#176of 1,000 in 2025

The City Lights Foundation of Oklahoma

Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sector
Human services
Founded
2015
829%Three-year growth, FY2022 to FY2025
$9.1MFY2025 revenue
8Employees, FY2025
#21of 140 in Human services
#4of 14 in Oklahoma

Revenue by fiscal year

FY2022: $979,617 $980K FY22 FY2023: $2,078,293 $2.1M FY23 FY2024: $6,158,042 $6.2M FY24 FY2025: $9,099,086 $9.1M FY25

Where revenue came from, FY2025

Gifts and grants
$9.0M · 99%
Other revenue
$95K · 1%
Fundraising events
$4K · 0%
Total revenue on the 990
$9,292,248
Investment income
− $193,162
Revenue we count
$9,099,086

What it does

Our mission is rooted in the belief that meaningful relationships restore communities. Through relational service and dignified housing solutions, we work to help people move from surviving to thriving.

Night light tulsa continues every thursday under a downtown bridge, offering meals, clothing, haircuts, books, and essential items, alongside snap enrollment, id vouchers, bus tokens, and hmis/housing system access. In 2025, we served 19,280 meals across 49 nights, serving a total of 10,910 guests.
City lights village will be a 75-home permanent supportive housing community featuring a community center, garden, reflection spaces, and robust wraparound services. On-site staff will provide housing stability support, financial coaching, mental health resources, food security assistance, and community engagement opportunities. Infrastructure is complete, construction is underway, and move-ins are projected for august 2026.
Housing stability supports 60 formerly homeless residents with ongoing case management, monthly check-ins, crisis intervention, food and employment support, and mediation with landlords. In 2024, the program achieved a 96% housing stability rate, with 98% of clients reporting they had a reliable support system. The team also prevented 30 evictions and provided housing navigation to an additional 10 people currently experiencing homelessness.

Leadership

Sarah GroundsExecutive Director

EIN 47-4362563 · Full filings on ProPublica

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