Rotary Club 29 Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Oklahoma City, OK EIN: 73-6093582

Rotary Club 29 Foundation was established for the purpose of providing support for the philanthropic projects of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City.

Rotary Club 29 Foundation at a glance

In short: Rotary Club 29 Foundation gave $126K across 5 grants in 2025 (avg $25K), mostly in Oklahoma. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$125,987
-27.4% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
5
-37.5% vs 2024
Average grant
$25,197
+16.2% vs 2024
Median grant
$10,000
Total assets
$4,197,645
+37.0% vs 2024
Primary geography
Oklahoma (80% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Rotary Club 29 Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 5 recipients in 2025

Wings Special Needs Community: $85KWings Special Needs Community$85KOklahoma City Public Schools Founda: $15KOklahoma City Public SchoolsFounda$15KRotary District 6710 Foundation: $10KRotary District 6710Foundation$10KDonors Choose: $10KDonors Choose$10KRotary Zones 3334 Foundation: $6KRotary Zones 3334 Foundation$6K

The largest 2025 recipient was Wings Special Needs Community ($85K). Together the top 5 received $126K.

Grant Size Distribution

32 grants across all recorded years

25<$50K6$50–100K$100–250K1$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 25 grants of 32 (78%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

8states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 5 itemized grants.

Cities

Oklahoma CityEvanstonFederal WayPhoenixSanta BarbaraBellevueEdmondFair OaksNew YorkPalo AltoProspectSammamishSeattleVenice

How Rotary Club 29 Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 48% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K3 grants2019 4 grants2020 8 grants2021 5 grants2022 6 grants2023 8 grants2024 5 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $35K (2019) to $562K (2023). In 2025 it made 5 grants totaling $126K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Wings Special Needs Community Oklahoma City, OKOne Pledge Project$85,245
Oklahoma City Public Schools Founda Oklahoma City, OKLiteracy Award - One Pledge$15,000
Rotary District 6710 Foundation Prospect, KYFlood Disaster Relief$10,000
Donors Choose New York, NYDonors Choose Proceeds$9,792
Rotary Zones 3334 Foundation Venice, FLDisaster Relief$5,950
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$4,197,645$1,419,268$271,656$125,9875$162,622
2024$3,064,897$752,952$251,648$173,5438$154,072
2023$2,579,576$878,217$681,131$562,1956$194,559
2022$2,379,532$363,285$428,612$240,1705$57,222
2021$2,441,853$772,112$286,487$171,0848$523,605
2020$1,898,266$236,068$187,909$90,0004$33,141
2019$1,827,765$307,536$158,530$34,9003$86,197

About Rotary Club 29 Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Rotary Club 29 Foundation is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Oklahoma City, OK. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $4.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 5 grants totaling $126K. Net investment income was $163K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Rotary Club 29 Foundation is led by Suzanne Mitchell, Club President since 2025 (on filings since 2024); none of the 13 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Suzanne Mitchell

    Club President

    Club President - Elect → Club President, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tim Dowd

    Chair

    Directorsecretary → Director, 2022

    Director → Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Shepewich

    At Large-World Service Director

    International Service → At Large - International Serv, 2024

    At Large - International Serv → At Large-World Service Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jake Krattiger

    At Large-Domestic Service Director

    At Large - Community Service → At Large-Domestic Service Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bill Hughes

    At Large

    Director - Foundation Treasurer → Club Past Treasurer, 2023

    Club Past Treasurer → At Large, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Walters

    At Large

    Club President → Chair, 2022

    Chair → At Large, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lesli Massad

    Club Past President

    Club President - Elect → Club President, 2024

    Club President → Club Past President, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim David

    Secretary

    Director → At Large, 2023

    At Large → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ross Plourde

    Club President - Elect

    Club Immediate Past Treasurer → Club President - Elect, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matt Bown

    Treasurer

    Director - International Serv → Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sarah Roberts

    At Large

    Director → At Large, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andy Rine

    At Large

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Neumeister

    Club Past Treasurer

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (28)
  • Former: Kendra Robben (2021–2024) — At Large
  • Former: Jane Jenkins (2022–2024) — At Large
  • Former: Vered Harris (2022–2024) — At Large
  • Former: Wes Milbourn (2022–2024) — Club Past President
  • Former: Lisa Synar (2024) — Club Past Treasurer
  • Former: Chuck Wiggin (2019–2023) — At Large
  • Former: Dennis Shockley (2019–2023) — At Large - International Serv
  • Former: Jerrod Shouse (2020–2023) — Club Past President
  • Former: Mike Coats (2021–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Kim Tran (2023) — At Large - Community Service
  • Former: Steve Kerr (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Clytie Bunyan (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: David Battles (2022) — Treasurer Club Past Treasurer
  • Former: Ann Ackerman (2019–2021) — Chair
  • Former: Sam Fulkerson (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Franci Hart (2021) — Director
  • Former: Jalal Farzaneh (2021) — Community Service Director
  • Former: Will Beckman (2021) — International Service Director
  • Former: Cynda Ottaway (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Joyce Clark (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Mary Jane Calvey (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Sherry Rhodes (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Tom Phillips (2019–2020) — Foundation Chair
  • Former: Cori Loomis (2020) — Community Service
  • Former: Celine Ferguson (2019) — Director
  • Former: Chip Oppenheim (2019) — Director
  • Former: Cliff Dougherty (2019) — Community Service
  • Former: Ellen Fleming (2019) — Foundation Chair

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Rotary Club 29 Foundation

How much does Rotary Club 29 Foundation give each year?

Rotary Club 29 Foundation gave $126K across 5 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $174K across 8 grants.

What is Rotary Club 29 Foundation's typical grant size?

Rotary Club 29 Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $25,197, across 5 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Rotary Club 29 Foundation give grants?

Rotary Club 29 Foundation gives mostly in Oklahoma: 80% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest states were Kentucky (8%) and New York (8%). The most frequent recipient cities were Oklahoma City, OK (2 grants).

Does Rotary Club 29 Foundation give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 5 grants with a stated purpose on Rotary Club 29 Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.

Who are Rotary Club 29 Foundation's largest grantees?

Rotary Club 29 Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Wings Special Needs Community ($85,245), Oklahoma City Public Schools Founda ($15,000) and Rotary District 6710 Foundation ($10,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 88% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Rotary Club 29 Foundation?

Rotary Club 29 Foundation reported $4.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.4M.

What is Rotary Club 29 Foundation?

Rotary Club 29 Foundation is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Oklahoma City, OK. It holds $4.2M in total assets as of 2025.

What is Rotary Club 29 Foundation's EIN?

Rotary Club 29 Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 73-6093582. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 3, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 16, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 15, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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