501TECH is Oklahoma’s only nonprofit IT Managed Services Provider (MSP) and part of the Tulsa Community Foundation. This position is for a Senior IT Infrastructure professional that has extensive experience with Microsoft Server and Networking. If you are an senior IT Infrastructure professional interested in making a difference in your community, and a strong team player, this role may be for you.
The mission of Build in Tulsa is to close the racial wealth gap in America by catalyzing multi-generational Black wealth through tech and entrepreneurship. Build in Tulsa is dedicated to providing Black entrepreneurs with the human, social, and financial capital needed for success in commercializing new products and services into the marketplace. Central to our work is our network of accelerators including ACT Tulsa, Lightship and Techstars, designed to meet underrepresented Black and Brown entrepreneurs wherever they are in their journey. Build in Tulsa helps entrepreneurs build skills, build networks, and build capital to take their businesses to the next level. Build in Tulsa is providing a suite of services including training and workshops to get founders accelerator-ready, mentoring and networking events to introduce entrepreneurs to each other as well as strategic partners, and connecting entrepreneurs to potential sources of capital. Build in Tulsa is also addressing some of the barriers that many Black entrepreneurs face by providing free coworking space, cost of living assistance, funding for technology and other microgrants.
A project of George Kaiser Family Foundation, Gathering Place is committed to creating a culture that supports the overall mission of equal opportunity for all. Gathering Place strive to create a community space that is a recreational, civic, and cultural destination for all walks of life to enjoy, promoting inclusivity in our city. Gathering Place is passionate about environmental sustainability, continuously striving to enhance the River Parks system while preserving and improving the native ecosystems that have called the Park home for many decades before it was named Gathering Place. Gathering Place is focused on the future of Tulsa, providing free educational opportunities for all ages and abilities to learn through play. Gathering Place aims to serve as a cornerstone for our vibrant community while improving social, economic, and environmental sustainability in Tulsa.
GKFF BEST, LLC – Birth through Eight Strategy for Tulsa
The Birth through Eight Strategy for Tulsa (BEST), an initiative of the George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF), is dedicated to providing an equal opportunity for young children in Tulsa through investments in early childhood education, community health, social services and civic enhancement.
BEST works shoulder-to-shoulder with parents, caregivers, and community leaders to enable families to access programs and services that nurture strong brain development and adult-child experiences, putting children on a path toward lifelong success. BEST envisions a day where all of Tulsa’s children living in economic poverty have equitable access to the opportunities and resources they need and deserve.
George Kaiser Family Foundation
George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF) is a Tulsa-based charitable organization dedicated to providing an equal opportunity for young children in Tulsa through support of early childhood education, community health, social services and civic enhancement. The investment team manages GKFF’s $4 billion globally diversified and growing investment portfolio. GKFF is a dynamic non-profit organization with a small talented team of professionals who maintain an entrepreneurial culture as they encounter new projects, opportunities, and challenges every day.
Healthy Minds Policy Initiative
Healthy Minds Policy Initiative works to end untreated mental illness and addiction in Oklahoma through policy and practice transformation. As the state’s premier think tank for mental health issues, Healthy Minds collaborates with state and local leaders to elevate sound policy and community solutions driven by data and fueled by trust, cooperation and optimism. Through legislative and local policy, health care, education and criminal justice systems, Healthy Minds champions best practices that improve the state’s ability to prevent and treat mental illness in the least costly, least restrictive manner possible.
At Holberton Tulsa LLC, we are dedicated to our students’ success and committed to providing them with our best service from start to finish. Our helpful admission representative will assist students define their goals and choose a fulfilling program. Our experienced education facilitators will educate their students and provide hands-on training. Our devoted staff will support and help every student complete their program, and once they graduate, they’ll assist the student with their job search.
- Career Services Representative
- Event Marketing Specialist
- Education Facilitator and Software Engineer
Based on the StriveTogether model for collective impact, the ImpactTulsa partnership is supported by local philanthropic partners, pre-K through12 school districts, postsecondary institutions, Tulsa Regional Chamber, and the Tulsa Area United Way. Incorporated in May 2014, ImpactTulsa is an operating fiscal subsidiary of Tulsa Community Foundation.
As an emerging technology ecosystem in the heartland, Tulsa is experiencing a surge of interest from talent and companies intrigued by our unique value proposition. inTulsa is a talent and business matchmaker driven by a single, powerful civic mission —building a thriving tech hub in the heart of our city’s growing, vibrant, inclusive community. Founded in 2021, inTulsa focuses on supporting a diverse, booming economic landscape for Tulsa by forging strategic connections for talented people and innovative companies in future focused industries such as cybersecurity, virtual health, fin-tech, ed-tech, energy tech, and advanced aerial mobility.
The nearly 16,000 Tulsans released from jail each year face critical barriers to accessing care, housing, work and other services essential to getting back on their feet. Re-arrest and recidivism are common, as nearly 40% of all Tulsa County jail admissions represent people arrested multiple times in the year. Coordination and navigation challenges in Tulsa contribute to this problem as there are currently no standards for coordination between agencies and nonprofits. Launched in October 2022, JusticeLink is a new diversion services center established in Tulsa that acts as a collaborative, multi-agency network dedicated to providing coordinated, life-stabilizing services to justice-involved people navigating the criminal legal system.
The Opportunity Project, the citywide intermediary for expanded learning, is dedicated to connecting youth to the world of opportunity. By linking schools, programs, community agencies, the private sector, volunteers, and local youth and families, The Opp seeks to improve the quality, access and delivery of expanded- learning opportunities for youth in Tulsa.
Organizing the landscape of teachers, educators, youth workers and community stakeholders, we work to make learning experiences more cohesive between in-school and out-of-school. We advocate for the power of expanded-learning opportunities and help promote high quality experiences to provide a pathway for children and youth to succeed.
In 1998, several charitably-minded leaders came together to help create Tulsa Community Foundation (TCF), a tax-exempt public charity organized to receive, administer and distribute gifts from individuals and organizations for the improvement of the Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma area. TCF is a collection of many charitable funds varying in size from $5,000 to multiple millions of dollars. Each fund has its own identity and benefits from being invested with other funds to create a lasting community resource. TCF manages over $5.6B across more than 1,800 individual philanthropic funds. TCF staff members work daily with nonprofit agencies, corporations, individuals, government officials, and community leaders to provide superior service to the citizens of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma, as well as to increase the charitable dollars contributed to our community.
Tulsa Innovation Labs LLC (TIL) is a tech-led economic and workforce development organization headquartered in Tulsa, OK, and pioneered by George Kaiser Family Foundation. This new venture will develop a strategic plan and deploy capital to catalyze inclusive economic growth in four emerging tech industries – virtual health, energy, advanced aerial mobility, and cyber & analytics. Through public-private-partnerships, the company will launch new startups, foster academic innovation, and build talent programs to support Tulsa’s economic development.
TIL values diversity – in backgrounds and in experiences. We are deliberate and self-reflective about the team and culture we are building and seek candidates that are not only strong in their own aptitudes but care deeply about supporting each other’s growth.
Tulsa Remote is an initiative of the George Kaiser Family Foundation designed to enhance Tulsa’s talented and successful workforce by bringing diverse, bright, and driven new individuals to the city. Participants in the Tulsa Remote program are integrated into the community through various collaborations and networking opportunities with the ultimate goal of retaining them in the Tulsa area for the long term. The Tulsa Remote program and community have experienced a high level of success and the program is rapidly expanding.
Tulsa Responds provides free one-on-one navigation services to Tulsans who qualify for federal assistance programs such as free tax filing through the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA), Medicaid/SoonerCare enrollment, internet subsidies, and SNAP benefits. Our work is funded by nonprofit grants and federal funds.