Ressa Foundation

• Ressa Foundation makes general contributions to a varied group of charities, chiefly in Oklahoma, including religious congregations, education and arts organisations, social-service providers, shelters, environmental and wildlife groups and community groups.
• No geographic focus is stated, its filing names no funding priority, and it reports no restrictions on awards, so an organisation working in any of these fields should consider applying, though one outside Oklahoma should weigh that its grants have mainly gone there.
• Aim for a modest request: about 8 in 10 of its 45 grants to organisations fall between $525 and $10,500, half were $3,000 or less, and the median was $3,000, although the largest was $25,000.
• Its giving has fallen each year, from $121,740 to $69,264 to $29,678, and about a fifth of its grant dollars went to organisations it had funded in earlier filings, so the process is partly relationship-led.
• It has no standard form, and the filing gives no deadlines, so the timing of an application is not set out there; describe the particulars of the application and the applicant in detail.

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

• First Assembly Of God Oklmulgee · General contribution
  $24,0002024 tax year
• Mainsprings · General contribution
  $5,1082024 tax year
• Tulsa Global Alliance · General contribution
  $3002024 tax year
• Okmulgee County Historical Society · General contribution
  $1502024 tax year
• Landmark for All Generations · General contribution
  $1202024 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.