Oklahoma · Nonprofit
THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY INC
THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,436 to it, the largest being THE ORAU FOUNDATION ($39,336). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,749 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,749 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- United Way of Payne County Inclocal
- Lester Family Foundationportfolio match
- Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahomaportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.
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 28% · 2021 87% · 2022 82% · 2023 65% · 2024 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY 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 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $39k → $100.
From the IRS filings of THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY 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
THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% — broadly stable.
“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
THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oklahoma, across 2 states in all.
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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- United Way of Payne County InclocalOK · funds 21 organizations near you
- Lester Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahomaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Paul D Austin Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Tom and Brenda McDaniel Charitable Foundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- John and Donnie Brock Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Meinders Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Muncrief Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Clements Foods Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ann Lacy Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Horticultural Research Institute Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National 4-H Councilportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government funding THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $46.2M on record.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$45.9M
- Department of Commerce$260k
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 THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY INC
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Oklahoma State University · exempt
- Prairie One Solutions Inc · exempt
- Cowboy Technologies LLC · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY INC?
- THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,436 to it, the largest being THE ORAU FOUNDATION ($39,336). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $39,436 in grants to THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY INC.
- Who is the largest funder of THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY INC?
- THE ORAU FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $39,336 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE INNOVATION FOUNDATION AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 2funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing