Funding search · EIN 731520309 · Tulsa, OK

William S & Ann Atherton Foundation

Name: William S & Ann Atherton 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.

101
grants reported: $6.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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

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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.

Nat'L Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum3 grants · $1.4M
Classically Formed3 grants · $1.0M
Hillsdale College2 grants · $950,000
Folds of Honor Foundation3 grants · $750,000
Mayo Clinic2 grants · $650,000
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs3 grants · $270,000
The Heritage Foundation2 grants · $100,000
Prager University Foundation3 grants · $95,000
Turning Point USA3 grants · $90,000
Voices of Oklahoma3 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$1.9M

2022

$3.0M

2023

$1.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 101 grants.

$1.1M
Nat'L Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General fund
$650,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
Building fund
$510,500
Classically Formed · Tulsa, OK · 2024
General fund
$400,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022
General fund
$300,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022
Building fund
$250,000
Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2024
General fund
$250,000
Classically Formed · Tulsa, OK · 2023
General fund
$250,000
Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2023
General fund
$250,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
General fund
$250,000
Classically Formed · Tulsa, OK · 2022
General fund
$250,000
Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2022
Build a memorial
$150,000
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General fund
$150,000
Nat'L Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Dally horn membership
$100,000
Nat'L Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General fund
$60,000
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General fund
$60,000
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General fund
$50,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General fund
$50,000
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$50,000
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$35,000
Prager University Foundation · Owing Mills, MD · 2024
Prager u kids sponsorship
$30,000
Prager University Foundation · Owing Mills, MD · 2023
Prager u kids sponsorship
$30,000
Prager University Foundation · Owing Mills, MD · 2022
Prager u kids sponsorship
$25,000
Godspeed Flight Demonstration Team · Tulsa, OK · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Voices of Oklahoma · Tulsa, OK · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Frank Phillips Foundation · Bartlesville, OK · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Litespeed Airshow · Tulsa, OK · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Valeries House · Ft Meyers, FL · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Voices of Oklahoma · Tulsa, OK · 2023
General fund
$25,000
John Brown University · Siloam Springs, AR · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Litespeed Airshow · Tulsa, OK · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Riverfield Country Day School · Tulsa, OK · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Sigma Nu Educational Foundation · Lexington, VA · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Valeries House · Ft Meyers, FL · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Voices of Oklahoma · Tulsa, OK · 2022
General fund
$20,000
The Fund for American Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$20,000
The Fund for American Studies · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$20,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General fund
$20,000
The Fund for American Studies · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$20,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General fund
$15,000
Young America'S Foundation · Herndon, VA · 2023
General fund
$15,000
One Hope Tulsa · Tulsa, OK · 2022
General fund
$15,000
Students for Liberty · McLean, VA · 2022
General fund
$15,000
Young America'S Foundation · Herndon, VA · 2022
General fund
$12,500
John Brown University · Siloam Springs, AR · 2024
Pizza hut scholarship
$12,500
John Brown University · Siloam Springs, AR · 2023
Pizza hut scholarship
$12,000
Constituting America · Colleyville, TX · 2024
General fund
$12,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
General fund
$12,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023
General fund
$10,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2024
General fund
$10,000
University of the Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2024
General fund
$10,000
USA Shooting · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Constituting America · Colleyville, TX · 2023
General fund
$10,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Students for Liberty · McLean, VA · 2023
General fund
$10,000
University of the Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2023
General fund
$10,000
American Conservative Union · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022
General fund
$10,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2022
50-fifty-5 initiative
$8,000
Institute for Energy Research · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$8,000
Moving Picture Institute · New York City, NY · 2023
General fund
$8,000
Constituting America · Colleyville, TX · 2022
General fund
$7,500
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$7,500
Capital Research Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$7,500
Institute for Energy Research · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$7,500
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$7,000
Media Research Center · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General fund
$7,000
Capital Research Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$6,000
The Little Light House · Tulsa, OK · 2023
General fund
$5,075
Bit By Bit Equestrian Foundation · Oakland, MI · 2023
General fund
$5,000
The Little Light House · Tulsa, OK · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Tulsa Warbird Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Young Americans Against Socialism · Los Angelas, CA · 2024
Intro to socialism curriculum
$5,000
American Cancer Society · Tulsa, OK · 2023
Cattle baron ball
$5,000
Hospitality House of Tulsa · Tulsa, OK · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Institute for Free Speech · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Oklahoma · Tulsa, OK · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Media Research Center · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General fund
$5,000
The New Criterion · Denville, NJ · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$5,000
American Cancer Society · Tulsa, OK · 2022
General fund
$5,000
American Quarter Horse Foundation · Amarillo, TX · 2022
Equine research
$5,000
Bit By Bitrsu Foundation · Oolagah, OK · 2022
General fund
$5,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Mercatus center
$5,000
Hospitality House of Tulsa · Tulsa, OK · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Media Research Center · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Moving Picture Institute · New York City, NY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
The Little Light House · Tulsa, OK · 2022
General fund
$5,000
The New Criterion · Denville, NJ · 2022
General fund
$4,000
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (Cfac T) · Abingdon, MD · 2022
General fund
$3,500
Happy Trails Childrens Foundation · Apple Valley, CA · 2023
General fund
$2,500
National Legal and Policy Center · Falls Church, VA · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Humane Society of Pagosa Springs · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2022
General fund
$2,500
University of the Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2022
General fund
$2,000
The Elephant Sanctuary · Hohenwald, TN · 2023
General fund
$2,000
The Razorback Foundation · Fayetteville, AR · 2023
General fund
$2,000
The Elephant Sanctuary · Hohenwald, TN · 2022
General fund
$2,000
The Razorback Foundation · Fayetteville, AR · 2022
General fund

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