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The Gerald H Westby Jr Foundation at a glance

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The Gerald H Westby Jr Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$45k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$7k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$149kHealth$40kCivil Rights$37kAnimals$25kCommunity Improvement$20kEnvironment$18kYouth Development$17kPhilanthropy$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,850
Median grant
1
States reached
$614k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEWVIEW OKLAHOMA$6,500
Individual grant recipient$6,350
TULSA BOTANIC GARDEN$5,000
TULSA OPERA$5,000
TULSA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$5,000
TULSA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$3,850
OKLAHOMA HUMANITIES COUNCIL$3,500
Individual grant recipient$3,000
ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY$2,500
YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA$2,000
SUTTON AVIAN RESEARCH CENTER$1,000
BLESSINGS TO SHARE FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $24k) 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: $5k → 15%BLESSINGS TO SHARE FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%GATESWAY FOUNDATION: $2k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $2k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $2k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $2k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $2k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $2k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $2k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $2k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $2k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $2k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $1k → 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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$241k · 13 repeat orgs$92k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +6% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
16

Total granted

$241k
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
0%

Still filing today

62%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPublic BenefitEmploymentAnimalsOther
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

  • Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc
    5× · 2018–2024 · $26k · revenue +11%
  • TULSA OPERA INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $23k · revenue +44%
  • YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $16k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • UC
    URBAN CORE ART PROJECT-ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL
    one grant, 2018 · $30k
  • LEADERSHIP TULSA INC
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +3%
  • THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $7k · revenue +54%
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
Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust

Tulsa performing arts center trust provides opportunities to experience diversity through the arts.

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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 Loan Fund Inc

To support community efforts to provide a greater supply of affordable housing in tulsa county and the surrounding area.

Housing & Shelter
5
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.

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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
Craft Production of Oklahoma Inc Formerly Theatre Arts Production Co

To provide a theatrical, educational broadway level experience for the youth and audiences of tulsa, oklahoma.

Arts & Culture
8
Tulsa Spca

The Tulsa SPCA's mission is to improve the lives of dogs and cats, and their human companions.

Animals
9
Oklahoma Repertory Theatre Group Inc

Okc rep produces live theater that builds community, creates conversation, and inspires us all.

Arts & Culture
10
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
11
Tulsa Press Club Foundation Inc

Organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, specifically for the sole benefit of Tulsa Press Club Benevolent Association, Inc. to aid in carrying out the mission to promote the highest standards of journalism and to…

Community Improvement
12
The Tulsa Arts Management Consortium Inc

Not-for-profit organization formed for the purpose of holding a master license agreement and providing technical support for Tessitura software, a ticketing and development program. The software is currently used by member charitable…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tulsa Opera Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sapulpa Furry Friends 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

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 34 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
12/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $38,350 · OtherIndividual grant recipientURBAN CORE ART PROJECT-ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $30,000 · OtherURBAN CORE ART PROJECT-ARTS & HUMANITIE…TULSA BOTANIC GARDEN: $23,335 · OtherTULSA BOTANIC GARDENLIVING ARTS: $13,000 · OtherLIVING ARTSTULSA POLICE PIPES & DRUMS: $6,000 · Other+6 more: $10,500 · Other+6 moreTulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc: $26,350 · Arts & CultureTulsa Symphony Orchestra IncTULSA OPERA INC: $22,500 · Arts & CultureTULSA OPERA INCTULSA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $18,000 · Arts & CultureTULSA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INCOklahoma Humanities Council Inc: $9,500 · Arts & CultureOklahoma Humanities Council In…THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC: $7,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART IN…THEATRE TULSA INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE TULSA INC+3 more: $4,000 · Arts & CultureNEWVIEW OKLAHOMA INC: $38,000 · EmploymentNEWVIEW OKLA…SAPULPA FURRY FRIENDS INC: $25,450 · AnimalsYOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA INC: $16,335 · Human ServicesRED DIRT RELIEF FUND INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesGatesway Foundation Inc: $2,000 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS TO SHARE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesLEADERSHIP TULSA INC: $20,000 · Public BenefitSoldier's Wish: $2,000 · Public BenefitTULSA FIDUCIARY FUND: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyTulsa Community College Foundation: $3,000 · EducationTULSA POP KIDS INC: $3,000 · EducationORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY: $2,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Education
Other$121,185Arts & Culture$92,350Employment$38,000Animals$25,450Human Services$24,335Public Benefit$22,000Philanthropy$13,000Education$9,500

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 budgetNEWVIEW OKLAHOMA INC: $38,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc: $26,350 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSAPULPA FURRY FRIENDS INC: $25,450 over 6y, 11% of budgetTULSA OPERA INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLEADERSHIP TULSA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTULSA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $18,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA INC: $16,335 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTULSA FIDUCIARY FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetOklahoma Humanities Council Inc: $9,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHEATRE TULSA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRED DIRT RELIEF FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTulsa Community College Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTULSA POP KIDS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTULSA YOUTH SYMPHONY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSoldier's Wish: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGatesway Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSINGS TO SHARE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHAMBER MUSIC TULSA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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…Kathleen Patton Westb…The Gelvin FoundationTulsa Community Found…One Gas Foundation IncMervin Bovaird Founda…Charles and Lynn Schu…Maxine and Jack Zarro…The Sharna and Irvin …The Hardesty Family F…George Kaiser Family …The Barnett Family Fo…
The Anne and Henry Zarrow FoundationOK30.1× affinity12 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 · Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation · The Gelvin Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · One Gas Foundation Inc · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation · Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · George Kaiser Family Foundation · The Barnett Family Foundation Inc Ms Billie Barnett

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Oklahoma Humanities Council Inc: 91% of income from government
  • Newview Oklahoma Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
  • Youth Services of Tulsa Inc: 8% of income from government
  • The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Theatre Tulsa Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Oral Roberts University: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
2report 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Gerald H Westby Jr Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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.

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 34 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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