Oklahoma · Private foundation
The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation
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.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 148
- Grants FY2025
- 132
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 128 to 141
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $16M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k 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 | 118 | $2.3M | 16% |
| FY2024 | 132 | $1.8M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 128 | $1.7M | 23% |
| FY2022 | 141 | $1.8M | 26% |
| FY2021 | 132 | $1.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Israel | $359,607 | 5 | n/a |
| B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Foundation | $275,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Tulsa Area United Way | $252,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Youth Services of Tulsa Inc | $225,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma | $220,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $190,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The City Lights Foundation of Oklahoma | $172,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Project Elf Inc | $164,000 | 5 | 22% |
| New Workforce Directions Inc | $160,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Resonance Center for Women Inc | $145,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 197 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 51 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sharna and Irvin Frank 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: The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · George Kaiser Family Foundation · The Gelvin Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation · Sanford P & Irene F Burnstein Foundation Irene F Burnstein Co-Trustee · Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · Oneok Foundation Inc · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Tulsa Area United Way
How this is measured
Compare The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation with peer funders
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About The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation
- How much does The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation give?
- The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation reported 148 grants totaling $2,481,021 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 128 and 141 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (16%), International (13%), Education (10%).
- Who are The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Temple Israel ($360k), B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Foundation ($275k), Tulsa Area United Way ($252k).
- Does The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sharna and Irvin Frank 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 Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, George Kaiser Family Foundation, The Gelvin Foundation.
- Where is The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation based?
- The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation is based in OK.
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