Funding search · EIN 237024262 · Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City Community Foundation

Name: Oklahoma City Community Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

2,451
grants reported: $203.7M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $18,501
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.

Where the money goes

Homelessness, housing and emergency human services in Oklahoma City
Health care institutions: blood supply, children's hospitals, medical research
Private schools, Oklahoma universities and scholarship-linked funds
Museums, philharmonic, ballet and arts organizations statewide
Juvenile justice, diversion and at-risk youth programs
Animal welfare and veterinary programs

Typical grant

Half of all grants land between $10,000 and $41,684, with a median of $18,501. The seven-figure checks (Stafford Air and Space Museum at $7M, Neighborhood Services Organization at $3.9M, Nexus Animals at $3.2M) reflect designated and affiliated funds distributing to a single named beneficiary, not open competition. With 2,451 grants going to 1,103 recipients across four years, most grantees appear more than once, and the same Oklahoma City institutions recur annually.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GENERAL PURPOSES”
“AFFILIATED FUND OF OCCF”
“FBO”
“FOUNDATION”

Positioning adjacent work

Build the relationship with a donor or fundholder first; the foundation distributes what advisors and designated funds direct.
Ask in the $15,000 to $40,000 range for a first request; that matches their working median.
Every grant is coded general purposes, so pitch unrestricted operating support rather than a restricted project budget.
Anchor to a funded theme: youth diversion, homelessness services, health institutions, or Oklahoma university programs.

Worth knowing: This is a community foundation, so 1,956 of 2,451 grants stayed in Oklahoma and giving follows donor intent rather than a foundation-set agenda; out-of-state grants to Texas, Colorado and New York are almost certainly individual fundholders' choices. A handful of very large transfers, including $7M to Stafford Air and Space Museum in Weatherford, dominate the dollar total and are not repeatable opportunities for a new applicant.

Top recipients

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

Stafford Air and Space Museum Foundation3 grants · $13.8M
Oklahoma County Diversion Hub3 grants · $11.7M
Claremont McKenna College1 grant · $6.9M
Healthy Minds Healthy Lives Foundation1 grant · $5.2M
Children'S Health Foundation4 grants · $4.6M
Neighborhood Services Organization4 grants · $4.4M
University of Oklahoma Foundation4 grants · $4.2M
Nexus Animals2 grants · $3.8M
Oklahoma City University4 grants · $3.4M
Casady School4 grants · $3.1M

Giving over time

$29.8M

2021

$55.3M

2022

$55.3M

2023

$63.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,451 grants.

$7.7M
Oklahoma County Diversion Hub · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$7.0M
Stafford Air and Space Museum Foundation · Weatherford, OK · 2024
General purposes
$6.9M
Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA · 2022
General purpose
$5.2M
Healthy Minds Healthy Lives Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General purpose
$4.0M
Stafford Air and Space Museum Foundation · Weatherford, OK · 2023
General purpose
$3.9M
Neighborhood Services Organization · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$3.2M
Nexus Animals · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$3.0M
Oklahoma County Diversion Hub · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General purpose
$3.0M
Children'S Health Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General purpose
$2.9M
Stafford Air and Space Museum Foundation · Weatherford, OK · 2022
General purpose
$2.2M
University of Oklahoma Foundation · Norman, OK · 2022
General purpose
$2.2M
Oklahoma City University · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General purpose
$1.7M
Boys and Girls Club of Oklahoma County · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$1.7M
The Education and Employment Ministry (Teem) · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General purpose
$1.7M
University of Oklahoma Foundation · Norman, OK · 2021
General purpose
$1.6M
Oklahoma Blood Institute · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$1.5M
Community Resources Real Estate · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$1.5M
Harmony Community Church · Guthrie, OK · 2023
General purpose
$1.5M
The Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$1.5M
Schwab Charitable · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose
$1.5M
Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General purpose
$1.5M
Nexus Equine · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General purpose
$1.4M
Oklahoma Mobility Institute · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$1.1M
Casady School · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$1.1M
City Rescue Mission · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$1.0M
Children'S Health Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$1.0M
Firstep-Okc Metro Alliance · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$1.0M
Oklahoma County Diversion Hub · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$1.0M
Oklahoma Blood Institute · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$1.0M
Heritage Hall School · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021
General purpose
$959,500
University of Oklahoma · Norman, OK · 2024
General purposes
$958,312
Oic of Oklahoma County · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$892,870
Honestly · Okc, OK · 2024
General purposes
$857,343
The Education and Employment Ministry (Teem) · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$836,361
Homeless Alliance · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$835,654
Homeless Alliance · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$827,056
Ywca of Oklahoma City · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$816,750
City Care · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$750,000
Community Enhancement Corporation (Cec) · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$743,897
Oklahoma State University Foundation · Stillwater, OK · 2024
General purposes
$718,677
American Banjo Museum · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$705,341
Boys and Girls Club of Oklahoma County · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$695,030
Cherokee Hills Baptist Church · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$694,988
Casady School · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General purpose
$687,238
Pivot · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$675,307
Casady School · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021
General purpose
$674,696
American Banjo Museum · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$651,099
The Third Space Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General purpose
$643,250
Oklahoma State University · Stillwater, OK · 2024
General purposes
$633,139
Heritage Hall School · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$629,095
Oklahoma City University · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$618,401
Ok Lions Meadows of Hope · Stillwater, OK · 2024
General purposes
$608,054
Ymca of Greater Oklahoma City · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021
General purpose
$604,376
Casady School · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$601,566
Homeless Alliance · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021
General purpose
$600,000
Staar Resources Agency · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$589,673
Ok Lions Meadows of Hope · Perkins, OK · 2022
General purpose
$584,935
Ok Lions Meadows of Hope · Stillwater, OK · 2023
General purpose
$577,341
Mercy Health Foundation Oklahoma City · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$560,281
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021
General purpose
$558,168
Pivot · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021
General purpose
$551,083
Nexus Animals · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$543,314
Children'S Health Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$539,426
Oklahoma United Methodist Circle of Care · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021
General purpose
$531,476
Ok Lions Meadows of Hope · Perkins, OK · 2021
General purpose
$525,582
Oklahoma City University-Wanda L Bass School of Music · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$524,936
World Neighbors · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021
General purpose
$500,000
City of Nichols Hills · Nichols Hills, OK · 2024
General purposes
$500,000
Lilyfield · Edmond, OK · 2024
General purposes
$500,000
The Freedom Center of Okc · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$500,000
Shawnee Redemption Ministries · Shawnee, OK · 2021
General purpose
$498,720
Water4 · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$491,887
Oklahoma State University Foundation · Stillwater, OK · 2021
General purpose
$491,194
American Banjo Museum · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General purpose
$489,635
Oklahoma City Philharmonic · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$489,083
Oklahoma Ffa Foundation · Stillwater, OK · 2021
General purpose
$488,000
City Care · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$486,490
Oklahoma Ffa Foundation · Stillwater, OK · 2023
General purpose
$483,420
Oklahoma Ffa Foundation · Stillwater, OK · 2024
General purposes
$478,370
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$475,161
Honestly · Okc, OK · 2023
General purpose
$472,634
Oklahoma Ffa Foundation · Stillwater, OK · 2022
General purpose
$451,513
Oklahoma City Philharmonic · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General purpose
$450,574
World Neighbors · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General purpose
$439,549
American Banjo Museum · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021
General purpose
$437,487
Oklahoma County Diversion Hub · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021
General purpose
$430,734
Sunbeam Family Services · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021
General purpose
$425,226
Positive Tomorrows · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$422,536
Oklahoma City Philharmonic · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$417,200
Oklahoma Zoological Society · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$411,728
Sisu Youth Services · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$408,915
Water4 · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$407,842
Westview Boys' Home · Hollis, OK · 2024
General purposes
$404,672
Urban Bridge · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$402,413
Fields & Futures · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$397,043
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General purpose
$396,031
Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General purpose
$375,000
Fight for the Forgotten · Austin, TX · 2024
General purposes
$373,550
Oklahoma Historical Society · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes
$368,477
Cavett Kids Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General purposes

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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.