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The Dotson Family Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$100k
Granted FY2021
6
Grants FY2021
3
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20182021.

Human Services$101kReligion$74kArts & Culture$63kEducation$40kHealth$29kInternational$6kSocial Science$5kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2021 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k4 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $83k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GILCREASE MUSEUM$45,000
SAINT JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$37,808
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$5,000
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL$5,000
CHILDREN'S ORGAN TRANSPLANT ASSOCIATION$5,000
ARTS ALLIANCE TULSA$2,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–19, $98k) 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 your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HEARTS FOR HEARING: $10k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA: $88k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

26%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$81k · 8 repeat orgs$234k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2021, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
10

Total granted

$81k
$146k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+76%

Still filing today

63%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthInternationalHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PH
    PEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL
    2× · 2018–2019 · $20k · revenue +12%
  • THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $4k · revenue +109%
  • TL
    Tulsa Lawyers for Children Inc
    2× · 2018–2019 · $1k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • AL
    ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA INC
    one grant, 2018 · $88k · revenue -43%
  • SJ
    ST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $18k
  • MH
    Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahomagraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $14k · revenue +76%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The University of Tulsa

The university of tulsa is a student-centered research university that cultivates interconnected learning experiences to explore complex ideas and create new knowledge in a spirit of free inquiry. guided by our commitment to diversity,…

Education
2
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
3
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.

4
Tulsa Area United Way

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

5
Tulsa Legacy Charter School

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

Education
6
Tulsa Honor Academy Inc

The operation of a public charter school in the tulsa area with the mission to equip all scholars with the academic skills, content knowledge, and ethical character required for college graduation and life success.

Education
7
Tulsa Girls Art School Project Inc

Empowered by art, tulsa girls overcome barriers and discover life-changing purpose and possibilities.

Arts & Culture
8
Oklahoma Hospital Association Inc

The mission of the Oklahoma Hospital Association is to promote the welfare of the public by representing its members and advocating on their behalf, providing services to assist its members in meeting the health care needs of their…

9
Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association

The OSSAA will serve member schools by providing leadership in the development, supervision, and conduct of co-curricular activities, which enrich the educational experiences of high school students. It will provide for equitable…

10
Tulsa Children's Museum Inc

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

Arts & Culture
11
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.

12
Greater Tulsa Association of Realtors

The organization operates to promote the Real Estate industry by uniting real estate professionals, promoting and maintaining high standards of conduct in real estate transactions, advancing civil development and economic growth in Tulsa,…

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma and the most unlike its peers is Bushenyi Alliance for Rural Health& Development 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 one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

GILCREASE MUSEUM — $45,000 · OtherGILCREASE MUSEUMSAINT JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH — $37,808 · OtherSAINT JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCHST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH — $18,000 · OtherST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCHST SIMEON'S FOUNDATION — $15,600 · OtherST SIMEON'S FOUNDATIONRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF TULSA — $12,500 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF TULSAHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL — $10,000 · OtherHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL+6 more — $16,500 · Other+6 moreASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA INC — $88,334 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA INCHearts for Hearing Foundation — $10,000 · Human ServicesHearts for Hearing FoundationPEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL — $20,000 · EducationPEMBROKE H…Massachusetts Institute of Technology — $10,000 · EducationMassachuse…ARTS ALLIANCE TULSA INC — $12,500 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC — $4,322 · Arts & CultureTULSA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $800 · Arts & CultureMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma — $14,000 · HealthBUSHENYI ALLIANCE FOR RURAL HEALTH& DEVELOPMENT INC — $5,500 · InternationalGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC — $4,640 · Youth Development
Other$155,408Human Services$98,334Education$30,000Arts & Culture$17,622Health$14,000International$5,500Youth Development$4,640

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA INC — $88,334 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetPEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma — $14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHearts for Hearing Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBUSHENYI ALLIANCE FOR RURAL HEALTH& DEVELOPMENT INC — $5,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCOTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC — $4,640 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC — $4,322 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHEFFIELD PLACE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCamp O-AT-KA Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTulsa Lawyers for Children Inc — $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTULSA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $800 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Sharna and Irvin Frank FoundationOK22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · The Gelvin Foundation · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · One Gas Foundation Inc · John and Donnie Brock Foundation · The Oxley Foundation · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · Tulsa Community Foundation · Sanford P & Irene F Burnstein Foundation Irene F Burnstein Co-Trustee · Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Dotson Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 8%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology35% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma8% of income from government
  • The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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