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRetreat Inc: $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Abraham Foundation: $2,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DELORES PROJECT: $2,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $2,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRIVER PARKS AUTHORITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Tulsa: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAMEEN FOUNDATION USA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIOLENCE POLICY CENTER: $1,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY RADIO FOR NORTHERN COLORADO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVASSAR COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMBER MUSIC TULSA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEGAL AID SERVICES OF OKLAHOMA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHONOR BUNKER INC: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB CHICAGO: $600 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.

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…The Gelvin FoundationTulsa Community Found…Mervin Bovaird Founda…Ralph and Frances McG…The Sharna and Irvin …One Gas Foundation IncCharles and Lynn Schu…Zink Family FoundationThe Oxley FoundationSanford P & Irene F B…Maxine and Jack Zarro…
The Anne and Henry Zarrow FoundationOK23.7× affinity9 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 · The Gelvin Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · One Gas Foundation Inc · Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation · Zink Family Foundation · The Oxley Foundation · Sanford P & Irene F Burnstein Foundation Irene F Burnstein Co-Trustee · Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family 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 Rgf Family Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rgf Family Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
  • The University of Tulsa: 5% of income from government
  • The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Artists for Humanity Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Family & Childrens Services Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 58 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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