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The Whitmire Family Charitable 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.

$200k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
10
Grants FY2024
7
Organizations funded FY2023
14%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 37
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$110k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 14% of the organizations The Whitmire Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationHealthPublic BenefitRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving10$200k0%
FY20237$110k14%
FY20227$50k14%
FY20218$63k88%
FY20204$281k75%
FY201913$385k8%
FY201821$685k33%
FY201737$234kn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$548kArts & Culture$355kRecreation & Sports$282kEducation$246kFood & Nutrition$177kHealth$150kPublic Benefit$135kCrime & Legal$34kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
DC
OK
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of The Whitmire Family Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Choregus Productions Inc$280,0003n/a
Oklahoma Firefighters Burn Camp Inc$275,000269%
Tulsa Warbirds Foundation Inc$250,000186%
Grand Aces Foundation$100,000165%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$80,00040%
Meals on Wheels of Norman Inc$50,00033%
Iron Gate Inc$48,00031%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$47,00030%
Judicial Watch Inc$46,00040%
The Spring Shelter Inc$45,00032%
Kendall-Whittier Inc$43,500216%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$41,00040%
Bit-By-Bit Inc$40,00023%
Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Inc$35,00030%
Turning Point USA Inc$35,00020%
America First Legal Foundation$34,00030%
Living Arts of Tulsa Inc$30,00032%
Tulsa Girls Art School Project Inc$30,00033%
John 316 Mission$28,0002n/a
National Foundation for Gun Rights Inc$28,00031%
Global Gardens Incorporated$25,00031%
Disabled Veterans National Foundation$24,00020%
Salvation Army$20,0001n/a
Arms Around Ba Inc$20,00013%
Honor Bunker Inc$15,00024%
The Lab School of Washington$13,00010%
Animal Aid of Tulsa Inc$13,00023%
Tulsa Habitat for Humanity Inc$12,00020%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Tulsa Boys' Home Inc$10,00020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$10,00010%
Childrens Volunteer Health Network Inc$5,0001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$5,00020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$5,00010%
Special Olympics Oklahoma Inc$5,00010%
Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa Inc$5,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$3,00010%
March of Dimes Inc$3,0001n/a
Collegiate Hall Inc$2,00010%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$2,00010%
Tsha Inc$1,00010%
Easter Seals Inc$1,00010%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$1,00010%

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($232k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Whitmire Family Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOklahoma Firefighters Burn Camp Inc: $275,000 over 2y, 69% of budgetTulsa Warbirds Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 86% of budgetGrand Aces Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 65% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Norman Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetIron Gate Inc: $48,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $47,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $46,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Spring Shelter Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetKendall-Whittier Inc: $43,500 over 2y, 16% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $41,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBit-By-Bit Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetCommunity Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerica First Legal Foundation: $34,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLiving Arts of Tulsa Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetTulsa Girls Art School Project Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetNational Foundation for Gun Rights Inc: $28,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetGlobal Gardens Incorporated: $25,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetDisabled Veterans National Foundation: $24,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArms Around Ba Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetHonor Bunker Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetThe Lab School of Washington: $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Aid of Tulsa Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetTulsa Habitat for Humanity Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTulsa Boys' Home Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Oklahoma Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetArts & Humanities Council of Tulsa Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollegiate Hall Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTsha Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEaster Seals Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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 Anne and Henry Zarrow FoundationOK36.2× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · The Gelvin Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · Oneok Foundation Inc · George Kaiser Family Foundation · Hille Family Charitable Foundation · Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · Kathleen Patton Westby 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.

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About The Whitmire Family Charitable Foundation

How much does The Whitmire Family Charitable Foundation give?
The Whitmire Family Charitable Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $200,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Whitmire Family Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (27%), Arts & Culture (18%), Recreation & Sports (14%).
Who are The Whitmire Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Choregus Productions Inc ($280k), Oklahoma Firefighters Burn Camp Inc ($275k), Tulsa Warbirds Foundation Inc ($250k).
Does The Whitmire Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Whitmire Family Charitable 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 Whitmire Family Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation, The Gelvin Foundation.
Where is The Whitmire Family Charitable Foundation based?
The Whitmire Family Charitable Foundation is based in OK.

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 59 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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