Grants for Oklahoma nonprofits address a wide range of focus areas, from health grants to the arts. Learn more about grants for Oklahoma with the search tool for Grant Finder. Become a member.
Giving Trends in Oklahoma
Philanthropy in Oklahoma is substantially influenced by families that found wealth in the oil industry generations ago, alongside community foundations that make grants for specific Oklahoma communities. Oklahoma is home to more than 600 foundations that collectively gave more than $685 million in 2019, according to research by Philanthropy Southwest and Candid.
Information about grants for Oklahoma flows through the regional association Philanthropy Southwest. According to Philanthropy Southwest, grantmakers in Oklahoma tend to prioritize giving for education, health, and human services.. While the philanthropic sector in Oklahoma concentrates in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, several other funders focus on rural parts of the state, such as the Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, which makes grants for rural communities across Oklahoma. Giving in the state reflects a mix of rural and metropolitan funding priorities.
Top funders in Oklahoma include private and family foundations, community foundations, and corporate funders. Several major funders in Oklahoma include Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, Samuel Roberts Noble Family Foundation, George Kaiser Family Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation, Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, William K. Warren Foundation, Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, EL and Thelma Gaylord Foundation, Presbyterian Health Foundation, Mary K. Chapman Foundation, Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation, and the Inasmuch Foundation.
Foundations in Oklahoma
JUDITH AND JEAN PAPE ADAMS FOUNDATION
The Judith and Jean Pape Adams Foundation supports arts and culture, social services, education and health in Oklahoma.
AMERICAN FIDELITY FOUNDATION
The American Fidelity Foundation supports education, health, arts and culture, civic causes and economic development in Oklahoma and other places where the company does business.
ARNALL FAMILY FOUNDATION
The Arnall Family Foundation supports animal welfare, child welfare and criminal justice reform in Oklahoma.
BARTLESVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
This local community funder mostly supports art and culture, youth, and economic development in the Bartlesville area of Oklahoma. Unrestricted grants can be applied for at select times of the year.
GRACE AND FRANKLIN BERNSEN FOUNDATION
This locally focused funder gives to many religious, charitable, scientific, literary and educational causes in the Tulsa metropolitan area. This is your go-to funder for capital campaign and construction support.
CHEROKEE STRIP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
This funder supports a broad range of causes in Enid, Oklahoma, and the surrounding Northwest Oklahoma communities. Grantseekers can apply for unrestricted funds to be used locally.
CITY OF MUSKOGEE FOUNDATION
This funder supports causes in Muskogee, Oklahoma, including education, arts, culture, community revitalization, social services, healthcare, economic development, infrastructure, housing, and recreation.
COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA
This funder supports nonprofits in 44 counties of Oklahoma with a focus on rural communities. Applications are accepted for select funds.
CRESAP FAMILY FOUNDATION
The Cresap Family Foundation supports youth and families, health and wellness, education, arts and humanities and animal welfare in Oklahoma.
GELVIN FOUNDATION
This funder prioritizes community services, but also funds healthcare, education, and the arts, in and around Tulsa and Eufaula, Oklahoma.
HARDESTY FAMILY FOUNDATION
This funder supports nonprofits in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area with large capital grants for building construction and renovation projects. Unsolicited proposals are not accepted.
IMPACT OKLAHOMA
Impact Oklahoma is a women’s giving collective that focuses on Central Oklahoma and the issues of family, health and wellness, community, education and culture.
INASMUCH FOUNDATION
The Inasmuch Foundation prioritizes nonprofits in Oklahoma, with a wide range of education, health and human services and community enhancement programs on its radar. There are two funding cycles.
GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION
This funder supports a range of Oklahoma causes in the areas of education, female incarceration, community health, civic enhancement, Tulsa beautification, and social services. Unsolicited proposals are not accepted.
KIRKPATRICK FAMILY FUND
This funder provides grants to organizations that serve Central Oklahoma in the following areas: social services, arts and humanities, health and family, community development, education, environment, and endowment matching.
KIRKPATRICK FOUNDATION
This funder supports arts and culture, education, animal well-being, environmental conservation, and historical preservation in Central Oklahoma. This is a separate, but related, entity from the Kirkpatrick Family Fund.
TOM AND JUDY LOVE FOUNDATION
The Tom and Judy Love Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to education and youth. It also funds select organizations in Oklahoma and beyond.
LYON FOUNDATION
The Lyon Foundation supports human services, animal welfare, arts and culture, education and other community needs in Oklahoma.
MCMAHON FOUNDATION
The McMahon Foundation supports education, human services, the arts and youth in Oklahoma.
MERCY WORK FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA
The Mercy Work Foundation of Oklahoma supports animal welfare organizations across the state of Oklahoma.
MERRICK FOUNDATION
This funder is run by Foundation Management Inc. and focuses on south-central Oklahoma. Top interests are education, human services, and community development.
NORMAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
NCF supports virtually any nonprofit need in Norman, Oklahoma. Unsolicited requests are accepted.
OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
The Oklahoma City Community Foundation manages over 1,300 donor funds. This community foundation focuses its attention on parks and public spaces in central Oklahoma and backing active, healthy living.
LAVINA PARKER TRUST
The Lavina Parker Trust supports human services, mental health, and crisis intervention in Kay County, Oklahoma.
SAMUEL ROBERTS NOBLE FOUNDATION
The Oklahoma-based Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation focuses grantmaking on higher education and health research and delivery in south-central and central Oklahoma.
LEOLA OSBORN TRUST
The Leola Osborn Trust supports mental health, children and youth, crisis intervention, and human services in and around Tonkawa, Oklahoma.
LYON FOUNDATION
The Lyon Foundation supports human services, animal welfare, arts and culture, education and other community needs in Oklahoma.
MCGEE FOUNDATION
The McGee Foundation supports education, youth, animals, arts and culture, environment, historical preservation and women’s health in Oklahoma.
POTTS FAMILY FOUNDATION
The Potts Family Foundation supports early childhood neglect prevention, early childhood education and nonprofit capacity building in Oklahoma.
PRESBYTERIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION
This funder supports medical education and research in Oklahoma. It aims to improve biotechnology in the state. Unsolicited applications are not accepted.
PUTERBAUGH FOUNDATION
The Puterbaugh Foundation supports education, medical research, youth and human services in Oklahoma.
ROBERT GLENN RAPP FOUNDATION
The Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation supports K-12 education, higher education, medical research, human services and arts and culture in Oklahoma.
SARKEYS FOUNDATION
This funder supports education, social services, human services, culture, and humanitarian programs throughout the state of Oklahoma. Unsolicited letters of inquiry are accepted twice per year.
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
This funder primarily supports health and medical issues, as well as education, in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and the surrounding areas. Unsolicited letters of inquiry are accepted.
DAVID E. & CASSIE L. TEMPLE FOUNDATION
The David E. & Cassie L. Temple Foundation supports education, human services and religion in Oklahoma.
TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
This funder oversees dozens of donor-advised funds, corporate contributions, and individual giving efforts. Although TCF rarely awards discretionary grants, the foundation can connect your nonprofit with relevant funders.
VALLEY VIEW FOUNDATION
The Valley View Foundation supports disease prevention, immediate health needs, seed and matching money to leverage healthcare projects and healthcare education in Oklahoma.
WILLIAM K. WARREN FOUNDATION
The William K. Warren Foundation primarily supports medical research, hospitals, and health causes in the greater Tulsa metropolitan area. This funder awards a small number of grants each year, but these grants tend to be significant.
CAROLYN WATSON RURAL OKLAHOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
This funder awards classroom enhancement grants and community grants in 20 counties in rural Oklahoma. It also has a scholarship fund for local high school seniors.
WILLIAMS COMPANIES FOUNDATION
The Williams Companies Foundation supports arts and culture, education, health, human services, community development and civic affairs in Oklahoma and other places where the company does business.
ANNE AND HENRY ZARROW FOUNDATION
The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation focuses grantmaking around Tulsa, but also throughout Oklahoma. It gives to Jewish causes and social services that aid disadvantaged and homeless residents.
MAXINE AND JACK ZARROW FAMILY FOUNDATION
The Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation gives most of its support to the Tulsa area and focuses giving on mental health and children’s issues.
JOHN STEELE ZINK FOUNDATION
The John Steele Zink Foundation supports the arts, education and humanities in Oklahoma.
