Clements Foods Foundation
Oklahoma City, OK · EIN 73-1304657. Reported 78 grants totalling $1,019,800 to 36 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. 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. Clements Foods 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $7,500; the smallest was $200 and the largest $205,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center | Oklahoma City, OK | $267,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of Central Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $257,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The University of Oklahoma Foundation | Norman, OK | $77,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Indian Cultural Center & Museum | Oklahoma City, OK | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Oklahoma City Rotary Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $56,750 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Casady School | Oklahoma City, OK | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Allied Arts Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oklahoma Israeli Exchange | Oklahoma City, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heb Tournament of Champions | San Antonio, TX | $20,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oklahoma City Philharmonic Society Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum | Oklahoma City, OK | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Positive Tomorrows | Oklahoma City, OK | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Girls Scouts of Western Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Freedom Center of Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mental Health Association of Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oklahoma City Museum of Art | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Oklahoma City University | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $8,600 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Last Frontier Council Boy Scouts of America | Oklahoma City, OK | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Library Endowment Trust | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oklahoma Project Women | Tulsa, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Services | Oklahoma City, OK | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| City of Nichols Hills | Nichols Hills, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Committee of One Hundred | Edmond, OK | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lyric Theater of Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oklahoma Senior Follies | Oklahoma City, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rainbow Fleet | Oklahoma City, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern Hills Country Club Charitable Foundation | Tulsa, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Healthy Schools Ok | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Beaux Arts Society | Nichols Hills, OK | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Smart Start Central Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Touchdown Club | Oklahoma City, OK | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kiwanis Special Activity Fund | Oklahoma City, OK | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cristo Rey Okc Catholic High School | Oklahoma City, OK | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
21 of 36 (58%) 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 63%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 40 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 19 | $353,750 | $5,000 |
| 2021 | 17 | $197,200 | $3,600 |
| 2022 | 24 | $221,200 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 18 | $247,650 | $5,000 |
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. 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 $5,000. 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Clements Foods Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 14538, Oklahoma City, OK, 73113. 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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