About Tulsa Community Foundation
Tulsa Community Foundation’s recent grantmaking is marked by very large general-operations awards to place-based and institution-building organizations. The single largest grant in the file is $31,341,440 to Midway USA Foundation Inc for general operations, and the foundation also made an eight-figure award of $24,355,075 to George Kaiser Family Foundation for general operations in 2025. Those grants sit alongside support for Tulsa-based civic, education, and service organizations, including Greenwood Rising Inc and Tulsa Area United Way, showing a pattern of backing groups with broad operating needs rather than narrowly restricted projects. The foundation’s profile combines donor stewardship with direct community investment, and its recent awards include both recurring partners and a mix of local and out-of-state recipients. In the record provided, grants also reach institutions tied to education, parks, hunger relief, and legal services, indicating a portfolio that supports organizational continuity across several community systems. Across the file, the foundation appears to use its resources to reinforce established nonprofits and long-term community infrastructure.
What Tulsa Community Foundation Funds
In nonprofit support, Tulsa Community Foundation made a $16,603,301 general-operations grant to Greenwood Rising Inc and a $3,158,280 general-operations grant to Tulsa Area United Way, both in Tulsa. In public-space and community-infrastructure work, it gave $7,500,000 to River Parks Authority Tgp Bridge for general operations and $5,900,000 to Tulsa's Gathering Place (aka Tgp River Parks Authority) for general operations. Education and scholarship-related support also appears in the record: the foundation awarded $3,690,975 to University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc and $2,314,938 to University of Tulsa, each for general operations. The grant list further shows hardship-oriented giving, including $2,029,198 to Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless for general operations and $2,650,000 to Still She Rises Inc for general operations.
How Tulsa Community Foundation Gives
Typical grant size is $10,000 at the 25th percentile, $15,000 at the median, and $35,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent file also contains several very large operating grants, which suggests a mixed portfolio that includes both smaller awards and major institutional support. Recipients recur across multiple years: Ggp Parks LLC, Gkff Best LLC, Midway USA Foundation Inc, Trinity Presbyterian Church Inc, Tulsa's Gathering Place, Tulsa Area United Way, University of Tulsa, and Still She Rises Inc all appear more than once. Tulsa Community Foundation is a mixed community foundation, funds individuals is false, and it makes program-related investments. No application process is shown in the data provided.