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Oge Energy Corp Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · EIN 736093572

Oge Energy Corp Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In tax year 2024 it gave $4.3 million in 86 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $1.5 million. 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 $10.2 million the year before.

24% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$10.2 million99$28.4 million
2024$4.3 million86$27.2 million

How to apply

ContactSean Trauschke
PO Box 321 Mailcode 1100, Oklahoma City, OK 73101
Phone or email(405) 553-3397
What to submitNo specific form. Application should include IRS 501(c)(3) determination letter.
RestrictionsAwards are limited to organizations located in the Oklahoma gas and electric service area.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Oge Energy Corp Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 8 states, the most to Oklahoma.

StateGrantsAmount
Oklahoma71$2.6 million
Arizona1$1.5 million
Arkansas7$171,253
Pennsylvania1$30,000
Kansas3$8,000
New Hampshire1$7,000
Michigan1$2,500
Tennessee1$2,000

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 86 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Legacy Global Programs
Mesa, AZ
General support$1.5 million
Oklahoma City Economic Development Foundation
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$660,000
United Way of Central Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$313,397
Oklahoma City Community Foundation
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$186,000
Science Museum of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$170,000
Allied Arts
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$100,000
First Americans Museum Foundation
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$100,000
Fort Smiths Public Schools
Fort Smith, AR
General support$100,000
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$60,000
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$60,000
Communities Foundation of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$52,500
Boys & Girls Club of Oklahoma County
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$50,000
Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation Inc
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$50,000
St Vincent de Paul - Okc Archdiocesan Council
Nicoma Park, OK
General support$50,000
Millwood Public Schools
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$42,000
Oklahoma Zoological Society
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$40,000
Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$32,300
Donorschoose
Philadelphia, PA
General support$30,000
Homeless Alliance
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$30,000
Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$30,000
Sunbeam Family Services
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$30,000
United Way of Norman
Norman, OK
General support$25,800
Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$25,000
Myriad Gardens Foundation
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$25,000
Norman Regional Health Foundation
Norman, OK
General support$25,000
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$25,000
Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Foundation
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$25,000
Positive Tomorrows
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$25,000
Riversport Foundation
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$25,000
The Nature Conservancy of Oklahoma
Tulsa, OK
General support$25,000
University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Foundation
Fort Smith, AR
General support$25,000
United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc
Fort Smith, AR
General support$22,253
Scissortail Park Foundation
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$20,000
Lake Area United Way Inc
Muskogee, OK
General support$19,790
Remerge of Oklahoma County Inc
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$15,000
Thunder Foundation
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$14,090
United Way of Enid & NW Oklahoma
Enid, OK
General support$11,360
United Way of Pottawatomie County
Shawnee, OK
General support$10,542
Central Oklahoma Community Action Agency
Shawnee, OK
General support$10,000
City Care
Oklahoma City, OK
General support$10,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Oge Energy Corp Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Oge Energy Corp Foundation Inc give?

$4.3 million in tax year 2024, across 86 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Oge Energy Corp Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Sean Trauschke (President), Chuck Walworth (Treasurer) and Kelly Hayward Walsh (Secretary).

What does Oge Energy Corp Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly community development, arts and culture and human services.

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