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Ruthanna B Snow Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Ruthanna B Snow 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.

$33k
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$6k
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 2025.

Human Services$75kReligion$62kArts & Culture$55kFood & Nutrition$37kHealth$28kCivil Rights$21kCommunity Improvement$14kHousing & Shelter$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TULSA BOY'S HOME$6,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$3,000
HISTORIC FORT RENO INC$1,500
OKLAHOMANS FOR EQUALITY$1,250
THE CHURCH OF GOD$1,200
YUKON FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE$1,200
AMERICAN LEGION POST 160$1,100
CASA OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT$1,000
GUTS CHURCH INC$1,000
THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP$1,000
SWINGIN' D HORSE RESCUE$1,000
MAGIC CIRCLE PLAYERS$1,000
NPR$1,000
FISTULA FOUNDATION$1,000
THE TREVOR PROJECT$1,000
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 (FY17–24, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BIG FIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $2k → 16%MEALS ON WHEELS OF COLLIN COUNTY: $2k → 5%BIG FIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $2k → 16%COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY OF MCKINNEY: $1k → 5%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $2k → 17%MEALS ON WHEELS OF COLLIN COUNTY: $800 → 5%COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY OF MCKINNEY: $800 → 5%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $500 → 17%MEALS ON WHEELS OF COLLIN COUNTY: $750 → 5%COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY OF MCKINNEY: $600 → 5%JOHN 316 MISSION: $1k → 14%MEALS ON WHEELS OF COLLIN COUNTY: $600 → 5%COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER: $500 → 5%JOHN 316 MISSION: $600 → 14%MEALS ON WHEELS OF COLLIN COUNTY: $500 → 5%JOHN 316 MISSION: $500 → 14%COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY OF MCKINNEY: $500 → 5%CLAREHOUSE INC: $500 → 15%NEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR: $3k → 15%NEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR: $2k → 15%NEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR: $1k → 15%NEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR: $1k → 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
VA
AZ
KS
TN
DC
OK
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$312k · 48 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

48 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
24

Total granted

$312k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+51%

Still filing today

63%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthHousing & ShelterAnimalsOther
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

  • TULSA BOYS' HOME INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $53k · revenue +33%
  • Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $17k · revenue +145%
  • CIRCLE CINEMA FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $8k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • TULSA GIRLS ART SCHOOL PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +19%
  • AR
    ACKCS RESCUE TRUST
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • HH
    HEAVEN HOUSE OF MONTROSE
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
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 Community Service Center Inc

Provide financial and supplement assistance to the tulsa area communities

Human Services
2
Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation
Arts & Culture
3
Iron Gate Inc

Iron gate's mission is simple. we feed the hungry and homeless of tulsa, every day. we feed people in three ways, through our community meal, grocery pantry, and kids pantry.

Religion
4
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

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

Employment
5
The City Lights Foundation of Oklahoma

Our mission is rooted in the belief that meaningful relationships restore communities. through relational service and dignified housing solutions, we work to help people move from surviving to thriving.

Human Services
6
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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7
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
8
Oklahoma City Housing Services Redevelopment Corporation

To revitalize urban oklahoma city neighborhoods and create affordable housing opportunities by rehabilitating historic homes, constructing new homes, and increasing community investment through home ownership.

Housing & Shelter
9
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

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10
Tulsa Area United Way

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

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11
Tulsa Spca

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

Animals
12
West Texas Food Bank

The WTFB exists to collect, purchase, and distribute food to feed the hungry in 19 counties in West Texas in partnership with volunteers and community organizations and to educate these partners and the public at large about the real face…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Five Community Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Swingin' D Horse Rescue. 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

51 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. 51 of the 80 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)
50/51
Grantees still filing
34/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: $25,750 · OtherFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHOKLAHOMANS FOR EQUALITY INC: $20,500 · OtherOKLAHOMANS FOR EQUALITY INCTHE GRIFFIN PROMISE AUTISIM CLINIC: $15,180 · OtherTHE GRIFFIN PROMISE AUTISIM CLINICSALLIE BUSH COMMUNITY BUILDING FUND: $14,000 · OtherSALLIE BUSH COMMUNITY BUILDING FUNDUNITED CHURCH OF SAN JUANS: $9,500 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF TULSA: $9,000 · OtherGREEN BOX ARTS: $8,000 · OtherTULSA BOTANIC GARDEN: $6,250 · OtherINDIANA FOUNDATIONSCHOOL OF NURSING: $6,250 · Other+35 more: $65,610 · Other+35 moreTULSA BOYS' HOME INC: $53,200 · Human ServicesTULSA BOYS' HOME INCNEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR INCWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,100 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT IN…MEALS ON WHEELS COLLIN COUNTY: $4,650 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELS COLLIN COU…BIG FIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $2,900 · Human Services+4 more: $5,100 · Human Services+4 moreCIRCLE CINEMA FOUNDATION: $7,750 · Arts & CultureCIRCLE CIN…THE CHURCH STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHURCH…TULSA GIRLS ART SCHOOL PROJECT INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureTULSA GIRL…HISTORIC FORT RENO INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC F…TULSA SPOTLIGHTERS INC: $2,250 · Arts & CultureTULSA SPOT…Foundation for Rational Economics and Education Inc: $2,000 · Arts & CultureFoundation…OKLAHOMA WATCH INC: $1,750 · Arts & CultureOKLAHOMA W…THEATRE TULSA INC: $1,050 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $4,000 · Arts & Culture+4 moreMeals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa Inc: $17,220 · Food & NutritionMeals on …COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $6,600 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY…YUKON MOBILE MEALS: $2,490 · Food & NutritionYUKON MOB…REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $2,400 · Food & NutritionREGIONAL …+1 more: $700 · Food & NutritionWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $7,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 · InternationalHONOR BUNKER INC: $3,000 · HealthMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $2,500 · HealthThe Fistula Foundation: $2,000 · HealthREALM OF CARING FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · HealthTULSA DAY CENTER INC: $7,100 · Housing & ShelterTULSA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterCOALITION FOR COMPASSION & JUSTICE: $500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$180,040Human Services$80,950Arts & Culture$31,300Food & Nutrition$29,410International$9,500Health$9,000Housing & Shelter$8,600

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 BOYS' HOME INC: $53,200 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetOKLAHOMANS FOR EQUALITY INC: $20,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa Inc: $17,220 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCIRCLE CINEMA FOUNDATION: $7,750 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTULSA DAY CENTER INC: $7,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHURCH STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetNEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $6,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAGIC CIRCLE PLAYERS: $5,790 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS COLLIN COUNTY: $4,650 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLAB RESCUE OK INC: $4,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTULSA GIRLS ART SCHOOL PROJECT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBIG FIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHONOR BUNKER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $2,900 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetVALLEY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $2,800 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYUKON MOBILE MEALS: $2,490 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTULSA SPOTLIGHTERS INC: $2,250 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSWINGIN' D HORSE RESCUE: $2,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetSAMARITAN INN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Rational Economics and Education Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOKLAHOMA WATCH INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREALM OF CARING FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATRE TULSA INC: $1,050 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTULSA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND CIRCLE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOKPOP FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCASA OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTULSA REPERTORY MUSICALS: $1,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetTULSA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOETIC JUSTICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClarehouse Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 BOYS' HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMANS FOR EQUALITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa Inc ↗
  • Who funds CIRCLE CINEMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds TULSA DAY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHURCH STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds MAGIC CIRCLE PLAYERS ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS COLLIN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds LAB RESCUE OK INC ↗
  • Who funds TULSA GIRLS ART SCHOOL PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG FIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HONOR BUNKER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC FORT RENO INC ↗
  • Who funds THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma ↗
  • Who funds YUKON MOBILE MEALS ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds TULSA SPOTLIGHTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHN 316 MISSION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗

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.

George Kaiser Family …Tulsa Community Found…The Anne and Henry Za…The Gelvin FoundationThe Hardesty Family F…Mervin Bovaird Founda…Ralph and Frances McG…Maxine and Jack Zarro…The Sharna and Irvin …Sarkeys FoundationFlint Family Foundati…Sanford P & Irene F B…
George Kaiser Family FoundationOK31.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George Kaiser Family Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · The Gelvin Foundation · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · Sarkeys Foundation · Flint Family Foundation · Sanford P & Irene F Burnstein Foundation Irene F Burnstein Co-Trustee

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Big Five Community Services Inc: 75% of income from government
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
  • Tulsa Day Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: 8% of income from government
  • Theatre Tulsa Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Tulsa Habitat for Humanity Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
13report 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.

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 80 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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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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