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The Gelvin Foundation at a glance

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The Gelvin 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.

$431k
Granted FY2024still arriving
76
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Human Services$667kHealth$599kArts & Culture$463kYouth Development$330kCrime & Legal$244kFood & Nutrition$221kEducation$185kHousing & Shelter$134kOther$0
02FY2024 · 76 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k65 grants · $316k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $115k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$9.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PARENT CHILD CENTER OF TULSA INC$15,000
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA$10,000
TULSA AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM INC$10,000
MCINTOSH COUNTY YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER$10,000
501 TECHNET$10,000
CHILD ABUSE NETWORK$10,000
TULSA ZOO MANAGEMENT INC$10,000
TULSA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$10,000
BRIDGES FOUNDATION$10,000
TULSA AREA UNITED WAY$10,000
EMERGENCY INFANT SERVICES INC$10,000
STAND IN THE GAP$8,000
OKLAHOMA CARING FOUNDATION INC$7,500
AMPLIFY INC$7,500
HOSPICE OF GREEN COUNTRY$7,500
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, $597k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ROGERS COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES INC: $10k → 10%OKMULGEE COUNTY HOMELESS SHELTER: $38k → 19%ROGERS COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 10%OKMULGEE COUNTY HOMELESS SHELTER: $8k → 19%ROGERS COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES INC: $6k → 10%EMERGENCY INFANT SERVICES: $8k → 14%OKMULGEE COUNTY HOMELESS SHELTER I: $5k → 19%EMERGENCY INFANT SERVICES: $8k → 14%RIGHT PATH RIDING ACADEMY INC: $7k → 15%ROGERS COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES: $5k → 10%RIGHT PATH RIDING ACADEMY: $7k → 15%RIGHT PATH RIDING ACADEMY: $6k → 15%THE SPRING SHELTER INC: $5k → 14%EMERGENCY INFANT SERVICES: $5k → 14%YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $5k → 15%HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF TULSA: $5k → 15%TULSA BOYS' HOME: $5k → 15%TULSA BOYS' HOME: $5k → 15%THE SPRING SHELTER INC: $5k → 15%THE SPRING SHELTER INC: $5k → 15%CLAREHOUSE INC: $6k → 15%CLAREHOUSE INC: $6k → 15%DVIS INC: $10k → 15%BRIDGES FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%DVIS: $5k → 15%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES(DVIS) INC: $5k → 15%DVIS INC: $5k → 15%NEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR: $14k → 15%NEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR INC: $5k → 15%CLAREHOUSE: $5k → 15%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $5k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $5k → 15%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $5k → 15%VIZAVANCE INC: $5k → 15%VIZAVANCE: $5k → 15%VIZAVANCE INC: $5k → 15%RESONANCE CENTER FOR WOMEN: $10k → 15%EMERGENCY INFANT SERVICES INC: $10k → 15%EMERGENCY INFANT SERVICES INC: $10k → 15%OKLAHOMA CARING FOUNDATION INC: $8k → 15%OKLAHOMA CARING FOUNDATION INC: $8k → 15%AMPLIFY YOUTH HEALTH CONNECTION: $8k → 15%AMPLIFY INC: $8k → 15%EMERGENCY INFANT SERVICES: $8k → 15%STAND IN THE GAP: $10k → 15%STAND IN THE GAP: $9k → 15%STAND IN THE GAP: $9k → 15%STAND IN THE GAP: $8k → 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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 133 repeat orgs$483k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

133 repeat relationships: 61 still active in FY2024, 72 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

133
92

Total granted

$3.0M
$411k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+12%

Still filing today

78%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • Child Abuse Network Inc dba Child Advocacy Network
    8× · 2017–2024 · $81k · revenue +60%
  • TULSA AREA UNITED WAY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $74k · revenue +15%
  • TULSA AIR & SPACE MUSEUM INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $71k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • SJ
    ST JOHN HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $36k · revenue +1%
  • 9V
    9 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
    one grant, 2018 · $21k
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EASTERN OKLAH
    one grant, 2020 · $13k
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 Neighborhood Networks Inc

Provide the poor of the city of tulsa, oklahoma an opportunity to improve their quality of life through guidance and training in the areas of education, employment, family skills, healthcare, housing, socialization and spirituality.

Community Improvement
2
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.

—
3
Tulsa Advocates for the Protection of Children

To improve the lives of children and youth in oklahoma's child welfare system by providing resources and building community.

Crime & Legal
4
Tulsa Community Service Center Inc

Provide financial and supplement assistance to the tulsa area communities

Human Services
5
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

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

Employment
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
Oklahoma City Housing Services Redevelopment Corporation

To revitalize urban oklahoma city neighborhoods and create affordable housing opportunities by rehabilitating historic homes, constructing new homes, and increasing community investment through home ownership.

Housing & Shelter
8
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
9
Ywca Tulsa Inc

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

Human Services
10
Family Promise of Tulsa County Inc

Poverty alleviation/homelessness prevention

Housing & Shelter
11
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.

—
12
Kipp Tulsa Academy College Prep Inc

Kipp tulsa prepares students from educationally under-served neighborhoods in tulsa, ok with the academic, character and life skills necessary for success in college and the competitive world beyond.

Education
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 Launch Outreach. 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

150 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. 150 of the 242 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
41
Early backer (in before they grew)
144/150
Grantees still filing
109/150
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLA: $95,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLATULSA AREA UNITED WAY: $74,000 · OtherMC INTOSH COUNTY YOUTH & FAMILY EDU: $60,200 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $60,000 · Other+117 more: $1,485,700 · Other+117 moreOKMULGEE COUNTY HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $54,000 · Human ServicesOKMULGEE COUNTY HOME…STAND IN THE GAP INC: $49,000 · Human ServicesSTAND IN THE GAP INCEmergency Infant Services Inc: $47,500 · Human ServicesEmergency Infant Ser…Oklahoma Caring Foundation Inc: $44,000 · Human ServicesOklahoma Caring Foun…Resonance Center for Women Inc: $34,000 · Human ServicesResonance Center for…ROGERS COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES INC: $30,500 · Human ServicesAmplify Inc: $26,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $25,000 · Human ServicesBOSTON AVENUE HELPING HANDS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesVIZAVANCE INC: $23,500 · Human ServicesClarehouse Inc: $23,000 · Human Services+20 more: $228,300 · Human Services+20 moreTULSA AIR & SPACE MUSEUM INC: $70,500 · Arts & CultureTULSA AIR &…TULSA OPERA INC: $49,500 · Arts & CultureTULSA OPERA…TULSA BALLET THEATRE INC: $44,000 · Arts & CultureTULSA BALLE…TULSA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $42,000 · Arts & CultureTULSA HISTO…TULSA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $31,300 · Arts & CultureTULSA CHILD…THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILBRO…Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc: $22,000 · Arts & CultureTulsa Symph…CHAMBER MUSIC TULSA: $22,000 · Arts & CultureCHAMBER MUS…Tulsa Oratorio Chorus Inc: $18,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GILCREASE MUSEUM MANAGEMENT TRUST: $16,500 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $17,000 · Arts & CultureHONOR BUNKER INC: $54,500 · HealthHONOR BUN…ST JOHN HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $35,500 · HealthST JOHN H…Health Outreach Prevention Education Inc: $32,900 · HealthHealth Ou…THE CENTER FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL CHALLENGES: $32,500 · HealthTHE CENTE…Joy in the Cause Company: $31,500 · HealthJoy in th…OKLAHOMA PROJECT WOMAN INC: $24,500 · HealthOKLAHOMA …Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $20,000 · HealthMental He…GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH SERVICES INC: $17,500 · HealthGOOD SAMA…FAMILY HOPE HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Health+6 more: $38,800 · Health+6 moreChild Abuse Network Inc dba Child Advocacy Network: $80,750 · Crime & LegalPets Helping People Inc: $29,900 · Crime & Legal1ST STEP MALE DIVERSION PROGRAM INC: $20,500 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID SERVICES OF OKLAHOMA INC: $19,600 · Crime & LegalCRIME PREVENTION NETWORK INC: $13,500 · Crime & LegalMcIntosh County Youth & Family Resource Center: $10,500 · Crime & LegalNEW HOPE OKLAHOMA INC: $44,000 · Youth DevelopmentGlobal Gardens Incorporated: $39,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentHarmony Project Tulsa: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentROGERS COUNTY VOLUNTEERS FOR YOUTH INC: $4,500 · Youth DevelopmentUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $32,000 · EducationThe Foundation for Tulsa Schools: $28,500 · EducationThe University of Tulsa: $11,000 · EducationJAMES Inc: $7,500 · EducationUNION SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Education+4 more: $11,500 · Education
Other$1,774,900Human Services$609,800Arts & Culture$357,800Health$297,700Crime & Legal$174,750Youth Development$97,500Education$96,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetChild Abuse Network Inc dba Child Advocacy Network: $80,750 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetTULSA AREA UNITED WAY: $74,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTULSA AIR & SPACE MUSEUM INC: $70,500 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetHOSPICE OF GREEN COUNTRY INC: $55,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetHONOR BUNKER INC: $54,500 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetOKMULGEE COUNTY HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $54,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetTULSA OPERA INC: $49,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetSTAND IN THE GAP INC: $49,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetEmergency Infant Services Inc: $47,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PARENT CHILD CTR OF TULSA INC: $45,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetOklahoma Caring Foundation Inc: $44,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetTULSA BALLET THEATRE INC: $44,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HOPE OKLAHOMA INC: $44,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetCAMP FIRE GREEN COUNTRY INC: $43,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetRIVER PARKS FOUNDATION: $42,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetTULSA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $42,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGlobal Gardens Incorporated: $39,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetST JOHN HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $35,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetResonance Center for Women Inc: $34,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetIRON GATE INC: $34,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa Inc: $33,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHealth Outreach Prevention Education Inc: $32,900 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetThe Town & Country School Inc: $32,600 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL CHALLENGES: $32,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $32,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJoy in the Cause Company: $31,500 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetTULSA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $31,300 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetROGERS COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES INC: $30,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetPets Helping People Inc: $29,900 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetThe Foundation for Tulsa Schools: $28,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNEWVIEW OKLAHOMA INC: $28,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJunior League of Tulsa Inc: $27,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetAmplify Inc: $26,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON AVENUE HELPING HANDS INC: $25,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTHE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC: $25,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOKLAHOMA PROJECT WOMAN INC: $24,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTulsa Lawyers for Children Inc: $23,600 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetVIZAVANCE INC: $23,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCAR CARE CLINIC INC: $23,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetClarehouse Inc: $23,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc: $22,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCHAMBER MUSIC TULSA: $22,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetOklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden Inc: $22,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetREVITALIZE T-TOWN: $20,900 over 7y, 0.4% of budget1ST STEP MALE DIVERSION PROGRAM INC: $20,500 over 4y, 0.9% 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 Child Abuse Network Inc dba Child Advocacy Network ↗
  • Who funds TULSA AREA UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds TULSA AIR & SPACE MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF GREEN COUNTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds HONOR BUNKER INC ↗
  • Who funds OKMULGEE COUNTY HOMELESS SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds TULSA OPERA INC ↗
  • Who funds STAND IN THE GAP INC ↗
  • Who funds Emergency Infant Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE PARENT CHILD CTR OF TULSA INC ↗
  • Who funds Oklahoma Caring Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds TULSA BALLET THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW HOPE OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP FIRE GREEN COUNTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds RIVER PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TULSA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds Global Gardens Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Resonance Center for Women Inc ↗
  • Who funds IRON GATE INC ↗
  • Who funds Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa Inc ↗
  • Who funds Health Outreach Prevention Education Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Town & Country School Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL CHALLENGES ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Joy in the Cause Company ↗
  • Who funds TULSA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds ROGERS COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Pets Helping People Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Foundation for Tulsa Schools ↗
  • Who funds NEWVIEW OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds Junior League of Tulsa 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.

The Anne and Henry Za…Grace & Franklin Bern…Ralph and Frances McG…The Hardesty Family F…George Kaiser Family …The Sharna and Irvin …Mervin Bovaird Founda…Tulsa Community Found…Oneok Foundation IncMaxine and Jack Zarro…Sarkeys FoundationOne Gas Foundation Inc
The Anne and Henry Zarrow FoundationOK184.8× affinity96 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 · Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · George Kaiser Family Foundation · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Oneok Foundation Inc · Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation · Sarkeys Foundation · One Gas Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 670%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Up With Trees Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Newview Oklahoma Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Community Action Project of Tulsa County Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Domestic Violence Intervention Services: 15% of income from government
  • Ability Resources Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
  • Tulsa Day Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Youth Services of Tulsa Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: 8% of income from government
  • The University of Tulsa: 5% of income from government
  • The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Theatre Tulsa Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Family & Childrens Services Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Tulsa Habitat for Humanity Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Global Gardens Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
67get no government money at all
53report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 242 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home