OVERVIEW: The Tulsa Community Foundation oversees dozens of donor-advised funds, corporate contributions, and individual giving efforts while focusing efforts on animals, arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services, public and society, and religion.
FUNDING AREAS: Animals, arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services, public and society, religion
IP TAKE: Nonprofit agencies cannot directly request gifts from TCF donors, so they will need to work with the TCF staff to make connections with donors in the area.
PROFILE: Established in 1998, the Tulsa Community Foundation (TCF) was the last of 50 major metropolitan areas in America to establish a community fund. The driving force behind TCF was George B. Kaiser, the chairman of BOK Financial Corporation who has his own family foundation as well. This is a place where local philanthropists can streamline their charitable contributions for more significant giving power. The foundation has at least 575 donor-advised or donor-designated funds. TCF works with nonprofits in the following interest areas: animals, arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services, public and society, and religion.
TCF does not have discretionary dollars to offer to nonprofits in competitive grant cycles. However, TCF supervises over 280 Agency Funds, which serve charities throughout Oklahoma and across the nation. Nonprofits must work with TCF staff to reach local philanthropists. To support local and national education, TCF maintains dozens of scholarship funds, and it distributes over $1 million annually to help students afford college and succeed at primary and secondary schools. TCF’s Partnership for the Availability of School Supplies (PASS) program provides supplies to over 24,000 students at 54 elementary schools in the Tulsa Public and Union school districts. Since 2005, TCF has been assisting corporations with disaster relief efforts. The foundation also has a medical assistance program to help people who are actively seeking costly medical treatment through the Larry W. Brummett Foundation Fund and the Lorie Lord Breast Cancer Foundation Fund. Another TCF program is 501TechNet, which aims to increase the organizational capacity of nonprofits by assisting them with technology upgrades.
Foundation grants vary widely in size based on the fund they are distributed from. The foundation does not have an online grants database. Funding is restricted to the Tulsa area of Oklahoma.
The foundation does not accept unsolicited grant requests from nonprofits. Contact the staff at info@tulsacf.org or by phone at 918-494-8823.
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