Tulsa Community Foundation
Tulsa Community Foundation (TCF) is a public charity based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, established in 1998. It manages charitable funds and provides giving services for donors, nonprofits, businesses, and families, while supporting charitable purposes in the Tulsa metropolitan area, eastern Oklahoma, and elsewhere in the United States.
Tulsa Community Foundation at a glance
In short: Tulsa Community Foundation gave $158.6M across 1,066 grants in 2024 (avg $149K), mostly in Oklahoma. 29% of 2024 grantees were new. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2024)
- $158,641,301
- -6.2% vs 2023
- Grants made (2024)
- 1,066
- -47.9% vs 2023
- Average grant
- $148,819
- +79.9% vs 2023
- Median grant
- $18,560
- Total assets
- $1,073,416,757
- +13.9% vs 2023
- New grantees (estimate)
- 29% first-time grantees (311 of 1,062, 2024)
- Primary geography
- Oklahoma (71% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2024 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Tulsa Community Foundation
- Contact
Mailing address: 7030 S Yale Suite 600, Tulsa, OK 74136
Phone: (918) 494-8823
Website: https://tulsacf.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
19 open opportunities from Tulsa Community Foundation
AAON Aid Employee Relief Fund
Tulsa Community Foundation
Amount
Up to $2,000 (Home Catastrophe); Up to $1,000 (Personal Emergency)
Deadline
Rolling (quarterly review)
Carolyn Sue and Wayne Lee Scholarship Grant
Tulsa Community Foundation
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Central States Manufacturing Scholarship Program
Tulsa Community Foundation
Amount
Up to $40,000 total (tiered amounts based on financial need)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who Tulsa Community Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2024
The largest 2024 recipient was George Kaiser Family Foundation ($24.4M). Together the top 10 received $74.4M.
Organizations only. It also paid 4 individual scholarships ($51,445), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
8,802 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 7,081 grants of 8,802 (80%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
TCF’s stated mission centers on Tulsa and eastern Oklahoma. Its website also describes grants to charities across northeastern Oklahoma and the United States. In 2024, 71% of grant dollars went to recipients in Oklahoma; the next-largest reported state shares were New Jersey and Texas at 3% each, followed by an individual recipient and the District of Columbia at 2% each.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2024 grant dollars across all 1,066 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Tulsa Community Foundation open to new grantees?
29%
first-time grantees, 2024
In 2024, 311 of 1,062 grantees (29%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $174K; repeat grants $139K. How we count
Medians: $10K first-time, $25K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2024). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $107.8M (2020) to $169.2M (2023). In 2024 it made 1,066 grants totaling $158.6M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| George Kaiser Family Foundation Tulsa, OK | General Operations | $24,355,075 |
| Greenwood Rising Inc Tulsa, OK | General Operations | $16,603,301 |
| River Parks Authority TGP Bridge Tulsa, OK | General Operations | $7,500,000 |
| Trinity Presbyterian Church Inc Owasso, OK | General Operations | $7,100,000 |
| Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund Jersey City, NJ | General Operations | $5,000,000 |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc Tulsa, OK | General Operations | $3,690,975 |
| Tulsa Area United Way Tulsa, OK | General Operations | $2,914,830 |
| Folds of Honor Foundation Owasso, OK | General Operations | $2,616,554 |
| Midwayusa Foundation Inc Columbia, MO | General Operations | $2,300,000 |
| City Lights Foundation of Oklahoma Broken Arrow, OK | General Operations | $2,284,093 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
TCF’s website separately reports more than $6 billion in assets under management; the filing-year asset figures above are the amounts reported on its IRS filings.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,073,416,757 | $297,921,611 | $208,986,079 | $158,641,301 | 1,066 | $51,828,926 |
| 2023 | $942,737,761 | $329,499,026 | $216,657,336 | $169,168,331 | 2,045 | $27,419,355 |
| 2022 | $776,647,116 | $238,011,217 | $215,116,982 | $166,925,555 | 1,951 | $17,983,992 |
| 2021 | $812,010,286 | $307,738,379 | $162,571,997 | $119,987,432 | 1,667 | $30,743,878 |
| 2020 | $666,030,471 | $238,747,384 | $140,719,248 | $107,804,651 | 2,073 | $16,743,643 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
TCF’s stated mission is to promote and receive endowment and other funds, prudently manage them under community control, and use them for charitable purposes in Tulsa and eastern Oklahoma. Its 2024 filing says its primary purpose is the long-term benefit of the Tulsa metropolitan area and eastern Oklahoma charitable causes.
The filing describes support for scholarships, emergency assistance and disaster relief, and endowment funds designated to benefit more than 300 charitable organizations. It also names support for Folds of Honor, whose stated mission is to provide educational scholarships to qualifying spouses and dependent children of military service members and first responders killed or disabled while serving, and for Healthy Minds Policy Initiative, which works to advance data-driven strategies addressing substance use and mental health needs in Oklahoma.
Examples of supported organizations illustrate the variety of grant recipients. Greenwood Rising says it educates people about Tulsa’s historic Greenwood District and works to inspire social justice and racial reconciliation. An individual recipient United Way says it unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen communities. Native American Connections says it works to reduce health disparities through integrated healthcare and stable housing. These are the grantees’ stated missions, not TCF’s.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2024, TCF reported 1,066 grants totaling $158,641,301. The median grant was $18,560; individual grants ranged from $5,021 to $24,355,075. The foundation says it processes more than $300 million in grants annually based on fund-advisor recommendations and administers application cycles for a select number of field-of-interest funds.
The largest reported 2024 grants included $24,355,075 to George Kaiser Family Foundation, $16,603,301 to Greenwood Rising Inc., $7,500,000 to River Parks Authority TGP Bridge, and $7,100,000 to Trinity Presbyterian Church Inc. Other large awards included $5,000,000 to Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, $3,690,975 to University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc., and $2,914,830 to an individual recipient United Way. The filing lists the purposes for these grants as general operations.
TCF’s website lists field-of-interest opportunities in arts and humanities, healthcare, and financial literacy, including the Arts & Humanities Council Tulsa Foundation Fund, Eye Concerns Assistance Fund, healthcare grant funds, Mocha Small Business Enterprise and Education Fund, and Victor R. Schock Financial Literacy Fund. The arts fund is for eligible nonprofit arts and humanities organizations located in the Tulsa metropolitan statistical area, with typical awards up to $5,000. Its listed September 4, 2026 deadline has passed. The Eye Concerns Assistance Fund supports Tulsa-area programs that create or repair medically necessary prosthetic eyes for indigent people; typical awards do not exceed $1,000, and priority considerations include related counseling, other medically necessary facial prostheses, and surgery that better supports an eye prosthesis.
TCF also administers employee emergency-relief programs, including funds for employees of AAON, George Kaiser Family Foundation, TCF, and Helmerich & Payne. These are for eligible employees’ emergencies, rather than application opportunities for outside nonprofit organizations.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2024 filing lists Becky Frank as chairperson and Shane Fernandez as secretary/treasurer. Trustees listed on that filing are Alison Anthony, Brenda Pipestem, Darren Wallis, Erica Dorwart, Ginger Kollmann, Hannibal Johnson, Jennifer Jezek, and Jim Campos. TCF’s website identifies Phil Lakin Jr. as its CEO.
Tulsa Community Foundation is led by Phil Lakin Jr., Chief Executive Officer on every filing since 2020; 7 of 33 officers listed in 2024 are compensated.
Officers on the 2024 filing
Phil Lakin Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
On filings since 2020
55 hrs/week
$546K (2020) → $642K (2024)
Zachary Stoycoff
Executive Director
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$124K (2020) → $192K (2024)
Gina Bradford
Executive Director
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$159K (2023) → $171K (2024)
Michael Dodson
Executive Director
New on the 2024 filing
40 hrs/week
$236K (2024)
Becky Frank
Chairperson
Trustee → Chairperson, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Parducci
Director & Human Resources
New on the 2024 filing
40 hrs/week
$164K (2024)
Alison Anthony
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joe McGraw
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Hale
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lane Wilson
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rik Helmerich
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rose Washington
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brenda Pipestem
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Erica Dorwart
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hannibal Johnson
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jim Campos
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rebecca Richards
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stuart Sullivan
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ray Owens
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Hansel
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephania Grober
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Darren Wallis
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ginger Kollmann
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leigh Anne Strahler
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stacy Kymes
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former Mayor Gt Bynum
Trustee
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Jezek
Trustee
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karl Naumaier
Trustee
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mayor Monroe Nichols
Trustee
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Whitney Cippola
Trustee
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William J. Stava III
Chief Operating Officer
On filings since 2020
20 hrs/week
$87K (2020) → $87K (2024)
Kristin Karlin
Controller
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$149K (2022) → $185K (2024)
Shane Fernandez
Secretary & Treasurer
Trustee → Secretary & Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (29)
- Former: Alana Hughes (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Bailey Siegfried (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Mayor Gt Bynum (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Mike Dodson (2020–2023) — Executive Director
- Former: Karen Keith (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Brek Wilkins (2023) — Director of Analytics
- Former: Jackie Gonzalez (2023) — Trustee
- Former: Tom Biolchini (2023) — Trustee
- Former: Carlisha Williams Bradley (2020–2022) — Executive Director
- Former: John Bernard (2020–2022) — Executive Director
- Former: Peggy Simmons (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Phil Frohlich (2020–2022) — Chairperson - Finance Committee
- Former: Pierce Norton (2020–2022) — Chairperson - Audit Committee
- Former: Sanjay Meshri (2020–2022) — Chairperson
- Former: Steven Nell (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Katherine Coyle (2021–2022) — Secretary & Treasurer
- Former: Aba Hammond (2022) — Trustee
- Former: Kevin Gross (2022) — Trustee
- Former: Tim Lyons (2022) — Trustee
- Former: Caroline Shaw (2020–2021) — Deputy Director
- Former: James Adelson (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Judy Kishner (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Caron Lawhorn (2021) — Trustee
- Former: David Tollette (2021) — Trustee
- Former: Chelsea McGuire (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Kathie Coyle (2020) — Secretary & Treasurer
- Former: Kip Richards (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Kirk Hays (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Roger Ramseyer (2020) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $642K, to Phil Lakin Jr (Chief Executive Officer). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Tulsa Community Foundation
How much does Tulsa Community Foundation give each year?
Tulsa Community Foundation gave $158.6M across 1,066 grants in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $169.2M across 2,045 grants.
What is Tulsa Community Foundation's typical grant size?
Tulsa Community Foundation's median grant in 2024 was $18,560, and its average grant was $148,819, across 1,066 grants on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Tulsa Community Foundation that year got $174K on average.
Where does Tulsa Community Foundation give grants?
Tulsa Community Foundation gives mostly in Oklahoma: 71% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2024 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Tulsa, OK (310 grants), Houston, TX (31 grants), Washington, DC (30 grants) and Oklahoma City, OK (28 grants).
Does Tulsa Community Foundation give general operating support?
Yes: 97% of Tulsa Community Foundation's 2024 grants with a stated purpose (1,039 of 1,066) were for general or operating support, per its 2024 IRS Form 990. Recurring purposes include "Scholarships" (27 grants).
Who are Tulsa Community Foundation's largest grantees?
Tulsa Community Foundation's largest 2024 grantees include George Kaiser Family Foundation ($24,355,075), Greenwood Rising Inc ($16,603,301) and River Parks Authority TGP Bridge ($7,500,000), according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. It also paid 4 individual scholarships ($51,445), which are not listed by name. Together they received 31% of its itemized 2024 grant dollars.
How large is Tulsa Community Foundation?
Tulsa Community Foundation reported $1.1B in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $297.9M.
What does Tulsa Community Foundation fund?
TCF’s stated mission is to promote and receive endowment and other funds, prudently manage them under community control, and use them for charitable purposes in Tulsa and eastern Oklahoma. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Tulsa Community Foundation?
Tulsa Community Foundation has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check tulsacf.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Tulsa Community Foundation's EIN?
Tulsa Community Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 73-1554474. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 15, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 17, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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