Oklahoma · Nonprofit
CLASSICALLY FORMED FOUNDATION INC
CLASSICALLY FORMED FOUNDATION INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $288,500 to it, the largest being HERN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($223,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $289k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Classically Formed Foundation Inc does
Mission
The classically formed foundation mission is to form schools that form the hearts and minds of students through a content rich classical education in the liberal arts and sciences with instruction in the principles of moral character and civic virtue.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Classically formed foundation, inc. Is a type I supporting organization dedicated to forming a network of k-12 classical charter schools throughout the state of oklahoma. Consistent with the oklahoma charter school act, these schools employ different and innovative teaching methods, offer increased learning opportunities, and improve student learning across disciplines.
$1,971,733 spentof which $110,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,971,733.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $20M to $21M (+3%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
18% of CLASSICALLY FORMED FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $103k → $66k.
From the IRS filings of CLASSICALLY FORMED FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CLASSICALLY FORMED FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 76% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of CLASSICALLY FORMED FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CLASSICALLY FORMED FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CLASSICALLY FORMED FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Oklahoma
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CLASSICALLY FORMED FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CLASSICALLY FORMED FOUNDATION INC?
- CLASSICALLY FORMED FOUNDATION INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $288,500 to it, the largest being HERN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($223,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLASSICALLY FORMED FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $288,500 in grants to CLASSICALLY FORMED FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLASSICALLY FORMED FOUNDATION INC?
- HERN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $223,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLASSICALLY FORMED FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing