McLaughlin Family Foundation Grant

McLaughlin Family Foundation Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: McLaughlin Family Foundation Inc.
Last Updated: November 30, 2024

Summary

The McLaughlin Family Foundation Grant supports innovative and high-impact nonprofit organizations in central Oklahoma, focusing on empowering disadvantaged children and families. Although major grants are by invitation only, the Foundation encourages new and creative project proposals. They emphasize collaboration, capacity building, and preventative programs, aiming to break negative cycles within the community. Since 2004, the Foundation has provided numerous grants and engages in impact investing to align with its mission.

Overview

NOTE: At this time major grants are by invitation only, but because we're are always interested in learning about new ideas within our funding interests, if you have a new organization or an especially creative project you would like to share with us, please let us know. About McLaughlin Family Foundation Our mission is "Create change in central Oklahoma that helps disadvantaged children and their families reach their full potential." Our vision is to "Break the cycle of lost potential in disadvantaged families in Central Oklahoma." The McLaughlin Family Foundation provides grants to innovative, entrepreneurial, high-impact nonprofit agencies. Since starting out around Dave and Jean’s dining room table in 2004, they have given away hundreds of grants, primarily in the Oklahoma City area. They also do impact investing, using some of their corpus to benefit causes that align with their mission. Collaboration is important and the McLaughlin Family Foundation builds connections among their grantees, as well as with other funders and community partners. McLaughlin Family Foundation, both as an organization and as individual board members, invests time and resources within the Oklahoma City community. Besides grants and impact investing, the Foundation board supports capacity building for its grantees, hosting numerous training “Lunch and Learns” each year. The Foundation board members, individually, serve on a number of area boards and commissions. Together, the members of the McLaughlin Family Foundation work to empower and encourage organization that work to break negative cycles and do prevention work. The McLaughlin Family Foundation is a member of Exponent Philanthropy, Philanthropy Southwest and the OKC Funders’ Forum. The foundation: Gives grants to innovative, entrepreneurial, high-impact nonprofitsLinks arms with like-minded partnersEmpowers and encourage the cycle breakersInvests time and resources in our community

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. We wish we could fund all the good work happening in our community. However, since our funds are limited and filling out grant applications takes time, we want to be respectful and not waste anyone’s time. Grants are only considered for 501(C) 3 or educational entities that provide services in the Oklahoma City area.Grants are by invitation only.

Ineligibility

We are not accepting unsolicited applications.We generally do not fund events, golf tournaments or tables.