Grant Partners
The Foundation is honored to support organizations across Tulsa and beyond whose work reflects Ruth’s lifelong commitment to dignity, opportunity, and community.
| Organization | Grant Purpose | Award Amount | Focus Area | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges | To support expansion of the Center's current facility | $2,500,000 | Other | 2025 |
| A New Leaf | To support the development of 53 apartments and other community amenities for individuals with intellectual and development disabilities | $1,000,000 | Affordable Housing | 2025 |
| Cascia Hall Foundation | To support facility improvements | $500,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Alzheimer's Association - Oklahoma Chapter | To support Alzheimer's and dementia research, risk reduction, early detection, and quality care and support | $250,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Holland Hall | To support capital improvements to the 7th and 8th grade building | $8,000,000 | Other | 2025 |
| New Yorkers for Children | General operating support | $30,000 | Other | 2025 |
| ExpandED Schools | General operating support | $35,000 | Other | 2025 |
| The Housing Partnership Network | To support the Tulsa Housing Impact Fund to finance the development of affordable housing | $7,000,000 | Affordable Housing | 2025 |
| OKPOP Foundation | To support the Heart and Soul capital campaign | $115,000 | Other | 2025 |
| The 52nd Street Project | General operating support | $32,500 | Other | 2025 |
| Uptown Film Center | General operating support | $32,500 | Other | 2025 |
| The Food Project | General operating support | $65,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities of Eastern OK | General operating support | $195,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Emergency Infant Services | General operating support | $225,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma | General operating support | $125,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Iron Gate | General operating support | $125,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Yale Parents Annual Fund | General operating support | $25,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | General operating support | $25,000 | Other | 2025 |
| 100 Black Men Association | General operating support | $3,000 | Other | 2025 |
| 108 Contemporary | General operating support | $2,500 | Other | 2025 |
| A New Leaf | General operating support | $35,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Ability Resources | General operating support | $2,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma | General operating support | $10,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Booker T Washington Foundation for Excellence | General operating support | $5,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Helping Hands Ministry | General operating support | $75,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Circle Cinema | General operating support | $10,000 | Other | 2025 |
| City Year | General operating support | $10,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Clarehouse | General operating support | $125,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Coffee Bunker | General operating support | $25,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Oklahoma Veterans United | General operating support | $25,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Congregation B'nai Emunah Foundation | General operating support | $25,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Crosstown Learning Center | General operating support | $85,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Tulsa Day Center | General operating support | $170,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Domestic Violence Intervention Services | General operating support | $40,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Drexel Academy | General operating support | $55,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Eastern Oklahoma Donated Dental Services | General operating support | $60,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Essential Partners | General operating support | $2,500 | Other | 2025 |
| Fab Lab Tulsa | General operating support | $2,500 | Other | 2025 |
| Family & Children's Services | General operating support | $55,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Fostering Connections | General operating support | $25,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma | General operating support | $33,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Global Gardens | General operating support | $9,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Green Country Habitat for Humanity | General operating support | $10,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Hearts for Hearing Foundation | General operating support | $15,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Holy Family Classical School | General operating support | $25,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Hospice of Green Country | General operating support | $10,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Indian Health Care Resource Center | General operating support | $39,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Osfo International Gospel Center | General operating support | $15,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Jewish Federation of Tulsa | General operating support | $90,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Zarrow Pointe | General operating support | $11,000 | Other | 2025 |
| John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation | General operating support | $30,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Shared Plate | General operating support | $20,000 | Other | 2025 |
| KIPP Tulsa Academy College Preparatory | General operating support | $25,000 | Other | 2025 |
| League of Women Voters Education Fund | General operating support | $3,500 | Other | 2025 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma | General operating support | $27,500 | Other | 2025 |
| LIFE Senior Services | General operating support | $60,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Lindsey House | General operating support | $25,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Living Arts of Tulsa | General operating support | $5,500 | Other | 2025 |
| Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa | General operating support | $15,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Mental Health Association in Tulsa | General operating support | $75,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Modus | General operating support | $15,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Neighbors Along the Line | General operating support | $5,000 | Other | 2025 |
| NewView Oklahoma | General operating support | $5,500 | Other | 2025 |
| Oklahoma Educational Television Authority Foundation (OETA) | General operating support | $5,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Oklahoma Caring Foundation | General operating support | $25,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice | General operating support | $35,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits | General operating support | $5,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence | General operating support | $1,500 | Other | 2025 |
| Oklahoma Policy Institute | General operating support | $10,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Oklahoma Project Woman | General operating support | $5,500 | Other | 2025 |
| Oklahoma Arts Institute | General operating support | $10,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Operation Hope Prison Ministry | General operating support | $16,500 | Other | 2025 |
| Palmer Continuum of Care | General operating support | $3,500 | Other | 2025 |
| Parent Child Center of Tulsa | General operating support | $50,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Philbrook Museum of Art | General operating support | $55,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Public Radio Tulsa | General operating support | $30,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Resonance Center for Women | General operating support | $5,500 | Other | 2025 |
| Revitalize T-Town | General operating support | $55,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Saint Simeon's | General operating support | $6,000 | Other | 2025 |
| San Miguel School of Tulsa | General operating support | $50,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art | General operating support | $10,000 | Other | 2025 |
| South Tulsa Community House | General operating support | $83,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Spay Oklahoma | General operating support | $15,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Street School | General operating support | $15,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Teach for America | General operating support | $10,000 | Other | 2025 |
| The Little Lighthouse | General operating support | $11,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Pencil Box | General operating support | $25,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Theatre Tulsa | General operating support | $20,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Tulsa Area United Way | General operating support | $100,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Tulsa Ballet | General operating support | $20,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Tulsa Botanic Garden | General operating support | $1,500 | Other | 2025 |
| Tulsa Boys Home | General operating support | $30,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. | General operating support | $20,000 | Other | 2025 |
| The Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges | General operating support | $70,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Tulsa Community College Foundation | General operating support | $20,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Tulsa Girls Art School | General operating support | $10,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Tulsa Opera | General operating support | $15,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Tulsa Symphony Orchestra | General operating support | $20,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Up with Trees | General operating support | $40,000 | Other | 2025 |
| YMCA Tulsa | General operating support | $15,000 | Other | 2025 |
| Youth Services of Tulsa | General operating support | $30,000 | Other | 2025 |
| LIFE Senior Services / Vintage Housing | To construct 70 units of affordable rental housing for seniors | $1,500,000 | Affordable Housing | 2025 |
| The Harbor Shelter | To support the development of Tulsa’s first low-barrier shelter | $8,000,000 | Affordable Housing | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood Great Plains | To provide support for people accessing reproductive healthcare services | $250,000 | Women's Health | 2025 |
| Crossover Health Services | To support prenatal and postpartum care, chronic disease management, and medications management in the north Tulsa community | $200,000 | Women's Health | 2026 |
| Morton Comprehensive Health Services | To support women’s healthcare access and continuity | $750,000 | Women's Health | 2026 |
| The Midwifery Project | To enhance midwifery services, public awareness, and credentialing. | $100,000 | Women's Health | 2026 |
| Youth at Heart | To support summer enrichment programs for students participating in the TPS summer school program. | $125,000 | Youth Development | 2026 |
| Catholic Charities of Eastern OK | To support food security, health, workforce development, and payment assistance programs | $533,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| ExpandED Schools | General operating support | $50,000 | Other | 2026 |
| City Lights | To support the completion of the City Lights Village and three years of operating support. | $800,000 | Affordable Housing | 2026 |
| Resonance Center for Women | To support expansion of transitional housing facilities for justice-involved women | $500,000 | Affordable Housing | 2026 |
| Green Country Habitat for Humanity | To support down payment assistance, housing development, land acquisition, and organizational capacity | $5,000,000 | Affordable Housing | 2026 |
| Community Health Connection | To complete the Maternal & Child Health Center and purchase diagnostic equipment | $750,000 | Women's Health | 2026 |
| HOPE Testing | To support prevention, testing, and treatment of sexually transmitted infections, HIV and Hepatitis C | $206,000 | Women's Health | 2026 |
| Gaining Ground | To support project-based literacy programming, home libraries, and to purchase a van to support student experiences | $250,000 | Youth Development | 2026 |
| Global Gardens | To support garden-centered science and peace education for Tulsa youth | $85,000 | Youth Development | 2026 |
| Leadership Tulsa | To support youth leadership development and action initiative | $250,000 | Youth Development | 2026 |
| Sistema Tulsa | To support music education programs for Tulsa youth | $300,000 | Youth Development | 2026 |
| Tulsa Girls Art School | To provide arts programming, mentorship, and community engagement for at-promise girls | $70,000 | Youth Development | 2026 |
| Union Schools Foundation | To provide out-of-school time programming at Union Public Schools elementary through freshman academy sites | $450,000 | Youth Development | 2026 |
| Youth Medical Mentorship | To increase and sustain underrepresented youth along the health professional career pipeline | $50,000 | Youth Development | 2026 |
| Aspen Institute | For Aspen Ideas Festival - Tulsa, to support the Aspen Ideas Festival: Economy in Tulsa, OK. | $75,000 | Other | 2026 |
| New America Foundation | To support the Oklahoma cohort of New America's Eviction Data Response Network (EDRN) to build a statewide eviction data infrastructure | $100,000 | Affordable Housing | 2026 |
| Amplify Youth Health Collective | To support youth sexual health and well-being through education, collaboration, and advocacy | $450,000 | Women's Health | 2026 |
| Healthy Minds Policy Initiative | To support a maternal mental health policy fellow to identify policy solutions to strengthen care delivery for perinatal individuals | $120,000 | Women's Health | 2026 |
| Indian Health Care Resource Center | To support the expansion of midwifery services in partnership with OSU and services provided via the Healthy Start program | $200,000 | Women's Health | 2026 |
| The UMA Center | To support culturally and linguistically responsive health services for Hispanic families, with a focus on women’s health and wellness | $200,000 | Women's Health | 2026 |
| A Pocketful of Hope | To support youth as they develop life skills through performing arts | $100,000 | Youth Development | 2026 |
| YMCA Tulsa | To support the YMCA's Play Project Capital Campaign to improve indoor and outdoor play and learn spaces | $1,000,000 | Youth Development | 2026 |
| 1st Step Male Diversion Program | To support justice-involved young men to become productive, crime-free members of their families, workplaces, and communities | $300,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| A New Leaf | To provide job training, life skills, and residential services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities | $150,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Alzheimer's Association - Oklahoma Chapter | To support Alzheimer's and dementia research, risk reduction, early detection, and quality care and support | $150,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Helping Hands Ministry | To support basic needs including utilities assistance and food for those in need | $150,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Catholic Charities of Eastern OK | To support food security, health, workforce development, and payment assistance programs | $1,200,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Circle Cinema | To support the ongoing operations of Oklahoma’s only nonprofit arthouse cinema, and to build sustainability through new fund development capacity | $225,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Clarehouse | To support end-of-life care at no cost to guests and families, the support people need to make the most of every moment | $400,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma | To support feeding neighbors and building community | $375,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Crosstown Learning Center | To support educational opportunities for children and their families to learn and grow together | $255,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Domestic Violence Intervention Services | To support physical and emotional safety by reducing the impact and occurrence of sexual and domestic violence, human trafficking, and stalking | $150,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Drexel Academy | To support the education of children in north Tulsa through a high-quality, faith-centered education | $150,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Eastern Oklahoma Donated Dental Services | To support donated dental care to adults in eastern Oklahoma | $150,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Emergency Infant Services | To support the basic needs of infants and young children whose families are facing crisis | $450,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Family & Children's Services | To support the well-being and behavioral health of adults, children, and families | $450,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Iron Gate | To support food programs with balanced meals served with dignity | $375,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation | To support community healing and to preserve and elevate the legacy of the Greenwood District and the 1921 Race Massacre | $90,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| LIFE Senior Services | To support independence for seniors | $225,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Mental Health Association in Tulsa | To support mental health through advocacy, education, services, and housing | $300,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Parent Child Center of Tulsa | To support the prevention of child abuse and neglect through education, treatment, and advocacy | $150,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Philbrook Museum of Art | To support a creative and connected community through art and gardens | $150,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| San Miguel School of Tulsa | To support children from challenging environments to achieve academic and personal success | $150,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| South Tulsa Community House | To support families and individuals by reducing hunger, combating poverty, and providing a pathway to empowerment to improve their lives | $225,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| The Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges | To support opportunities for youth and adults with physical challenges to enhance the quality of their lives | $225,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Tulsa Area United Way | To support Tulsa Area United Way, which unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen the community | $300,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Tulsa Day Center | To support those who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness | $600,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Jewish Federation of Tulsa | To support the preservation and enhancement of Jewish life and well-being | $225,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |
| Public Radio Tulsa | To support public radio to inform, educate, and entertain its audience and to encourage participation in the community | $90,000 | Founder's Initiative | 2026 |