Stringer Family Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Oklahoma City, OK EIN: 73-1554149

Stringer Family Foundation is a private foundation, based in Oklahoma City, OK. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $141K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $10K. Net investment income was $14K.

Stringer Family Foundation at a glance

In short: Stringer Family Foundation gave $10K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $10K), mostly in Oklahoma. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$10,000
+42.9% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
-80.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$10,000
+614.3% vs 2024
Median grant
$10,000
Total assets
$140,746
-0.9% vs 2024
Primary geography
Oklahoma (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

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

Who Stringer Family Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Hearts for Hearing: $10KHearts for Hearing$10K

The largest 2025 recipient was Hearts for Hearing ($10K).

Grant Size Distribution

22 grants across all recorded years

22<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 22 grants of 22 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

3states

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

Cities

Oklahoma CityNormanCrosslakeLubbockSt CloudSt. Paul

How Stringer Family Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 245% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 147% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

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

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K6 grants2020 6 grants2021 4 grants2022 6 grants2023 5 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $3K (2022) to $27K (2021). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $10K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Hearts for Hearing Oklahoma City, OKOperational Gift$10,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$140,746$16,775$12,894$10,0001$10,000$13,881$6,820
2024$142,053$5,424$10,159$7,0005$7,000$2,265$7,029
2023$134,790$8,559$19,842$18,4406$18,440$7,157$6,767
2022$134,304$4,067$4,394$2,9004$2,900$2,806$7,065
2021$167,082$17,998$28,677$27,4006$27,400$16,784$8,049
2020$169,009$5,744$8,282$7,2006—$4,231$7,923

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Stringer Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $7K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Stringer Family Foundation is led by Samuel Stringer, Trustee on every filing since 2024 — the only officer listed, and uncompensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Samuel Stringer

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (1)
  • Former: N. Martin Stringer (2020–2023) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "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 Stringer Family Foundation

How much does Stringer Family Foundation give each year?

Stringer Family Foundation gave $10K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $7K across 5 grants.

How large is Stringer Family Foundation?

Stringer Family Foundation reported $141K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $10K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $7K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).

Where does Stringer Family Foundation operate?

Stringer Family Foundation has awarded grants in Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas.

What is Stringer Family Foundation's EIN?

Stringer Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 73-1554149. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

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

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS October 29, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 14, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS September 14, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 8, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 8, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 12, 2026)

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