Communities Foundation of Oklahoma

Communities Foundation of Oklahoma

P.O. Box 21210
Oklahoma City, OK 73156
(405) 488-1450
Website: https://www.cfok.org/

Contact:
Kendall Bleakley
Fiscal Sponsorship Coordinator
kbleakley@cfok.org

Year organization became a 501(c)(3): 1992
Year of first fiscal sponsorship: 2000
Number of sponsored projects: 80

Fiscal sponsorship fee:
5%

Eligibility criteria:

  • Aligned mission values
  • Only projects located in our state or region

Types of projects or services we sponsor:

  • Arts and culture
  • Children, youth and families
  • Disaster relief
  • Drug treatment
  • Economic development
  • Education
  • Environment/sustainable growth
  • Faith-based/religious
  • Food insecurity/Nutrition
  • Health
  • Homelessness
  • Housing
  • LGBTQ
  • Mental health
  • Open space/Parks
  • People or communities of color/minorities
  • Social services
  • Veterans
  • Women

Services we offer projects:

  • Auditing
  • Bill paying
  • Bookkeeping/accounting
  • Tax reporting

Based on Fiscal Sponsorship: 6 Ways to Do It Right: Our model(s) of fiscal sponsorship are:

  • Model A, Direct Project
  • Model C, Preapproved Grant Relationship

Org description
As fiscal sponsor, Communities Foundation of Oklahoma will provide the oversight for the receipt and distribution of funds intended to be used for a charitable purpose. Communities Foundation of Oklahoma will offer this service to either (1) an organization that has applied with the IRS to be recognized as a 501(c)(3) or (2) a specific public charitable project conducted by an established organization.