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Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Inc

Oklahoma City, OK · EIN 73-1100380. Reported 177 grants totalling $333.9M to 113 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.

113organizations funded
$10,000median reported grant
$333.9Mgranted, 2020-2023
45%of grantees funded again the next year
42%of dollars to its largest recipient

Does this grantmaker accept applications?

Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.

Three things in the filing do bear on it:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Inc, the IRS classifies it under food & nutrition rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE K310) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
  2. How spread out its giving is. 113 distinct organizations, with 42% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
  3. How much its list changes. 45% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $8,322 and $11,200; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $82.6M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$5,000 - $10,000
58 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
109 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
3 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$250,000 Or More
6 grants

4 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $300.9M in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
300 Food Distribution Agencies$139.7M222022
340 Food Distribution Agencies$82.6M112023
314 Food Distribution Agencies$78.5M112020
Regional Food Bank FoundationOklahoma City, OK$31.1M222021
Mission Norman IncNorman, OK$77,663222023
The Salvation ArmyBrookhaven, GA$64,467642023
Skyline Urban Ministry IncOklahoma City, OK$60,153442023
Woodward Families Helping Families IncWoodward, OK$56,200442023
Community Market of Pottawatomie County IncorporatedShawnee, OK$54,275442023
Community Resourcing IncorporatedStillwater, OK$49,473442023
Southwest Oklahoma Community Action Group IncAltus, OK$45,000212020
Hands of Hope IncDurant, OK$44,500442023
Route 66 ProjectEdmond, OK$44,000442023
The General Council of the Assemblies of GodSpringfield, MO$42,000432022
Jesus HouseOklahoma City, OK$40,864222023
Lawton Food Bank IncLawton, OK$37,500332022
New Emergency Resource Agency IncPonca City, OK$36,816332023
Christian Helping Hands of Comanche IncComanche, OK$35,283432023
Elk City Help IncElk City, OK$35,000332023
Food and Resource Center of South Central Oklahoma IncArdmore, OK$35,000332023
Other Options IncOklahoma City, OK$34,741222023
Loaves and Fishes of Northwest Oklahoma IncEnid, OK$33,750332022
First United Methodist Church of Ada FoundationAda, OK$30,946222023
Carnegie Food PantryCarnegie, OK$25,250222022
Weatherford Food & Resource Center IncorporatedWeatherford, OK$25,000222022
Cross and Crown Mission IncOklahoma City, OK$22,822222023
Dreamcenter IncOklahoma City, OK$22,311112023
Langston University FoundationLangston, OK$21,419222023
Compassionate Sharing (yukon Sharing Ministry)Yukon, OK$21,293222023
International Full Gospel Evangelistic Association IncTemple, OK$20,290222022
Duncan Rescue MissionDuncan, OK$20,000222022
Food and Shelter IncNorman, OK$20,000222023
Mcfarlin Memorial UMCNorman, OK$20,000222022
United States Catholic ConferenceWashington, DC$20,000212020
Indiahoma Community Food BankIndiahoma, OK$18,500222021
Bonnies Helping Hands FoundationOklahoma City, OK$17,500222022
Samaritans of Pauls ValleyPauls Valley, OK$16,298222023
Baptist General Convention of the State of OklahomaOklahoma City, OK$16,000212020
Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist ConventionNashville, TN$15,156212023
First Christian ChurchPerry, OK$15,000112020
Gods Food Bank IncGuthrie, OK$15,000112020
The Urban Mission IncOklahoma City, OK$15,000112020
Western Technology CenterBurns Flat, OK$15,000112020
Interfaith Social Ministries IncSeminole, OK$14,436112023
Trinity Baptist ChurchOklahoma City, OK$14,238222023
Christian Lay Enterprises IncMangum, OK$14,196222023
Capital Baptist AssociationOklahoma City, OK$12,653222023
Taloga Senior CitizensTaloga, OK$11,613112023
Christians ConcernedDuncan, OK$10,693112023
Alva Wesleyan ChurchAlva, OK$10,000112022
Assembly of GodMinco, OK$10,000112020
Atoka-Coal Food Storehouse IncAtoka, OK$10,000112020
Billy Hooton Indian UMCOklahoma City, OK$10,000112020
Bray Community CenterMarlow, OK$10,000112020
Broadway HouseArdmore, OK$10,000112020
Chickasha Church of Christ IncChickasha, OK$10,000112020
Corpus Christi ChurchOklahoma City, OK$10,000112020
Cumberland Presbyterian Church General Assembly CorporationCordova, TN$10,000112020
Family Christian Center of Madill Oklahoma IncMadill, OK$10,000112020
First Christian ChurchLawton, OK$10,000112020
First United MethodistBuffalo, OK$10,000112020
House of PrayerArdmore, OK$10,000112020
Indian Nations Presbytery Presbyterian Church US of AmericaOklahoma City, OK$10,000112022
Jeffco Helping HandsWaurika, OK$10,000112020
Laverne Food Pantry AssociationMay, OK$10,000112020
Marlow SamaritansMarlow, OK$10,000112022
Mission 405Oklahoma City, OK$10,000112020
Missionary Christian Welfare IncHoldenville, OK$10,000112020
Mustang Assembly of God Church IncMustang, OK$10,000112023
New Age Project IncHoldenville, OK$10,000112020
Northwest 50TH St Church of Christ AssociationOklahoma City, OK$10,000112020
Oakridge Ministries IncAnadarko, OK$10,000112020
Our Neighbors Cupboard IncTishomingo, OK$10,000112020
Outcasts Under Transformation IncArdmore, OK$10,000112020
Roger Mills County Circle of Care I NcCheyenne, OK$10,000112022
Southern Kiowa Co FpMountain Park, OK$10,000112020
Southern Oklahoma Addiction Recovery Program IncAda, OK$10,000112020
Southwest CocAda, OK$10,000112020
St James Episcopal ChurchOklahoma City, OK$10,000112020
Stroud Food Pantry IncStroud, OK$10,000112020
Sulphur UMCSulphur, OK$10,000112020
Tri City Hope CenterNewcastle, OK$10,000112020
Velma Community Outreach CenterVelma, OK$10,000112020
Wilson River of LifeWilson, OK$10,000112020
Fletcher FpFletcher, OK$9,100112021
General Council on Finance & Admins of the UnitedNashville, TN$7,948112023
Big Five Community Services IncDurant, OK$7,500112022
Walters Com MaWalters, OK$7,500112020
Ministerial Alliance ApacheApache, OK$7,000112020
Tamarack Road CocAltus, OK$7,000112020
Cross Pointe Care Center Food PantryNorman, OK$6,528112023
Light and Salvation Church IncOklahoma City, OK$6,500112022
Alameda Church of ChristNorman, OK$6,000112020
Bethel FoundationOklahoma City, OK$6,000112020
Britvil Community Food Pantry IncOklahoma City, OK$6,000112020
Central High Community Food PantryMarlow, OK$6,000112020
Family Crisis Center IncAda, OK$6,000112020
First Baptist Church of Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, OK$6,000112020
Gpif C Carter Crane ShelterLawton, OK$6,000112020
Hope Center of EdmondEdmond, OK$6,000112020
Manna PantryYukon, OK$6,000112020
Opportunities IncWatonga, OK$6,000112020
Resurrection House AssociationChickasha, OK$6,000112020
Ringling United Methodist ChurchRingling, OK$6,000112020
Roadback IncLawton, OK$6,000112020
Salt of the Earth Ministries IncLawton, OK$6,000112020
Seminole County Domestic Violence Task ForceSeminole, OK$6,000112020
Southern Oklahoma Nutrition ProgramAda, OK$6,000112020
Roman Catholic Diocese of TulsaBroken Arrow, OK$5,756112023
Highland Coc TecumsehTecumseh, OK$5,100112022
Deer Creek Food Pantry FoundationDeer Creek, OK$5,000112020
God and Peoples Food PantryChandler, OK$5,000112020
Operation Christians Assisting Resourcing Encougaging MinistriesAltus, OK$5,000112020

35 of 113 (31%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 63 of 113 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

Food & Nutrition
22 orgs
Human Services
19 orgs
Religion
11 orgs
Housing & Shelter
3 orgs
Education
2 orgs
Community Improvement
1 org
Diseases & Disorders
1 org
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 org

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
202097$108.9M$10,000
202114$68.1M$9,500
202231$73.8M$10,000
202335$83.1M$10,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.

Where its money goes

100% of its giving went to organizations in Oklahoma. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.

Oklahoma
$32.8M
Georgia
$64K
Missouri
$42K
Tennessee
$33K
District of Columbia
$20K

Down to the city

Oklahoma City, OK
$31.5M
Norman, OK
$130K
Lawton, OK
$66K
Ardmore, OK
$65K
Brookhaven, GA
$64K
Ada, OK
$63K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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.

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How to approach this grantmaker

  1. Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Oklahoma.
  4. Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.

On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 35 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 270968, Oklahoma City, OK, 73137.

EIN 73-1100380 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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