Oklahoma · Private foundation
The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $6.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 128
- Grants FY2025
- 123
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,260,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 78 to 123
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $150M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $142k 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 | 126 | $6.8M | 22% |
| FY2024 | 123 | $6.3M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 111 | $6.0M | 21% |
| FY2022 | 92 | $6.1M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 94 | $4.8M | 34% |
| FY2020 | 78 | $6.2M | 24% |
| FY2019 | 81 | $5.8M | 36% |
| FY2018 | 83 | $7.6M | 58% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Tulsa | $5,024,250 | 4 | 1% |
| Tulsa Children's Museum Inc | $3,541,428 | 6 | 31% |
| Oklahoma State University Foundation | $2,774,050 | 4 | 1% |
| Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma | $2,587,450 | 7 | 5% |
| Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa Inc | $2,505,400 | 7 | 17% |
| A New Leaf Inc | $2,160,250 | 8 | 13% |
| USA BMX Foundation | $1,737,574 | 6 | 71% |
| Tulsa Community College Foundation | $1,708,480 | 6 | 13% |
| Family Safety Center Inc | $1,595,000 | 4 | 19% |
| Tulsa Zoo Management Inc | $1,457,979 | 9 | 2% |
Show all 217 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 68 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 179 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · George Kaiser Family Foundation · Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · Oneok Foundation Inc · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Sanford P & Irene F Burnstein Foundation Irene F Burnstein Co-Trustee · Morningcrest Healthcare Foundation · One Gas Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc reported 128 grants totaling $6,786,301 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 78 and 123 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (22%), Arts & Culture (16%), Health (13%).
- Who are The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The University of Tulsa ($5.0M), Tulsa Children's Museum Inc ($3.5M), Oklahoma State University Foundation ($2.8M).
- Does The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc 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 Hardesty Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, The Gelvin Foundation, George Kaiser Family Foundation.
- Where is The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc is based in OK.
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