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Robert S & Grayce B Kerr Foundation at a glance

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Robert S & Grayce B Kerr Foundation

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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$241k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$8.9MHealth$353kPhilanthropy$339kAnimals$337kEducation$324kEnvironment$233kPublic Safety & Disaster$78kRecreation & Sports$57kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $920k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEXUS EQUINE$241,000
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART$195,000
MAKE-A-WISH OKLAHOMA$172,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$172,000
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART$140,000
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC$25,000
COMMUNITY SAFETY NETWORK$15,000
CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER$15,000
CLIMB - WYOMING$15,000
TETON YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES$15,000
TETON COUNTY LIBRARY$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $77k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $1k → 8%CARMEL FOUNDATION: $2k → 12%JESUS HOUSE: $10k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $5k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%JESUS HOUSE: $5k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%CITY RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%CITY RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 16%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $10k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%CLEATS FOR KIDS: $10k → 16%FIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM: $2k → 16%AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%FIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM: $2k → 16%AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%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

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MN
NY
MA
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IA
OH
CA
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
HI
OK
GA
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 15% of Robert S & Grayce B Kerr Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Robert S & Grayce B Kerr Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 31 repeat orgs$450k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
51

Total granted

$10M
$435k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+7%

Still filing today

68%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 ServicesAnimalsHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalOther
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

  • NM
    NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $8.8M · revenue +83% · 30% of their budget
  • NE
    NEXUS EQUINE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $266k · revenue +80%
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $187k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $101k · revenue +113%
  • PF
    PROTEZ FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $51k · revenue +42%
  • BA
    BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUBgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $26k · revenue +31%
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
3
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
4
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
5
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
6
Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Society

The cheyenne mountain zoological society owns and operates the cheyenne mountain zoo. a leader in conservation, captive breeding and animal care, the zoo connects people with wildlife and wild places through experiences that inspire…

Animals
7
Teton Regional Land Trust Inc

The mission of the teton regional land trust is to conserve working farms and ranches, fish and wildlife habitat, and scenic open spaces in eastern idaho for this and future generations.

Environment
8
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
9
Conservation Farms & Ranches

Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.

Housing & Shelter
10
African Wildlife Foundation Inc

Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…

Animals
11
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign

The american wild horse campaign is the nation's leading conservation organization dedicated to preserving the freedom and habitat of wild horses and burros. through its initiatives in advocacy, conservation, land preservation, and legal…

Animals
12
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc

To guarantee all americans quality places to hunt and fish.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Jackson Hole; the most unlike its peers is Jackson Hole Police K-9 Auxiliary. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

56 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 56 of the 87 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/56
Grantees still filing
37/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES: $8,806,215 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES+3 more: $82,000 · Arts & CultureMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA INC: $187,000 · OtherMAKE-A-WI…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $183,000 · OtherTHE NATUR…Individual grant recipient: $75,000 · OtherIndividua…NATL COWBOY & WES HERITAGE MUSEUM: $41,000 · OtherWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $39,500 · Other+46 more: $405,540 · Other+46 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $222,500 · PhilanthropyGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $101,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $23,000 · PhilanthropyNEXUS EQUINE INC: $265,500 · AnimalsBOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB: $25,500 · Animals+7 more: $37,000 · AnimalsUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $169,500 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationSt John's Health Foundation: $55,500 · HealthPROTEZ FOUNDATION: $51,000 · HealthTETON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $30,000 · HealthINTEGRIS Health Foundation Inc: $25,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $30,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $28,500 · Human ServicesJesus House Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesDress for Success Oklahoma City Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesCLEATS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesFIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Human ServicesCITY RESCUE MISSION INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesHOPE CENTER OF EDMOND INC: $5,000 · Human Services+3 more: $5,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$8,888,215Other$931,040Philanthropy$346,500Animals$328,000Education$170,500Health$162,500Human Services$124,000

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 budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES: $8,806,215 over 8y, 30% of budgetNEXUS EQUINE INC: $265,500 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $222,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA INC: $187,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $183,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $169,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $101,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $71,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt John's Health Foundation: $55,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetPROTEZ FOUNDATION: $51,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $39,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SAFETY NETWORK: $30,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTETON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $28,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB: $25,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetINTEGRIS Health Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKENTUCKY HORSE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetEDMOND MOBILE MEALS INC: $17,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetJesus House Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDress for Success Oklahoma City Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetOKLAHOMA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE: $11,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCLEATS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBLOWING ROCK CHARITY HORSE SHOW FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCITY RESCUE MISSION INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE CENTER OF EDMOND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPET ANGELS RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OLANA PARTNERSHIP: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEPPERS RANCH INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Carmel Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJACKSON CUPBOARD: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSPUR KITCHEN FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSON HOLE POLICE K-9 AUXILIARY: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC: $1,000 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.

Communities Foundatio…El and Thelma Gaylord…Oklahoma City Communi…American Fidelity Fou…Cresap Family Foundat…Inasmuch FoundationCommunity Foundation …Rainbolt Family Found…The Brooks FoundationHarris Foundation IncKirkpatrick Foundatio…Arvest Foundation
Communities Foundation of OklahomaOK27.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · American Fidelity Foundation · Cresap Family Foundation · Inasmuch Foundation · Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Rainbolt Family Foundation · The Brooks Foundation · Harris Foundation Inc · Kirkpatrick Foundation Inc · Arvest 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 Robert S & Grayce B Kerr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert S & Grayce B Kerr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • First Americans Museum Foundation: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
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How do I get to Robert S & Grayce B Kerr Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Robert S & Grayce B Kerr 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 87 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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