Oklahoma · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 385 organizations whose IRS filings report $263,482,372 to it, the largest being Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc ($40,002,662). 235 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $-36300348
- Funders on record
- 385
- Grants received
- $263M
- Net assets
- $2.4B
What University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc does
Mission
The university of oklahoma foundation is an independent charitable organization that facilitates and manages philanthropic gifts to support the university of oklahoma. With a culture of integrity, skill and persistence, we align the passions of donors and our alumni with the indelible mission of the university of oklahoma.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
General university education assistanceexpenditures made in accordance with the fund purpose ranging from general supplies to specific projects within a department or school of the university.
$47,195,464 spentof which $47,195,464 as grants23% of program spendingStudent scholarshipsexpenditures made in accordance with the fund purpose ranging from unrestricted scholarships to restricted scholarships within a college/department or school of the university.
$55,521,031 spentof which $55,521,031 as grants27% of program spendingSalary supplementssuch expenditures are processed through the university's payroll system. Upon receiving adequate documentation, the foundation will reimburse the university for such expenditures made in accordance with the fund purpose.
$63,839,135 spentof which $63,839,135 as grants31% of program spendingFacilities and equipmentexpenditures made in accordance with the fund purpose ranging from the purchase of lab equipment to construction of buildings within a department or school of the university.
$41,853,823 spentof which $41,779,009 as grants20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $208,409,453.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.0B to $2.6B (+33%).
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.
-417% of UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Guy L Patton
President and CEO
Board chair
Elby Beal
Chair, trustee
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 107 funders to 171 funders, grant income rose $14M → $40M.
53 of 385 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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: $22M from one payer (an institutional transfer, not a grant programme, largest Children's Medical Research Inc); $12M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Foundation for Engineering at the University of Oklahoma Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 385 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
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
29% 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 UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 13% · 2019 32% · 2020 33% · 2021 46% · 2022 24% · 2023 30% — growing more concentrated.
“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
42% of UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
51% of UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 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. $49M arriving through sponsors registered in 26 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
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than half of the 17,804 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,804 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Government funding UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $660k on record.
- Trav.Exp-Student Groups-Wards$155k
- Reimbursement & Repayment -Oth$148k
- Royalties$147k
- Other Prof, Sc. & Tech.Svc$100k
- Travel Reimb.-Non-State Empls.$70k
- Out-of-State Misc.Charges$19k
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 UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 20 states
Part of a family of 7 related entities
- Hamm Family Diabetes Center LLC · disregarded
- Lw Cary Investors LLC · disregarded
- Ou Foundation Investments LLC · disregarded
- Ouf Real Estate Holdings LLC · disregarded
- University North Park LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC?
- UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 385 organizations whose IRS filings report $263,482,372 to it, the largest being Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc ($40,002,662). 235 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 385 organizations giving $263,482,372 in grants to UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC, 235 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC?
- Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc is the largest funder on record, with $40,002,662 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 385 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