Oklahoma · Nonprofit
TULSA'S BACKYARD INITIATIVE FUND
TULSA'S BACKYARD INITIATIVE FUND (Oklahoma) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $42,318 to it, the largest being THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER TULSA ($42,318). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $205k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $42k
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What Tulsa's Backyard Initiative Fund does
Mission
The charitable purposes of the organization include qualifying as a qualified active low income community business to hold, develop, own the herman and kate kaiser property and lease it to the ymca of greater tulsa, an oklahoma nonprofit corporation, and to provide financial and other support and resources to assist the tulsa ymca in the administration and provision of its charitable programs and services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Hold, develop, and own the herman and kate kaiser property and lease it back to the ymca of greater tulsa, an oklahoma nonprofit corporation, and to provide financial and other support and resources to assist the tulsa ymca in the administration and provision of its charitable programs and services.
$473,992 spent$200,000 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $473,992.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $8.7M to $13M (+45%).
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.
3% of TULSA'S BACKYARD INITIATIVE FUND’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $37k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of TULSA'S BACKYARD INITIATIVE FUND’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.
Where its funders are
100% of TULSA'S BACKYARD INITIATIVE FUND's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
TULSA'S BACKYARD INITIATIVE FUND holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TULSA'S BACKYARD INITIATIVE FUND
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Tulsa · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TULSA'S BACKYARD INITIATIVE FUND: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TULSA'S BACKYARD INITIATIVE FUND?
- TULSA'S BACKYARD INITIATIVE FUND (Oklahoma) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $42,318 to it, the largest being THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER TULSA ($42,318). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TULSA'S BACKYARD INITIATIVE FUND have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $42,318 in grants to TULSA'S BACKYARD INITIATIVE FUND, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TULSA'S BACKYARD INITIATIVE FUND?
- THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER TULSA is the largest funder on record, with $42,318 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TULSA'S BACKYARD INITIATIVE FUND 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 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