Ketchum Charitable Foundation Inc
Tulsa, OK · EIN 26-2189909. Reported 179 grants totalling $9,080,200 to 62 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Ketchum Charitable Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $45,000; the smallest was $3,000 and the largest $495,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSU Foundation | Stillwater, OK | $1,242,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way Tulsa | Tulsa, OK | $1,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma | Tulsa, OK | $650,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma Children's Hospital | Oklahoma City, OK | $615,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Tulsa, OK | $575,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way Houston | Houston, TX | $520,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Tulsa, OK | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Infant Crisis Services | Oklahoma City, OK | $370,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Lovers Key | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Partners of Montgomery County | Conroe, TX | $220,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 12TH Man Foundation | College Station, TX | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Navy Seal Foundation | Virginia Beach, VA | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| NAMI Tulsa | Tulsa, OK | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ou Medicine | Oklahoma City, OK | $170,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clarehouse | Tulsa, OK | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Chelsea | Chelsea, OK | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tulsa Boys' Home | Sand Spprings, OK | $122,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alzhiemer's Association - St Louis | St Louis, MO | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| A New Leaf | Tulsa, OK | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bright Tomorrows | Tulsa, OK | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Woodlands Family YMCA | Houston, TX | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House - Tulsa | Tulsa, OK | $84,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Holland Hall | Tulsa, OK | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope Is Alive | Oklahoma City, OK | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Challenge Soccer Club | Tomball, TX | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Scottish Rite Hospital | Dallas, TX | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Neo Development Foundation | Miami, OK | $65,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fort Myers Beach Water Foundation | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fort Myers Beach Woman's Club | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cook Children's Medical Center | Fort Worth, TX | $58,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wilchester Elementary PTA | Houston, TX | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $42,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| All Saints Episcopal School | Fort Worth, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Emergency Infant Services | Tulsa, OK | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Folds of Honor | Owasso, OK | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kids Across America | Branson, MO | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Spring | Atlanta, GA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ketchum School | Ketchum, OK | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Little Light House | Tulsa, OK | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Tulsa | Tulsa, OK | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Borracho Pescador | Fort Worth, TX | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Avery's Angels | Raleigh, NC | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fort Myers Beach Elementary PTO Inc | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewel Charity | Fort Worth, TX | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Forth Worth, TX | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Christ the King School | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The YMCA of Greater Houston | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Myers Beach Art Association | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Green Beret Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Whiterock Elementary PTA | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grand Addiction Recovery Center | Tulsa, OK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Children's Fund Inc | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Partners of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Tee- Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Tee- Tulsa | Tulsa, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fostering Hope | Muskogee, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Hope Oklahoma | Tulsa, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society of Fort Worth | Forth Worth, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Junior League of Forth Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pathways Adult Learning Center | Tulsa, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Bucky Foundation | Norman, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
47 of 62 (76%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 90%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Infant Crisis Services
ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN - PLEDGE (CALLIE MERRITT) - Oklahoma Children's Hospital
CAMERA SYSTEM/PARENT PORTAL (CALLIE MERRITT) - Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma
60% BACKPACK PROGRAM, 40% ELDERLY PROGRAMS - 12TH Man Foundation
WOMENS SOCCER 1922 PROGRAM - Alzhiemer's Association - St Louis
IN MEMORY OF KENNETH (PETE) DENZIA - Holland Hall
FROM CHRIS KETCHUM & DUSTIN KETCHUM FAMILIES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 96 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 39 | $2,190,500 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 48 | $2,383,000 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 46 | $1,911,700 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 46 | $2,595,000 | $20,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 72% of this one's giving went to organizations in Oklahoma. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Oklahoma.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Ketchum Charitable Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 8811 S Yale Ave Ste 400, Tulsa, OK, 74137. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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