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


Tulsa school board OKs nearly $6 million in raises for teachers, staff
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

All but $140,000, which was privately donated through the Tulsa Community Foundation for raises for 23 ranking administrators, will come straight out of...more

Tulsa Community Foundation raising funds for tornado victim
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

Tulsa Community Foundation, the nation's largest community foundation, established the Moore & Shawnee Tornado Relief Fund for those who are interested in supporting our friends in the areas...more

People & Places: Tulsa philanthropists to be honored at National Philanthropy ...
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

Its Cooking Up Compassion event netted $530,000, with just 14 percent in expenses. Stuart is focusing on major gifts and promoting planned gifts as part of the Planned Giving Partnership with the...more

Planned Giving Challenge of Tulsa Community Foundation
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

The Tulsa Community Foundation has announced Tuesday that it will give $1 million in matching grants for Planned Giving Challenge in the hopes of inspiring donors to give money to...more

Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation Matching Grant
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

The Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation has announced a grant that will match donations to the American Red Cross in response to the destructive wildfires in Creek and Payne Counties. The program is...more

OU, Tulsa supports Women's Philanthropy Network Conference
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

The University of Oklahoma collaborates with the Tulsa Area United Way and Tulsa Community Foundation in order to establish the Women's Philanthropy Network Conference. The theme of the conference...more

$350,000 from Oklahoma-based Inasmuch Foundation
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

Inasmuch Foundation in Oklahoma awarded $350,000 in grants for projects addressing education, health and human services, and community enhancement. Mental Health Association in Tulsa recived the...more

Tulsa's Street School Receives $185,000 in Grants
Foundation: Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation

Tulsa's Street School has recently announced that it has dodged one funding bullet with help of several philanthropic foundations. Representatives of the school has said that budget needs for the...more

Bassmaster Classic 2013 Coordinator
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

The three-day event on February 2013 is expected to draw more than 100,000 people to Tulsa and generate $26 million in economic impact with Jeff Stava leading the local volunteer efforts to plan and...more

Community Foundations Funding
Foundation: Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Community Foundation of South Wood County, Alaska Community Foundation, Denver Foundation, Piton Foundation, Raymond John Wean Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation

Local foundations are becoming important players in the local news ecosystem by funding news and information projects or creating their own. Ten types of projects they fund inlude Community...more



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