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/


Assets and Giving for Tulsa Community Foundation

Assets

2019 - 554,087,683
2018 - 529,863,950
Domestic Grants

2019 - 140,834,988


    

Recent News from Tulsa Community Foundation


Women, minorities manage 17% of major foundations' assets | National | wdrb.com
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Knight Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation

The Gates Foundation, the largest private philanthropy in the United States with about $50 billion in assets, participated, but the study did not...more

Women, Minorities Manage Only 17% Of Major Foundations' Assets
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Knight Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation

Less than 20% of the assets held by major foundations is invested by outside firms run by women or people of color, according to a report released Thursday. The report found that 30 of the largest...more

Tulsans raised $2.4 million for Tulsa Immigrant Relief Fund, continue to support community ...
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

... including to their current employer GKFF, which said it would support Jasso and Van Hanken in starting TIRF through the Tulsa Community Foundation,...more

Creek County Long Term Recovery Group fills unmet needs after 2019 tornado
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

... Army, Blue Flame 47, and in the form of a $30,000 grant from the Tulsa Community Foundation & Tulsa Area United Way Disaster Relief...more

Tulsa Higher Education Consortium Seeks to Train and Retain Local Talent
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

The recently launched Tulsa Higher Education Consortium hopes to increase the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded and offer better economic mobility for Tulsans. The initiative brings together...more

Tulsa County approves up to $3 million to local group for nonstop-flight incentive fund
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

... the Tulsa Community Foundation, for the administration of an incentive fund for direct-flight connections from Tulsa International Airport to large...more

Tulsa Regional Chamber lures Texan to economic development executive role
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

Chaired by Jeff Stava, the Tulsa Community Foundation chief operation officer and Chamber executive committee member, the committee...more

Tulsa County makes Cares Act funds available for past-due utility bills
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

... the Tulsa Community Foundation, and they in turn pay the utility company directly for the citizen on the account information that the citizen...more

Terry Davidson named as OFE board member
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

Through its flagship Academic Awards Program, the foundation has ... Fund for Teachers and the Tulsa Community Foundation to provide grants...more

Fite joins Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence board
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

The foundation partners with the national Fund for Teachers and the Tulsa Community Foundation to provide grants for self-designed...more



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