Funding search · EIN 736103398 · Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation

Name: Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation grants, 2020–2024
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.

65
grants reported: $197,923
total given: 2020–2024
filing years: $3,360
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

internship scholarship award investigative journalism

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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.

Enid News & Eagle4 grants · $13,520
Lincoln County News4 grants · $12,880
Stillwater News Press4 grants · $12,520
Weatherford Daily News4 grants · $11,901
Lawton Constitution3 grants · $10,080
The Oklahoman3 grants · $9,520
Tulsa World3 grants · $9,520
Cushing Citizen3 grants · $9,520
Guthrie News Leader3 grants · $9,520
Norman Transcript3 grants · $9,520

Giving over time

$53,200

2020

$55,942

2022

$59,501

2023

$29,280

2024

Grant history

All 65 reported grants, largest first.

$6,720
Oklahoma Watch · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Internship program 2024
$5,600
Stillwater News Press · Stillwater, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$4,000
Enid News & Eagle · Enid, OK · 2024
Internship program 2025
$3,360
Lawton Constitution · Lawton, OK · 2024
Internship program 2025
$3,360
Lincoln County News · Chandler, OK · 2024
Internship program 2025
$3,360
Weatherford Daily News · Weatherford, OK · 2024
Internship program 2025
$3,360
Claremore Daily Progress · Claremore, OK · 2023
Internship program 2024
$3,360
Cushing Citizen · Cushing, OK · 2023
Internship program 2023
$3,360
Enid News & Eagle · Enid, OK · 2023
Internship program 2024
$3,360
Guthrie News Leader · Guthrie, OK · 2023
Internship program 2024
$3,360
Lawton Constitution · Lawton, OK · 2023
Internship program 2024
$3,360
Lincoln County News · Chandler, OK · 2023
Internship program 2024
$3,360
Miami News-Record · Miammi, OK · 2023
Internship program 2024
$3,360
Midwest City Beacon · Midwest City, OK · 2023
Internship program 2024
$3,360
Norman Transcript · Norman, OK · 2023
Internship program 2024
$3,360
Stillwater News Press · Stillwater, OK · 2023
Internship program 2024
$3,360
The Frontier · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Internship program 2024
$3,360
The Oklahoman · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Internship program 2024
$3,360
The Purcell Register · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Internship program 2024
$3,360
The Shawnee News-Star · Shawnee, OK · 2023
Internship program 2024
$3,360
Tulsa World · Tulsa, OK · 2023
Internship program 2024
$3,360
Countywide & Sun (Tecumseh) · Tecumseh, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$3,360
Cushing Citizen · Cushing, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$3,360
Duncan Banner · Duncan, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$3,360
Enid News & Eagle · Enid, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$3,360
Guthrie News Leader · Guthrie, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$3,360
Lawton Constitution · Lawton, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$3,360
Lincoln County News · Chandler, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$3,360
Madill Record · Madill, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$3,360
Midwest City Beacon · Midwest City, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$3,360
Norman Transcript · Norman, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$3,360
Rush Springs Gazette · Rush Springs, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$3,360
Stillwater News Press · Stillwater, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$3,360
The Oklahoman · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$3,360
Tulsa World · Tulsa, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$3,360
Weatherford Daily News · Weatherford, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$3,000
Andy Dosset · Bartlesville, OK · 2024
Investigative journalism award
$2,963
Okc Friday · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$2,800
Ada News · Ada, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,800
Countywide & Sun · Tecumseh, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,800
Cushing Citizen · Cushing, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,800
Enid News & Eagle · Enid, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,800
Guthrie News Leader · Guthrie, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,800
Lincoln County News · Chandler, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,800
Muskogee Pheonix · Muskogee, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,800
Norman Transcript · Norman, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,800
Okc Friday · Oklahoma City, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,800
Sequoyah County Times · Sallisaw, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,800
Stilwell Democrat Journal · Stilwell, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,800
The Duncan Banner · Duncan, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,800
The Lawton Constitution · Lawton, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,800
The Oklahoman · McLean, VA · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,800
Tulsa World · Tulsa, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,800
Weatherford Daily News · Weatherford, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,800
Yukon Review and Mustang News · Yukon, OK · 2020
Scholarship for internship program
$2,501
Journal Record (Okc) · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023
$2,500
Clifton Adcock · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Investigative journalism award
$2,500
Garrett Yalch · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Investigative journalism award
$2,500
The Frontier · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Investigative journalism award
$2,381
Weatherford Daily News · Weatherford, OK · 2023
Internship program 2024
$2,000
Ruby Topalian · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Investigative journalism award
$1,500
Bartlesville Examiner - Enterprise · Bartlesville, OK · 2024
Investigative journalism award
$1,000
Oklahoma Watch · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Investigative journalism award
$200
Stillwater News Press · Stillwater, OK · 2024
Internship program 2025
$78
Claremore Daily Progress · Claremore, OK · 2022
Internship program 2023

Who else funds this kind of work

Same state

Oklahoma City Community Foundation2,451 grants · $203.7M
Tulsa Community Foundation5,058 grants · $491.4M
George Kaiser Family Foundation1,393 grants · $265.7M

Similar purposes

Ascendium Education Solutions667 grants · $296.7M
Ecmc Group47 grants · $277.1M
John Muir Health158 grants · $401.8M

Similar grant size

Enterprise Holdings Foundation30,880 grants · $360.4M
State Employees Credit Union Foundation7,131 grants · $63.0M
Publix Super Markets Charities6,333 grants · $108.7M

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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.