Oklahoma Grants for Nonprofits
Grants for Oklahoma nonprofits address a wide range of focus areas, from health grants to the arts. Learn more about Oklahoma funders with the Grant Finder search tool. Become a member.
Giving Trends in Oklahoma
Philanthropy in Oklahoma is substantially influenced by families that found wealth in the oil industry generations ago, alongside community foundations that make grants for specific Oklahoma communities. Oklahoma is home to more than 600 foundations that collectively gave more than $685 million in 2019, according to research by Philanthropy Southwest and Candid.
Information about grants for Oklahoma flows through the regional association Philanthropy Southwest. According to Philanthropy Southwest, grantmakers in Oklahoma tend to prioritize giving for education, health, and human services.. While the philanthropic sector in Oklahoma concentrates in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, several other funders focus on rural parts of the state, such as the Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, which makes grants for rural communities across Oklahoma. Giving in the state reflects a mix of rural and metropolitan funding priorities.
Top funders in Oklahoma include private and family foundations, community foundations, and corporate funders. Several major funders in Oklahoma include Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, Samuel Roberts Noble Family Foundation, George Kaiser Family Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation, Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, William K. Warren Foundation, Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, EL and Thelma Gaylord Foundation, Presbyterian Health Foundation, Mary K. Chapman Foundation, Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation, and the Inasmuch Foundation.
