Grants

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2024-2025 Grant Timeline

Nonprofit Workshop

REQUIRED for those wishing to apply for funding. The workshop will be held on Nov. 7th, 2024 at St. Luke's. Start time will be 9:00a.m.

To register for the workshop, email admin@impactok.org with the following information:

  1. Name of Organization
  2. Number of representatives attending
  3. Primary contact email for your organization
  • December 3, 2024 – Letters of Intent/Financials Due (5:00 pm deadline)
  • December 5, 2024 – Invitations to Apply Sent
  • January 9, 2025 – Member Grant Training
  • January 10, 2025 – Grant Applications Due (5:00 pm deadline)
  • January 14 – February 14, 2025 – Focus Area Committee Grant Review
  • February 14, 2025 – Semi-Finalists Notified
  • February 21 – March 21, 2025 – Site Visits
  • March 21, 2025 – Finalists Notified
  • April 4, 2025 – 30 word and 250 Word Synopsis Due
  • May 15, 2025 – Impact Awards Celebration and Vote
  • May 2025 – Grants Awarded

Eligibility

Our guidelines continue to evolve, and Impact Oklahoma reserves the right to change its criteria without prior notice at any time.

In Order To Be Eligible For An Impact Oklahoma Grant, An Organization Must

  • Be a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organization
  • Be in operation a minimum of three (3) years
  • Have Gross Revenue (as of their Prior fiscal Year) of at least $300,000
  • Have Total Assets of at least $250,000
  • Have a representative attend a grant workshop

The Organization’s Proposal Must

  • Outline a project or program that targets a specific population for a specific duration and with specific measurable goals to be achieved
  • Must provide services in Canadian, Logan, Cleveland and/or Oklahoma counties
  • Use the full amount of the Impact Oklahoma grant ($100,000) to provide services in the above counties
  • Plan to expend all funds within twenty-four (24) months

Impact Oklahoma Will Not Award Its Grant For The Following

  • Non-program operating expenses
  • Debt reduction
  • Endowments or memorials
  • Bridge funding or interim financing
  • Operational deficits
  • Partisan, political lobbying or legislative activities
  • General fund drive or annual appeals
  • Fraternal, sectarian and religious organizations where the grant is intended for the principal benefit of the organization’s own members or adherents, or where the grant is intended for inherently religious activities
  • Private foundations
  • Legal expenses incurred in any action by or against the organization
  • General construction or renovation (unrelated to a specific proposed project or program)
  • Construction or renovation of property not owned by the nonprofit
  • General capital campaign (unrelated to a specific proposed project or program)
  • Fundraising activities or events
  • Advertising
  • Sports teams or any sports-related activity or competition

Impact OK Process

Members DONATE

YEAR-ROUND:

The grant pool grows as new women join and renew their memberships.

Members PARTICIPATE

JANUARY – FEBRUARY: 

Members who joined or renewed by November 30 are invited to participate on one of five grant Focus Area Committees to review the grant requests and narrow the selection.

Members VOTE

MARCH: Focus Area

Committees attend site

visits for their top 3 selections.

Members IMPACT Oklahoma

MAY: Members attend the Impact Awards Celebration to meet the five finalists, hear their presentations, and vote for their favorite project. The $100,000 grant recipients are announced that evening.

Questions About  Our Process?

Be sure to read this page thoroughly or email grants@impactok.org to be considered for an Impact Oklahoma grant. Eligible applicants must be self-sustaining in their daily operations, outline their vision and execution concepts, and meet other requirements approved by the Board of Directors as outlined below and on our required grant application.

  • Who does Impact Oklahoma accept grant proposals from?

    Impact Oklahoma accepts grant proposals from Central Oklahoma nonprofits that provide services in one of our five focus areas: Community, Family, Health and Wellness, Education, and Arts and Culture. The winning grant recipients each receive $100,000 grants, as our level of membership allows.

  • How much do members contribute?

    Depending on membership level, members contribute $575 (First Impact member), $1,150, or $1500 to Impact Oklahoma. $500 or $1000 of this contribution goes directly to the grant recipients. The additional membership fee goes to administrative costs. Our dream is to be a part of shepherding big ideas to fruition through monetary contribution, thus creating a substantial impact in our very own community.

  • How does Impact Oklahoma select grant recipients?

    The voting is a completely democratic process where every woman has an equal say in which charities receive the awards each year.

  • When does the funding cycle start?

    Impact Oklahoma’s funding cycle runs from June of one year to May of the following year. Proposals are solicited and evaluated from December through March, and grants are awarded at the Impact Awards Celebration in May.

  • Who reviews the grant applications?

    Focus Area Committees, comprised of Impact Oklahoma members, review the grant applications, choose three semi-finalists to visit on-site and select a single finalist to compete for grants if there are fewer than five full grants available.

  • How are Focus Area finalists reviewed?

    Each Focus Area finalist makes a short presentation at the Annual Meeting. Afterward, our membership votes on the winners. The available Impact Oklahoma grants go to the projects that receive the most votes, and the winners are announced live before the meeting is adjourned. It’s simple, effective and together we are changing Central Oklahoma for the better.

  • Who chooses which charities receive awards?

    The voting is a completely democratic process where every woman has an equal say in which charities receive the awards each year.

Other Restrictions

An organization may submit only one application each year.


An organization that has received a $100,000 grant from Impact Oklahoma may not reapply in the following three (3) grant cycles.



Impact Oklahoma reserves the right to reject a Letter of Intent or a Grant Application for any reason, including if it is late or incomplete in any way. See each document for more detailed instructions.

Terms Of Grant

Prior to receiving the grant money, the grant recipient must execute a Terms of Grant document.

Evaluations

Impact Oklahoma requires that the grant recipient submit periodic progress reports. Impact Oklahoma emphasizes the use of evaluation to measure program progress and outcomes, promote learning from experience, improve program performance and encourage our grantees to build effective self-evaluation plans into their projects.


Apply only if you have attended required workshop.

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