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Stamford Valley Foundation at a glance

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Stamford Valley 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.

$143k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$232kEducation$175kHousing & Shelter$138kFood & Nutrition$95kReligion$48kHealth$36kCommunity Improvement$25kPhilanthropy$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY$50,000
CASA DE LA ESPERANZA FOUNDATION$30,000
REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA$10,000
CITY RESCUE MISSION$10,000
WATER 4$10,000
CROSSINGS COMMUNITY CHURCH$6,500
THE HOMELESS ALLIANCE$5,000
POSITIVE TOMORROWS$5,000
SPECIAL CARE INC$5,000
INFANT CRISIS SERVICES$5,000
YWCA$2,000
CHRIST'S HAVEN FOR CHILDREN$2,000
CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE$1,000
OU FOUNDATION-STEPHENSON CANCER CENTER$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 (FY20–25, $168k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CITY RESCUE MISSION: $15k → 16%BELAY GLOBAL: $5k → 9%CITY RESCUE MISSION: $15k → 16%BELAY GLOBAL: $5k → 9%CITY RESCUE MISSION: $14k → 16%BELAY GLOBAL: $5k → 9%CITY RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 16%BELAY GLOBAL: $5k → 9%CITY RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 16%BELAY GLOBAL: $5k → 9%CITY RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 16%WATER 4: $10k → 16%WATER 4: $10k → 16%WATER 4: $5k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $5k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $5k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $5k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $5k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $5k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $5k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $5k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $4k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $5k → 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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$761k · 17 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against -34% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
1

Total granted

$761k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
-34%

Still filing today

71%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationInternationalFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • OC
    Oklahoma Christian University
    4× · 2020–2025 · $175k · revenue +13%
  • CD
    CASA DE LA ESPERANZA FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $128k · revenue +125%
  • REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $89k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -34%
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
Life International

To partner with leaders globally to boldly proclaim the biblical truth of the father's heart for life, champion the gospel of jesus christ, and establish life-giving ministries.

Health
2
Care Center-Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Inc Dba the Care Center

The CARE Center exists to reduce trauma for child abuse victims and their families, coordinate a multidisciplinary approach to child abuse investigations, and provide free, effective child abuse prevention resources and education.

Human Services
3
Shelterwell Inc

Shelterwell fosters a spirit of connected community, centered on the belief that housing is a human right.

Housing & Shelter
4
Oklahoma City University

Inspired by a culture of creativity, Oklahoma City University fosters an immersive, personalized experience that welcomes and prepares students to pursue boundless opportunities.

Education
5
Young Womens Christian Association of Oklahoma Ci

Ywca oklahoma city is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all

Human Services
6
Oklahoma Christian Academy Inc

Establish, maintain, and conduct a school for the instruction and training of youth.

Education
7
Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc

The State Chamber is a statewide membership organization. Our purpose is to be the unified voice of business and the most effective advocacy organization at the State Capitol.

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8
Habitat for Humanity of Okaloosa County Inc

Okaloosa habitat for humanity is a non-profit, christian organization dedicated to eliminating substandard housing in okaloosa county. we provide opportunites for the community to show god's love in action. through partnership with people…

Housing & Shelter
9
Oklahoma Casa Association Inc

To provide a statewide voice for children by enhancing & sustaining the growth of local casa programs which provide trained community volunteers to represent the best interests of abused & neglected children.

Human Services
10
Casa of Southwest Oklahoma Inc

Court Advocate for Abused and Neglected Children

Crime & Legal
11
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
12
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

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

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Positive Tomorrows Inc; the most unlike its peers is WATER4 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

14 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. 14 of the 20 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Oklahoma Christian University: $175,000 · EducationOklahoma Christian Univer…CITY RESCUE MISSION INC: $73,500 · Human ServicesCITY RESCUE MISSION INCSPECIAL CARE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesSPECIAL CARE INCBelay Global Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesBelay Global IncWATER4 INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesWATER4 INCINFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesINFANT CRISIS SERVICES I…CASA DE LA ESPERANZA FOUNDATION: $128,000 · InternationalCASA DE LA ESPERAN…SALVATION ARMY: $40,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYMAYFAIR CHURCH OF CHRIST: $40,000 · OtherMAYFAIR CHURCH OF CHR…YWCA: $14,000 · OtherYWCAChrist's Haven for Children Inc: $11,000 · OtherChrist's Haven for Ch…CROSSINGS COMMUNITY CHURCH: $6,500 · OtherHOPE CENTER INC: $6,000 · OtherOU FOUNDATION-STEPHENSON CANCER CENTER: $6,000 · OtherUnited Way of Central Oklahoma Inc: $20,000 · OtherUnited Way of Central…+2 more: $3,500 · OtherREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $88,500 · Food & NutritionREGIONAL FOOD…THE HOMELESS ALLIANCE INC: $34,500 · Housing & ShelterPOSITIVE TOMORROWS INC: $30,000 · Youth Development
Education$175,000Human Services$167,500International$128,000Other$147,000Food & Nutrition$88,500Housing & Shelter$34,500Youth Development$30,000

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 budgetOklahoma Christian University: $175,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCASA DE LA ESPERANZA FOUNDATION: $128,000 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $88,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCITY RESCUE MISSION INC: $73,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HOMELESS ALLIANCE INC: $34,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPOSITIVE TOMORROWS INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL CARE INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBelay Global Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetWATER4 INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Central Oklahoma Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChrist's Haven for Children Inc: $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Chronicle Inc: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds Oklahoma Christian University ↗
  • Who funds CASA DE LA ESPERANZA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOMELESS ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds POSITIVE TOMORROWS INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds Belay Global Inc ↗
  • Who funds WATER4 INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc ↗
  • Who funds INFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Christ's Haven for Children Inc ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Christian Chronicle 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.

American Fidelity Fou…Servant FoundationInasmuch FoundationOklahoma City Communi…Howard Family Charita…Oge Energy Corp Found…The Merrick FoundationCresap Family Foundat…El and Thelma Gaylord…Communities Foundatio…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…
American Fidelity FoundationOK17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Fidelity Foundation · Servant Foundation · Inasmuch Foundation · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Howard Family Charitable Foundation · Oge Energy Corp Foundation Inc · The Merrick Foundation · Cresap Family Foundation · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Stamford Valley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stamford Valley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Special Care Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oklahoma Christian University: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 20 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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