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Take Care of Your Family and Your Community
When it comes to planned giving it is possible to take care of your loved ones and your community. In other words, it does not have to be an either-or situation. Late last year, the Bartlesville Community Foundation worked with an individual and their financial...
Open a Fund with the Foundation
The Bartlesville Community Foundation believes in the “Power of Together.” It is a simple vision that enables us to accomplish far more in Bartlesville than any individual could alone. Through the generosity of our donors, that vision translated to more than $1.5...
Zervas Family – 2019 Legacy Family
The Zervas family traces its Oklahoma roots back to 1913. George Spiros Zervas was just 16 when he came to the United States from Asini, Greece. He moved from Pennsylvania to Pawhuska, Oklahoma and started The Chocolate Shop. In 1927, he returned to Asini to marry...
Potter Family to be Inducted to Legacy Hall of Fame
Potters were among the estimated 50,000 people who participated in the 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush, successfully settling in Canadian County. Nearly 76 years later, Jeff and Barbara Potter made their way to Bartlesville. He was a counselor at Madison Middle School and...
2019 Heritage Family – Arutunoff
Armais Arutunoff was an inventor whose idea of building electric motors, especially for use in oil wells, revolutionized the techniques of deep-well pumping. In 1916, he began his experiments in building a new type of electric motor in his native Russia. However, the...
Benefits of Making a Donation
The Bartlesville Community Foundation is a grant-making public charity that is dedicated to improving the lives of people in Bartlesville and the surrounding area. We bring together the financial resources of individuals, families, and businesses to support effective...
Let Charitable Dollars Work for You
The Bartlesville Community Foundation is a grant-making public charity that is dedicated to improving the lives of people in Bartlesville and the surrounding area. We bring together the financial resources of individuals, families, and businesses to support effective...
Flash! Philanthropy 2019 – Register Now
The Bartlesville Community Foundation will again be offering donors a chance to make a major investment in a nonprofit in an easy, hands-on way with the return of its Flash Philanthropy program. Last year the program awarded over $8,500 in grants to local...
What is a Community Foundation?
A century ago, Cleveland, Ohio banker Frederick Goff had a vision to pool the charitable resources of his community’s philanthropists into a single, great, and permanent endowment for the betterment of the city. That vision led to the formation of the Cleveland...
2019 Grants and Scholarships – Open Soon!
The Bartlesville Community Foundation welcomes 2019 with the launching of its scholarship and spring grant cycles. Scholarships are available for high school seniors of Bartlesville and many surrounding communities. Applications are now open and due no later than...