The Cuesta Foundation Inc
Oklahoma City, OK · EIN 73-6091550. Reported 97 grants totalling $600,750 to 52 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. The Cuesta Foundation Inc 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $62,500. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsa Children's Museum | Tulsa, OK | $192,500 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tulsa Children's Museum Dba Discove | Tulsa, OK | $65,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Tulsa | Tulsa, OK | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Tulsa - Oliphant Endo | Tulsa, OK | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Walids Fund | Chandler, AZ | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance Inc | Tulsa, OK | $21,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Child Abuse Network | Tulsa, OK | $15,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Crosstown Learning Center | Tulsa, OK | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Holy Family Cathedral | Tulsa, OK | $11,000 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tulsa Community Foundation | Tulsa, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Iron Gate | Tulsa, OK | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Action Project of Tulsa C | Tulsa, OK | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Domestic Violence Intervention Svcs | Tulsa, OK | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Resonance Center for Women | Tulsa, OK | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| San Miguel School of Tulsa | Tulsa, OK | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Town & Country School | Tulsa, OK | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tulsa Boys' Home | Tulsa, OK | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless | Tulsa, OK | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa Inc | Tulsa, OK | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Foun | Oklahoma City, OK | $6,500 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tulsa Botanic Garden | Tulsa, OK | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City Year Tulsa | Tulsa, OK | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mental Health Association in Tulsa | Tulsa, OK | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tulsa Charity Flight Night Inc | Tulsa, OK | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nobelity Project | Austin, TX | $5,500 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahom | Tulsa, OK | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Food Bank of Eastern Ok | Tulsa, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Food Bank of Eastern Okla | Tulsa, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Parent Child Center of Tulsa | Tulsa, OK | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Transitional Living Centers of Ok | Tulsa, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| USA Bmx Foundation Inc | Gilbert, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youth at Heart | Tulsa, OK | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bishop Kelley High School | Tulsa, OK | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Bridges Foundation | Jenks, OK | $3,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| 501TECH | Tulsa, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Car Care Clinic Inc | Tulsa, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catholic Charities of Diocese Tulsa | Tulsa, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Domestic Violence Intervention Serv | Tulsa, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gilcrease Museum Management Trust | Tulsa, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Green Country Habitat for Humanity | Tulsa, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greenwood Rising Inc | Tulsa, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Little Light House Inc | Tulsa, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garde | Tulsa, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Church Studio Music Foundation | Tulsa, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Tulsa Schools | Tulsa, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ok Wildlife Conservation Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sky High for Kids | Houston, TX | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Indian Artist Amerinda Inc | New York City, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Gardens | Tulsa, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Monte Cassino School | Tulsa, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sangha Inc | Tulsa, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| John 316 Mission | Tulsa, OK | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
24 of 52 (46%) 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 57%, 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.
- University of Tulsa
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES IMPROVEMENT FUND - Tulsa Community Foundation
GREENWOOD RISING HISTORY CENTER CAMP - Community Food Bank of Eastern Okla
FUNDS TO SUPPORT PURCHASE OF FOOD (P - Holy Family Cathedral
ICON INSTALLATION PROJECT - Child Abuse Network
GUMMY BEAR PATRON/PROGRAM SUPPORT - Town & Country School
2021-2022 OPERATING FUNDS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 56 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | $162,500 | $2,750 |
| 2022 | 35 | $190,750 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 7 | $108,500 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 27 | $139,000 | $2,500 |
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. 93% 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 $2,500. 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 The Cuesta Foundation Inc'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: 1024 E Britton Rd Ste 200, Oklahoma City, OK, 73131. 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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