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The Mary Oakley Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Thousand Oaks, California · EIN 770391113

The Mary Oakley Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Thousand Oaks, California. In tax year 2024 it gave $903,000 in 5 grants; the typical grant was $140,000 and the largest $358,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $920,000 the year before.

40% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$920,0005$17.6 million
2024$903,0005$17.2 million

How to apply

ContactThe Mary Oakley Foundation Inc
494 Twin Oaks CT, Thousands Oaks, CA 91362-3166
Phone or email(805) 494-5137
What to submitContact for information.
RestrictionsTo qualify for residential stipend assistance from the mary oakley foundation, an individual applicant must: 1. Have a diagnosis of alzheimer's disease or a related dementia. 2. Be indigent. (not own a home, car, or have substantial other assets). 3. Qualify and be issued a medi-cal number. 4. Be a long term resident of santa barbara, ventura, or san luis obispo counties, ca. 5. Be ambulatory at admission to the residency (RCFE) program. 6. Not be an insulin-dependent diabetic (due to rcfe limitations). 7. Must either have a sponsoring family member or court-appointed legal guardian or court-appointed legal conservator (not simply one who holds power of attorney-related documents).

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Mary Oakley Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California4$778,000
Illinois1$125,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 5 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Uc Davis Foundation
Sacramento, CA
Completion of pledge to establish the mary oakley foundation endowed faculty fellowship in neurodegeneration$358,000
UCSF Development Office - Neurology
San Francisco, CA
Completion of pledge to establish the mary oakley foundation chair in neuroethics, ucsf$190,000
Friendship Center Adult Day Care Services
Montecito, CA
Grants for indigent seniors with alzheimer's disease and other adult dementias for daycare criteria for entry are based on stringent requirements of the mary oakley foundation which are documented by friendship center at entry$140,000
Alzheimer's Disease International
Lincolnshire, IL
Adi world report, adi bienniel conference attendance bursaries for indigent caretaker, caretaker families, personal surveys of attitudes about alzheimer's disease$125,000
Doheny Eye Institute
Pasadena, CA
Investigation of similarities between human optic nerve and uncal central nervous system tissue to determine etiology of neurodegenerative processes which lead to alzheimer's disease$90,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Mary Oakley Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Mary Oakley Foundation Inc give?

$903,000 in tax year 2024, across 5 grants, with a typical grant of $140,000.

Who runs The Mary Oakley Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists William C Stivelman MD (Ceo/Medical Director), David Troxel MPH (Vice President) and Dylan A Gans (Secretary/Treasurer).

What does The Mary Oakley Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health.

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