Howard Family Charitable Foundation
Oklahoma City, OK · EIN 20-8623940. Reported 107 grants totalling $855,000 to 66 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Howard Family Charitable Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $7,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis Project | Jones, OK | $110,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Special Care | Oklahoma City, OK | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma Zoological Society | Oklahoma City, OK | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Regional Food Bank Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Infant Crisis Center | Oklahoma City, OK | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pellow Outreach | Oklahoma City, OK | $27,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Solid Rock Recovery | Oklahoma City, OK | $26,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Communities Foundation of Oklahoma Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Central Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Infant Crisis Service | Oklahoma City, OK | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YWCA USA | Oklahoma City, OK | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Ok County | Oklahoma City, OK | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| First | Manchester, NH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Greater Okc | Oklahoma City, OK | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Allied Arts | Oklahoma City, OK | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hope Is Alive | Oklahoma City, OK | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| YWCA | Oklahoma City, OK | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Brain Aneurysm Foundation Inc | Hanover, MA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Diabetes Association | Merrifield, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dean Mcgee Eye Institute | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Infant Crisis Services Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Preservation Oklahoma Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Win Foundation | Norman, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Transformed By Christ Ministries | Edmond, OK | $8,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ozs | Oklahoma City, OK | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Camp Valor Outdoors | Kingsville, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Ok Humane Society | Oklahoma City, OK | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hearts for Hearing | Oklahoma City, OK | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hope House Okc | Nichols Hills, OK | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Payne Education Center | Oklahoma City, OK | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dmei Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $6,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Diabetes | Arlington, VA | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mutt Misfits Society | Oklahoma City, OK | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A Chance to Change | The Village, OK | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Oklahoma County | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bridges of Norman Inc | Norman, OK | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Free to Live Animal Sanctuary | Edmond, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts Western Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls Scouts of Western Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mercy Health Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pivot | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Red Andrews Christmas Dinner Founda | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Smart Start Central Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Teen Recovery Solutions | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Whiz Kids of Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Greater Oklahama | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oklahoma City National Memorial | Oklahoma City, OK | $2,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bridges | Norman, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Empower the Veterans | Edmond, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Homeless Alliance | Oklahoma City, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum | Oklahoma City, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma State Foundation | Stillwater, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| OSU Foundation | Stillwater, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Science Museum Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Star of Hope | Houston, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Myriad Garden Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Not Your Average Joe | Moore, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Impact Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Myriad Gardens Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ground Zero Emergency Training Cent | Norman, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Ms Society | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Artsupi | Oklahoma City, OK | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lustgarten Foundation | Woodbury, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
29 of 66 (44%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 38%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 49 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | $215,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 31 | $220,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 21 | $170,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 25 | $250,000 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 92% of this one's giving went to organizations in Oklahoma. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Oklahoma.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Howard Family Charitable Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 2898, Oklahoma City, OK, 73101. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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