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The T Boone Pickens Foundation

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.

$78M
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$61M
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Education$135MHealth$30MPublic Benefit$21MScience & Tech$3.0MArts & Culture$2.0MPhilanthropy$50k
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$12,500,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$60,860,000
THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY$12,500,000
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY$4,426,669
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:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE: $21.0M → 10%BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $10.0M → 14%AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION: $3.0M → 15%OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME: $2.0M → 16%OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $4.4M → 19%HOLDENVILLE LIBRARY - GRACE M PICKENS PUBLIC LIBRARY: $6k → 23%HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION: $1.0M → 9%THE JOHN HOPKINS WILMER EYE INSTITUTE: $20.0M → 19%COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $50k → 14%OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $86k → 19%OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $60.9M → 19%OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $55.9M → 19%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.

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 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
Forty First Foundation

The forty first foundation supports and advances the university of texas at austin in its pursuit of excellence. we work closely with the office of the president to identify, fund, and implement strategic initiatives that enhance the…

Education
2
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
3
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

4
American Association of State Colleges and Universities

Aascu is a washington, d.c. based higher education association that represents the sector of over 500 regional public colleges, universities, and systems whose members share a learning and teaching centered culture, a commitment to…

Education
5
Baylor Oral Health Foundation

The baylor oral health foundation was established to foster and support the activities and program of the texas a&m university college of dentistry (the college) to provide financial support for excellence at the college, and to advance…

Health
6
American Association of University Women Inc

Aauw advances gender equity for women and girls through research, education, and advocacy.

Education
7
The Association of Former Students of Texas a&M University

To strengthen the association of former students, promote the interests and welfare of texas a&m university, perpetuate ties of affection and esteem formed in university or college days, and serve the student body.

Education
8
American Geophysical Union

Agu's mission is to advance and support an inclusive community of earth and space scientists and partners dedicated to discovery and solutions to societal challenges. agu seeks to catalyze discovery and solutions to scientific and societal…

Science & Tech
9
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

11
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oklahoma State University Foundation and the most unlike its peers is The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. 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

8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 12 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
5/8
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Oklahoma State University Foundation — $116,720,000 · EducationOklahoma State University FoundationTHE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE — $21,000,000 · EducationTHE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE+2 more — $1,010,000 · EducationTHE JOHN HOPKINS WILMER EYE INSTITUTE — $20,000,000 · OtherTHE JOHN HOPKINS WILM…THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY — $12,500,000 · OtherTHE GOVERNORS OF THE …OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY — $4,512,888 · OtherOKLAHOMA STATE UNIVER…+1 more — $5,537 · OtherBaylor Health Care System Foundation — $10,000,000 · HealthAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION — $3,000,000 · Science & TechOKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME — $2,000,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC — $50,000 · Philanthropy
Education$138,730,000Other$37,018,425Health$10,000,000Science & Tech$3,000,000Arts & Culture$2,000,000Philanthropy$50,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetOklahoma State University Foundation — $116,720,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetTHE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE — $21,000,000 over 1y, 57% of budgetBaylor Health Care System Foundation — $10,000,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION — $3,000,000 over 1y, 67% of budgetOKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME — $2,000,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC — $1,000,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The T Boone Pickens 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.

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no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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.

    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The T Boone Pickens Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The T Boone Pickens 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 12 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.

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