· Public charity
United Way of Southwest Oklahoma
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA mobilizes the communities we serve in ways no single agency, individual, or government can to enhance the ability of people to care.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $7k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $162k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $486k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MARIE DETTY YOUTH & FAM SVCS | $128,250 |
| SALVATION ARMY CORP | $100,271 |
| CENTER FOR CREATIVE LIVING | $78,358 |
| LAWTON FOOD BANK | $62,638 |
| MIGHT TECHNOLOGY & LEARNING CENTER | $62,379 |
| TEEN COURT INC | $53,672 |
| HEARTS THAT CARE | $43,731 |
| CASA OF SW OKLAHOMA | $34,886 |
| CHRISTIAN FAMILY COUNSELING CE | $34,094 |
| FAMILY PROMISE LAWTON | $23,463 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES | $13,145 |
| BOY SCOUTS LAST FRONTIER COUN | $12,393 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,185 |
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 (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +92% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $198k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MDMARIE DETTY YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICE CENTER INC7× · 2017–2024 · $937k · revenue +92%
- CFCenter for Creative Living9× · 2017–2025 · $768k · revenue +89% · 27% of their budget
- LFLAWTON FOOD BANK INC9× · 2017–2025 · $549k · revenue +133%
Funded once
- MDMarie Detty Youth and Familyone grant, 2018 · $146k
- GPGREAT PLAINS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $71k · revenue -67%
- HTHEARTS THAT CARE VOLUNTEER HEALTH CLINIC INCone grant, 2017 · $71k · revenue -58%
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.
The purpose of the organization is to provide hope-centered, trauma-informed, child-first services that unite law enforcement, child protective services (state and tribal), prosecutors, mental health professionals, and medical…
Trinity legal clinic of oklahoma inc is an oklahoma not-for-profit corporation whose mission is to answer god's call to seek justice for the poor. in an effort to address the overwhelming need for legal assistance to the poor, trinity…
Tulsa casa is organized to speak for the best interests of abused and neglected children in court. we promote and support volunteer representation for the children in an effort to provide each child a safe, permanent, nurturing home.
Provide assistance to those in bona fide need of legal help relating to domestic violence.
Court Appointed Special Advocate
Solicit, train & direct activities of court-appointed volunteer advocates for children in cases involving child abuse and neglect. assist in direct expense needs of individual children in court-appointed cases.
Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers, Inc. serves the community behavioral health needs of nine counties of Southern Oklahoma. Lighthouse offers integrated care through their outpatient and Health Home programs to adults and children.…
The CARE Center exists to reduce trauma for child abuse victims and their families, coordinate a multidisciplinary approach to child abuse investigations, and provide free, effective child abuse prevention resources and education.
La Luz Organization helps the underserved Latino population in Oklahoma with culturally and faith based trauma-informed services to victims of domestic violence,sexual assault and stalking.
The family crisis center provides intervention and advocacy for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. this is done with counselors, court advocates and 24 hour shelter for victims and their children.
Assist in preparing homeless and near homeless women in the skills to care for their children and enable them to move toward self-sufficiency.
to provide a safe, child-friendly environment for abused children
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 34 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 MARIE DETTY YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Center for Creative Living ↗
- Who funds LAWTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds Teen Court Inc ↗
- Who funds Roadback Inc ↗
- Who funds Christian Family Counseling Center ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF OKLAHOMA CITY INC ↗
- Who funds GREAT PLAINS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HEARTS THAT CARE VOLUNTEER HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF LAWTON INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 480 LAST FRONTIER COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds CASA of Southwest Oklahoma Inc ↗
- Who funds LEGAL AID SERVICES OF OKLAHOMA INC ↗
- Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Girl Scouts Western Oklahoma 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: The Priddy Foundation · Lawton Community Foundation Affiliated Fund of the Occf Inc · Sarkeys Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Veterans United Foundation · Arvest Foundation · McMahon Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization United Way of Southwest Oklahoma funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Southwest Oklahoma. Bigger dots raise more.
- Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc: 13% of income from government
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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