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← GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$549,695,640
Total expenses
$274,018,679
Contributions and grants received
$435,565,432
Grants paid
$83,811,354
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$174,630,199
Management and general expenses
$99,388,480
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$174,630,199

Program services were 63.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • Frederic Dorwart

    Board of Dir.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Phil Lakin

    Board of Dir.

    Total calculated
    $725,134
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $642,204
    Other
    $82,930
    Hours/week
    10 + 55 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $536,867 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $70,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $35,337 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $56,967 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $25,963 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $725,134 related

  • Emily L Kaiser

    Board of Dir.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leah M Kaiser

    Board of Dir.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Philip A Kaiser

    Board of Dir.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chester Cadieux III

    Board of Dir.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ken Levit

    Exec. Director

    Total calculated
    $791,481
    From this org
    $719,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $71,981
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $439,002
    Bonus
    $250,000
    Other
    $30,498
    Deferred
    $47,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,831
    Filer's total
    $791,481

  • Ray Owens

    Board of Dir.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rose Washington-Jones

    Board of Dir.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Lambert

    Chief Inv. Off.-Private Markets

    Total calculated
    $1,070,497
    From this org
    $1,021,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,914
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $702,108
    Bonus
    $299,000
    Other
    $20,475
    Deferred
    $25,590
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,324
    Filer's total
    $1,070,497

  • John Budd III

    Chief Op Officer

    Total calculated
    $478,398
    From this org
    $443,552
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,846
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $373,952
    Bonus
    $58,000
    Other
    $11,600
    Deferred
    $25,790
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,056
    Filer's total
    $478,398

  • John Robson

    Chief Acct Officer

    Total calculated
    $266,106
    From this org
    $235,857
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,249
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,666
    Bonus
    $22,693
    Other
    $30,498
    Deferred
    $9,287
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,962
    Filer's total
    $266,106

  • Reid Spears

    Sr Program Officer

    Total calculated
    $396,032
    From this org
    $377,814
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,218
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,814
    Bonus
    $200,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,790
    Nontaxable benefits
    $428
    Filer's total
    $396,032

  • Annie Van Hanken

    Sr Program Officer

    Total calculated
    $443,846
    From this org
    $403,142
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,704
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $331,142
    Bonus
    $72,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $33,125
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,579
    Filer's total
    $443,846

  • William J Stava III

    Sr Program Officer

    Total calculated
    $642,550
    From this org
    $491,562
    From related orgs
    $86,800
    Other
    $64,188
    Hours/week
    35 + 22 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $291,562 + $56,302 related
    Bonus
    $200,000
    Other
    $0 + $30,498 related
    Deferred
    $30,115 + $8,041 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,416 + $14,616 related
    Filer's total
    $533,093 + $109,457 related

  • Amy Santee

    Chief Program Officer

    Total calculated
    $422,403
    From this org
    $367,247
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,156
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $256,749
    Bonus
    $80,000
    Other
    $30,498
    Deferred
    $30,325
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,831
    Filer's total
    $422,403

  • Benjamin Stewart

    Senior Program Officer

    Total calculated
    $408,743
    From this org
    $367,491
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,252
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,491
    Bonus
    $115,000
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $25,962
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,290
    Filer's total
    $408,743

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 1a
The written policy for first-class travel states that, in general, GKFF will not reimburse or pay for employee's first-class domestic air travel. However, in certain circumstances such travel may be paid or reimbursed if authorized in advance by the Executive Director. In this case the Executive Director authorized the reimbursement of first-class air fare for this one employee to accommodate the individual's health concerns.
Schedule J - Part II Compensation from Unrelated Organizations
Mr. Dorwart and Mr. Frohlich receive compensation from their companies, as disclosed on Schedule L, which are unrelated to the George Kaiser Family Foundation.
Form 990 - Part VII - Section A - Line 5
Director Fred Dorwart and Former Director Phil Frohlich donate their time to the George Kaiser Family Foundation. The companies they work for also perform services for the George Kaiser Family Foundation at or below market rates for which they may be compensated. Disclosures on Schedule L - Part IV provide more detail on this issue.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349308302

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