For immediate release: May 22, 2009
Inasmuch Foundation Announces
$6.8 Million in Grants to Oklahoma Organizations
(Oklahoma City, OK) May 22, 2009--- Inasmuch
Foundation announced today the distribution of $6.8 Million in
grants to 55 organizations in Oklahoma.
Edith Kinney Gaylord founded Inasmuch Foundation in 1982 to
support charitable, scientific and educational causes that
enhance the progress and quality of life for Oklahomans. Today,
the Foundation is committed to carrying on the interests of its
late founder by giving to education, health and human services,
cultural organizations, the arts, historic preservation and
environmental concerns.
We are pleased to announce grants supporting so many
outstanding organizations making Oklahoma a better place for its
citizens, said Bob Ross, President and CEO of Inasmuch
Foundation. In these difficult economic times, we believe it is
imperative to support non-profit organizations that recognize
the importance of utilizing limited resources efficiently to
ensure the continuity and, when possible, the expansion of
services.
Organizations awarded grants from Inasmuch Foundation include:
$1,500,000 to University of Oklahoma for its study abroad
program in Arezzo, Italy.
$1,000,000 to Oklahoma City University for a building addition
to the Kramer School of Nursing. The new building will be
connected to the current one by a walkway plaza and will add
50,000 square feet to the existing 16,000 square foot facility.
$500,000 to Enids Community Development Support Association
for development of the Non-Profit Center, a facility where
organizations co-locate to share resources. Major focus is the
Center for Early Childhood Development, offering model childcare
play areas, leading edge training facilities and resource
library.
$500,000 to Oklahoma City Museum of Art for the purchase of
two painting by Ippolito Caffi for the Museums permanent
collection in honor of Carolyn Hill, the former Executive
Director of the Museum.
$325,000 to Oklahoma City Museum of Art for the 2009-2010
season, headlined by Turner to Cezanne: Masterpieces from the
Davies Collection, National Museum Wales, and for the Yellow Bus
Brigade program which brings students from all across Oklahoma
to the Museum.
$300,000 to Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma for the Food 4 Kids
backpack program.
$295,000 to Smart Start Central Oklahoma for the READY! for
Kindergarten program and for its ongoing public engagement
campaign.
$250,000 to Casady School for construction of the Upper
Division math facility, with six classrooms, a suite of six
faculty offices, workroom, consulting room, student lounge, and
an area for student lockers.
$250,000 to Westminster School for classroom computers,
laptops for middle school teachers, Smartboards and other
technology and software needs.
$170,000 to Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma
City for the Immigration Assistance Program.
$125,000 to Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School for an
upgrade of the lighting in the Petusky Performing Arts Center.
$125,000 to Heritage Hall for a library and study center, the
last phase of the Harris Hall renovation.
$125,000 to Variety Health Center for pediatric providers;
includes two pediatricians, one physician assistant, and six
nurse practitioners.
$100,000 to OK CityScape, a unique holiday fundraiser for OKC
Educare that will showcase over one million Lego bricks in an
immense model of Oklahoma City.
$100,000 to Oklahoma City Philharmonic for a patriotic concert
in Bricktown on July 3, 2009 as part of downtown Independence
Day festivities, and for the Kristin Chenoweth concert
headlining the 2009-2010 Pops Series.
$80,900 to Sunbeam Family Services for start-up expenses at
Oklahoma City Educare, scheduled to open in July.
$70,325 to Putnam City Public Schools for off-site Pre-K
programs and to expand its Oklahoma Parents as Teachers program.
$60,000 to Possibilities for Camp Possibilities, a yearlong
training program giving people the chance to accomplish
community change. A particular focus will be the new Educare
school site in southeast Oklahoma City.
$50,000 to Community Action Project of Tulsa County for the
Tulsa Initiative, a program to increase the rate of upward
economic mobility of low-income children in Tulsa.
$50,000 to Lyric Theatre for production costs of musical
theatre productions at the Civic Center and Plaza Theatre in
2009.
$50,000 to Mental Health Association of Central Oklahoma for
the Guide to Mental Health Care in Oklahoma, an internet-based
directory of community resources.
$50,000 to Oklahoma Arts Institute for the 2009 Oklahoma
Summer Arts Institute.
$45,000 to Executive Service Corps of Central Oklahoma for
comprehensive consulting services for four nonprofits.
$45,000 to Stillwater Domestic Violence Services for the Wings
of Hope campaign to build a combined shelter and program
facility.
$40,000 to Community Action Agency of Oklahoma City to match
deposits made by low to moderate income working high school
students participating in a savings program for higher
education.
$36,000 to Canterbury Choral Society for concert support.
$35,000 to Oklahoma Conference of the United Methodist Church
for Exodus House, a residential treatment program of Criminal
Justice and Mercy Ministries.
$35,000 to Oklahoma Outreach Foundation for Sober School.
$31,500 to Rainbow Fleet for the Child Care Resource Center.
$30,000 to Hearts for Hearing Foundation for the Sound
Beginnings initiative, providing necessary diagnostics,
audiological testing and the first set of hearing aids at no
cost to eligible families of babies in Oklahoma with a bilateral
hearing loss.
$25,000 to Boys and Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County for
increased Phase II construction costs for the club house.
$25,000 to Children's Center for a Goshen Coach II transport
vehicle.
$25,000 to Chisholm Trail Heritage Center for expansion of
education programming, including free admission and travel
subsidies for Title I schools.
$25,000 to Citizens Caring for Children for the Resource
Center, a program that offers clothing, school supplies, books
and toys to foster children living in the Oklahoma City Metro
area.
$25,000 to Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Central
Oklahoma for the Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Project.
$25,000 to Emergency Infant Services for general operating
support.
$25,000 to Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma for Girl Scouts
Beyond Bars, a program that facilitates visits between
incarcerated mothers and their children and engages them in
social and educational activities designed to foster positive
familial and personal development.
$25,000 to Happy Hands Education Center for the Annual Fund.
$25,000 to Last Frontier Council, Boy Scouts of America for
completion of the first phase of capital improvements at Camp
Kickapoo.
$25,000 to Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art for the 2009-2010
Special Exhibition Season and for scholarship funding for free
school tour admissions and bus expenses.
$20,000 to FreedomSchool Oklahoma City for the 2009 summer
program, a 6-week reading and cultural enrichment program
designed to serve 50 kindergarten through 5th grade children
from underserved communities in Oklahoma City at no cost to
families.
$20,000 to the Oklahoma Museum of History for submission and
promotion of Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One
Apache Family at film festivals.
$20,000 to Presbyterian Urban Missions for the School Supplies
for Kids Program.
$15,000 to Cherokee National Historical Society for the
2009-2010 Cherokee Humanities Course.
$15,000 to Oklahoma Children's Theatre for 2009-10
productions, camps and classes.
$15,000 to Oklahoma Life Skills Association for general
support of Special Kids Programs.
$12,000 to Sacred Heart Catholic Church for Sacred Heart/Mount
St. Mary Summer Academy, an 8-week education project for low
income youth in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Oklahoma City.
$10,000 to Center for Nonprofits for six summits for business
leaders in an effort to increase their awareness of the economic
benefits of investment in early childhood education.
$10,000 to the Hugs Project for care packages to troops in the
Middle East.
$10,000 to Oklahoma Caring Foundation for the Oklahoma Caring
Van Program, a partnership with public health providers to offer
free immunizations at child care facilities, schools and
community locations.
$10,000 to Rebuilding Together Tulsa for general and operating
support.
$10,000 to Smart Start Payne County for a comprehensive
community assessment to determine needs and avoid duplication of
resources in an expanded service area of Lincoln, Noble and
Pawnee counties.
$10,000 to Untitled [ArtSpace] for audio guided tours of
exhibitions.
$5,000 to OK Mozart for the 25th Anniversary Festival.
$4,800 to Individual Artists of Oklahoma for membership and
volunteer development programs.
To learn more about Inasmuch Foundation, visit
http://www.inasmuchfoundation.org or
call 405-604-5292.
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