Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

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Geography

  • In Carter County, Oklahoma

Required status

  • 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status

Other requirements

  • Organizations may apply once per calendar year or twelve month period.
  • Organizations with a current grant may not re-apply until final payment has been received.

Not eligible / not funded

  • Not eligible: Out-of-state institutions
  • Not eligible: Hospitals
  • Not eligible: Political organizations
  • Not eligible: Profit-making initiatives
  • Not eligible: Needs normally outside the range of support by the Foundation
  • Not eligible: Direct mail solicitations and annual campaigns
  • Not eligible: Grants to individuals
  • Not eligible: Responsibility for permanent financing of a program
  • Not eligible: Programs whose ultimate intent is to be profit-making
  • Not eligible: Grants which trigger expenditure responsibility by McCrory Foundation

Overview

The McCrory Foundation Grant, established by J. Lyndall McCrory in 1993, focuses on humanitarian projects in Carter County, Oklahoma. This private charitable foundation supports qualified organizations under section 501(c)(3) that are not private foundations. Eligible entities may apply once a year, provided they have completed prior grant obligations. The foundation does not support out-of-state institutions, hospitals, political organizations, or profit-making initiatives.

The McCrory Foundation (The McCrory Foundation) is a private, charitable foundation, incorporated under the laws of the State of Oklahoma and operated exclusively for providing support through gifts and grants to religious, charitable, scientific, and educational institutions which are qualified under section 501(c)(3) and which are not private foundations within the meaning of section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Service Code.

Eligibility

The McCrory Foundation primarily supports programs in Carter County, Oklahoma.Grants are eligible for those qualified under section 501(c)(3) and which are not private foundations within the meaning of section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Service Code.Organizations may apply once per calendar year or twelve month periodOrganizations with a current grant may not re-apply until final payment has been received.

Ineligibility

Needs normally outside the range of support by the Foundation
Programs whose ultimate intent is to be profit-making
Grants which trigger expenditure responsibility by McCrory Foundation

What McCrory Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2025

Grants in 2025
53
Total given
$1.53M
Median grant
$20K
Range
$3,000–$103K
  • By dollars: Oklahoma 100%. Top recipient cities: Ardmore, OK; Oklahoma City, OK; Durant, OK.
  • 33% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 17% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • Mercy Health Foundation Ardmore Inc · Ardmore, OK

    Outpatient renewal & redesign project

    $100K

  • A Reading Inc · Ardmore, OK

    Partial payment of therapists' salaries

    $75K

  • Ardmore Family YMCA · Ardmore, OK

    General operating expenses, camp scholarships, transportation assistance

    $75K

  • Naomi House Inc · Ardmore, OK

    General operations

    $68K

  • Boys & Girls Club of Red River Valley · Durant, OK

    Boys & girls club of carter county

    $65K

IRS Form 990-PF, 2025. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Nonprofits
  • Education
  • Human services

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