Oklahoma · Nonprofit
OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC
OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,048,534 to it, the largest being MCLAUGHLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($484,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 46
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $7.4M
What Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation Inc does
Mission
We are the leading advocate for okcps. We strengthen our schools through community investment, strategic partnerships, and innovative programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Provide innovative teacher/classroom support - through a partnership with donorschoose and initiatives like partners in action and readokc, the foundation provides support for classroom and school needs in okcps. Since 2014, the foundation has leveraged over 13 million dollars in funding for okcps classroom projects on donorschoose. Partners in action, which includes coat-a-kid, engages community support for school wide projects identified by site principals. Readokc has a mission to instill a love of reading in students through reading challenges, volunteer reading buddies and providing access through little libraries and mobile book buses.
$789,565 spentof which $654,573 as grants$600 earned by the program44% of program spendingSupport efforts to recruit & retain urban-ready teachers - through programs like the teacher pipeline program (tpp) and the urban teacher preparation academy (utpa) the foundation provides direct support to recruit and train teachers for employment with okcps. The tpp provides direct support for tuition, books and fees to train paraprofessionals employed with okcps. Utpa engages students who are in undergraduate teacher preparation programs at uco and express a desire to teach in okcps. The program provides mentorship and support through the latter half of the student's coursework and the first three years in the classroom.
$381,022 spentof which $192,133 as grants21% of program spendingBuild advocates for okcps - the foundation builds community support and advocates for our schools through education and outreach efforts that highlight the impact and importance of strong public schools as well as the unique needs and challenges that okcps faces. Through programs like wall of fame and stars of education, we recognize trailblazing okcps alumni and champions, celebrate outstanding okcps educators and staff; and shine a light on remarkable students. The wall of fame awards dinner highlights inspirational stories of okcps alumni and stars of education recognizes outstanding teachers and principals in the district through the teacher of the year and principal of the year awards.
$628,778 spentof which $45,633 as grants35% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,799,365.
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 $6.6M to $7.8M (+18%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 3% · 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
R Brent Hensley
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $78k → $656k.
5 of 46 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $835k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Love Family Affiliated Fund of Occf Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 46 funders by total. 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 PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
28% 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 PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 56% · 2019 59% · 2020 35% · 2021 24% · 2022 18% · 2023 35% — 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
30% of OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
61% of OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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. $96k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$30k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
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 PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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 OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC?
- OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,048,534 to it, the largest being MCLAUGHLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($484,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 46 organizations giving $3,048,534 in grants to OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC?
- MCLAUGHLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $484,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 46 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