Oklahoma · Private foundation
Merkel Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $153k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Merkel Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 6 | $151k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $166k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $183k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $201k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $200k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $200k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma State University Foundation | $520,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Church of God International | $160,523 | 6 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $150,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum Inc | $80,000 | 6 | 19% |
| Oral Roberts University | $77,500 | 4 | 0% |
| O R U Golden Eagle Club Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Pencil Box Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The San Miguel School of Tulsa | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tulsa Opera Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma State University Foundation | $520,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Church of God International | $160,523 | 6 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $150,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum Inc | $80,000 | 6 | 19% |
| Oral Roberts University | $77,500 | 4 | 0% |
| O R U Golden Eagle Club Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Pencil Box Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The San Miguel School of Tulsa | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tulsa Opera Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tulsa Garden Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A New Leaf Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Oklahoma Heart Gallery Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Will Rogers Stage Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Center for Individuals With Physical Challenges | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Merkel Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Tulsa Community Foundation · Oneok Foundation Inc · Stuart Family Foundation · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · A R and Marylouise Tandy Foundation · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Edward & Helen Bartlett Foundation · Sanford P & Irene F Burnstein Foundation Irene F Burnstein Co-Trustee
How this is measured
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About Merkel Family Foundation
- How much does Merkel Family Foundation give?
- Merkel Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $153,425 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Merkel Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (57%), Religion (15%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Merkel Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Oklahoma State University Foundation ($520k), Church of God International ($161k), Salvation Army ($150k).
- Does Merkel Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Merkel Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Merkel Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tulsa Community Foundation, Oneok Foundation Inc, Stuart Family Foundation.
- Where is Merkel Family Foundation based?
- Merkel Family Foundation is based in OK.
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