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The Sneed Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Sneed Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$972k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$972k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Religion$131kArts & Culture$77kPhilanthropy$72kFood & Nutrition$28kEducation$19kHuman Services$17kEnvironment$4kYouth Development$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $100
  • $250k+1 grant · $972k
$972,315
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND & PIF$972,315
TULSA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$100
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LEGACY FAMILY NETWORK FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%JOHN 316 MISSION: $100 → 15%JOHN 316 MISSION: $50 → 15%HELPING HANDS MINISTRY: $2k → 15%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA: $1k → 15%HELPING HANDS MINISTRY: $2k → 15%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA: $1k → 15%HELPING HANDS MINISTRY: $2k → 15%DVIS: $1k → 15%FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $500 → 15%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $500 → 15%FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
WY
CA
CO
MO
DC
OK
TX
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.

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$250k · 26 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
19

Total granted

$250k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+27%

Still filing today

58%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $972k 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 ServicesArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • TB
    TULSA BALLET THEATRE INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $21k · revenue +73%
  • Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $20k · revenue +15%
  • TULSA OPERA INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $12k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • FS
    FOOD & SHELTER FOR FRIENDS
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • LF
    Legacy Family Network Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +187%
  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +12%
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 Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

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2
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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3
Tulsa Legacy Charter School

To prepare students for college through a rigorous arts infused program.

Education
4
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

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

Employment
5
Tulsa Children's Museum Inc

To inspire children, connect families, and build community through exploration, exhibits, programming, and play.

Arts & Culture
6
Tulsa Zoo Management Inc

Connecting, caring, advocating for wildlife, people, and wild places.

Animals
7
University of the Ozarks

True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

Education
8
Chamber Music Tulsa

To share the experience of chamber music through live performance and community engagement

Arts & Culture
9
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
10
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
11
Taylor University

The mission of Taylor University is to develop servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ's redemptive love, grace, and truth to a world in need.

Education
12
Washburn University Foundation

The Foundation was created to assist in the promotion, development and enhancement of the financial resources for Washburn University of Topeka, as well as to receive and hold in trust any assets given in benefit of the University.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Petra Kids Ministries. 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

26 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. 26 of the 49 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
19/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND & PIF: $972,315 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND & PIFFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $130,500 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH+25 more: $68,360 · Other+25 moreTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $70,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTULSA BALLET THEATRE INC: $21,000 · Arts & CultureTulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc: $19,600 · Arts & CultureTULSA OPERA INC: $12,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $2,325 · Arts & CultureBOSTON AVENUE HELPING HANDS INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesLegacy Family Network Foundation: $3,300 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesFamily & Childrens Services Inc: $1,500 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $1,000 · Human Services+2 more: $400 · Human ServicesThe University of Tulsa: $6,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,500 · EducationTulsa Library Trust: $1,050 · EducationCAMP LOUGHRIDGE: $3,500 · Youth DevelopmentMeals on Wheels of Norman Inc: $1,829 · Food & NutritionCaringBridge: $400 · Health
Other$1,171,175Philanthropy$71,000Arts & Culture$54,925Human Services$14,200Education$13,050Youth Development$3,500Food & Nutrition$1,829Health$400

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 budgetTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTULSA BALLET THEATRE INC: $21,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc: $19,600 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTULSA OPERA INC: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe University of Tulsa: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMILLS COLLEGE: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON AVENUE HELPING HANDS INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP LOUGHRIDGE: $3,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Norman Inc: $1,829 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFamily & Childrens Services Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTULSA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,075 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTulsa Library Trust: $1,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF TULSA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GILCREASE MUSEUM MANAGEMENT TRUST: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPETRA KIDS MINISTRIES: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCaringBridge: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA OF THE ROCKIES: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUP WITH TREES INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TULSA BALLET THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc ↗
  • Who funds TULSA OPERA INC ↗
  • Who funds The University of Tulsa ↗
  • Who funds MILLS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON AVENUE HELPING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP LOUGHRIDGE ↗
  • Who funds Legacy Family Network Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA INC ↗
  • Who funds Meals on Wheels of Norman Inc ↗
  • Who funds Family & Childrens Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds TULSA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Tulsa Library Trust ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF TULSA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GILCREASE MUSEUM MANAGEMENT TRUST ↗
  • Who funds PETRA KIDS MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds CaringBridge ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds JOHN 316 MISSION ↗

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.

The Gelvin FoundationMervin Bovaird Founda…The Anne and Henry Za…The Charles & Peggy S…Grace & Franklin Bern…The Hardesty Family F…Charles and Lynn Schu…The Barnett Family Fo…Kathleen Patton Westb…Ralph and Frances McG…The Sharna and Irvin …George Kaiser Family …
The Gelvin FoundationOK28.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Gelvin Foundation · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · The Charles & Peggy Stephenson Family Foundation · Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation · The Barnett Family Foundation Inc Ms Billie Barnett · Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · George Kaiser 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 Sneed Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sneed Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Up With Trees Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Domestic Violence Intervention Services: 15% of income from government
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • The University of Tulsa: 5% of income from government
  • Family & Childrens Services Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
4report 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
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.

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 49 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
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