Oklahoma · Nonprofit
The Kirbas Institute For The Advancement of Relevent Faith Inc
The Kirbas Institute For The Advancement of Relevent Faith Inc (Oklahoma) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2018
- $25k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $14k
- Net assets
- $22k
What The Kirbas Institute For The Advancement of Relevent Faith Inc does
Mission
The Kirbas Institute is a 501(c)(3) organization that exists to build bridges of understanding, cooperation, respect and acceptance among diverse faith communities and between faith communities and the global marketplace of ideas, especially those related to science and biotechnologies. Our goal is not simply to educate, but to use our educational tools and talents to facilitate a transformation of attitudes, opinions, and relationships for the betterment of society.Our Three Step Approach:Since our founding in 2010, the Kirbas Institute has been slowly yet steadily growing into the full vision of our mission and purpose. We exist to build necessary bridges between our scientific culture and our faith traditions through promoting dialogue at both the professional and lay levels. We accomplish our work through a 3 step approach:Step 1: We host international conferences that focus on the big questions that connect science with faith and spirituality. We invite leading thinkers in science
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The Kirbas Institute and The Fetzer Institute present Exploring the Sanctity of Nature - Toward a Common Word Between Spirituality and Science The Conference:October 22-24, 2010(Accomplished!)On the Campus of the Fetzer Institute in Kalamazoo, Michigan we assembled a team of leading scientists and theologians from around the world for a three-day experience of relationship building and dialogue concerning the related themes of the appreciation for, and care of, nature. Under the facilitation of Dr. Paul Kirbas and Dr. Julie Hliboki, we explored a common bridge of understanding concerning our sacred trust of nature. This bridge between science and religion became a foundation for our consideration of two important issues of our day: 1)The stewardship of our earth in light of the ecological crisis and 2) the search for guidance regarding the ethical questions surrounding issues of biotechnology.The Book Project (Accomplished!)Following the Conference at the Fetzer Institute, we began the development of a comprehensive book. Each participant of the Fetzer Conference has offered contributions to the book, through white papers that they presented at the conference and through their…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $24k to $22k (−10%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of The Kirbas Institute For The Advancement of Relevent Faith Inc’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
The Kirbas Institute For The Advancement of Relevent Faith Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% 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
71% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund The Kirbas Institute For The Advancement of Relevent Faith Inc.
“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
71% of The Kirbas Institute For The Advancement of Relevent Faith Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Oklahoma funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
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In Oklahoma
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Kirbas Institute For The Advancement of Relevent Faith Inc?
- The Kirbas Institute For The Advancement of Relevent Faith Inc (Oklahoma) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does The Kirbas Institute For The Advancement of Relevent Faith Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $14,000 in grants to The Kirbas Institute For The Advancement of Relevent Faith Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of The Kirbas Institute For The Advancement of Relevent Faith Inc?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Kirbas Institute For The Advancement of Relevent Faith Inc 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing