Funding search · workforce development · Oklahoma
Who funds workforce development work in Oklahoma
15 funders have a record of paying for workforce development work by Oklahoma recipients: 52 grants totaling $2.8M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are One Gas Foundation ($547,000), The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation ($135,000) and Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund ($160,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Oklahoma recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $150,000 to TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — workforce development
Largest: $45,000 to A NEW LEAF INC — workforce development for adults and adolescents with developmental disabilities and autism spectrum disorder
Cities for Financial Empowerment FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $160,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to MADISON STRATEGIES GROUP — studying the integration of fec services into workforce development programs
Telligen Community InitiativeWest Des Moines, IA
4 matching grants · $237,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to OU FOUNDATION — the ou college of nursing student success center aids in workforce development by providing intervention services for students, such as tutoring, group study sessions, academic coa…
Largest: $48,500 to NEWVIEW OKLAHOMA — provide scholarships for 10 visually impaired individuals to participate in vocational training
Inasmuch FoundationOklahoma City, OK
3 matching grants · $693,000 · through 2024Largest: $268,000 to REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA — workforce development ($250,000) & agency professional development ($18,000)
Arvest FoundationBentonville, AR
4 matching grants · $35,500 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to A New Leaf Inc — to support the comprehensive workforce development plan for people with developmental disabilities and autism.
Largest: $25,000 to A NEW LEAF INC — comprehensive workforce development program
Largest: $4,000 to Educational and Employment Ministry — educational and vocational training
George Kaiser Family FoundationTulsa, OKCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2022Largest: $440,000 to City Year Inc — tulsa educational equity and workforce development
Largest: $10,000 to A NEW LEAF — workforce development plan
Evergreen Rural Water of WashingtonShelton, WACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $143,678 · through 2024Largest: $143,678 to NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION — expansion of apprenticeship and workforce development for drinking water and wastewater operators.
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