Oklahoma · Nonprofit
OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION
OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION (Oklahoma) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $458,115 to it, the largest being JEROME WESTHEIMER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($225,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $892k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $458k
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What Oklahoma City Geological Foundation does
Mission
To implement a model of "excellence in earth science education". This model is designed to challenge students and teachers to make earth science education a priority and is divided into the following directives:1) financially support students who attend educational institutions within oklahoma and who are enrolled in an earth science curriculum. 2) grant monetary support for teachers and schools in oklahoma that maintain a program in the geological sciences. 3) help support students who attend colleges and universities in oklahoma and major in the geological sciences and who plan to pursue a career in earth sciences. 4) provide funding for scientific endeavors that are conducted by organizations that promote the geological sciences. 5) honor certain professionals employed in businesses affliated with the geological sciences and who have made significant contributions to the geological profession.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Rock mineral and fossil collection program:in april 2015, the oklahoma geological foundation, along with ogf director larry lunardi, began assembling and distributing permanent,on-site collections of museum quality rocks, minerals, and fossils foreducational institutions located in oklahoma. The positive commentsfrom students and teachers have been incredible. As a result, in 2018,the larry lunardi & the oklahoma geological foundation's rock mineral,and fossil collection program was officially established. Over 333 schools throughtout oklahoma have received a collection impacting over 90,000 students, and 1,600 teachers every year.
$19,960 spentof which $19,960 as grants9% of program spendingOklahoma geological foundation summer field camp program:since 2012, the oklahoma geological foundation has provided funding forover 298 college level students to attend summer geology field camps.these students are enrolled at oklahoma state university, theuniversity of oklahoma, and the university of tulsa. The geology fieldcamp grants range from $500 to $2,000 per student. These grants arefunded by the oklahoma geological foundation from two field campprograms: the oklahoma geological foundation summer field camp program & the frederick m. Black summer field camp program.
$25,650 spentof which $25,650 as grants11% of program spendingSince 2010 , over 900 grants, scholarships & awards have been distributed to students, teachers and schools, which includes field camps and rock mineral and fossil collections.
$101,346 spentof which $101,346 as grants45% of program spendingGeokids - "geology explores in oklahoma; kids investigating and doing science" is a joint venture between the oklahoma geological foundation and the oklahoma geology survey, started in 2018. The program provides a engageing and interactive hands-on geoscience program to teachers and students, which includes a geokid kit to each individual student. Since 2018, 4,345 kits have been assembled and disseminated to children throughout oklahoma. Geokids had a record breaking year in 2024, with over 1,000 children receiving a kit.
$80,707 spent35% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $227,663.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $3.0M to $3.6M (+22%).
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.
71% of OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $103k → $11k.
5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION’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
OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
45% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 73% · 2019 94% · 2020 87% · 2021 83% · 2022 83% · 2023 68% — 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
100% of OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $207k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,838 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,838 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: 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 OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION?
- OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION (Oklahoma) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $458,115 to it, the largest being JEROME WESTHEIMER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($225,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $458,115 in grants to OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION?
- JEROME WESTHEIMER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OKLAHOMA CITY GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 11 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing