Oklahoma · Private foundation
The Adams 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.
- $44k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $19,900
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $151k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Adams Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 8 | $44k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $38k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $22k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $45k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $93k | 64% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $255k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $175k | 63% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $18k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Is Alive Ministries Inc | $57,700 | 7 | 1% |
| Oklahoma City Police Athletic League | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Bridge to Recovery Inc | $19,900 | 1 | 1% |
| Oklahoma Baptist University | $17,275 | 5 | 0% |
| E3 Partners Ministry | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| P A L Ministries | $8,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Oklahoma Christian Academy Inc | $7,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Camden Military Academy | $6,850 | 1 | 0% |
| Oklahoma Hall of Fame | $5,660 | 3 | 0% |
| Oklahoma Library Association | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Is Alive Ministries Inc | $57,700 | 7 | 1% |
| Oklahoma City Police Athletic League | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Bridge to Recovery Inc | $19,900 | 1 | 1% |
| Oklahoma Baptist University | $17,275 | 5 | 0% |
| E3 Partners Ministry | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| P A L Ministries | $8,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Oklahoma Christian Academy Inc | $7,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Camden Military Academy | $6,850 | 1 | 0% |
| Oklahoma Hall of Fame | $5,660 | 3 | 0% |
| Oklahoma Library Association | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Jim Thorpe Association Inc | $4,950 | 5 | 1% |
| Edify Leaders | $4,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Oklahoma City University | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Numa Ministries Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Water4 Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Green Shoe Foundation | $475 | 1 | 0% |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $246 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($509k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Adams 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: El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · American Fidelity Foundation · Inasmuch Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Arvest Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Adams Foundation
- How much does The Adams Foundation give?
- The Adams Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $43,721 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Adams Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (41%), Philanthropy (24%), Health (11%).
- Who are The Adams Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Hope Is Alive Ministries Inc ($58k), Oklahoma City Police Athletic League ($20k), Bridge to Recovery Inc ($20k).
- Does The Adams Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Adams 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 The Adams Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation, Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation.
- Where is The Adams Foundation based?
- The Adams Foundation is based in OK.
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