The Adair Community for Excellence in Education Foundation concentrates virtually all of its giving on the local public K–12 system in Adair, Oklahoma, funding school infrastructure and student athletic facilities. Nearly the entire reported budget went to a multi-grant investment in a turf field project for the district, indicating a strong focus on improving school grounds and extracurricular assets that benefit local students and the community.
Highly concentrated and local: a small number of grants (five) with the vast majority of dollars directed to one repeat grantee across multiple awards, indicating targeted, project-based funding rather than broad or diversified grantmaking.
A single district dominates the Adair Community for Excellence in Education Foundation’s recent giving: Adair Public Schools received repeated large awards for a turf field project, including two grants of $656,509 in consecutive years. That pattern shows a funder built around direct support for the Adair school system rather than broad regional philanthropy. The foundation’s reported annual grants total $2,001,263, and its recent activity is concentrated in school infrastructure and student athletics tied to the local public K–12 system in Adair, Oklahoma. Beyond the turf-field awards, the foundation also made additional grants to the district, indicating that it supports multiple needs within the same school community. Its grantmaking structure appears tightly place-based, with all reported recipient activity landing in Oklahoma and centered on Adair schools. The result is a clear picture of a foundation that uses programmatic grants to strengthen facilities and other educational assets for students, staff, and the wider school district community.
The foundation’s clearest theme is school facilities. It gave $656,509 to Adair Public Schools for “TURF FOR FIELD” in 2024, and it repeated that same award in 2023, showing sustained support for a specific athletic project. It also issued a separate $632,449 grant to Adair Public Schools in 2024, adding another large district-level investment. Smaller awards went to Adair Public Schools as well, including $40,709 in 2024 and $15,087 in 2025 to Adair Schools. Taken together, those grants show a focus on capital and program support within the same K–12 system, with the district itself serving as the main recipient for educational and extracurricular needs.
Typical grant size is high relative to the funder’s total asset base: p25 is $484,514, median is $644,479, and p75 is $656,509. The recent record shows repeated awards to the same recipient across multiple years, including identical 2023 and 2024 grants for the same field project. The foundation operates an ACEE Grant program with electronic applications and supporting materials, and the guidelines describe it as a competitive grant program for educational projects and needs in Adair. It does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
$15K
$195K
$52K
$23K
Most grants fall between $485K and $657K, with a median of $644K.
25th Percentile
$485K
Median
$644K
75th Percentile
$657K
About 100% of grants go to recipients in OK.
RANDY ROSS
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Notable grantees: Adair Public Schools, Adair Schools, Local Adair K–12 athletics and school facility projects
Grantmaking is fully local and fully in-state in the available record: 100% of grants went to recipients in Oklahoma. The recent grants all landed in Adair, including Adair Public Schools and Adair Schools. The distribution shows no out-of-state or non-U.S. recipients, and the foundation’s giving is concentrated in the same community where its school-district partners operate.
It runs the ACEE Grant program as a competitive process. Applicants submit an application and supporting materials electronically, and the program is described as funding educational projects and needs in the Adair community.
The clearest pattern is support for K–12 school infrastructure and extracurricular facilities in Adair. Recent grants include repeated funding for a turf field project, along with other district-level awards to Adair Public Schools and Adair Schools.
Recent grant sizes are substantial: the 25th percentile is $484,514, the median is $644,479, and the 75th percentile is $656,509. That distribution shows a cluster of large awards rather than many small ones.
No. The recipient country distribution shows 5 grants, all in the US, and 100% of reported grants went to recipients in Oklahoma.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAIR SCHOOLS | ADAIR, OK | $15,087 | 2025 | — |
| ADAIR PUBLIC SCHOOLS | ADAIR, OK | $656,509 | 2024 | TURF FOR FIELD |
| ADAIR PUBLIC SCHOOLS | ADAIR, OK | $632,449 | 2024 | — |
| ADAIR PUBLIC SCHOOLS | ADAIR, OK | $40,709 | 2024 | — |
| ADAIR PUBLIC SCHOOLS | ADAIR, OK | $656,509 | 2023 | TURF FOR FIELD |
ADAIR SCHOOLS
$15,087ADAIR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
$656,509TURF FOR FIELD
ADAIR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
$632,449ADAIR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
$40,709ADAIR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
$656,509TURF FOR FIELD
Current and upcoming funding from Adair Community for Excellence in Education Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: See ACEE Grant Guidelines. Applicants must follow foundation guidelines (guidelines document linked on program page).
Deadline: Two grant cycles annually (Fall and Spring). Example cycle dates listed: Fall due date (Sept 19th @ 4PM / Oct. 14th) and Spring due date (Jan 16th @ 4PM / Feb. 10th). Applicants should consult current guidelines for exact annual dates.
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