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The Lawhorn Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Lawhorn Family Foundation Inc

$68k
Granted FY2019
6
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of The Lawhorn Family Foundation Inc’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Tulsa Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year The Lawhorn Family Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $68k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

2
’17
1
’18
5
’19
3
’20
1
’21
1
’22
0
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$787kReligion$62kEducation$33kEmployment$25kHealth$15kCommunity Improvement$3kHuman Services$2kInternational$500Other$0
02FY2019 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k3 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
$15,171
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
A New Leaf$25,160
Tulsa Area United Way$25,160
St Patricks Episcopal Church$15,171
American Heart Assoc$1,000
Reading Partners$1,000
Crosstown Learning Center$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 (FY19–19, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Crosstown Learning Center: $500 → 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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$208k · 5 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2019, 3 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call). Read against FY2019, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
4

Total granted

$208k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+46%

Still filing today

40%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
HealthEducationHuman ServicesEmploymentOther
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 AREA UNITED WAY
    3× · 2019–2021 · $105k · revenue +5%
  • SP
    St Patricks Episcopal Church
    2× · 2018–2019 · $39k
  • TC
    Tulsa Community College
    3× · 2018–2021 · $29k

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • TA
    THE ABILITY EXPERIENCEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +46%
  • NEWVIEW OKLAHOMA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue -3%
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 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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2
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

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

Employment
3
United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc

United way of central oklahoma is committed to connecting people and resources to improve the well being of those in our community.

Philanthropy
4
Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma Inc

We help people overcome challenges to employment.

Employment
5
Abilitypath

Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.

Employment
6
Associated Universities Inc

Associated universities inc (aui) collaborates with the scientific community and research sponsors to plan, build, and operate cutting-edge facilities. we cultivate excellence, deliver value, enhance education, and engage the public.

Science & Tech
7
Oklahoma City University

Inspired by a culture of creativity, Oklahoma City University fosters an immersive, personalized experience that welcomes and prepares students to pursue boundless opportunities.

Education
8
Association of Legal Administrators

Ala is the catalyst for growth by providing: diverse educational experiences, engaged peer communities, strategic solutions, dynamic resources, and trusted networks.

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9
Opportunity Partners

Mission: together we advance the quality of life for people with disabilities. vision: people of all abilities thrive in the world. values: impact- generate solutions that make a difference. choice - create opportunities for people to lead…

Employment
10
Dakotabilities Inc

Together, we create a warm and welcoming community enriching the lives of those we support.

Human Services
11
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
12
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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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 American Heart Association 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

10 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. 10 of the 17 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
9/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $681,607 · PhilanthropyTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONTULSA AREA UNITED WAY: $105,160 · OtherTULSA AREA UNITED WAYSt Patricks Episcopal Church: $38,829 · OtherSt Patricks Episcopal Churc…Tulsa Community College: $28,650 · OtherTulsa Community CollegeA NEW LEAF INC: $25,160 · OtherA NEW LEAF INCSaint Simeon's Foundation: $23,500 · OtherSaint Simeon's Foundation+5 more: $8,000 · OtherMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $11,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 · HealthThe University of Tulsa: $2,500 · EducationREADING PARTNERS: $1,000 · EducationNEWVIEW OKLAHOMA INC: $1,000 · EmploymentCROSSTOWN LEARNING CENTER INC: $500 · Human Services
Philanthropy$681,607Other$229,299Health$12,500Education$3,500Employment$1,000Human Services$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $681,607 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTULSA AREA UNITED WAY: $105,160 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetA NEW LEAF INC: $25,160 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $11,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe University of Tulsa: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ABILITY EXPERIENCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWVIEW OKLAHOMA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSTOWN LEARNING CENTER INC: $500 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.

Tulsa Area United WayMervin Bovaird Founda…Maxine and Jack Zarro…The Sharna and Irvin …Oneok Foundation IncEl and Thelma Gaylord…Sarkeys FoundationThe Anne and Henry Za…Tulsa Community Found…The Bank of America C…Amazonsmile Foundation
Tulsa Area United WayOK13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tulsa Area United Way · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · Oneok Foundation Inc · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Sarkeys Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Newview Oklahoma Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% 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
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Lawhorn Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Lawhorn Family Foundation Inc 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 17 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2019, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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