The Wegener Foundation
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- Impact Report

2024 Grant Areas of Support
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Grant Applications Timeline
Accepting Applications: January 2025
Grant Application Due: August 1, 2025
Grantmaking Meeting: October 2025
Grants Funded: November 2025Funding Preferences: Oklahoma City, OK, and surrounding areas; Youth and Family Services, Health, and Education
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Contact Information
Leslie Wegener, Grant Manager
405-755-5571
1024 E. Britton Road, Suite 200
Oklahoma City, OK 73131
lwegener@fmiokc.com
2024 Grants Awarded
- A Chance to Change Foundation – $10,000
Abbott House Child Advocacy Center – $7,000
Anna’s House Foundation – $10,000
Britvil Community Food Pantry – $7,500
Calm Waters Center for Children and Families – $10,000
CASA Voices for Children – $10,000
Center for Children and Families – $10,000
City Care – $10,000
Daily Living Centers – $10,000
Down Syndrome Association of Central OK – $10,000
Dress for Success Oklahoma City – $5,000
Genesis Project – $10,000
Health Alliance for the Uninsured – $10,000
Hearts for Hearing Foundation – $40,000
Homeless Alliance – $10,000
HopeHouse OKC – $5,000
Limbs for Life Foundation – $10,000
Metro Technology Centers Foundation – $10,000
Not Your Average Joe – $10,000
Oklahoma Cleats for Kids – $5,000
Oklahoma Messages Project – $10,000 - Oklahoma Project Woman – $5,000
Parent Promise – $10,000
Peppers Ranch – $10,000
Pivot – $30,000
Positive Tomorrows – $10,000
Remerge – $10,000
Savannah Station Therapeutic Riding Program – $10,000
Sisu Youth – $15,000
Skyline Urban Ministry – $5,000
Special Care – $10,000
Sunbeam Family Services – $10,000
Teen Recovery Solutions – $5,000
The CARE Center – $10,000
The Children’s Center – $10,000
The Dragonfly Home – $10,000
The Little Light House – $10,000
The Right Path Riding Academy – $10,000
Twin Cedars – $15,000
Upward Transitions – $10,000
Willow Pregnancy Support of Oklahoma – $10,000
Wings Special Needs Community – $40,000
YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City – $10,000
About Us
The Wegener Foundation is dedicated to serving Central Oklahoma with a strong focus on supporting youth and family services along with education and health and wellness. The mission of the Wegener Foundation is to carry on the philanthropic legacy of Herman and Mary Wegener.
Foundation History
The Directors look to the needs of communities, large and small, and for mission statements that enhance living conditions for people with all levels of abilities.
Foundation Mission
The Wegener Foundation is dedicated to serving Central Oklahoma with a strong focus on supporting youth and family services along with education and health and wellness. The mission of the Wegener Foundation is to carry on the philanthropic legacy of Herman and Mary Wegener.
Foundation Policies
In an effort to promote good governance and fundraising practices, the Wegener Foundation may limit grants to four (4) successive years. At that time, the Board may decide to cease funding. Wegener Foundation grantees are encouraged to maintain a large funding base and not become reliant on one funder.
The Wegener Foundation
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Accepting Applications: January 2025
Grant Application Due: August 1, 2025
Grantmaking Meeting: October 2025
Grants Funded: November 2025
Funding Preferences: Oklahoma City, OK, and surrounding areas; Youth and Family Services, Health, and Education
Preference will be given to the following:
Organizations in central Oklahoma.