Funding search · EIN 731622433 · Oklahoma City, OK

Lester Family Foundation

Name: Lester Family 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.

52
grants reported: $59,500
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $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.

What they fund

operation

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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.

Purdue for Life Foundation3 grants · $15,000
Allied Arts3 grants · $5,500
Sigma Chi Foundation3 grants · $5,500
Impact Oklahoma3 grants · $4,500
Oklahoma Geological Foundation2 grants · $4,000
Indiana University Foundation3 grants · $3,000
Oklahoma Art Institute Foundation2 grants · $2,000
Crested Butte Land Trust2 grants · $2,000
Catholic Charities3 grants · $1,500
Annual Catholic Appeal3 grants · $1,500

Giving over time

$19,000

2022

$20,000

2023

$20,500

2024

Grant history

All 52 reported grants, largest first.

$5,000
Purdue for Life Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2024
Continuing Operation
$5,000
Purdue for Life Foundation · West Layfayette, IN · 2023
Continuing Operations
$5,000
Purdue for Life Foundation · West Layfayette, IN · 2022
Continuing Operations
$2,500
Allied Arts · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Continuing Operation
$2,000
Sigma Chi Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
Continuing Operation
$2,000
Oklahoma Geological Foundation · Edmond, OK · 2023
Continuing Operations
$2,000
Sigma Chi Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2023
Continuing Operations
$2,000
Allied Arts · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Continuing Operations
$2,000
Oklahoma Geological Foundation · Edmond, OK · 2022
Continuing Operations
$1,500
Crested Butte Land Trust · Crested Butted, CO · 2024
Continuing Operation
$1,500
Impact Oklahoma · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Continuing Operation
$1,500
Impact Oklahoma · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Continuing Operations
$1,500
Impact Oklahoma · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Continuing Operations
$1,500
Sigma Chi Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2022
Continuing Operations
$1,000
Bishop McGuiness Catholic High School · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Continuing Operation
$1,000
Indiana University Foundation · Bloomington, IN · 2024
Continuing Operation
$1,000
Oklahoma Arts Insitute Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Continuing Operation
$1,000
Allied Arts · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Continuing Operations
$1,000
Indiana University Foundation · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Continuing operations
$1,000
Mercy Health Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Continuing operations
$1,000
Oklahoma Art Institute Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Continuing Operations
$1,000
Ywam Mazatlan USA · 2023
Continuing operations
$1,000
Indiana University Foundation · Bloomington, IN · 2022
Continuing operations
$1,000
Oklahoma Art Institute Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Continuing Operations
$1,000
Oklahoma School of Science Math Fou · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Continuing Operations
$500
Annual Catholic Appeal · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Continuing Operation
$500
Boys & Girls Club Ok County · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Continuing Operation
$500
Casa of Oklahoma City · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Continuing Operation
$500
Catholic Charities · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Continuing Operation
$500
Crested Butee Center for the Arts · Crested Butted, CO · 2024
Continuing Operation
$500
Oklahoma Center of Nonprofits · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Continuing Operation
$500
Oklahoma School of Science and Math · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Continuing Operation
$500
Special Olympics Oklahoma · Tulsa, OK · 2024
Continuing Operation
$500
Teen Recovery Solutions · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Continuing Operation
$500
Ymca of Greater Oklahoma · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Continuing Operation
$500
Annual Catholic Appeal · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Continuing operations
$500
Boys Girls Clubs of Ok County · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Continuing Operations
$500
Catholic Charities · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Continuing operations
$500
Crested Butte Center for the Arts · Crested Butted, CO · 2023
Continuing Operations
$500
Oklahoma Center of Nonprofit · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Continuing Operations
$500
Oklahoma School of Science Math Fou · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Continuing Operations
$500
Special Olympics Oklahoma · Tulsa, OK · 2023
Continuing Operations
$500
Teen Recovery Solutions · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Continuing operations
$500
Ymca of Greater Oklahoma City · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Continuing Operations
$500
Annual Catholic Appeal · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Continuing operations
$500
Bishop McGuiness Catholic High Scho · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Continuing Operations
$500
Catholic Charities · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Continuing operations
$500
Crested Butte Center for the Arts · Crested Butted, CO · 2022
Continuing Operations
$500
Crested Butte Land Trust · Crested Butte, CO · 2022
Continuing Operations
$500
Oklahoma Center of Nonprofit · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Continuing Operations
$500
Special Olympics Oklahoma · Tulsa, OK · 2022
Continuing Operations
$500
Ymca of Greater Oklahoma City · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Continuing Operations

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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.