Oklahoma · Private foundation
Ruth Nelson Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $3.6M
- Granted FY2023
- 79
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 76
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 89%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $3.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $700,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 76
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Total assets, FY2023
- $96M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 89% of the organizations Ruth Nelson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 76 | $3.0M | 89% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Inc | $700,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Clarehouse Inc | $256,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Planned Parenthood Great Plains | $120,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boston Avenue Helping Hands Inc | $120,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Crosstown Learning Center Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma | $70,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Food Project Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Drexel Academy Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ruth Nelson Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · George Kaiser Family Foundation · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · The Gelvin Foundation · Hille Family Charitable Foundation · Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation · One Gas Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Ruth Nelson Family Foundation
- How much does Ruth Nelson Family Foundation give?
- Ruth Nelson Family Foundation reported 79 itemized grants totaling $3,053,550, out of $3,643,350 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 76 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Ruth Nelson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Health (4%), Education (3%).
- Who are Ruth Nelson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Inc ($700k), Clarehouse Inc ($256k), Planned Parenthood Great Plains ($120k).
- Does Ruth Nelson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 89% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ruth Nelson Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ruth Nelson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation, George Kaiser Family Foundation.
- Where is Ruth Nelson Family Foundation based?
- Ruth Nelson Family Foundation is based in OK.
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