Jeanalee and Charles Parsons Foundation
Bartlesville, OK · EIN 26-6161910. Reported 96 grants totalling $2,485,647 to 51 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. Jeanalee and Charles Parsons 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 $13,750. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $31,945; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $168,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Club of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Bartlesville, OK | $283,200 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Kiddie Park | Bartlesville, OK | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| On the Rock | Bartlesville, OK | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Paths to Independence | Bartlesville, OK | $155,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Price Tower Arts Center | Bartlesville, OK | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lighthouse Outreach | Bartlesville, OK | $83,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Heart Matters Inc | Bartlesville, OK | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Frank Phillips Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $72,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| B the Light Mission Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $60,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Journey Home | Bartlesville, OK | $57,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bartlesville Community Center Trust Authority | Bartlesville, OK | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas | Pittsburg, KS | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington County Elder Care | Bartlesville, OK | $45,100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bartlesville Education Promise | Bartlesville, OK | $45,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| City of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $42,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bartlesville Public School Fund #2 | Bartlesville, OK | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City Church | Bartlesville, OK | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma Wesleyan University - Dept of Nursing | Bartlesville, OK | $40,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eldercare | Bartlesville, OK | $39,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Children's Musical Theatre | Bartlesville, OK | $39,481 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| K-Life of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Agape Mission | Bartlesville, OK | $35,539 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cherokee Area Council of Boy Scouts of America | Bartlesville, OK | $31,945 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bartlesville Lions Charities Inc | Bartlesville, OK | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westside Community Association of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $28,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bartlesville Community Center | Bartlesville, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hopestone Cancer Support Center of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington County Senior Citizen Inc | Dewey, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Clinic | Bartlesville, OK | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oglesby Volunteer Fire Department | Ramona, OK | $22,228 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Washington County Fire Department | Bartlesville, OK | $21,697 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St John's Catholic School | Bartlesville, OK | $18,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Richard Kane YMCA of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Dewey Parks | Dewey, OK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Green Country Village Inc | Bartlesville, OK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cherokee Area Boy Scouts | Bartlesville, OK | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Room at His Table Puppet Ministry | Bartlesville, OK | $10,511 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bartlesville Community Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Daughters of the American Revolution | Bartlesville, OK | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grand Lake Mental Health | Nowata, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nehemiah Community Development Corp | Bartlesville, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ok Mozart | Bartlesville, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington County 4-H | Dewey, OK | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Project Tribute Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $4,835 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center | Bartlesville, OK | $4,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Dewey | Dewey, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Promise | Bartlesville, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington County Cooperative Services | Dewey, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bartlesville Police Department Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $1,661 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sutton Avian Research Center | Bartlesville, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
20 of 51 (39%) 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 62%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- On the Rock
CREAMERY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION - Friends of the Kiddie Park
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - NEW RIDES - Oklahoma Wesleyan University
STUDENT APARTMENTS IN EAGLE VILLAGE - Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas
EXPANSION AND RENOVATION OF WASHINGTON COUNTY ELDER CARE - Paths to Independence
BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS AND ENDOWMENT - Bartlesville Public School Fund #2
WAYSIDE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 36 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $465,108 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 21 | $561,767 | $8,039 |
| 2023 | 28 | $736,046 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 24 | $722,726 | $18,250 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Jeanalee and Charles Parsons Foundation has 16 of them, worth $1,958,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Bartlesville, OK | $500,000 |
| Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Bartlesville, OK | $400,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $218,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $150,000 |
| Friends of the Kiddie Park | Bartlesville, OK | $100,000 |
| B the Light Mission Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $80,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $75,000 |
| Bartlesville Public School Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $60,000 |
| Lighthouse Outreach | Bartlesville, OK | $60,000 |
| Bartlesville Community Center Trust Authority | Bartlesville, OK | $60,000 |
| Paths to Independence | Bartlesville, OK | $60,000 |
| B the Light Mission Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $50,000 |
| Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Bartlesville, OK | $50,000 |
| Bartlesville Public School Fund #2 | Bartlesville, OK | $40,000 |
| City Church | Bartlesville, OK | $40,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 98% 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 $13,750. 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 Jeanalee and Charles Parsons 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 2306, Bartlesville, OK, 74005. 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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