Oklahoma · Private foundation
The Cuesta Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $139k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $62,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations The Cuesta Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 21 | $139k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $109k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $191k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $153k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $156k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $171k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $168k | 54% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $161k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsa Children's Museum Inc | $454,500 | 7 | 3% |
| The University of Tulsa | $86,160 | 6 | 0% |
| Sooner Rowing Association | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Crosstown Learning Center Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Child Abuse Network Inc dba Child Advocacy Network | $34,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Domestic Violence Intervention Services | $22,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Youth At Heart Inc | $20,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa Inc | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
| City Year Inc | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 53 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($251k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cuesta Foundation Inc 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: The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · The Gelvin Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · Tulsa Area United Way · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · Oneok Foundation Inc · George Kaiser Family Foundation · Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation · Sanford P & Irene F Burnstein Foundation Irene F Burnstein Co-Trustee
How this is measured
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About The Cuesta Foundation Inc
- How much does The Cuesta Foundation Inc give?
- The Cuesta Foundation Inc reported 27 grants totaling $139,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Cuesta Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (43%), Education (16%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are The Cuesta Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Tulsa Children's Museum Inc ($455k), The University of Tulsa ($86k), Sooner Rowing Association ($45k).
- Does The Cuesta Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cuesta Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Cuesta Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, The Gelvin Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation.
- Where is The Cuesta Foundation Inc based?
- The Cuesta Foundation Inc is based in OK.
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