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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 FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$468k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.5MHuman Services$1.6MMembership Benefit$1.2MFood & Nutrition$550kReligion$365kHousing & Shelter$200kYouth Development$110kCrime & Legal$80kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $194k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $485k
  • $250k+1 grant · $468k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Friends of Catholic Education$468,179
Catholic Charites of Tulsa$75,000
Holy Family Cathedral$60,000
Community Food Bank of Eastern OK$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
Day Center for the Homeless$50,000
the Little Lighthouse$50,000
Family and Childrens Services$50,000
Iron Gate$50,000
Neighbor for Neighbor$50,000
Youth Services$25,000
John 316 Mission$25,000
Tulsa Boys Home$25,000
Crossover Community Impact$25,000
Individual grant recipient$18,625
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 (FY20–25, $1.2M) 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%John 316 Mission: $25k → 14%John 316 Mission: $25k → 14%John 316 Mission: $25k → 14%John 316 Mission: $25k → 14%NEIGHBORS ALONG THE LINE: $20k → 14%NEIGHBORS ALONG THE LINE: $20k → 14%Neighbors Along The Line: $15k → 14%Neighbors Along The Line: $15k → 14%HAPPY HANDS EDUCATION CENTER: $25k → 15%HAPPY HANDS EDUCATION CENTER: $10k → 15%JOHN 316 MISSION: $50k → 15%TULSA BOYS HOME: $50k → 15%JOHN 316 MISSION: $25k → 15%TULSA BOYS HOME: $25k → 15%CLAREHOUSE: $10k → 15%Clarehouse: $10k → 15%NEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR: $50k → 15%Neighbor for Neighbor: $50k → 15%Neighbor for Neighbor: $50k → 15%Neighbor for Neighbor: $50k → 15%NEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR: $50k → 15%Neighbor for Neighbor: $50k → 15%Crossover Community Impact: $25k → 15%Crossover Community Impact: $25k → 15%Crossover Community Impact: $25k → 15%Crossover Community Impact: $25k → 15%Family and Childrens Services: $85k → 15%Family and Childrens Services: $75k → 15%Family and Childrens Services: $50k → 15%Family and Childrens Services: $50k → 15%Life Senior Services: $5k → 15%Life Senior Services: $5k → 15%Life Senior Services: $5k → 15%LIFE SENIOR SERVICES: $5k → 15%Life Senior Services: $5k → 15%LIFE SENIOR SERVICES: $5k → 15%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $50k → 15%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $40k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $25k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $10k → 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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.5M · 37 repeat orgs$320k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
12

Total granted

$7.5M
$315k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+106%

Still filing today

49%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHealthEducationPhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • FO
    Friends of Catholic Education
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.9M · revenue +69% · 66% of their budget
  • FC
    Family & Childrens Services Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $350k · revenue +164%
  • LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $300k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • SP
    STS PETER AND PAUL CATHOLIC SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • SP
    Sts Peter and Paul School
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • HF
    HOLY FAMILY CATHEDRAL SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
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 Neighborhood Networks Inc

Provide the poor of the city of tulsa, oklahoma an opportunity to improve their quality of life through guidance and training in the areas of education, employment, family skills, healthcare, housing, socialization and spirituality.

Community Improvement
2
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
3
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

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4
Transitional Living Centers of Oklahoma Inc

Assist in preparing homeless and near homeless women in the skills to care for their children and enable them to move toward self-sufficiency.

Housing & Shelter
5
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
6
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
7
Tulsa Day Center Inc

To serve those who are experiencing or at risk for homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
8
City Rescue Mission Inc

Our mission is to lead our community by serving people experiencing or at risk of homelessness with help, hope, and healing, in the spirit of excellence, under the call of christ.

Human Services
9
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

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

Employment
10
Community Action Project of Tulsa County Inc

Community action project of tulsa county inc.'s (cap tulsa) mission is to help young children in lower-income families grow up and achieve economic success.

Human Services
11
Crossover Health Services Inc

Crossover health services (chs) envisions a christian healthcare movement where faith, strong relationships, and shared resources drive community restoration and eliminate health disparities. we believe that healthcare is a right, not a…

Health
12
Tulsa Volunteers of America Senior Housing Inc

Provides housing to elderly persons under section 202 of the national housing act under agreement with the department of hud.

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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 Institute of Real Estate Management Tulsa Chapter 10. 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

22 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. 22 of the 50 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Friends of Catholic Education: $2,891,867 · PhilanthropyFriends of Catholic EducationCatholic Charites of Tulsa: $300,000 · OtherCatholic Charites of TulsaLITTLE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $300,000 · OtherLITTLE LIGHT HOUSE INCDay Center for the Homeless: $300,000 · OtherDay Center for the HomelessIndividual grant recipient: $250,171 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST CATHERINE SCHOOL: $175,000 · OtherST CATHERINE SCHOOLCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF OKLAHOMA CITY INC: $160,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF…CASCIA HALL PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $155,675 · OtherCASCIA HALL PREPARATORY SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $120,000 · OtherHoly Family Cathedral: $110,000 · OtherHOLY FAMILY CLASSICAL SCHOOL: $100,000 · OtherYouth Services: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · Other+19 more: $598,000 · Other+19 moreFamily & Childrens Services Inc: $350,000 · Human ServicesFamily & Childrens…NEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBOR FOR NEIGH…TULSA BOYS' HOME INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesTULSA BOYS' HOME I…JOHN 316 MISSION: $175,000 · Human ServicesJOHN 316 MISSIONCROSSOVER COMMUNITY IMPACT INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesCROSSOVER COMMUNIT…NEIGHBORS ALONG THE LINE: $70,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORS ALONG TH…+4 more: $120,000 · Human Services+4 moreCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $300,000 · Food & NutritionMeals on Wheels of Norman Inc: $60,000 · Food & NutritionIRON GATE INC: $300,000 · ReligionTULSA CASA INC: $90,000 · Civil RightsREADING PARTNERS: $25,000 · EducationSTREET SCHOOL INC: $15,000 · EducationMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $20,000 · HealthHOPE IS ALIVE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · Health
Philanthropy$2,891,867Other$2,768,846Human Services$1,290,000Food & Nutrition$360,000Religion$300,000Civil Rights$90,000Education$40,000Health$30,000

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 budgetFriends of Catholic Education: $2,891,867 over 6y, 66% of budgetFamily & Childrens Services Inc: $350,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $300,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetNEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR INC: $300,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $300,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetIRON GATE INC: $300,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetTULSA BOYS' HOME INC: $175,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetJOHN 316 MISSION: $175,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF OKLAHOMA CITY INC: $160,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCROSSOVER COMMUNITY IMPACT INC: $100,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetTULSA CASA INC: $90,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetNEIGHBORS ALONG THE LINE: $70,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Norman Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetTULSA AREA UNITED WAY: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHAPPY HANDS EDUCATION CENTER INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLIFE SENIOR SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetClarehouse Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSTREET SCHOOL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE IS ALIVE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds Friends of Catholic Education ↗
  • Who funds Family & Childrens Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds IRON GATE INC ↗
  • Who funds TULSA BOYS' HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHN 316 MISSION ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF OKLAHOMA CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSOVER COMMUNITY IMPACT INC ↗
  • Who funds TULSA CASA INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORS ALONG THE LINE ↗
  • Who funds Meals on Wheels of Norman Inc ↗
  • Who funds TULSA AREA UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds HAPPY HANDS EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds READING PARTNERS ↗

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 Community Found…Mervin Bovaird Founda…The Anne and Henry Za…George Kaiser Family …Ralph and Frances McG…El and Thelma Gaylord…The David E & Cassie …Grace & Franklin Bern…The Gelvin FoundationThe Oxley FoundationMorningcrest Healthca…Flint Family Foundati…
Tulsa Community FoundationOK32.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Youth Services of Tulsa Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: 8% of income from government
  • Family & Childrens Services Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Robinson Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Robinson 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 50 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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