Oklahoma · Nonprofit
WES WELKER FOUNDATION
WES WELKER FOUNDATION (Oklahoma) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $338,466 to it, the largest being MCLAUGHLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($92,050). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $271k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $338k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Wes Welker Foundation does
Mission
We influence underserved youth by encouraging them to reach their full potential through athletics and positive role models.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The primary program focus is to provide grants for equipment and uniforms to oklahoma city area schools and nonprofits for athletic programs. The grants committee reviews all requests and conducts site visits to various applicants in order to complete its due diligence. Grants are awarded twice a year in accordance with the fall and spring grant cycles, as approved by the board of directors.
$165,282 spentof which $117,101 as grants84% of program spendingThe foundation held a one day football camp for 14 area high school football teams. The event was organized by a committee of community volunteers and board members and is provided at no cost to the participating schools. The schools, whose student bodies are comprised of a larger percentage of underserved youth, were determined and invited by the committee. Participants received dri-fit jerseys and meals. There were approximately 300-350 players and coaches and 10-15 volunteers.
$26,190 spent13% of program spendingThe foundation held a cheer preview for local high school cheer teams with high percentages of underserved youth. The one-day event was organized by a committee of community volunteers and board members. Twelve area high school teams, chosen by the committee on the basis of the school's student bodies and percentage of underserved youth, participated. Teams were given the opportunity to perform their game day routines prior to competition. Dinner and a reusable water bottle was provided to each participant. Approximately 175-225 cheer team members and coaches attended along with 20 volunteers, which included area college cheerleaders.
$5,067 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $196,539.
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. 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 2021 to 2022, from $1.2M to $1.1M (−8%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
67% of WES WELKER FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Shannon Love
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $25k → $80k.
9 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 WES WELKER 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
WES WELKER FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
48% 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 WES WELKER FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 76% · 2019 32% · 2020 38% · 2021 33% · 2022 26% · 2023 45% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
38% of WES WELKER FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
94% of WES WELKER FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $142k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states 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.
Against its field
WES WELKER FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like WES WELKER FOUNDATION
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WES WELKER FOUNDATION: 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 WES WELKER FOUNDATION?
- WES WELKER FOUNDATION (Oklahoma) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $338,466 to it, the largest being MCLAUGHLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($92,050). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WES WELKER FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $338,466 in grants to WES WELKER FOUNDATION, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WES WELKER FOUNDATION?
- MCLAUGHLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $92,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WES WELKER 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 21 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