Utah · Public charity
OK Foundation
Serving the needs of the whole child, including education, safety, environment, health, and well-being.
- $8.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 45
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $7.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 14
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations OK Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 | 45 | $7.1M | 76% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $1.4M | 15% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $1.3M | 78% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $626k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $577k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $286k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $328k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $704k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesoamerican Research Foundation | $1,209,980 | 8 | 100% |
| Upstream Cinema | $1,130,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Mentors International | $672,125 | 3 | 12% |
| Orphan Myth Inc | $585,920 | 3 | 43% |
| Mercury One Inc | $407,500 | 1 | 1% |
| A Act Of Love Alternative Options And Services | $400,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Ghana Make a Change | $338,488 | 3 | n/a |
| Zahara Charity | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Magic in Learning Foundation | $292,809 | 3 | n/a |
| Weber State University | $260,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 60 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesoamerican Research Foundation | $1,209,980 | 8 | 100% |
| Upstream Cinema | $1,130,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Mentors International | $672,125 | 3 | 12% |
| Orphan Myth Inc | $585,920 | 3 | 43% |
| Mercury One Inc | $407,500 | 1 | 1% |
| A Act Of Love Alternative Options And Services | $400,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Ghana Make a Change | $338,488 | 3 | n/a |
| Zahara Charity | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Magic in Learning Foundation | $292,809 | 3 | n/a |
| Weber State University | $260,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inside Track Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Laudato Si Vatican Challenge | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| August Mission | $250,000 | 2 | n/a |
| G20 Interfaith Forum Association | $250,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Hamilton Productions | $237,289 | 5 | n/a |
| Maliheh Free Clinic | $200,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Red Fred Project | $154,250 | 4 | n/a |
| Windrider Institute Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Global Partners | $125,000 | 2 | 100% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $102,078 | 1 | 0% |
| Common Grounds Community Development Corp | $100,000 | 1 | 29% |
| Barzani Charity Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rising Star Outreach Inc | $99,378 | 7 | 2% |
| Child Rescue Coalition Inc | $90,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hope Arising Inc | $71,500 | 1 | 26% |
| I Am Zambia Inc | $65,797 | 1 | n/a |
| Elevate Global | $58,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Creative Visions Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rachel Covey Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Valia | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Greater St Louis Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Poverty Project Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| More Too Life Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Kars 4 Kids Inc | $44,970 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope For Her International | $35,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Baskerville Institute | $35,000 | 1 | 75% |
| Many Hopes Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Francis S Keleekai Sr Educational Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| E3 Worldwide | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Davis Education Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fight for Light Incorporated | $26,564 | 2 | n/a |
| Responsibility Foundation Inc | $25,825 | 1 | 13% |
| Humanitarian Experience Inc | $25,317 | 3 | 0% |
| Stella H Oaks Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Stirling Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| I Can I Am Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 30% |
| American Leadership Academy | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indys Ohana | $25,000 | 1 | 59% |
| University of Utah | $22,642 | 1 | n/a |
| Friend 2 Friend Incorporated | $17,166 | 1 | n/a |
| Monument Resort | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Realize Impact | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thankful | $12,463 | 1 | n/a |
| Micro Enterprise Partners | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carry on Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Stones of Light MesoAmerica Education Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Caring for Our Young Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Starkey Hearing Foundation | $8,020 | 1 | 0% |
| Ensign College | $5,100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
OK Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 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: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · University Impact · Derek and Shelaine Maxfield Family Found · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · The Span Foundation · Joseph and Kathleen Sorenson Legacy Foun · Beesley Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About OK Foundation
- How much does OK Foundation give?
- OK Foundation reported 45 itemized grants totaling $7,104,148, out of $8,194,525 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does OK Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (25%), Arts & Culture (15%), Science & Tech (10%).
- Who are OK Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mesoamerican Research Foundation ($1.2M), Upstream Cinema ($1.1M), Mentors International ($672k).
- Does OK Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as OK Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sorenson Legacy Foundation, The Community Foundation of Utah, University Impact.
- Where is OK Foundation based?
- OK Foundation is based in UT.
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