Oklahoma · Private foundation
Avedis Foundation
AVEDIS FOUNDATION IS A CATALYST AND FACILITATOR OF CHANGE THROUGH STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY. Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $91,464
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $777,974
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $108M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Avedis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $482k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $1.9M | 25% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $1.4M | 27% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $2.7M | 31% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $2.6M | 27% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $1.2M | 29% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $2.3M | 47% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $2.3M | 62% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $4.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Shawnee | $4,144,269 | 7 | n/a |
| Community Renewal of Pottawatomie County Inc | $1,392,497 | 5 | 99% |
| Gateway to Prevention & Recovery | $1,115,002 | 8 | 12% |
| Community Market of Pott Count | $1,031,860 | 6 | 47% |
| The St Anthony Hospital Foundation Inc | $625,650 | 3 | 6% |
| South Central Industries Inc | $607,892 | 4 | 3% |
| Central Oklahoma Community Action Agency | $556,601 | 6 | 5% |
| Prague Public Schools | $536,427 | 6 | n/a |
| Circle of Care Inc | $450,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Asher Public Schools | $358,271 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 55 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Avedis Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Arvest Foundation · The Cleo L Craig Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · St Anthony Shawnee Hospital Inc · Sarkeys Foundation · American Fidelity Foundation · Feed the Children Inc · United Way of Eastern Frontier Country · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Oge Energy Corp Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Avedis Foundation
- How much does Avedis Foundation give?
- Avedis Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $2,423,042 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Avedis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (19%), Education (17%), Health (15%).
- Who are Avedis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: City of Shawnee ($4.1M), Community Renewal of Pottawatomie County Inc ($1.4M), Gateway to Prevention & Recovery ($1.1M).
- Does Avedis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Avedis Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Avedis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc, Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, Arvest Foundation.
- Where is Avedis Foundation based?
- Avedis Foundation is based in OK.
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