Funding search · EIN 461637247 · Oklahoma City, OK

Mary Lou Lemon Foundation

Name: Mary Lou Lemon Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

36
grants reported: $462,850
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $8,500
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.

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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.

Grant history

All 36 reported grants, largest first.

$151,250
Church of the Open Arms · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Assist in the tax exempt purpose of the organization
$31,000
The Oklahoma Observer · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$20,000
Elected Officials To Protect America · Rockland, ME · 2024
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$20,000
American Pops Orchestra · Washington, DC · 2022
Assist in the tax exempt purpose of the organization
$20,000
Dona Ana Village Association · Dona Ana, NM · 2022
Assist in the tax exempt purpose of the organization
$15,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$14,000
Church of the Open Arms · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$12,500
The Pvblic Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$10,000
Phillips Theological Seminary · Tulsa, OK · 2024
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$10,000
The Peace House · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$10,000
Voice Education Fund · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$10,000
Could You · New York, NY · 2023
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$10,000
Museum of the Palestinian People · Washington, DC · 2023
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$10,000
Twisted Arts · Tulsa, OK · 2023
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$10,000
African Indians of the 5 Civilized Tribes Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Assist in the tax exempt purpose of the organization
$10,000
The Peace House · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Assist in the tax exempt purpose of the organization
$10,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2022
Assist in the tax exempt purpose of the organization
$10,000
Voice Education Fund · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Assist in the tax exempt purpose of the organization
$7,000
Church of the Open Arms · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$6,000
Lgbtq Victory Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$6,000
National City Christian Church · Washington, DC · 2022
Assist in the tax exempt purpose of the organization
$5,600
Oklahoma Coalition To Abolish the Death Penalty · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$5,500
Kgou · Norman, OK · 2023
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$5,000
Kgou · Norman, OK · 2024
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$5,000
National City Christian Church · Washington, DC · 2024
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$5,000
University Place Christian Church · Enid, OK · 2024
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$5,000
Juice Radio · Perryton, TX · 2023
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$5,000
Voice Education Fund · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$5,000
Black Queen Tulsa Pageant · Tulsa, OK · 2022
Assist in the tax exempt purpose of the organization
$5,000
Oklahoma Coallution To Abolish the Death Penalty · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Assist in the tax exempt purpose of the organization
$5,000
Pollinators Preservation Project · Sansan Francisco, CA · 2022
Assist in the tax exempt purpose of the organization
$3,000
Museum of the Palestinian People · Washington, DC · 2024
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$2,000
Education Recreation · Tulsa, OK · 2023
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$2,000
Manos Juntas Organization · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Assist in the tax exempt purpose of the organization
$1,000
Chase Your Dream Youth Sports · Perryton, TX · 2024
Assist in the tax exempt purpose
$1,000
Oklahoma Observer Democracy Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Assist in the tax exempt purpose of the organization

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.