Ardmore Institute of Health
Preselected recipients only
Ardmore Institute of Health is a private foundation in Ardmore, Oklahoma. In tax year 2024 it gave $2.5 million in 32 grants; the typical grant was $75,000 and the largest $250,000. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.
From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.
- Grants paid, 2024$2.5 million
- Number of grants32
- Typical grant$75,000
- Largest grant$250,000
- Assets$114 million
- New grantees61%
Giving in 2024 was up from $2.3 million the year before.
61% 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 year | Grants paid | Number of grants | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $2.3 million | 63 | $102 million |
| 2024 | $2.5 million | 32 | $114 million |
How to apply
Ardmore Institute of Health says in its IRS filing that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be considered. Organizations it funds are usually invited.
Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica
What Ardmore Institute of Health funds
Where it gives
Its grants went to recipients in 13 states, the most to Massachusetts.
| State | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 5 | $532,000 |
| Kansas | 4 | $426,761 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | $372,791 |
| Florida | 3 | $278,612 |
| North Carolina | 3 | $208,149 |
| California | 3 | $204,000 |
| Maryland | 1 | $112,000 |
| Illinois | 2 | $110,000 |
| Colorado | 1 | $75,988 |
| Missouri | 1 | $75,000 |
Grants paid in 2024
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare | Expanding the impact of whole person care | $250,000 |
| American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation | Teaming up with public health: lifestyle medicine | $250,000 |
| Umass Chan Medical School | High level medically oriented lifestyle medicine curriculum | $200,000 |
| Patient-Centered Primary Care Foundation | How primary care can support whole person care and behavior change (year 2) | $156,237 |
| Childrens Research Institute | The family lifestyle program (flip) - addressing food insecurity and diet related chronic disease risk in under-served communities | $149,554 |
| Aspen Institute | Program support | $130,000 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Mgh revere food pantry: healthy families clinic and teaching kitchen program: year three | $126,000 |
| American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation | Scaling whole health in primary care: value-based care + lifestyle medicine | $125,130 |
| Medstar Health Inc | Medstar health / medstar institute for innovation culinary medicine and nutrition learning curriculum for residents in training | $112,000 |
| Family Health International (DBA Fhi 360) | Lifestyle empowerment approach for diabetes remission (leadr) program: effectiveness, feasibility, & acceptability in a self-funded employer setting | $101,000 |
| The Teaching Kitchen Collaborative Inc | Nutrition competency requirements & development of a repository of nutrition education curricular resources | $100,000 |
| Cambridge Health Alliance | "f!ref!ghterf!t: a randomized controlled trial of lifestyle coaching interventions for obese firefighters | $100,000 |
| Endeavor Health Clinical Operations | Medical education transformation and strengthening food justice | $80,000 |
| Duke University | Food is medicine shared medical appointments for weight management: a pilot randomized controlled trial | $77,149 |
| Paving the Path to Wellness | Effectiveness and implementation of the paving the path to wellness lifestyle medicine program | $75,988 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | The teaching kitchen collaborative (tkc) multisite curriculum study, uthealth houston sph site year 2 | $75,000 |
| American College of Lifestyle Medicine | Phase 3 advancing lifestyle medicine among all health professionals | $75,000 |
| Loma Linda University | The transcriptomic pathways of the fpl lifestyle accompanied with the use of lomaira in latino families with the disease of obesity -a pilot study | $70,000 |
| American College of Preventive Medicine | Program support/preventive medicine conference 2025-global and environmental health | $50,000 |
| American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation | Fmx culinary workshop: walk the walk, talk the talk, and heal thyself session proposal | $46,631 |
| Cooking on Purpose Inc | Nourish and thrive virtual health education and cooking program | $30,000 |
| Shiloh Seventh-Day Adventist Church | Anxiety and depression recovery program | $30,000 |
| Adventhealth - Research and Evaluation Nemours Foundation | Research & evaluation | $18,612 |
| Community of Hope | Community of hope healthy lifestyle program | $17,000 |
| Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare | Wellness retreat/mental health and wellness support | $10,000 |
| Cambridge Medical Care Foundation Inc | Program support for lifestyle medicine outreach (provide resident scholarships to occupational medicine/preventive medicine residents) | $6,000 |
| East Ardmore Revitalization Inc | Program support | $5,000 |
| Pickleball Association of Ardmore | Program suport | $5,000 |
| Idaho State University | Whole person health champion project | $5,000 |
| American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation | Creating the ardmore institute of health fund of the american academy of family physicians foundation | $5,000 |
| Association of Adventist Forum (Spectrum) | Support for adventist/ whole health series | $4,000 |
| Mount Outreach Inc | Outreach | $2,000 |
Officers and trustees
- Robert L Roy II
- Dexter Shurney
- James Malone
- Elliot Smith
- Cynthia Rima Dnpapnanp-Bc
- Roy Vartabedian MD
- Heidi Hittner
- Ron Stout MD MPH
- Janet Calhoun
- Brenda Rea MD DRPH PTRD
Questions people ask
Does Ardmore Institute of Health accept grant applications?
No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.
How much does Ardmore Institute of Health give?
$2.5 million in tax year 2024, across 32 grants, with a typical grant of $75,000.
Who runs Ardmore Institute of Health?
Its 2024 filing lists Robert L Roy II (Board Chair), Dexter Shurney (Vice Chair/Trustee), James Malone (Investment/Finance Chair) and Elliot Smith (Personnel/Nominating Chair) among 10 officers and trustees.
What does Ardmore Institute of Health fund?
Based on its grants, mainly health, education and food and hunger.