Oklahoma City Community Foundation

Oklahoma City Community Foundation serves Central Oklahoma and has worked since 1969 to bring together people across the community who want to invest in the place and the people who live there. Headquartered at 1000 N. Broadway Ave. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the foundation operates broad charitable and community programs that include giving, nonprofit support, endowment work, regional impact initiatives, and a substantial scholarship program. Its site highlights related efforts such as the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation, the Donna Nigh Foundation, the Kirschner Trusts, the Lawton Community Foundation, and the Hospice Foundation of Oklahoma, showing a structure that reaches beyond a single grantmaking function. Scholarships are a prominent part of the foundation’s work with students. The OCCF Universal Application is designed around “200+ Opportunities – 1 Application,” with a grand opening on October 1, 2025, deadlines beginning December 3, 2025, and a major deadline of February 15, 2026 for the 2025–2026 cycle. The foundation also maintains stand-alone opportunities for distinct audiences, including Oklahoma Youth with Promise for students in foster care, closing June 1, and the James Whitfield Employee Scholarship for Quail Creek Golf & Country Club employees and dependents, closing July 1. Award decisions are made on a rolling basis in spring 2026, and selected students complete follow-up steps so awards can be paid directly to their colleges during the Fall 2026–Spring 2027 academic year. The foundation frames this work as long-term investment in educational access and community futures. Its scholarship storytelling includes the Elaine Hahn Memorial Business Scholarship, established to honor Elaine Hahn’s legacy and support young women planning to attend college and study business. Scholarship program staff include a director, managers, and a senior specialist, reinforcing that student support is an organized, ongoing function within the broader mission of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation.