· Private foundation
Tom J & Edna Mae Carson 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $11k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $258k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
- $250k+1 grant · $251k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Westville Public Schools | $250,825 |
| Northeastern University | $75,000 |
| Orchard Road Community Outreach | $48,000 |
| Jermiah 29 Foundation | $41,000 |
| Adair County Junior Livestock | $40,950 |
| Stilwell Youth League | $22,000 |
| Stilwell Public Schools | $21,000 |
| Adair County Resouce Center | $20,000 |
| Communities Foundation of Oklahoma | $20,000 |
| Tenkiler Public School | $15,000 |
| Cave Springs School | $15,000 |
| Westville Education Foundation | $14,950 |
| AR OK Reg Education & Promo Assn Inc | $3,150 |
| AR-OK State Fair | $2,700 |
| Watts Public Schools | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $206k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $380k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OSOklahoma State University Foundation3× · 2020–2022 · $353k · revenue +63%
- ACADAIR COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER INC3× · 2022–2024 · $45k · revenue +16% · 35% of their budget
- JBJOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY2× · 2021–2023 · $40k · revenue +11%
Funded once
- ACADAIR COUNTY FAIR BOARDone grant, 2023 · $250k
- ATA T Still University of Health Sciencesone grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +16%
- ZPZION PUBLIC SCHOOL #28one grant, 2020 · $100k
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.
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.
As a christian liberal arts university, oklahoma baptist university transforms lives by equipping students to pursue academic excellence, integrate faith with all areas of knowledge, engage a diverse world, and live worthy of the high…
The oklahoma association of realtors connects real estate professionals across the state by providing comprehensive professional resources, maintaining the highest ethical standards and giving realtors a unified voice in shaping oklahoma…
True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.
Provide financial services to its members.
The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.
Ohio christian university (ocu) is committed to offering a complete education that develops students intellectually, professionally, and spiritually. (continued on schedule o)ocu offers degree programs designed to equip students to become…
Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…
Inspired by a culture of creativity, Oklahoma City University fosters an immersive, personalized experience that welcomes and prepares students to pursue boundless opportunities.
Fosters an awareness of the obligations and responsibilities of the dental profession to society, to help advance the art and science of dentistry, and to promote public health and health services in the state of oklahoma.
American college of occupational and environmental medicine (acoem) provides leadership to promote optimal health and safety of workers, workplaces and environments by: educating health professionals and the public; stimulating research;…
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.
Ouachita baptist university is a christ-centered learning community. embracing the liberal arts tradition, the university prepares individuals for ongoing intellectual and spiritual growth, lives of meaningful work, and reasoned engagement…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 60 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ADAIR COUNTY HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Oklahoma State University Foundation ↗
- Who funds A T Still University of Health Sciences ↗
- Who funds ORCHARD ROAD COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds COOKSON HILLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds ADAIR COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA ↗
- Who funds ZOE INSTITUTE INC ↗
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: Arvest Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Tom J & Edna Mae Carson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tom J & Edna Mae Carson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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