Funding search · EIN 920894798 · Ardmore, OK

The Waters Family Foundation

Name: The Waters Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

41
grants reported: $186,175
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Make a Wish Foundation4 grants · $55,050
St Mary'S Church3 grants · $40,000
Radical Rescue Group1 grant · $10,500
Gideon Rescue Mission1 grant · $10,000
Fundamental Kids Foundation1 grant · $10,000
Tanner Gray - Letty Strong1 grant · $10,000
Claude Swain Medical Fund1 grant · $5,100
Rueban Lainez1 grant · $5,000
Southern Oklahoma Wrestling Academy1 grant · $5,000
Joyce House1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

$20,550

2022

$63,400

2023

$68,700

2024

$33,525

2025

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Make a Wish Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Charity
$20,000
St Mary'S Church · Ardmore, OK · 2023
Charity
$18,000
St Mary'S Church · Ardmore, OK · 2024
Charity
$12,500
Make a Wish Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Charity
$10,500
Radical Rescue Group · Moab, UT · 2023
Charity
$10,000
Gideon Rescue Mission · Ardmore, OK · 2025
Charity
$10,000
Fundamental Kids Foundation · Ardmore, OK · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Tanner Gray - Letty Strong · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Charity
$9,050
Make a Wish Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Charity
$5,100
Claude Swain Medical Fund · Ardmore, OK · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Southern Oklahoma Wrestling Academy · Ardmore, OK · 2025
Charity
$5,000
Joyce House · Ardmore, OK · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Iglesia Casa De Dios Puerta Del Ciela · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Rueban Lainez · Ardmore, OK · 2023
Charity
$3,500
Make a Wish Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2025
Charity
$2,500
Catholic Charities · Ardmore, OK · 2025
Charity
$2,500
Cross Catholic Outreach · Ardmore, OK · 2025
Charity
$2,500
Douglas Gossett · Ardmore, OK · 2025
Charity
$2,500
Eric Ruben Lainez · Ardmore, OK · 2025
Charity
$2,500
Gideon Rescue Co · Ardmore, OK · 2024
Charity
$2,500
Adopttogetherorg · Springboro, OH · 2023
Charity
$2,000
St Mary'S Church · Ardmore, OK · 2025
Charity
$1,500
Community Youth Services of Southern Oklahoma · Ardmore, OK · 2022
Charity
$1,350
Mayo Clinic · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Charity
$1,000
Herritage Campus · Ardmore, OK · 2025
Charity
$1,000
Shrine of St Anne Catholic Parish · Ardmore, OK · 2023
Charity
$525
Go Fund Me Help · Redwood City, CA · 2025
Charity
$500
Alzheimers Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Charity
$500
Parkinson Voice Project · Richardson, TX · 2025
Charity
$500
Ut Southwest Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2025
Charity
$500
Alzhimers Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Charity
$500
Outcasts Under Transformation · Ardmore, OK · 2024
Charity
$500
Ardmore Day Nursery · Ardmore, OK · 2023
Charity
$500
Ok School for the Deaf · Sulphur, OK · 2023
Charity
$500
Outcasts Under Transformation · Ardmore, OK · 2023
Charity
$250
Ardmore Beautification Council · Ardmore, OK · 2024
Charity
$250
Franciscan Missions · Waterford, WI · 2024
Charity
$250
Ut Southwest Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2024
Charity
$150
Ardmore Chapater Proj 31 · Ardmore, OK · 2023
Charity
$150
Tunnels To Towers · San Diego, CA · 2023
Charity
$100
American Red Cross · Ardmore, OK · 2024
Charity

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