Sarkeys Foundation

• Sarkeys Foundation funds Oklahoma 501(c)(3) organisations that are headquartered and provide services within the state, focusing on education, social and human services, and cultural and humanitarian programmes of state significance, with preference given to applicants providing direct services to underserved populations.
• A realistic request would sit within its typical grant range of $10,000 to $62,500, since about eight in ten of its 271 grants fell there, with a median grant of $25,000 and the largest reaching $250,000.
• The approach is relationship-led: applicants are expected to speak with a programme officer before applying and take part in a pre-grant interview, then submit a Letter of Inquiry, with successful LOIs invited to submit a full application for trustee review.
• Timing is fixed, as Letters of Inquiry are due by December 1 for the February grant deadline and by June 1 for the August grant deadline, and grantees are typically asked to report six months after receiving funds and again once funds are expended.
• Organisations that are start-ups, religious institutions and their subsidiaries, hospitals, out-of-state institutions, individual public or private elementary or secondary schools (unless serving a unique population not met elsewhere), or that would need support as government agencies, grants to individuals, vehicle purchases, feasibility studies, permanent programme financing, profit-making intent, or grants triggering expenditure responsibility by the foundation, should not apply.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Home Integration · Lindsey campus capital construction
  $250,0002023 tax year
• Crosstown Learning Center · Five year grant ($228,000.00 per year) to bring teaching staff salaries commensurate with public school teaching salaries.
  $228,0002023 tax year
• Dean A. McGee Eye Institute · Establishment of an endowed chair in ophthalmology
  $200,0002023 tax year
• Oklahoma Children's Hospital OU Health · Oklahoma children's hospital behavioral health center
  $125,0002023 tax year
• Gateway to Prevention and Recovery · Expect hope campaign
  $125,0002023 tax year
• University of Tulsa · Terry west civil legal clinic
  $105,0002023 tax year
• Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation · Omrf discovery kit
  $105,0002023 tax year
• Genesis Project · The genesis project operational support
  $100,0002023 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.