The Presti Family Foundation makes a small number of large, unrestricted gifts across distinct service areas: local animal welfare, community/youth centers, and higher education in the arts/communications. Grants are sizable and appear intended as general operating support rather than project-specific funding, with a mix of a hometown beneficiary and prominent national institutions.
Concentrated giving: very few (three) large grants of roughly equal size, typically unrestricted operating support; not a high-volume donor and not demonstrating repeat funding to the same organizations in this dataset.
One of the clearest patterns in Presti Family Foundation’s recent giving is a set of large, unrestricted grants to organizations in Oklahoma City and beyond, with the biggest checks going to Oklahoma Humane Society, YMCA, and Emerson College. The foundation’s giving mixes local service organizations with higher education, and the grant descriptions consistently read “for support of exempt purpose,” pointing to flexible support rather than tightly defined project funding. In 2025, the Oklahoma Humane Society received $268,166 and Emerson College received $251,457, while YMCA received $251,751 in 2024. Those three awards alone show the foundation operating at a scale that places it in the six-figure range for major recipients. The rest of the recent list is much smaller, but still tied to community institutions in Oklahoma City, including Westminster Church, Payne Education Center, and the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum. The result is a profile of a family foundation that supports a small number of organizations with sizable grants across animal welfare, youth-serving programs, and arts or communications education.
Animal welfare is a visible part of the foundation’s portfolio: Oklahoma Humane Society received $268,166 in 2025 for support of exempt purpose. Youth and community programming also appears in the recent record, with YMCA receiving $251,751 in 2024 for support of exempt purpose. In the education space, Emerson College received $251,457 in 2025, connecting the foundation to higher education in communications or media arts. Smaller awards broaden the picture of local civic support. Westminster Church received $12,644 in 2025, Payne Education Center received $7,705 in 2025, and Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum received $5,178 in 2025, all for support of exempt purpose.
Presti Family Foundation’s recent grant sizes are uneven, with a p25 of $8,940, a median of $132,050, and a p75 of $251,678. That spread shows a pattern of a few very large awards and several much smaller gifts. The recipients in the recent list are all U.S.-based, and the foundation’s giving is marked by repeat support for Oklahoma City organizations in the latest year. The grants are described as support of exempt purpose, which suggests broad operating or general support rather than narrow project funding. The foundation is a family foundation with local giving focus, not an individual-giving vehicle or a program-related investment fund.
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Most grants fall between $9K and $252K, with a median of $132K.
25th Percentile
$9K
Median
$132K
75th Percentile
$252K
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Notable grantees: Oklahoma Humane Society, YMCA, Emerson College
The grant record is heavily centered in Oklahoma, especially Oklahoma City, which appears repeatedly across the recent grants list. The foundation also gives outside its headquarters state: Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts received one of the largest awards. By grant count, Massachusetts is the top state for recipient location, even though Oklahoma holds the bulk of awards by number and the foundation is headquartered in Nichols Hills, Oklahoma. All recent grants in the dataset went to U.S. recipients.
The recent grants point to animal welfare, community and youth programming, and higher education in the arts or communications. Named recipients include Oklahoma Humane Society, YMCA, and Emerson College, along with smaller grants to Westminster Church, Payne Education Center, and the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum.
Typical grant size is substantial: the p25 is $8,940, the median is $132,050, and the p75 is $251,678. That distribution shows a mix of a few very large grants and some smaller community-level awards.
Yes. The recent record includes multiple grants in Oklahoma City across 2024 and 2025, including Oklahoma Humane Society and YMCA, plus several smaller local awards in 2025. The pattern suggests repeated support for a small set of organizations and community institutions.
No. While most recent grants go to Oklahoma recipients, the foundation also funded Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. By recipient-state count, Massachusetts is the top state, even though Oklahoma City organizations make up most of the list.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | $150,000 | 2026 | FOR SUPPORT OF EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| PAYNE EDUCATION CENTER | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | $5,664 | 2026 | FOR SUPPORT OF EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| OKLAHOMA HUMANE SOCIETY | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | $268,166 | 2025 | FOR SUPPORT OF EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| EMERSON COLLEGE | BOSTON, MA | $251,457 | 2025 | FOR SUPPORT OF EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| WESTMINSTER CHURCH | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | $12,644 | 2025 | FOR SUPPORT OF EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| PAYNE EDUCATION CENTER | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | $7,705 | 2025 | FOR SUPPORT OF EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | $5,178 | 2025 | FOR SUPPORT OF EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| YMCA | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | $251,751 | 2024 | FOR SUPPORT OF EXEMPT PURPOSE |
PAYNE EDUCATION CENTER
$5,664FOR SUPPORT OF EXEMPT PURPOSE
EMERSON COLLEGE
$251,457FOR SUPPORT OF EXEMPT PURPOSE
WESTMINSTER CHURCH
$12,644FOR SUPPORT OF EXEMPT PURPOSE
PAYNE EDUCATION CENTER
FOR SUPPORT OF EXEMPT PURPOSE
OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM
$5,178FOR SUPPORT OF EXEMPT PURPOSE