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Scott and Vanessa Thompson Foundation at a glance

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Scott and Vanessa Thompson 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.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

93% of Scott and Vanessa Thompson Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

2
’17
3
’18
3
’19
2
’20
4
’21
2
’22
5
’23
8
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$4.0MEducation$338kHealth$167kHuman Services$66kYouth Development$65kReligion$15kEnvironment$13kArts & Culture$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.4M
$6,848
Median grant
4
States reached
$41M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund$1,400,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass$50,000
Stephen F Austin State University$15,000
Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance$10,000
Mental Health Association Oklahoma$10,000
Monte Cassino School$6,848
Domestic Violence Intervention Services INC$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
CLAREHOUSE$2,310
PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART$1,000
TULSA GARDEN CENTER$669
02The need
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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 (FY21–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILY WORK SPACE: $525 → 15%EMERGENCY INFANT SERVICES: $2k → 15%CLAREHOUSE: $2k → 15%Domestic Violence Intervention Services: $5k → 15%Domestic Violence Intervention Services INC: $5k → 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

NY
PA
CO
KY
VA
OK
LA
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$609k · 13 repeat orgs$273k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
13

Total granted

$609k
$193k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+53%

Still filing today

46%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyAnimalsReligionOther
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

  • MH
    Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma
    3× · 2018–2024 · $31k · revenue +76%
  • DV
    DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES
    2× · 2021–2024 · $10k · revenue +3%
  • CB
    Community Bible Study
    3× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • BC
    BLUE CROSS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • UW
    United Way Tulsa Area
    one grant, 2023 · $26k
  • THE CENTER FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL CHALLENGESgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +322%
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
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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2
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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3
The Parent Child Ctr of Tulsa Inc Endowment Trust

Supporting organization for the parent child center of tulsa providing services for the prevention of child abuse and neglect through education, treatment, and advocacy.

Human Services
4
Tulsa Spca

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

Animals
5
Tulsa Area United Way

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

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6
Transitional Living Centers of Oklahoma Inc

Assist in preparing homeless and near homeless women in the skills to care for their children and enable them to move toward self-sufficiency.

Housing & Shelter
7
Tulsa Bike Share Inc

Transforming our Tulsa community by providing a high quality, convenient, and affordable bicycle transit system that connects people to places where they live, work, and play.

Environment
8
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

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

Employment
9
Tulsa Children's Museum Inc

To inspire children, connect families, and build community through exploration, exhibits, programming, and play.

Arts & Culture
10
Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers

Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers, Inc. serves the community behavioral health needs of nine counties of Southern Oklahoma. Lighthouse offers integrated care through their outpatient and Health Home programs to adults and children.…

Health
11
Family Hope House Inc

Family Hope House empowers families through therapy, education, and advocacy. As Oklahoma's sole adoption competent mental health agency, we support foster and adoptive children for lasting stability and success.

Health
12
Child Abuse Network Inc dba Child Advocacy Network

In Tulsa County there are several agencies that address prevention and treatment of child abuse, but the Child Advocacy Network (CAN) is the ONLY nonprofit that provides intervention services for children and their nonoffending…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma; the most unlike its peers is Knock Out Abuse. 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

20 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. 20 of the 34 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $3,734,998 · PhilanthropyGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC+2 more: $36,000 · PhilanthropySFASU FOUNDATION: $315,000 · OtherSFASU FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY OF TULSA: $157,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF TUL…BLUE CROSS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherBLUE CROSS FOUNDA…TULSA CHARITY FIGHT NIGHT INC: $35,000 · OtherUnited Way Tulsa Area: $26,000 · Other+13 more: $80,066 · Other+13 moreRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BLUEGRASS INC: $50,000 · HealthMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $31,000 · HealthTHE CENTER FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL CHALLENGES: $25,000 · HealthKVC BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE KENTUCKY INC: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthTulsa Regional STEM Alliance Inc: $30,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $10,000 · Human ServicesClarehouse Inc: $2,310 · Human ServicesEmergency Infant Services Inc: $2,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY WORK SPACE: $525 · Human ServicesTHE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCommunity Bible Study: $2,500 · Religion
Philanthropy$3,770,998Other$713,066Health$117,000Education$31,000Human Services$14,835Arts & Culture$2,500Religion$2,500

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 budgetGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $3,734,998 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BLUEGRASS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTULSA CHARITY FIGHT NIGHT INC: $35,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $31,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTulsa Regional STEM Alliance Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL CHALLENGES: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKVC BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE KENTUCKY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TRUST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Bible Study: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetClarehouse Inc: $2,310 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEmergency Infant Services Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBaylor Health Care System Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTulsa Garden Center: $669 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Hardesty Family F…Charles and Lynn Schu…The Anne and Henry Za…Tulsa Community Found…Mervin Bovaird Founda…The Gelvin FoundationA R and Marylouise Ta…Zink Family FoundationThe Cuesta Foundation…The Oxley FoundationSanford P & Irene F B…Maxine and Jack Zarro…
The Hardesty Family Foundation IncOK22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · The Gelvin Foundation · A R and Marylouise Tandy Foundation · Zink Family Foundation · The Cuesta Foundation Inc · 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 Scott and Vanessa Thompson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Scott and Vanessa Thompson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Domestic Violence Intervention Services: 15% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: 8% of income from government
  • The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
2report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Scott and Vanessa Thompson Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Scott and Vanessa Thompson 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 34 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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