Nick and Alma Robson Foundation

OVERVIEW: The Nick and Alma Robson Foundation supports education, health, human services and religion in Oklahoma and Texas.

FUNDING AREAS: Education, health, human services, religion

IP TAKE: Details about this private funder are limited; however, the Robson Foundation is open to receiving unsolicited requests for grants, which makes it a funder to know in the region.

PROFILE: Established in 1992, the Nick and Alma Robson Foundation is a family foundation with connections to Tulsa, Oklahoma and Dallas, Texas. Nick Robson was a civic affairs and agricultural leader who worked with the Tulsa Area Conservation, Tulsa County Soil Conservation District, Oklahoma Crop Improvement Association and other local organizations. He and his wife, Alma Robson, had three children, and she was active in her church, women’s clubs and health and human service organizations. Robson family members run this foundation today without a full-time paid staff. Today, this foundation funds local efforts for education, health, human services and religion.

The Nick and Alma Robson Foundation does not have a website to guide grantseekers. The foundation works through the JP Morgan Charitable Giving Fund that is held by a national philanthropic trust. It does not publicly share detailed grantmaking guidelines, but grantmaking tends to follow the interests of the founding couple. Therefore, past support has gone to local churches, disease-focused foundations and human services organizations that benefit less fortunate people living in communities where family members reside.

Grants range between about $5,000 and $300,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses primarily on organizations in the Tulsa and Dallas regions. Past local grantees include the Tulsa Zoo and Southern Methodist University.

This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. Grantseekers should submit application materials to the foundation by mail and to the attention of the foundation’s vice president, Sybil Ann Robson. There are no submission deadlines for applications, nor are there restrictions or limitations on awards. Direct general questions to the staff at 886-888-5157.

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