Oklahoma · Private foundation
Mervin Bovaird Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 72
- Grants FY2024
- 63
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $330,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 63 to 88
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $46M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations Mervin Bovaird Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $286k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 69 | $1.8M | 4% |
| FY2023 | 63 | $1.4M | 16% |
| FY2022 | 76 | $1.4M | 30% |
| FY2021 | 73 | $1.8M | 15% |
| FY2020 | 72 | $1.8M | 4% |
| FY2019 | 88 | $2.1M | 15% |
| FY2018 | 86 | $1.9M | 27% |
| FY2017 | 86 | $2.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Tulsa | $2,449,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Tulsa Day Center Inc | $430,000 | 8 | 2% |
| The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc | $410,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Oklahoma State University Foundation | $325,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Tulsa ToughInc | $270,000 | 8 | 11% |
| Reading Partners | $260,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Newview Oklahoma Inc | $255,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Clarehouse Inc | $250,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Salvation Army | $245,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Tulsa Ballet Theatre Inc | $240,000 | 8 | 1% |
Show all 111 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 61 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mervin Bovaird Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · The Gelvin Foundation · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · George Kaiser Family Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation · Oneok Foundation Inc · One Gas Foundation Inc · Morningcrest Healthcare Foundation
How this is measured
About Mervin Bovaird Foundation
- How much does Mervin Bovaird Foundation give?
- Mervin Bovaird Foundation reported 72 grants totaling $1,967,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 63 and 88 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Mervin Bovaird Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), Arts & Culture (14%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Mervin Bovaird Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The University of Tulsa ($2.4M), Tulsa Day Center Inc ($430k), The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc ($410k).
- Does Mervin Bovaird Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mervin Bovaird 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 Mervin Bovaird Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, The Gelvin Foundation, The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Mervin Bovaird Foundation based?
- Mervin Bovaird Foundation is based in OK.
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