Open Foundations · Oklahoma

Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation

Tulsa, Oklahoma · EIN 316640903. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $2.8M across 115 grants in 2024, a median of $9K each.

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$2.8M
paid in 2024
115
grants paid
$9K
median grant
6%
to first-time recipients
$50.3M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
BILL MAJOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Address
401 SOUTH BOSTON AVE SUITE 2700, TULSA, OK, 741034012
Phone
9182958000
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM AND EVIDENCE OF TAX EXEMPTION.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
PRIMARILY TULSA AREA, TO PUBLICLY SUPPORTED EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING RELIEF TO THE POOR, DISTRESSED, UNDERPRIVILEGED, ETC.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202503179349101005. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

expenses

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 115 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Mayo ClinicMN$600,000TO ESTABLISH, NAME, AND ENDOW THE MAXINE F. ZARROW FUND IN MICROBIOME RESEARCH AT THE MAYO CLINIC CENTER FOR INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE
2University of Tulsa theOK$500,000ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THE NEW ADDITION TO GILCREASE MUSEUM
3Hillel Jewish Student Center at OuOK$250,000CAPITAL AND ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN (HONORING OUR MEMORIES, BUILDING OUR VISION)
4Zarrow PointeOK$100,000ZARROW POINTE EXPANSION PROJECT
5Congregation Emanu-elCA$50,000RABBI BETH AND RABBI JONATHAN SINGER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FUND
6Holland Hall SchoolOK$50,000MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
7Planned Parenthood Great PlainsKS$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE TULSA HEALTH CENTER
8Zarrow PointeOK$50,000FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FUND
9Iron Gate IncOK$37,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
10Tulsa Day Center IncOK$36,500THE BLUE TEAM
11Town & Country SchoolOK$35,000FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
12Youth Services of TulsaOK$35,000STREET OUTREACH SERVICES
13B'nai Emunah CongregationOK$30,000OPERATING EXPENSES
14Mental Health Association OklahomaOK$30,000CARNIVALE 2024
15Francis W Parker SchoolIL$28,000MATHEMATICS ENDOWMENT ($70,000) AND PARKER FUND ($30,000)

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020198$3.6M
2021188$5.0M
2022143$3.2M
2023136$2.9M
2024115$2.8M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Oklahoma50%
California17%
Illinois10%
New York5%
District of Columbia4%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Alison ZarrowVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Eric RichardsVP/SECRETARY · 2024
Gail RichardsPRESIDENT · 2024
Hilary ZarrowVP/TREASURER/ASST SECRETAR · 2024
Maxine ZarrowVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Rachel ZarrowVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Rebecca RichardsVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Shawn CrispASSISTANT TREASURER · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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