The Oliver Dewey Mayor Foundation
Tulsa, OK · EIN 75-1864630. Reported 128 grants totalling $1,612,515 to 80 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 Oliver Dewey Mayor 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $85,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pryor Ministries Center | Pryor, OK | $137,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Osage-Pleasant View Fire Dept Inc | Pryor, OK | $135,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Town of Salina | Salina, OK | $105,320 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Child and Family Guidance | Sherman, TX | $103,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tri-County Senior Nutrition Project Inc | Denison, TX | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Texoma Behavioral Health Leadership Team | Sherman, TX | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bells on Broadway | Bells, TX | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Child & Family Guidance Center of Texoma | Sherman, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Bells Fire Department | Bells, TX | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pryor Area Resource Alliance | Pryor, OK | $39,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| House of Eli Inc | Sherman, TX | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Home Rescue Mission (pryor) | Pryor, OK | $32,840 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Adair Community for Excellence in Education Foundation | Adair, OK | $32,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Green Country Inc | Pryor, OK | $26,825 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Share Ministries Inc | Sherman, TX | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Adair Police Department | Adair, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Adair Public Schools | Adair, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Geary Girls Ranch | Lake Kiowa, TX | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Town of Locust Grove | Locust Grove, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chouteau-Mazie Public School | Chouteau, OK | $24,065 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Texas Historical Commissi | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Grand Gateway Area Agency on Aging | Big Cabin, OK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grayson Grand Central Station Center | Sherman, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Independent Order of Odd Fellows | Pryor, OK | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Masterkey Ministries of Grayson County | Sherman, TX | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Boy Scouts of America Council | Irving, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mayes County Medical Center Auxiliary | Pryor, OK | $18,746 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Sherwood Shores Voluntary Fire Department | Gordonville, TX | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Diamond Head Lone Chapel District Rural | Pryor, OK | $17,862 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Grayson County | Sherman, TX | $17,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Civil Air Patrol Tx-262 | Denison, TX | $17,591 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sherman Community Players Inc | Sherman, TX | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mayes County Hope Fit Kids | Pryor, OK | $16,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Grayson County | Sherman, TX | $15,530 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Whitesboro Volunteer Fire Department | Whitesboro, TX | $15,525 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Denison Main Street Inc | Denison, TX | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Grayson County Texas | Sherman, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texoma Behavioral Health | Sherman, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texoma Family Shelter | Sherman, TX | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sherman Symphony Orchestra | Sherman, TX | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Masterkey Ministries of Grayson Co Inc | Sherman, TX | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Tulsa, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Denison | Denison, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Denison Performing Arts Inc | Denison, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Pryor Creek Library | Pryor, OK | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grand Central Station Center | Sherman, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Howe Volunteer Firefighters Inc | Howe, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texoma Area Paratransit Systems | Sherman, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tom Bean Volunteer Firefighters | Whitewright, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sherman Independent School District | Sherman, TX | $9,752 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ministerial Alliance of Locust | Locust Grove, OK | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pryor Rotary Foundation | Pryor, OK | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mayes County Historical Society | Pryor, OK | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Denison Independent School District | Denison, TX | $8,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grand Gateway Community Development Foun | Big Cabin, OK | $8,020 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Locust Grove Public Schools | Locust Grove, OK | $6,390 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pryor Lions Club Foundation | Pryor, OK | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pryor Creek Recreation Center | Pryor, OK | $6,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Gunter Library and Museum | Gunter, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Spavinaw | Spavinaw, OK | $5,950 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates | Sherman, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foster Parent Assoc of Mayes Co | Pryor, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Missionary Church International Inc | Denison, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma Project Woman Inc 7146 S Braden Ave Suite 300 | Tulsa, OK | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pottsboro Fire Department | Pottsboro, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Salina Public School | Salina, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sherman Bearcat Orchestra | Sherman, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sherman Symphony Orchestra Association | Sherman, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Grayson County Stephanie Chandler | Sherman, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| William W Barnes Childrens Advocacy Center | Claremore, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Chorus of Greater North Texas | Sherman, TX | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Sherman, TX | $3,970 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pryor Rescue Mission Center | Pryor, OK | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Whitesboro Area Youth Summer Sports | Whitesboro, TX | $3,598 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Red River Railroad Museum | Denison, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boy Scouts of America Troop 605 | Denison, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oklahoma Project Woman Inc Endowment Fund | Tulsa, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oklahoma Project Woman Inc | Tulsa, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mayes Co OSU Coop Education | Pryor, OK | $1,731 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Whitewright Public Library | Whitewright, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
32 of 80 (40%) 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 41%, 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 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.
- Tri-County Senior Nutrition Project Inc
SUPPORT FEEDING THE ELDERLY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 53 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 | $407,890 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 29 | $319,743 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 32 | $350,623 | $8,510 |
| 2024 | 39 | $534,259 | $10,000 |
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. 50% 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 $10,000. 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Oliver Dewey Mayor 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 1620, Tulsa, OK, 74101. 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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