Oklahoma · Private foundation
The MakeSense Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $124k
- Granted FY2022
- 24
- Grants FY2022
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 92%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 107
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 15
- Total assets, FY2022
- $5.6M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 92% of the organizations The MakeSense Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $114k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 24 | $124k | 92% |
| FY2021 | 107 | $342k | 87% |
| FY2020 | 83 | $521k | 95% |
| FY2019 | 76 | $588k | 86% |
| FY2018 | 44 | $524k | 91% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $437k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
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 FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa | $100,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Caring Community Friends Inc | $60,160 | 4 | 4% |
| Dress for Success Oklahoma City Inc | $55,225 | 3 | 9% |
| Sammys Superheroes Foundation | $37,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Safehouse Crisis Center Inc | $36,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Children's Tumor Foundation | $32,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Remerge Inc | $31,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lighthouse Central Florida Inc | $28,285 | 1 | 1% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The United Way Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 126 grantees
Plus 206 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The MakeSense 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: Mary Kay Ash Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Sarkeys Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · Edward & Helen Bartlett Foundation · Tulsa Area United Way · The Gelvin Foundation · The Kerr Foundation Inc · Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Inc · Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation · Oneok Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The MakeSense Foundation
- How much does The MakeSense Foundation give?
- The MakeSense Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $124,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 107 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The MakeSense Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Human Services (27%), Health (16%), Religion (12%).
- Who are The MakeSense Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa ($100k), Caring Community Friends Inc ($60k), Dress for Success Oklahoma City Inc ($55k).
- Does The MakeSense Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 92% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The MakeSense Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The MakeSense Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mary Kay Ash Foundation, The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, Sarkeys Foundation.
- Where is The MakeSense Foundation based?
- The MakeSense Foundation is based in OK.
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