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Tulsa Community Foundation
Tulsa Community Foundation was founded in 1998 and it exists to make charitable giving more meaningful and efficient.
The foundation started out as one of the smallest community foundations in the nation with total assets of $117,000 at the end of 1998. By 2005, they surpassed the New York Community Trust in total asset size. Today, they are branded as the largest community foundation in the US.
Since its inception, TCF has enhanced the qualify of life in eastern Oklahoma by providing individualized services to donors, serving as a catalyst for vital local issues, sharing community knowledge with the public, maintaining effective financial stewardship of assets and maximizing return on investment for each grant made.
Web Address
www.tulsacf.org/
The foundation started out as one of the smallest community foundations in the nation with total assets of $117,000 at the end of 1998. By 2005, they surpassed the New York Community Trust in total asset size. Today, they are branded as the largest community foundation in the US.
Since its inception, TCF has enhanced the qualify of life in eastern Oklahoma by providing individualized services to donors, serving as a catalyst for vital local issues, sharing community knowledge with the public, maintaining effective financial stewardship of assets and maximizing return on investment for each grant made.
Web Address
www.tulsacf.org/
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Recent News from Tulsa Community Foundation
Tulsa Community Foundation creates Street School Challenge
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation
(September 22, 2011)—Tulsa Community Foundation (TCF), the nation's largest community foundation, has established the Street School Challenge Fund to supplement the operating needs of Street...more
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation
(September 22, 2011)—Tulsa Community Foundation (TCF), the nation's largest community foundation, has established the Street School Challenge Fund to supplement the operating needs of Street...more
Benevolence Funds for Joplin-area Companies
Foundation: Arkansas Community Foundation, Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas, Community Foundation of the Ozarks, Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks along with Joplin-Carthage Affiliates established several benevolence funds as requested by Joplin-area companies to help their employees and families rebuild...more
Foundation: Arkansas Community Foundation, Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas, Community Foundation of the Ozarks, Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks along with Joplin-Carthage Affiliates established several benevolence funds as requested by Joplin-area companies to help their employees and families rebuild...more
Tulsa Community Foundation creates fund to help in tornado recovery
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation
The Tulsa Community Foundation has created a fund to which people can donate to help others recovering from deadly tornadoes that swept through the state earlier in the week. The Oklahoma Tornado...more
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation
The Tulsa Community Foundation has created a fund to which people can donate to help others recovering from deadly tornadoes that swept through the state earlier in the week. The Oklahoma Tornado...more
Blackbaud Enters into Strategic Partnership with Association of Fundraising ...
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation
Approximately 24000 organizations — including The American Red Cross, Cancer Research UK, Earthjustice, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Lincoln Center, The Salvation Army, The Taft School,...more
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation
Approximately 24000 organizations — including The American Red Cross, Cancer Research UK, Earthjustice, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Lincoln Center, The Salvation Army, The Taft School,...more
Journalism Foundation Distributes Grants
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation
The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation distributed grants to 21 journalism organizations nationwide totaling $1.5 million. The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation was...more
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation
The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation distributed grants to 21 journalism organizations nationwide totaling $1.5 million. The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation was...more
Tulsa Community Foundation in Oklahoma helps local governments as well as ...
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation
Phil Lakin, CEO of the Tulsa Community Foundation, tells the Tulsa World that the organization is unusual in that its bylaws don't forbid helping the public ...See all stories on this topic...more
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation
Phil Lakin, CEO of the Tulsa Community Foundation, tells the Tulsa World that the organization is unusual in that its bylaws don't forbid helping the public ...See all stories on this topic...more
Oklahoma Media Joins Project
Foundation: Fidelity Foundation, Knight Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation
The Oklahoma Watch along with other media organizations join forces to analyze why Oklahoma puts more women in prison per capita than any other state; what happens to the children left behind? What...more
Foundation: Fidelity Foundation, Knight Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation
The Oklahoma Watch along with other media organizations join forces to analyze why Oklahoma puts more women in prison per capita than any other state; what happens to the children left behind? What...more
Oklahoma Teachers Awarded with Travel Grants
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation
Teachers in Oklahoma were awarded with travel grants. As eighth grade teacher, Kathryn Elkins was able to wrangle a wild crocodile in the middle of the Costa Rica Rain Forest. She has realized...more
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation
Teachers in Oklahoma were awarded with travel grants. As eighth grade teacher, Kathryn Elkins was able to wrangle a wild crocodile in the middle of the Costa Rica Rain Forest. She has realized...more
Tulsa Receives Grant
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation
The Tulsa Community Foundation won a contest for grant money that they will double and award to nonprofit organizations to fund new programs that focus on poverty. The competition started with a...more
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation
The Tulsa Community Foundation won a contest for grant money that they will double and award to nonprofit organizations to fund new programs that focus on poverty. The competition started with a...more
Social Innovation Fund Grants Awarded to Organizations
Foundation: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation, Victoria Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Bloomberg Philanthropies
The Social Innoviation Fund was awarded by the Corporation for National and Community Service to 11 organizations that focus on economic opportunity, healthy futures, and youth development and school...more
Foundation: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation, Victoria Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Bloomberg Philanthropies
The Social Innoviation Fund was awarded by the Corporation for National and Community Service to 11 organizations that focus on economic opportunity, healthy futures, and youth development and school...more
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