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In 2018, her daughter, Stacy H. Schusterman, took over as chair of the foundation and Lynn took the role of chair emerita. [4] Lynn Schusterman's giving is focused on the global Jewish community, Israel and her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. [3] In 2021, the foundation was renamed to Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies. [5]
Giving historically focused largely on the global Jewish community, Israel, and the family's hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, but later expanded to support equity and inclusion efforts in the U.S. [2] [3] After Charles' death in 2000, Lynn Schusterman continued to lead the organization, joined by her daughter, Stacy H. Schusterman.
With his wife, Schusterman co-founded the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. [3] They donated millions to his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma; the Parent Child Center of Tulsa; and the Israel Arts and Science Academy in Jerusalem, Israel. The largest single gift was $10 million, made in 1999, which helped OU buy the former ...
The Tulsa Community Foundation (TCF) is one of the largest community foundations in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Headquartered in Tulsa , Oklahoma , as of January 2011 it was reported to have approximately four billion dollars in assets, [ 4 ] and to have donated more than $580 million to local charities and government projects.
LaFortune was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on January 24, 1927, to Joseph Aloysius LaFortune and Gertrude Leona Tremel LaFortune, who had moved there in 1920 from South Bend, Indiana. Joseph worked for thirty years at Warren Petroleum Company, becoming executive vice president and a noted local philanthropist. [ 1 ]
Stephenson serves on the boards of trustees for the University of Tulsa and the University of Oklahoma Foundation. [4] Antlers, Oklahoma—Stephenson’s hometown—and Pushmataha County of which it is the county seat were not, until 2015, beneficiaries of Stephenson’s philanthropic efforts. During that year the Stephenson Foundation donated ...
Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children (OBHC) is a nonprofit organization which aims to provide homes for children affected by abuse, abandonment, neglect, or poverty. [2] [3] Founded in 1903 as an orphan's home, the Baptist Homes for Children is a family-style residential care facility with eight children residing in cottages on four campuses across the state.
Waite returned home to Iowa and, after six months of college studies, launched into an active business career. Under the guidance and help of his elder brothers, Frank and L. E. Phillips, he moved from a short period of coal mining in Iowa to petroleum operations in 1906, centered on Bartlesville, Oklahoma. [5]