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Payton Project Foundation

Payton Project Foundation (Oklahoma) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being FRANK M HALLEY CHARITABLE TRUST ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$71k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$30k
Net assets
$31k
0/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Payton Project Foundation does

Mission

At The Payton Project Foundation LLC our promise is to show compassion to children by empathizing with their needs by providing support care and understanding. Our actions and initiatives aim to create a bright and promising future for every child we encounter.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Operated an Angel Tree that helped 950 children receive Christmas presents across 2 counties.

    $20,250 spent
    77% of program spending
  2. Operated a Back-to-School event that provided backpacks and school supplies to 275 students across 2 counties

    $4,000 spent
    15% of program spending
  3. Operated events to raise funds to support families in the event of severe injury or death of children and or to support the children in the event of severe injury or death of a guardian.

    $2,000 spentof which $12,000 as grants
    8% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $26,250.

02The organization over time

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Krysten Brown

Founder and Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of Payton Project Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Payton Project Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

83%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of Payton Project Foundation's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.

OK

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Payton Project Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 413 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin33% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 413 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2026

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In Oklahoma

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OK

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds Payton Project Foundation?
Payton Project Foundation (Oklahoma) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being FRANK M HALLEY CHARITABLE TRUST ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Payton Project Foundation have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $30,000 in grants to Payton Project Foundation.
Who is the largest funder of Payton Project Foundation?
FRANK M HALLEY CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Payton Project Foundation find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2026–2026), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing