Jeanalee and Charles Parsons Foundation
Bartlesville, OK · EIN 26-6161910. Reported 113 grants totalling $3,303,659 to 55 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Jeanalee and Charles Parsons Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $40,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $168,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Bartlesville, OK | $433,200 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| On the Rock | Bartlesville, OK | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Frank Phillips Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $215,360 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Kiddie Park | Bartlesville, OK | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Paths to Independence | Bartlesville, OK | $155,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse Outreach | Bartlesville, OK | $143,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| B the Light Mission Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $140,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Price Tower Arts Center | Bartlesville, OK | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Washington County Elder Care | Bartlesville, OK | $91,428 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Heart Matters Inc | Bartlesville, OK | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Agape Mission | Bartlesville, OK | $73,839 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Richard Kane YMCA of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $72,500 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| City Compassion | Bartlesville, OK | $66,188 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bartlesville Public School Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Journey Home | Bartlesville, OK | $57,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bartlesville Education Promise | Bartlesville, OK | $55,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Bartlesville Community Center Trust Authority | Bartlesville, OK | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas | Pittsburg, KS | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $47,500 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| K-Life of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $46,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bartlesville Public School Fund #2 | Bartlesville, OK | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City Church | Bartlesville, OK | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma Wesleyan University - Dept of Nursing | Bartlesville, OK | $40,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eldercare | Bartlesville, OK | $39,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Children's Musical Theatre | Bartlesville, OK | $39,481 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cherokee Area Council of Boy Scouts of America | Bartlesville, OK | $31,945 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bartlesville Lions Charities Inc | Bartlesville, OK | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westside Community Association of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $28,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bartlesville Community Center | Bartlesville, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dewey Athletic Boosters | Dewey, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hopestone Cancer Support Center of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington County Senior Citizen Inc | Dewey, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Veterans Connections Org | Bartlesville, OK | $24,336 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hope Clinic | Bartlesville, OK | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oglesby Volunteer Fire Department | Ramona, OK | $22,228 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Washington County Fire Department | Bartlesville, OK | $21,697 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St John's Catholic School | Bartlesville, OK | $18,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Dewey Parks | Dewey, OK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Green Country Village Inc | Bartlesville, OK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cherokee Area Boy Scouts | Bartlesville, OK | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Room at His Table Puppet Ministry | Bartlesville, OK | $10,511 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bartlesville Community Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Daughters of the American Revolution | Bartlesville, OK | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grand Lake Mental Health | Nowata, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nehemiah Community Development Corp | Bartlesville, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ok Mozart | Bartlesville, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington County 4-H | Dewey, OK | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Project Tribute Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $4,835 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center | Bartlesville, OK | $4,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Dewey | Dewey, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Promise | Bartlesville, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington County Cooperative Services | Dewey, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bartlesville Police Department Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $1,661 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sutton Avian Research Center | Bartlesville, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
21 of 55 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 49%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- On the Rock
CREAMERY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION - Friends of the Kiddie Park
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - NEW RIDES - Oklahoma Wesleyan University
STUDENT APARTMENTS IN EAGLE VILLAGE - Bartlesville Public School Foundation
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT RANCH HEIGHTS - Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas
EXPANSION AND RENOVATION OF WASHINGTON COUNTY ELDER CARE - Paths to Independence
BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS AND ENDOWMENT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 44 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $465,108 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 21 | $561,767 | $8,039 |
| 2023 | 28 | $736,046 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 24 | $722,726 | $18,250 |
| 2025 | 17 | $818,012 | $46,328 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Jeanalee and Charles Parsons Foundation has 24 of them, worth $3,292,010. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Phillips Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $857,140 |
| Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Bartlesville, OK | $500,000 |
| Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Bartlesville, OK | $400,000 |
| Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Bartlesville, OK | $300,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $218,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $150,000 |
| Friends of the Kiddie Park | Bartlesville, OK | $100,000 |
| B the Light Mission Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $80,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Bartlesville | Bartlesville, OK | $75,000 |
| Friends of the Kiddie Park | Bartlesville, OK | $75,000 |
| Bartlesville Public School Foundation | Bartlesville, OK | $60,000 |
| Lighthouse Outreach | Bartlesville, OK | $60,000 |
| Bartlesville Community Center Trust Authority | Bartlesville, OK | $60,000 |
| Paths to Independence | Bartlesville, OK | $60,000 |
| Bartlesville Community Center Trust Authority | Bartlesville, OK | $60,000 |
Where its money goes
98% of its giving went to organizations in Oklahoma. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Oklahoma.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Jeanalee and Charles Parsons Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 2306, Bartlesville, OK, 74005. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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