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GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION

EIN 73-1574370 TULSA, OK

Revenue 2024
$549,695,640
Expenses 2024
$274,018,679

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

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T110
Classification
1000
Street
7030 S YALE AVE STE 600

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $549,695,640
    Expenses
    $274,018,679
    Contributions
    $435,565,432
    Grants paid
    $83,811,354
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $736,156,680
    Expenses
    $263,309,460
    Contributions
    $716,368,060
    Grants paid
    $93,861,118
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $813,108,548
    Expenses
    $241,426,057
    Contributions
    $494,136,751
    Grants paid
    $78,156,650

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 10 September 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.