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THE MERCHANT TULSA INC

THE MERCHANT TULSA INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $180,000 to it, the largest being George Kaiser Family Foundation ($130,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$190k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$180k
Net assets
$193k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 37%
01What it does

What The Merchant Tulsa Inc does

Mission

Provide services to homeless

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Kitchen build out

    $32,087 spent
    48% of program spending
  2. Food & water provided

    $21,710 spent
    32% of program spending
  3. Miscellaneous services to the homeless

    $7,108 spent
    11% of program spending
  4. Birth certificates and ids

    $6,198 spent
    9% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $67,103.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($207k) Expenses 100 ($98k) Net assets 100 ($141k)2023 Revenue 91 ($188k) Expenses 173 ($170k) Net assets 120 ($170k)2024 Revenue 92 ($190k) Expenses 169 ($166k) Net assets 137 ($193k)
202220232024
Revenue (92)Expenses (169)Net assets (137)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $141k to $170k (+20%).

$141k
$170k
$193k
202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of THE MERCHANT TULSA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (37% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,334 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$109k
’22
$18k
’23
$23k
’24
17
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $45k → $70k.

Funder
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
2
2

From the IRS filings of THE MERCHANT TULSA 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 MERCHANT TULSA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% 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

72% 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 MERCHANT TULSA INC.

72%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 64% — diversifying over time.

“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 THE MERCHANT TULSA INC's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.

OK

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
Oklahoma out of state home

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

THE MERCHANT TULSA INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.

Operating margin12% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THE MERCHANT TULSA INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Oklahoma

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OK

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE MERCHANT TULSA INC?
THE MERCHANT TULSA INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $180,000 to it, the largest being George Kaiser Family Foundation ($130,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE MERCHANT TULSA INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $180,000 in grants to THE MERCHANT TULSA INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE MERCHANT TULSA INC?
George Kaiser Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $130,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE MERCHANT TULSA 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), 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