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The Merrick Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$451k
Granted FY2024still arriving
40
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$79k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$692kArts & Culture$484kHealth$452kHuman Services$358kPhilanthropy$273kFood & Nutrition$252kYouth Development$184kReligion$147kOther$0
02FY2024 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k33 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $355k
$2,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION$79,000
CHARLES B GODDARD CENTER FOR THE VI$75,000
OSU FOUNDATION$75,000
MID-AMERICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY$75,000
OMRF$51,000
LIGHTHOUSE BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS CENT$10,000
FAMILY SHELTER OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA$10,000
POSSIBILITIES INC$9,000
GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OK INC$5,000
GUTS CHURCH$4,000
SOUTHEASTERN FOUNDATION INC$4,000
CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL$4,000
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$4,000
APOSTOLIC NETWORK OF GLOBAL AWAKENI$4,000
AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED$4,000
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 (FY17–24, $284k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CENTER OF FAMILY LOVE: $2k → 9%DALE K GRAHAM VETERANS FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%DALE K GRAHAM VETERANS FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $1k → 13%CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $1k → 13%SUNBEAM FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10k → 16%SUNBEAM FAMILY SERVICES INC: $5k → 16%GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OK INC: $10k → 16%GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OK INC: $10k → 16%GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OK INC: $8k → 16%GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OK INC: $5k → 16%GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OK INC: $5k → 16%GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OK INC: $5k → 16%DAILY LIVING CENTERS: $5k → 16%DAILY LIVING CENTERS: $3k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY: $11k → 16%CALM WATERS: $5k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY: $5k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY: $5k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY: $2k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY: $1k → 16%SISU YOUTH INC: $5k → 16%CITY CARE: $10k → 16%OKLAHOMA CLEATS FOR KIDS: $11k → 16%OKLAHOMA CLEATS FOR KIDS: $10k → 16%OKLAHOMA CLEATS FOR KIDS: $5k → 16%OKLAHOMA CLEATS FOR KIDS: $5k → 16%OKLAHOMA CLEATS FOR KIDS: $3k → 16%CALM WATERS: $2k → 16%CALM WATERS: $2k → 16%CALM WATERS: $1k → 16%THE CARE CENTER: $10k → 16%HONORING AMERICAS WARRIORS: $4k → 16%PIVOT INC: $10k → 16%PIVOT INC: $10k → 16%PIVOT INC: $8k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $5k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $3k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $2k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $2k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $10k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $10k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $10k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $6k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $2k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $1k → 16%NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION: $10k → 16%NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION: $8k → 16%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.

Which US states your grants reach

MN
IL
OR
PA
NJ
MO
VA
AZ
TN
SC
DC
OK
LA
TX
FL

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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.1M · 96 repeat orgs$309k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +48% since the first grant, against +34% for the ones you funded once.

96 repeat relationships — 32 still active in FY2024, 64 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

96
69

Total granted

$3.1M
$224k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+34%

Still filing today

73%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $86k 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 ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsReligionOther

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

  • OS
    Oklahoma State University Foundation
    6× · 2018–2024 · $216k · revenue +74%
  • REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $105k · revenue +47%
  • LB
    Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers
    4× · 2021–2024 · $85k · revenue +131%

Funded once

  • NA
    Norman Alcohol Information Center Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +22%
  • CC
    CITY CARE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +82%
  • CC
    Care Center-Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Inc DBA The CARE Center
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +5%

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
Child Advocacy Center of Central Ok Inc

The purpose of the organization is to provide hope-centered, trauma-informed, child-first services that unite law enforcement, child protective services (state and tribal), prosecutors, mental health professionals, and medical…

Human Services
2
Family Crisis Center Inc

The family crisis center provides intervention and advocacy for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. this is done with counselors, court advocates and 24 hour shelter for victims and their children.

Human Services
3
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
4
Oklahoma Casa Association Inc

To provide a statewide voice for children by enhancing & sustaining the growth of local casa programs which provide trained community volunteers to represent the best interests of abused & neglected children.

Human Services
5
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.

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6
Family Hope House Inc

Family Hope House empowers families through therapy, education, and advocacy. As Oklahoma's sole adoption competent mental health agency, we support foster and adoptive children for lasting stability and success.

Health
7
Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation
Arts & Culture
8
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
9
Oklahoma Afterschool Network Inc

Works to ensure that all children and youth in Oklahoma have access to safe and enriching learning opportunities during their out-of-school time.

—
10
La Luz Organization Inc

La Luz Organization helps the underserved Latino population in Oklahoma with culturally and faith based trauma-informed services to victims of domestic violence,sexual assault and stalking.

Human Services
11
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
12
Youth and Family Services Inc

Youth & family services, inc. provides emergency shelter, counseling, delinquency prevention, independent living, and education programs to children with special needs and at-risk youth.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Restoreokc Inc and the most unlike its peers is Pi Beta Phi Foundation of Okc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Domestic Violence ServicesAddiction Recovery ServicesPregnancy Support ServicesLocal Food System Organizat…Cancer Support ServicesCommunity Arts CentersYouth Sports ProgramsCommunity FoundationsEnvironmental Conservation …Military Veterans SupportSchool District FoundationsFood Banks and PantriesDevelopmental Disabilities …Youth Development Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%1%<5yr16%5%5–10yr19%24%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr12%27%35–55yr14%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr16%2%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr16%18%20–35yr12%27%35–55yr14%40%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/136
the rest of the field
16%
4,139/25,675

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

121 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 121 of the 173 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
43
Early backer (in before they grew)
117/121
Grantees still filing
92/121
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CHARLES B GODDARD CENTER FOR THE VI — $400,000 · OtherCHARLES B GODDARD CENTER FOR THE VIOMRF — $313,250 · OtherOMRFCOMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICES — $116,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICESMid-America Christian University Inc — $75,000 · OtherARDMORE SCHOOLS TURF ASSN — $75,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICES OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA — $69,000 · Other+108 more — $871,550 · Other+108 moreOklahoma State University Foundation — $216,000 · EducationOklahoma State Un…UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC — $200,438 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OKL…THE MORE FOUNDATION — $36,000 · EducationTHE MORE FOUNDATI…SOUTHEASTERN FOUNDATION INC — $31,500 · EducationSOUTHEASTERN FOUN…Keystone Adventure School & Farm Inc — $20,000 · Education+5 more — $19,000 · EducationGRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA — $42,500 · Human ServicesGRACE CENT…SPECIAL CARE INC — $41,000 · Human ServicesSPECIAL CA…CLEATS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION — $33,700 · Human ServicesCLEATS FOR…PIVOT INC — $29,100 · Human ServicesPIVOT INCYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY — $24,250 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'…INFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC — $17,600 · Human ServicesINFANT CRI…NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION INC — $17,500 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHO…WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC — $16,000 · Human ServicesSUNBEAM FAMILY SERVICES INC — $15,000 · Human Services+13 more — $70,500 · Human Services+13 moreLighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers — $85,000 · HealthMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma — $32,000 · HealthINTEGRIS Health Foundation Inc — $30,000 · HealthSOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AMBULANCE SERVICE INC — $18,000 · HealthBETHESDA INC — $15,000 · HealthGOOD SHEPHERD COMMUNITY CLINICINC — $15,000 · HealthNorman Alcohol Information Center Inc — $15,000 · HealthLIMBS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION — $10,000 · HealthThe Children's Center Inc — $10,000 · HealthLead Learn Live Corp — $9,000 · Health+5 more — $22,500 · HealthREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC — $105,350 · Food & NutritionFOOD AND RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INC — $70,000 · Food & NutritionREGIONAL FOOD BANK FOUNDATION — $34,750 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $3,500 · Food & NutritionFAMILY SHELTER OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA — $64,000 · Civil RightsCASA OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA INC — $32,500 · Civil RightsLIVE ACTION — $8,000 · Civil RightsUnited Way of Central Oklahoma Inc — $38,000 · PhilanthropyCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS — $28,000 · PhilanthropyTEEN RECOVERY SOLUTIONS INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyPI BETA PHI FOUNDATION OF OKC — $8,500 · Philanthropy+1 more — $500 · Philanthropy
Other$1,919,800Education$522,938Human Services$307,150Health$261,500Food & Nutrition$213,600Civil Rights$104,500Philanthropy$85,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetOklahoma State University Foundation — $216,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC — $200,438 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC — $105,350 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers — $85,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMid-America Christian University Inc — $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD AND RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INC — $70,000 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICES OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA — $69,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetFAMILY SHELTER OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA — $64,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetA CHANCE TO CHANGE FOUNDATION — $47,750 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE HOMELESS ALLIANCE INC — $44,600 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetGRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA — $42,500 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetSPECIAL CARE INC — $41,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Central Oklahoma Inc — $38,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MORE FOUNDATION — $36,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetDORNICK HILLS HISTORICAL FOUNDATION — $36,000 over 3y, 67% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK FOUNDATION — $34,750 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCLEATS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION — $33,700 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCASA OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA INC — $32,500 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma — $32,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN FOUNDATION INC — $31,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetARBUCKLE LIFE SOLUTIONS INC — $30,500 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetINTEGRIS Health Foundation Inc — $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPIVOT INC — $29,100 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS — $28,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dragonfly Home Inc — $25,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY — $24,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetREMERGE INC — $24,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetOKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME — $24,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPOSITIVE TOMORROWS INC — $20,900 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFIELDS & FUTURES FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetKeystone Adventure School & Farm Inc — $20,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AMBULANCE SERVICE INC — $18,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetINFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC — $17,600 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION INC — $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC — $16,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBECAUSE WE CARE PHILANTHROPY INC — $16,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBETHESDA INC — $15,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD COMMUNITY CLINICINC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNorman Alcohol Information Center Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSUNBEAM FAMILY SERVICES INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPOSSIBILITIES INC — $13,500 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetNEWVIEW OKLAHOMA INC — $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE — $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTEEN RECOVERY SOLUTIONS INC — $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetDALE K GRAHAM VETERANS FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLIMBS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCALM WATERS CENTER FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES INC — $10,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHOPEHOUSE SUPPORTIVE & TRANSITIONAL LIVING INC — $10,000 over 4y, 1.4% 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.

  • Who funds Oklahoma State University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers ↗
  • Who funds Mid-America Christian University Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOOD AND RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICES OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SHELTER OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA ↗
  • Who funds A CHANCE TO CHANGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HOMELESS ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE MORE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DORNICK HILLS HISTORICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLEATS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEASTERN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ARBUCKLE LIFE SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds INTEGRIS Health Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds PIVOT INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS ↗
  • Who funds The Dragonfly Home Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY ↗
  • Who funds REMERGE INC ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME ↗
  • Who funds POSITIVE TOMORROWS INC ↗
  • Who funds FIELDS & FUTURES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Keystone Adventure School & Farm Inc ↗

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.

El and Thelma Gaylord…Inasmuch FoundationOklahoma City Communi…American Fidelity Fou…Sarkeys FoundationCommunities Foundatio…Harris Foundation IncCresap Family Foundat…Wegener Foundation IncThe Anne and Henry Za…Love Meyer Family Fou…The Samuel Roberts No…
El and Thelma Gaylord FoundationOK111.2× affinity53 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Inasmuch Foundation · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · American Fidelity Foundation · Sarkeys Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Harris Foundation Inc · Cresap Family Foundation · Wegener Foundation Inc · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Love Meyer Family Foundation · The Samuel Roberts Noble 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 Merrick 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 490%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Sunbeam Family Services Inc — 52% of income from government
  • Newview Oklahoma Inc — 45% of income from government
  • It's My Community Initiative Inc — 23% of income from government
  • Oklahoma City Family Justice Center Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma — 8% of income from government
  • Remerge Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Good Shepherd Community Clinicinc — 5% of income from government
  • Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers — 2% of income from government
  • Pivot Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation — 1% of income from government
  • Oklahoma Arts Institute Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Special Care Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
49get no government money at all
36report 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

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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Merrick Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Merrick 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 173 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines