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Oklahoma Forward Inc

Oklahoma Forward works to identify what everyday Oklahomans care about, and help to give them a stronger voice in state government. By creating an environment where Oklahoma voters feel empowered, we can encourage a positive conversation between elected leaders and the public and increase overall voter enthusiasm and engagement.

$300k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2024
8
Organizations funded FY2022
63%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2024
$300,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$300,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 8
FY2021 to FY2022
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$997

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 63% of the organizations Oklahoma Forward Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving1$300k100%
FY20228$26M63%
FY20214$463kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Public Benefit$17MCivil Rights$6.9MEducation$2.2MEnvironment$121k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sooner State Leadership Fund$8,847,2841n/a
Imagine This Oklahoma$8,053,3401n/a
The Oklahoma Project$5,634,6502n/a
Oklahomas Children Our Future Inc$2,226,853165%
Fairness Corp$1,228,7002100%
American Center$300,0001n/a
Right Direction$121,0652n/a
Oklahoma Growth Alliance Inc$45,000114%
Falcon PAC$5,4201n/a
Oklahoma Progress Now Syndicate$2,0001n/a

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About Oklahoma Forward Inc

How much does Oklahoma Forward Inc give?
Oklahoma Forward Inc reported 1 grants totaling $300,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2022.
What does Oklahoma Forward Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (65%), Civil Rights (26%), Education (8%).
Who are Oklahoma Forward Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Sooner State Leadership Fund ($8.8M), Imagine This Oklahoma ($8.1M), The Oklahoma Project ($5.6M).
Does Oklahoma Forward Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Oklahoma Forward Inc based?
Oklahoma Forward Inc is based in OK.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 10 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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