Your Connection to Providing Opportunities

Our goal at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation is to help donors help the community in the areas they most value. While every donor has their own story of why they give, their areas of interest often overlap. In 2011, the Community Foundation established a series of iFund grants that support common charitable causes among our donors. The charitable funds that support our iFund grants come from a variety of donors whose gifts were designated to support a specific charitable interest, including services for children, elderly and access to health care.

Senior independence is one cause common among our donors. Our Services for the Elderly iFund grants are awarded to programs that help keep seniors safe and living in their own homes, like RSVP of Central Oklahoma’s Provide-A-Ride Medical Transportation. The program received a $20,000 iFund grant to provide safe transportation to medical appointments for low-income seniors.

“Our volunteer drivers accompany our clients to their

medical appointments, wait for them, drive them by the pharmacy when needed and safely deliver the clients back home,” said Beth Patterson, executive director of RSVP. “More than just drivers, our volunteers are also caring older adults who give the gift of companionship and friendship to so many elderly persons who live alone.”

Learn more at ifundokc.org.

FY2019 | iFunds

$388,400 grants awarded

Access to Health Care

• Community Health Centers – $30,000 to provide free clinical breast exams and breast cancer screenings.

•D-DENT– $10,000 to support free dental care services.

•Fundación Manos Juntas – $20,000 to provide diabetic medication and supplies.

•Good Shepherd Ministries of Oklahoma – $22,000 to provide diabetic medication and supplies.

•Mercy Health Foundation Oklahoma City – $26,000 to expand a free health care clinic.

•Neighborhood Services Organization – $20,000 for an oral health outreach program for children.

•NewView Oklahoma – $20,000 to support a diabetes education program for visually-impaired patients.

•Oklahoma Dental Foundation – $30,000 to bring the MobileSmiles clinic to Capitol Hill High School.

•ReMerge of Oklahoma County – $12,000 to provide dental care services for women participating in the ReMerge diversion program.

Services for the Elderly

•Compassionate Hands – $15,000 to provide transportation for seniors to medical appointments, wellness activities and personal errands.

•Edmond Mobile Meals – $5,000 to provide meals to homebound elderly residents.

•Hearts for Hearing Foundation – $20,000 for services to keep seniors with hearing loss active and independent.

•Meals on Wheels of Norman - $5,000 to provide meals to homebound elderly residents.

•Mobile Meals of Oklahoma County - $53,400 to 51 central Oklahoma churches and organizations to provide meals to homebound elderly residents.

•Oklahoma City Ballet – $20,000 to the Golden Swans and Dance for Parkinson’s programs that provide free ballet classes to seniors.

•Rebuilding Together OKC – $20,000 to assist low-income, elderly homeowners with critical home maintenance and repairs.

•RSVP of Central Oklahoma – $20,000 to provide medical transportation for low-income, homebound seniors.

•Sunbeam Family Services – $20,000 for services providing daily support and interaction for homebound seniors.

•The Salvation Army Central Oklahoma Area Command – $20,000 to support The Salvation Army Senior Centers.