Oklahoma · Private foundation
The Ben and Peggy Kates 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.
- $45k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $898k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations The Ben and Peggy Kates Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $45k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $44k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $49k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $38k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $31k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $14k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $3k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive Tomorrows Inc | $37,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Sunbeam Family Services Inc | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Special Care Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Okc Metro Alliance Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Remerge Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| OKLAHOMA LIONS BOYS RANCH INC dba LIONS MEADOWS OF HOPE | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pivot Inc | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Prairie Dance Theatre Inc | $6,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Hope Is Alive Ministries Inc | $6,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Stand in the Gap Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive Tomorrows Inc | $37,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Sunbeam Family Services Inc | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Special Care Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Okc Metro Alliance Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Remerge Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| OKLAHOMA LIONS BOYS RANCH INC dba LIONS MEADOWS OF HOPE | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pivot Inc | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Prairie Dance Theatre Inc | $6,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Hope Is Alive Ministries Inc | $6,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Stand in the Gap Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Focus on Home Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rainbow Fleet Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Peppers Ranch Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Infant Crisis Services Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Edmond Mobile Meals Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| White Fields Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($76k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ben and Peggy Kates 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: Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Sarkeys Foundation · Inasmuch Foundation · Harris Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Wegener Foundation Inc · The Merrick Foundation · Kirkpatrick Family Affiliated Fund of Occf Inc · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Servant Foundation · Potts Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Ben and Peggy Kates Foundation with peer funders
About The Ben and Peggy Kates Foundation
- How much does The Ben and Peggy Kates Foundation give?
- The Ben and Peggy Kates Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $44,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ben and Peggy Kates Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (23%), Housing & Shelter (20%), Health (19%).
- Who are The Ben and Peggy Kates Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Positive Tomorrows Inc ($37k), Sunbeam Family Services Inc ($21k), Special Care Inc ($20k).
- Does The Ben and Peggy Kates Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ben and Peggy Kates Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Ben and Peggy Kates Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc, El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation, Sarkeys Foundation.
- Where is The Ben and Peggy Kates Foundation based?
- The Ben and Peggy Kates Foundation is based in OK.
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