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


Bever Memorial Park Groundbreaking Set For Wednesday
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

... Associates Properties, Inc. (Mike and Scott Case); Tulsa Community Foundation; Greater Tulsa Association of Realtors & Northeast Oklahoma...more

Parties, Etc. for Sunday, May 6, 2018
Foundation: Moran Family Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation

Awards dinner: The Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits announced that Tulsa Area United Way won the 2018 Tulsa Community Foundation Award...more

Foundation promotes academic excellence all year
Foundation: Stuart Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation

Since 2006, the foundation has partnered with the national Fund for Teachers and the Tulsa Community Foundation to provide grants of up to $5,000 for individuals and $10,000 for teams of teachers for...more

Nonprofit notes, April 22
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

Tulsa Area United Way won the 2018 Tulsa Community Foundation Award for Excellence, during the 11th annual Oklahoma Nonprofit Excellence Awards April 14 in Tulsa. The organization also will receive a...more

Business FYI: ORU ad team earns first place at regional competition
Foundation: Moran Family Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation

The Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits named Tulsa Area United Way as winner of the 2018 Tulsa Community Foundation Award for Excellence and a $10,000 grant during the 11th annual Oklahoma Nonprofit...more

Fire Protection: Bill Thomas, MABREY BANK
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

Bill earlier served as Board Chair for ASHA, Philbrook Museum of Art, as well as Tulsa Community Foundation, the largest community foundation in the nation during his tenure. Bill co-chaired the...more

Newsmaker: The Rowland Group hosts international visitors
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

Start a digital subscription for only $0.99. Sign up now at tulsaworld.com/subscribe. The group is participating in a tour of different corporate businesses that also included NORDAM, Tulsa Airport...more

Proposed city ordinance change would turn some campaign signs, other ads, into litter
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

“I just roll out of bed; I go grab signs; and then I go by the doughnut shop and take the kids doughnuts for breakfast,” said Lakin, chief executive officer of the Tulsa Community Foundation....more

Union Employee to Serve on OFE Board
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

The foundation also administers Professional Development Grants for teachers to attend national conferences and institutes, and it partners with the national Fund for Teacher and the Tulsa Community...more

People to Watch: Gathering Place's Jeff Stava looking forward to grand opening in 2018
Foundation: Tulsa Community Foundation

For the kid from Jenks, who always had an interest in city government and making the community better, it's been an amazing 10 years. And to think it all began one spring day in 2007, when,...more



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