Funding search · EIN 845159666 · Oklahoma City, OK

Because We Care Philanthropy

Name: Because We Care Philanthropy grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

75
grants reported: $9.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

community develop education

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Oklahoma City Community Foundation1 grant · $4.0M
East Texas Communities Foundation1 grant · $1.0M
University of Oklahoma Foundation I2 grants · $1.0M
Compassion Outreach Center3 grants · $456,811
Oklahoma City University5 grants · $401,064
East Central University Foundation1 grant · $300,000
Holy Family Classical School3 grants · $250,419
Useful Wild Plants of Texas1 grant · $200,000
Alfred B Maclay Jr Day School2 grants · $200,000
Oklahoma Christian University2 grants · $189,629

Giving over time

$1.5M

2022

$2.0M

2023

$6.1M

2024

Grant history

All 75 reported grants, largest first.

$4.0M
Oklahoma City Community Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
$1.0M
East Texas Communities Foundation · Tyler, TX · 2024
$502,100
University of Oklahoma Foundation I · Norman, OK · 2023
Education
$500,000
University of Oklahoma Foundation I · Norman, OK · 2022
Education
$300,000
East Central University Foundation · Ada, OK · 2024
$296,172
Compassion Outreach Center · Ada, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$200,000
Useful Wild Plants of Texas · Austin, TX · 2023
Education
$183,506
Oklahoma Christian University · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Education
$153,070
Compassion Outreach Center · Ada, OK · 2024
$150,000
Connected U · Edmond, OK · 2022
Community develop.
$150,000
Fields & Futures Foundation · Edmond, OK · 2022
Community develop.
$135,000
Oklahoma City University · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Education
$100,000
Alfred B Maclay Jr Day School · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
$100,000
Holy Family Classical School · Tulsa, OK · 2024
$100,000
Holy Family Classical School · Tulsa, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$100,000
Alfred B Maclay Jr Day School · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Community develop.
$100,000
St Anne'S Catholic Church · Broken Arrow, OK · 2022
Community develop.
$87,258
Oklahoma City University · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Education
$82,257
Oklahoma City University · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Education
$75,000
Cal Ripken Sr Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Community develop.
$75,000
The Care Center - Child Abuse Respo · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$65,000
Oklahoma City University · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
$65,000
United Way of Central Oklahoma · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
$50,419
Holy Family Classical School · Tulsa, OK · 2022
Community develop.
$50,000
Engage Learning Oklahoma Incorporat · Norman, OK · 2023
Education
$50,000
Focus On Home · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$50,000
St Anne'S Catholic Church · Broken Arrow, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$50,000
Vela Education Fund · Arlington, VA · 2023
Community develop.
$50,000
Youth Entrepreneurs Inc (Dba Empow · Chicago, IL · 2023
Community develop.
$35,000
First Unitarian Church of Oklahoma · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
$35,000
Ah Haa School for the Arts · Telluride, CO · 2023
Education
$32,500
Remerge of Oklahoma County · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
$31,549
Oklahoma City University · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Education
$30,000
St Luke'S United Methodist Church · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$30,000
Ah Haa School for the Arts · Telluride, CO · 2022
Education
$30,000
Allied Arts of Oklahoma · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Community develop.
$30,000
Cal Ripken Sr Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Community develop.
$25,000
Myriad Gardens Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
$25,000
Mercy Health Foundation · Okc, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$21,500
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · New York, NY · 2024
$20,000
We Are Rising Education Initiative · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
$20,000
First Unitarian Church of Oklahoma · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$20,000
Focus On Home · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$19,830
Fields & Futures Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
$17,463
Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
$17,435
Faith Bible Church of Edmond · Edmond, OK · 2024
$17,000
Ou Medicine · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$14,000
Positive Tomorrows · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$13,766
Branch15 · Bethany, OK · 2024
$13,652
Plainview Public Schools · Ardmore, OK · 2024
$12,000
Child Legacy International · Boerne, TX · 2023
Community develop.
$12,000
Faith Bible Church of Edmond · Edmond, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$12,000
Child Legacy International · Boerne, TX · 2022
Community develop.
$10,000
World Neighbors · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
$10,000
Lords Harvest · El Reno, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$10,000
Oklahoma City Philharmonic · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$10,000
Oklahoma Contemporary · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$10,000
The Virtue Center · Norman, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$10,000
Wes Welker Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$10,000
Fields & Futures Foundation · Edmond, OK · 2022
Community develop.
$10,000
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Community develop.
$10,000
St Luke'S United Methodist Church · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Community develop.
$10,000
The Virtue Center · Norman, OK · 2022
Community develop.
$10,000
Wes Welker Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Community develop.
$9,500
Allied Arts of Oklahoma · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
$7,569
Compassion Outreach Center · Ada, OK · 2022
Community develop.
$7,500
City of Nichols Hills · Nichols Hills, OK · 2024
$7,296
Minco Education Foundation · Minco, OK · 2024
$7,000
Bill Wallace Early Childhood Center · Chickasha, OK · 2024
$6,500
Halo Project International Foundati · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Community develop.
$6,123
Oklahoma Christian University · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Education
$6,000
Faith Works in the Intercity · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
$6,000
Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Community develop.
$5,500
Sunbeam Family Services · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Community develop.
$5,289
Lighthouse Bahavioral Wellness Cent · Ardmore, OK · 2022
Community develop.

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.