Oklahoma · Public charity
Oklahoma State University Foundation
Unite donor passions with university priorities to elevate the impact of oklahoma state university.
- $30M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,321,956
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $28,580,277
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Oklahoma State University Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 4 | $30M | 25% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $28M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $26M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $26M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $25M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $24M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $25M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $17M | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oklahoma | $198,078,466 | 9 | n/a |
| Foundation for the McKnight Center for the Performing Arts | $48,967,602 | 9 | 88% |
| Saving America's Mustangs | $5,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lambda Chi Alpha Educational Foundation | $1,050,000 | 4 | 48% |
| Grace Lutheran Church | $175,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Gamma Phi Beta Foundation | $80,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Tulsa Area United Way | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chi Omega Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oklahoma District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oklahoma Baptist University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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.
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How this is measured
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About Oklahoma State University Foundation
- How much does Oklahoma State University Foundation give?
- Oklahoma State University Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $29,967,233 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Oklahoma State University Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (79%), Arts & Culture (19%), Animals (2%).
- Who are Oklahoma State University Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Oklahoma ($198M), Foundation for the McKnight Center for the Performing Arts ($49M), Saving America's Mustangs ($5.0M).
- Does Oklahoma State University Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Oklahoma State University Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Oklahoma State University Foundation based?
- Oklahoma State University Foundation is based in OK.
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