Foundations that fund organizations in Norman, Oklahoma
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Norman nonprofits
308 private foundations gave $54M to Norman organizations in their latest filings; 43 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
473 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Norman around $55K. 52 of these funders are based in Oklahoma; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 308
- Accept applications
- 43
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Norman
- $54M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 473
- Typical median grant
- $55K
- Based in OK
- 52%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Norman organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $13M | $13M | Preselected only | Davis UWC Scholars Program 2024 |
| The Charles & Peggy Stephenson Family Foundation | Tulsa, OK | 1 | $9.0M | $9.0M | Preselected only | General operations |
| Helen and Will Webster Foundation | Arcadia, CA | 1 | $3.9M | $3.9M | Preselected only | Education |
| Inasmuch Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 4 | $3.0M | $500K | Yes | Ou health sciences center proposal: pharmacy ($1.5m), allie…; Joe c's breakfast for champions |
| The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation | Tulsa, OK | 10 | $2.1M | $45K | Yes | General operating support; Literacy programs; Ou-tulsa team for children at risk |
| Davis Charitable Trust C/O the Northern Trust Company | Austin, TX | 1 | $1.9M | $1.9M | Preselected only | To support education |
| The Harold Hamm Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Yes | General support |
| Jerold B Katz Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Yes | 2025 donation |
| El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 4 | $1.0M | $11K | Yes | General purpose |
| Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation | San Antonio, TX | 2 | $920K | $460K | Yes | General Support |
| Farzaneh Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 8 | $844K | $10K | Preselected only | Hardship Assistance Grant; The Virtue Center; Equipped for Tomorrow campaign |
| Lou and Connie Miller Charitable Foundation | Tulsa, OK | 2 | $725K | $363K | Yes | Faculty Center; Endowed Scholarship |
| The Meinders Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 3 | $725K | $125K | Yes | Operational support; Capital campaign |
| Susan J Glazer Foundation | Des Moines, IA | 1 | $693K | $693K | Preselected only | Educational |
| Clyde & Anita Becker Foundation Inc | Tulsa, OK | 2 | $500K | $250K | Preselected only | General operating fund |
| The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc | Tulsa, OK | 1 | $475K | $475K | Preselected only | Program |
| Stuart Family Foundation | Tulsa, OK | 2 | $410K | $205K | Yes | Stephenson cancer center tulsa; College of fine arts |
| Trae Young Family Foundation | Garden City, NY | 3 | $355K | $50K | Preselected only | General charitable operations; Youth community center; Assisting health care effors in the norman community. |
| Rath Foundation Inc | Janesville, WI | 1 | $342K | $342K | Yes | Education endowment |
| Sook Family Foundation | Flower Mound, TX | 1 | $300K | $300K | Preselected only | Operating support |
| James C and Teresa K Day Foundation | Sugar Land, TX | 1 | $293K | $293K | Preselected only | General support |
| Garg Foundation | Irvine, CA | 1 | $281K | $281K | Yes | Donation for Scholarship |
| Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation | Tulsa, OK | 3 | $280K | $20K | Yes | Capital and endowment campaign (honoring our memories, buil…; General operating support; Camp hope 2024 |
| Frank M Halley Charitable Trust | Tulsa, OK | 1 | $275K | $275K | Preselected only | 75k inspire champs-200k athletics |
| Stitt Charitable Foundation | Tulsa, OK | 2 | $265K | $133K | Preselected only | Support organization |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | New York, NY | 1 | $263K | $263K | Yes | As a final grant for the Center for Peace and Development p… |
| Bowen Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 3 | $251K | $10K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Hamill Foundation | Houston, TX | 2 | $250K | $125K | Preselected only | Operating Programs for youth mentoring programs; Operating ministries or campus renovations |
| Scaramucci Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | College of achitecture guest lecturer series |
| Alan and Shelly Armstrong Family Foundation | Tulsa, OK | 1 | $240K | $240K | Preselected only | General operations |
| Xie Foundation | Sunnyvale, CA | 1 | $225K | $225K | Preselected only | General Purpose. |
| Richard L and Charlotte Reynolds Family Trust Inc | Norman, OK | 12 | $210K | $20K | Yes | For community programs; General funding; Food and shelter programs |
| The Beall Foundation Inc | Colleyville, TX | 2 | $208K | $104K | Yes | Unrestricted |
| Carol Elizabeth Young Foundation | Norwich, VT | 1 | $202K | $202K | Preselected only | General purposes |
| Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $200K | $200K | Yes | Endowment for microbiology |
| Zink Family Foundation | Broken Arrow, OK | 1 | $200K | $200K | Yes | Zink Scholarship Fund 1MM 5yr Pmt 1 of 5 |
| Kirkpatrick Foundation Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | 10 | $184K | $8,250 | Preselected only | Norman philharmonic 2024-2025 season; Oklahoma international dance festival; 2024 performance season |
| Wilkinson Family Foundation Inc | Highland Beach, FL | 1 | $175K | $175K | Preselected only | General charitable purpose |
| Jon R Withrow Charitable Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $172K | $172K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Wisdom Family Foundation | Alva, OK | 1 | $161K | $161K | Yes | Advanced patient simulator |
| Andrews Family Charitable Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $155K | $155K | Yes | Private foundation |
| I Am Mercy Foundation A/K/A I Am the Vine Foundation | Haverford, PA | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | To support the ou college of medicine. |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $150K | $150K | Yes | General support |
| Crawley Family Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 6 | $145K | $23K | Preselected only | Annual fund; Debt free teachers; Ou teacher bound: recruiting the next generation of oklahom… |
| Edward & Helen Bartlett Foundation | Tulsa, OK | 1 | $120K | $120K | Yes | Scholarship |
| Wilshire Charitable Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 3 | $112K | $10K | Yes | Services for Veterans; Training for Police K-9; Scholarship Funds |
| Eugene Adkins Foundation Trust % Trust Company of Ok Attn Jennifer May | Tulsa, OK | 1 | $106K | $106K | Preselected only | Support art collection maintained by organization. |
| Perspective Media Initiatives Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Impact support for bad press |
| William and Ella Owens Medical Research Foundation | Sa, TX | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | Pancreatic cancer research fund |
| Michael and Jane Sigmon Family Foundation Inc | Norman, OK | 4 | $100K | — | Preselected only | Pregnancy testingcounseling and material assistance; School and summerprograms formiddle school youth; Finding homes forabandoned and lostdogs and cats |
| Mark & Jennifer Schumacher Foundation | Grapevine, TX | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Religious, educational, scientific, and literary or other c… |
| Mary Lou Lemon Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Assist in the tax exempt purpose |
| Patti Johnson Wilson Foundation | Tulsa, OK | 1 | $95K | $95K | Yes | College scholarship |
| The Coffee Foundation Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | 6 | $91K | $12K | Preselected only | Missions |
| Amon G Carter Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | 1 | $90K | $90K | Yes | Special project |
| Charles Gordon Northrup Student Loan Fund Fe297 | San Antonio, TX | 1 | $76K | $76K | Preselected only | Educational scholarship |
| The Richard & Enika Schulze Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | Support |
| Philip Boyle Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 6 | $75K | $10K | Yes | Unrestricted support; General operating support; From overlooked to outstanding |
| Jerome B Miller Family Foundation | Overland Park, KS | 1 | $74K | $74K | Yes | General operating and support |
| Wadley-Brackett Foundation Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | 2 | $74K | $37K | Preselected only | General funds; General |
| Patterson Family Foundation | Wewoka, OK | 2 | $64K | $32K | Preselected only | Search and rescue dog sponsor; Support |
| Karl & Georgia Martin Sranna Belle Flynn Karl & June Martin Jr Fdn | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $60K | $60K | Yes | For nursing scholorships |
| Infosys Foundation USA | New York, NY | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | Teacher training |
| Zhiyuan Yining Foundation | Los Gatos, CA | 2 | $58K | $29K | Preselected only | Scientific; Educational |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | 2 | $57K | $28K | Preselected only | In support of general operations; In support of the native american journalists association's… |
| Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma | Edmond, OK | 1 | $55K | $55K | Yes | To assist veterans with administration claims process |
| The Barnett Family Foundation Inc MS Billie Barnett | Tulsa, OK | 1 | $55K | $55K | Yes | General opoerations |
| Oge Energy Corp Foundation Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | 3 | $54K | $25K | Yes | General support |
| Brinkley Family Foundation | Norman, OK | 12 | $52K | $3,000 | Preselected only | Benefit general operations; Benefit education; Benefit children & families |
| Democracy Fund Inc | Washington, DC | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General support |
| I a O'Shaughnessy Foundation | Bloomington, MN | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Support of the student enrichment and preparation program |
| The Henry Luce Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | General Operating Support |
| The Spencer Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | Exploring queer and trans staff and faculty experiences |
| Hubbard Family Foundation | Ruidoso, NM | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Donation |
| Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc | Little Rock, AR | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Art education improvement |
| Lawrence H and Ronna C Davis Family Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Financial support |
| The Shackouls Family Foundation | Albany, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General Charitable Trust |
| Oneok Foundation Inc | Tulsa, OK | 2 | $48K | $24K | Yes | Higher education/technical school support; Program support |
| Alpha Philucy Finnerty Educational Fund | Norman, OK | 1 | $48K | $48K | Preselected only | Educational |
| The Oliver Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 4 | $43K | $11K | Preselected only | Community enrichment; Educational |
| Dexter G Johnson Educational & Benevolent Trust | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $43K | $43K | Preselected only | Educational |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 5 | $42K | $8,400 | Preselected only | Linear representations of the mapping class group and relat…; High dimensional cohomology of arithmetic groups; Categorical and geometric methods in representation theory |
| Journey of Hopes and Dreams Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $42K | $42K | Yes | General operations - treatment for childhood abuse. |
| Simon Fletcher Foundation Inc | Norman, OK | 2 | $40K | $20K | Preselected only | Charity |
| Jerome Westheimer Family Foundation | Ardmore, OK | 1 | $39K | $39K | Preselected only | General support |
| Halliburton Foundation Inc | Houston, TX | 1 | $39K | $39K | Yes | Education |
| Logan Wright Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 2 | $38K | $19K | Yes | Educational; Charitable |
| Coy and Patsy Johnson Foundation | Sulphur Springs, TX | 2 | $35K | $18K | Preselected only | Charitable contribution |
| Arvest Foundation | Bentonville, AR | 7 | $35K | $5,000 | Preselected only | To fund grants awarded by the foundation to students and te…; To fund teacher grants awarded by the foundation.; For the Foundation's Capital Campaign to support the hospit… |
| Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation | Dallas, TX | 3 | $35K | $10K | Yes | Little axe rural senior hunger; Lawton early childhood prgrm; Forensic interview prgrm |
| Paul D Austin Family Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $34K | $34K | Preselected only | Charitable - educational |
| The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation | Ardmore, OK | 3 | $33K | $2,500 | Yes | Operational support; Finance development fund; Ou men's rugby club fund |
| The Bilby Foundation | Ardmore, OK | 2 | $33K | $17K | Preselected only | Shelley MullinsScholarshipEndowment; Ou pom |
| Jimmie Lynn and Billye Austin Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 6 | $33K | $2,000 | Preselected only | Charitable; Charitable - education |
| Research Corporation Dba Research Corporation for Science Advancement | Tucson, AZ | 3 | $30K | $11K | Yes | Zoonotic implications of host genetics, immunity, and virom…; Metagenomic-guided tests of zoonotic pathogen diversity in…; Development of an integrative approach to enhance surveilla… |
| The Northrop Grumman Foundation | Falls Church, VA | 2 | $30K | $15K | Yes | General operating grants & matching gifts. |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $30K | $30K | Yes | 81780 providing a general operating support grant to the in… |
| Robert S & Grayce B Kerr Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 2 | $30K | $15K | Preselected only | Athletic department general capital fund; Aubrey m kerr sr. scholarship-ou law |
| Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $30K | $30K | Yes | Community programming support |
| The Sparrow Charitable Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | Iii - educational purposes |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Norman, Oklahoma?
Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc, The Charles & Peggy Stephenson Family Foundation, Helen and Will Webster Foundation, Inasmuch Foundation, The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation and 95 others reported grants to Norman organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Norman. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.