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The Albert and Hete Barthelmes Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Albert and Hete Barthelmes Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$477k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$275k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% 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$2.8MEnvironment$210kHuman Services$170kEducation$75kReligion$5kFood & Nutrition$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $132k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
  • $250k+1 grant · $275k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE TULSA ARTS MANAGEMENT CONSORTIUM INC$275,000
TULSA YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC$64,500
TULSA BOTANIC GARDEN$30,000
TULSA OPERA$27,000
TULSA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$25,000
PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART$20,000
CLAREHOUSE INC$10,000
OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE$10,000
FRIENDS OF OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL$10,000
CHURCH STUDIOS$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 (FY17–24, $170k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%RED DIRT RELIEF FUND: $60k → 15%RED DIRT RELIEF FUND: $30k → 15%CLAREHOUSE INC: $15k → 15%CLAREHOUSE INC: $15k → 15%CLAREHOUSE INC: $10k → 15%CLAREHOUSE INC: $10k → 15%CLAREHOUSE INC: $10k → 15%CLAREHOUSE INC: $10k → 15%CLAREHOUSE INC: $10k → 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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 14 repeat orgs$94k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
13

Total granted

$3.1M
$79k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+19%

Still filing today

86%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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

  • TT
    THE TULSA ARTS MANAGEMENT CONSORTIUM INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +150% · 91% of their budget
  • Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc
    5× · 2017–2024 · $230k · revenue +15%
  • TB
    TULSA BALLET THEATRE INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $160k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • AH
    ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF TULSA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -98%
  • GM
    GILCREASE MUSEUM
    one grant, 2021 · $13k
  • CHAMBER MUSIC TULSAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +107%
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 Legacy Charter School

To prepare students for college through a rigorous arts infused program.

Education
2
Theatre Tulsa Inc

Theatre tulsa provided theatre education programming throughout the fiscal year serving 125 students. the education program included 3 staged youth shows.

Arts & Culture
3
Tulsa Children's Museum Inc

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

Arts & Culture
4
Oklahoma Arts Institute Foundation

To support, promote, and improve the programs and services of the oklahoma arts institute.

Arts & Culture
5
Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences

The mission of tsas middle and high school is to provide students a multi-strand liberal arts education in a safe, supportive, individualized and challenging school environment through a college preparatory curriculum.

Education
6
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Inc

Oklahoma contemporary arts center encourages artistic expression in all its forms through education,exhibitions, and performance.

Arts & Culture
7
Tulsa International Mayfest Inc

Tulsa International Mayfest is dedicated to the promotion of knowledge and education of the arts and humanities throughout the Tulsa community.

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8
Sooner Theatre of Norman Inc

The mission of The Sooner Theatre is to change lives, offer diverse perspectives and create a cultural connection to the community through the performing arts and arts education.

Arts & Culture
9
Tulsa Historical Society

The mission of tulsa historical society & museum is to illuminate the past, enrich the present, and inspire future generations by collecting, preserving, and presenting tulsa's history.

Arts & Culture
10
Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park Inc

The mission of the organization is to encourage growth in the cultural climate of oklahoma through the production of classical theatrical productions in unique venues at a reasonable admission price.

Arts & Culture
11
Tulsa Oktoberfest Inc

To promote German and European culture through festivals.

Arts & Culture
12
Arts Council of Oklahoma City

Promoting public awareness and support for the arts through our mission of bringing the arts and community together. Our free and low-cost events and programs reach nearly one million people annually.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa Inc; the most unlike its peers is German-American Society Arts Assoc. 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

23 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. 23 of the 29 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
19/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE TULSA ARTS MANAGEMENT CONSORTIUM INC: $1,715,000 · Arts & CultureTHE TULSA ARTS MANAGEMENT CONSORTIUM INCTulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc: $230,000 · Arts & CultureTulsa Symphony Orchestra IncTULSA BALLET THEATRE INC: $160,000 · Arts & CultureTULSA BALLET THEATRE INCTHE GILCREASE MUSEUM MANAGEMENT TRUST: $145,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GILCREASE MUSEUM MANAGEMENT TRUSTTULSA OPERA INC: $141,851 · Arts & CultureTULSA OPERA INC+8 more: $175,000 · Arts & Culture+8 moreTULSA BOTANIC GARDEN: $210,000 · OtherTULSA BOTANIC GA…TULSA YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC: $175,500 · OtherTULSA YOUTH SYMP…TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TRUST: $45,000 · OtherTULSA PERFORMING…ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF TULSA INC: $25,000 · Other+4 more: $24,000 · OtherRED DIRT RELIEF FUND INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesClarehouse Inc: $80,000 · Human ServicesThe University of Tulsa: $10,000 · EducationOklahoma State University Foundation: $500 · EducationHarmony Project Tulsa: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $500 · Food & NutritionMeals on Wheels of Norman Inc: $500 · Food & NutritionIRON GATE INC: $850 · Religion
Arts & Culture$2,566,851Other$479,500Human Services$170,000Education$10,500Youth Development$2,500Food & Nutrition$1,000Religion$850

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 budgetTHE TULSA ARTS MANAGEMENT CONSORTIUM INC: $1,715,000 over 7y, 91% of budgetTulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc: $230,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetTULSA BALLET THEATRE INC: $160,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTHE GILCREASE MUSEUM MANAGEMENT TRUST: $145,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTULSA OPERA INC: $141,851 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetRED DIRT RELIEF FUND INC: $90,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetClarehouse Inc: $80,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetOKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE INC: $78,500 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetTULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TRUST: $45,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC: $38,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY ARTS ASSOC: $27,000 over 4y, 66% of budgetARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF TULSA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetCHAMBER MUSIC TULSA: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetThe University of Tulsa: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF STARLIGHT CONCERTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetFab Lab Tulsa Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHarmony Project Tulsa: $2,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTULSA GIRLS ART SCHOOL PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIRON GATE INC: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Norman Inc: $500 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 Anne and Henry Za…Mervin Bovaird Founda…The Gelvin FoundationCharles and Lynn Schu…Judith and Jean Adams…George Kaiser Family …Kathleen Patton Westb…Grace & Franklin Bern…The Barnett Family Fo…Flint Family Foundati…Ralph and Frances McG…The Sharna and Irvin …
The Anne and Henry Zarrow FoundationOK32.2× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · The Gelvin Foundation · Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation · Judith and Jean Adams Charitable Foundation · George Kaiser Family Foundation · Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation · Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation · The Barnett Family Foundation Inc Ms Billie Barnett · Flint Family Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · The Sharna and Irvin Frank 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 The Albert and Hete Barthelmes Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Albert and Hete Barthelmes Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • The University of Tulsa: 5% of income from government
  • The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Oklahoma Arts Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
7report 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.
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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.

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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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