Oklahoma · Private foundation
The Robinson 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $468,179
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 32
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Robinson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 24 | $1.2M | 4% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $1.2M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $1.3M | 4% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $1.4M | 32% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $1.5M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Catholic Education | $2,891,867 | 6 | 66% |
| Family & Childrens Services Inc | $350,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Little Light House Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Neighbor for Neighbor Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Iron Gate Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Tulsa Boys' Home Inc | $175,000 | 6 | 0% |
| John 316 Mission | $175,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Inc | $160,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Crossover Community Impact Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 3% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Catholic Education | $2,891,867 | 6 | 66% |
| Family & Childrens Services Inc | $350,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Little Light House Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Neighbor for Neighbor Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Iron Gate Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Tulsa Boys' Home Inc | $175,000 | 6 | 0% |
| John 316 Mission | $175,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Inc | $160,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Crossover Community Impact Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Tulsa Casa Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Neighbors Along the Line | $70,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Meals on Wheels of Norman Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Tulsa Area United Way | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Happy Hands Education Center Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Youth Services of Tulsa Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Life Senior Services Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Reading Partners | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clarehouse Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Street School Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tulsans for Public Safety | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Is Alive Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Robinson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Tulsa Community Foundation · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · George Kaiser Family Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · The David E & Cassie L Temple Foundation · Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation · The Gelvin Foundation · The Oxley Foundation · Morningcrest Healthcare Foundation · Flint Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Robinson Foundation
- How much does The Robinson Foundation give?
- The Robinson Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $1,156,804 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 32 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Robinson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (45%), Human Services (20%), Membership Benefit (16%).
- Who are The Robinson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Friends of Catholic Education ($2.9M), Family & Childrens Services Inc ($350k), Little Light House Inc ($300k).
- Does The Robinson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Robinson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Robinson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tulsa Community Foundation, Mervin Bovaird Foundation, The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation.
- Where is The Robinson Foundation based?
- The Robinson Foundation is based in OK.
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