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Wadley-Brackett Foundation Inc at a glance

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Wadley-Brackett 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.

$593k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0172% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.4MEducation$834kPhilanthropy$503kHealth$449kRecreation & Sports$35kPublic Safety & Disaster$6kPublic Benefit$5kHuman Services$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $273k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$30,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$9.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAM FOUNDATION$250,000
OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY$154,000
Individual grant recipient$63,840
Individual grant recipient$54,720
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$30,000
ACEPF$20,000
UNIV OF OKLAHOMA FDN$10,000
COMMITTEE OF 100$5,000
SANTA FE FAMILY LIFE CENTER$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SENIOR CONCERNS: $1k → 10%FRIENDS FOR FOLKS: $1k → 13%AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL CENTER FND: $600k → 16%AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL CENTER FND: $500k → 16%AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL CENTER FND: $100k → 16%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.
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.3M · 15 repeat orgs$738k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
14

Total granted

$6.3M
$708k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+12%

Still filing today

47%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • FIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2022 · $1.2M · revenue ×17 · 65% of their budget
  • OC
    Oklahoma Christian University
    4× · 2017–2024 · $399k · revenue +10%
  • OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC
    2× · 2018–2021 · $125k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • NF
    NSU FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $503k
  • SU
    STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $125k · revenue +13%
  • OT
    Oklahoma Tennis Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +57%
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
Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc

The State Chamber is a statewide membership organization. Our purpose is to be the unified voice of business and the most effective advocacy organization at the State Capitol.

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2
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Inc

To promote the flourishing of the people of oklahoma by advancing principles and policies that support free enterprise, limited government, personal responsibility, and individual initiative.

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Oklahoma Repertory Theatre Group Inc

Okc rep produces live theater that builds community, creates conversation, and inspires us all.

Arts & Culture
4
Oklahoma City Beautiful Inc

OKC Beautiful's mission is to lead beautification and environmental stewardship through collaboration, education and advocacy. We have been doing this for over 50 years through volunteers and contributing donors. This directly impacts the…

Environment
5
Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation
Arts & Culture
6
Brady Craft Inc

A contemporary fine craft community arts organization dedicated to fine craft; showcase local, state, regional, and national artists; and creating a community of partnerships with artists, curators, arts, and social service organizations.…

Arts & Culture
7
Downtown Oklahoma City Inc

The organization's mission is to create and champion a vibrant and diverse downtown through placemaking, advocacy, and promotion.

Community Improvement
8
Ballet Oklahoma Inc

Okc ballet promotes the art of dance by supporting a professional company and its productions, operating a school of ballet for dance artists, children, and novice adults, and providing community engagement activities.

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
Oklahoma Arts Institute Foundation

To support, promote, and improve the programs and services of the oklahoma arts institute.

Arts & Culture
11
Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club

Club organized for pleasure & recreation

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12
Oklahoma State University Foundation

Unite donor passions with university priorities to elevate the impact of oklahoma state university.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Conejo Valley Senior Concerns Inc. 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

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 32 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $2,686,450 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNSU FOUNDATION: $502,739 · OtherNSU FOUNDATIONAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $449,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYFAM FOUNDATION: $400,000 · OtherFAM FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $339,090 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $313,940 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+12 more: $214,200 · OtherFIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $1,200,000 · Human ServicesFIRST AMERICANS MUS…+2 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesOklahoma Christian University: $399,000 · EducationOklahoma Ch…UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $178,644 · EducationUNIVERSITY …STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $125,000 · EducationSTATE UNIVE…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationOKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC: $18,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $7,000 · Arts & CultureOklahoma Tennis Foundation: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsCOLUMBUS CORPORATION OF OKLAHOMA CITY INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsGirl Scouts Western Oklahoma Inc: $1,000 · Youth Development
Other$4,905,419Human Services$1,202,000Education$712,644Arts & Culture$150,500Recreation & Sports$30,000Youth Development$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $1,200,000 over 3y, 65% of budgetOklahoma Christian University: $399,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $178,644 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC: $125,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetOklahoma Tennis Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetARTSOK INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC: $18,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOKLAHOMA SENIOR FOLLIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetOKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS FOR FOLKS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetGirl Scouts Western Oklahoma Inc: $1,000 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 FIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Oklahoma Christian University ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Oklahoma Tennis Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ARTSOK INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS CORPORATION OF OKLAHOMA CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA SENIOR FOLLIES INC ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS FOR FOLKS INC ↗
  • Who funds CONEJO VALLEY SENIOR CONCERNS 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.

El and Thelma Gaylord…American Fidelity Fou…The Ann Lacy Foundati…Rainbolt Family Found…Inasmuch FoundationBowen FoundationOge Energy Corp Found…Cresap Family Foundat…Communities Foundatio…Oklahoma City Communi…Clements Foods Founda…Mercy Hospital Oklaho…
El and Thelma Gaylord FoundationOK26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · American Fidelity Foundation · The Ann Lacy Foundation · Rainbolt Family Foundation · Inasmuch Foundation · Bowen Foundation · Oge Energy Corp Foundation Inc · Cresap Family Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Clements Foods Foundation · Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City

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 Wadley-Brackett Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wadley-Brackett Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • First Americans Museum Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Oklahoma Christian University: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 32 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home