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The John W and Cecelia a Norman Family Foundation at a glance

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The John W and Cecelia a Norman Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$11k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$118kFood & Nutrition$22kHealth$18kHuman Services$15kCrime & Legal$9kReligion$8kHousing & Shelter$3kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$11,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$582k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OU FOUNDATION$11,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%MCKINNEY CHURCH: $300 → 11%BAYLOR HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION - ADVANCED LUNG DISEASE: $500 → 14%NATIONAL MS SOCIETY: $1k → 16%OU FOUNDATION: $35k → 13%OCU SCHOOL OF LAW: $25k → 16%FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $1k → 19%FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH DUNCAN: $500 → 19%PARKINSON FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH CENTER: $2k → 17%OK FELLOWS OF AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%OU FOUNDATION: $11k → 13%OCU SCHOOL OF LAW: $7k → 16%OK FELLOWS OF AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%OU FOUNDATION: $11k → 13%LEGAL AID SERVICES: $2k → 16%AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION: $250 → 14%OU FOUNDATION: $11k → 13%COUNCIL ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH: $5k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA: $5k → 13%OK HEART HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1k → 16%OU FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%OKLAHOMA LAWYERS FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 16%OU FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%YMCA: $1k → 16%OU FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%OK BAPTIST HOME FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION OU COLLEGE OF LAW: $1k → 13%YWCA: $1k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA: $1k → 13%REMERGE: $2k → 16%OU FOUNDATION: $1k → 13%OK BAPTIST HOME FOR CHILDREN: $500 → 16%RED ANDREWS CHRISTMAS DINNER: $1k → 13%REMERGE: $2k → 16%OK BAPTIST HOME FOR CHILDREN: $500 → 16%REMERGE: $1k → 16%OK KIDS KORRAL: $1k → 16%LIBERTY FOUNDATION: $450 → 16%PARKINSON FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA: $3k → 16%EMHS BOOSTER CLUB: $2k → 16%FIELDS & FUTURES: $420 → 16%CENTRAL OKLAHOMA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $2k → 16%REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA: $20k → 16%REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA: $1k → 16%FAITH BIBLE CHURCH: $1k → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
DC
OK
TX
FL
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$147k · 7 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
38

Total granted

$147k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+59%

Still filing today

57%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
HealthCrime & LegalEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • OC
    OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $32k · revenue +32%
  • REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $21k · revenue +30%
  • RI
    REMERGE INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $5k · revenue +303%

Funded once

  • HI
    HEARTLINE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +341%
  • CR
    COUNCIL ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • TS
    The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +38%
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
Oklahoma State University Foundation

Unite donor passions with university priorities to elevate the impact of oklahoma state university.

Education
2
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
3
Oklahoma Hall of Fame

The oklahoma hall of fame preserves oklahomas unique history while promoting pride in our great state through each of its programs and the gaylord-pickens museum. the association honors our states rich tradition by telling oklahomas story…

Arts & Culture
4
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

OMRF is dedicated to developing a better understanding of more effective treatments for human disease.

Health
5
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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6
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Inc

To promote the flourishing of the people of oklahoma by advancing principles and policies that support free enterprise, limited government, personal responsibility, and individual initiative.

Public Safety & Disaster
7
Osteopathic Founders Foundation

The mission of the osteopathic founders foundation is to support osteopathic medical education, to enhance the public's understanding of osteopathic medicine, and to improve the health of the community through projects consistent with the…

Health
8
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
9
Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform Inc

Oklahomans for criminal justice reform, inc ("ocjr"), an oklahoma not-for- profit corporation, was established to promote awareness and educate the cizizens and leadership of oklahoma on problems and issues facing the oklahoma corrections…

Crime & Legal
10
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
11
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
12
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Oklahoma Lawyers for Children 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

21 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. 21 of the 45 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)
21/21
Grantees still filing
19/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $78,800 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INCOKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY: $32,326 · EducationOKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY+1 more: $1,250 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA: $5,755 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHO…COUNCIL ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherCOUNCIL ROAD BAPTIST…OK FELLOWS OF AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION: $2,250 · OtherOK FELLOWS OF AMERIC…OK BAPTIST HOME FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 · OtherOK BAPTIST HOME FOR …LEGAL AID SERVICES: $2,000 · OtherLEGAL AID SERVICESST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH CENTER: $2,000 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S R…EMHS BOOSTER CLUB: $1,500 · Other+19 more: $14,420 · Other+19 moreREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $21,000 · Food & NutritionREGIONAL FOO…HEARTLINE INC: $5,000 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $2,500 · HealthPARKINSON FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA: $2,500 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthREMERGE INC: $5,000 · Crime & LegalOKLAHOMA LAWYERS FOR CHILDREN INC: $2,000 · Crime & LegalOKLAHOMA BAR FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $250 · Crime & LegalPEPPERS RANCH INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesCITY RESCUE MISSION INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCENTRAL OKLAHOMA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $2,000 · Housing & Shelter
Education$112,376Other$34,925Food & Nutrition$21,000Health$13,250Crime & Legal$8,250Human Services$5,000Housing & Shelter$2,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $78,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY: $32,326 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $21,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREMERGE INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHEARTLINE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPEPPERS RANCH INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOKLAHOMA LAWYERS FOR CHILDREN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL OKLAHOMA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOKLAHOMA BAR FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY RESCUE MISSION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREE TO LIVE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIELDS & FUTURES FOUNDATION: $420 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

El and Thelma Gaylord…Oklahoma City Communi…Bowen FoundationAmerican Fidelity Fou…Inasmuch FoundationCommunities Foundatio…McLaughlin Family Fou…Fred Jones Family Fou…Servant FoundationClyde R Evans Charita…Presbyterian Health F…Because We Care Phila…
El and Thelma Gaylord FoundationOK22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Bowen Foundation · American Fidelity Foundation · Inasmuch Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · McLaughlin Family Foundation · Fred Jones Family Foundation · Servant Foundation · Clyde R Evans Charitable Trust · Presbyterian Health Foundation · Because We Care Philanthropy 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 John W and Cecelia a Norman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The John W and Cecelia a Norman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Remerge Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get 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 · 0–15%
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 John W and Cecelia a Norman Family 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 45 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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