The Oklahoma Bar Foundation’s newly named Grantees are projected to help over 60,000 Oklahomans gain access to legal services, court advocacy and legal education in 2018. All of the organizations will use the funding they receive to further the OBF’s mission to ensure justice is possible for all Oklahomans. In order to receive funding, each of the non-profits submitted applications detailing how their programs aid Oklahomans in need, and particularly highlighted their programs’ impact – how many individuals they served this year, and their projected needs for 2018. Agency staff across the state emphasized to the OBF the increasing number of people they believe will need aid with legal services in the upcoming year. During in-person interviews with the OBF Grants & Awards Committee, they noted that funds such as those provided by the OBF are critical to meet the growing needs they see daily in their program activities.
The OBF Board of Trustees approved funding recommendations from the OBF Grants & Awards Committee at the September Board meeting, naming the following non-profit organizations as 2018 IOLTA Grantees:
| Grantee | Program | Area of Service | Lives Impacted | Funding Amount |
| Center for Children & Families | Divorce Visitation Arbitration | Cleveland & Oklahoma Counties | 900 | $18,000 |
| Community Crisis Center | Court Advocate | Ottawa, Craig & Delaware Counties | 266 | $5,000 |
| Domestic Violence Intervention Services | Court Advocacy and Legal Services | Tulsa & Creek Counties | 3,313 | $20,000 |
| Family & Children’s Services | Family Court | Tulsa County | 9,600 | $7,000 |
| Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools | Law & Public Safety Academy | Northeast Oklahoma City | 50 | $18,000 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma | Civil Legal Services | Statewide | 21,719 | $85,000 |
| Marie Detty Youth & Family Services | Domestic Violence Court Advocate | Comanche, Cotton & Caddo Counties | 775 | $15,000 |
| Mock Trial | High School Mock Trial | Statewide | 720 | $50,000 |
| Oklahoma City University School of Law | American Indian Wills Clinic | Statewide | 150 | $30,000 |
| Oklahoma County Juvenile Bureau | Literacy Initiative | Oklahoma County | 160 | $7,000 |
| Oklahoma Guardian Ad Litem Institute | Guardian Ad Litem Services | Statewide | 260 | $18,067 |
| Oklahoma Lawyers for Children | Legal Services for Abused & Neglected Children | Oklahoma County | 3,000 | $54,000 |
| Teen Court | Delinquency Prevention for First Offenders | Comanche County | 800 | $49,567 |
| The Care Center | ROAR Education Program | Oklahoma County | 15,000 | $5,000 |
| The Spero Project | The Common – Legal Services for Refugees | Oklahoma City Metro | 300 | $15,000 |
| Tulsa Lawyers for Children | Legal Services for Abused & Neglected Children | Tulsa County | 400 | $40,000 |
| University of Tulsa Law School | Immigrant Rights Project | Statewide | 34 | $8,866 |
| William W. Barnes CAC | Recognizing, Reporting & Responding to Child Abuse | Rogers, Mayes & Craig Counties | 900 | $4,000 |
| YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City | Oklahoma Youth in Government | Statewide | 600 | $5,500 |
| Youth Services of Tulsa, Inc. | Youth Court | Tulsa & Ottawa Counties | 550 | $10,000 |
| YWCA Tulsa | Immigration Legal Services | Tulsa Metropolitan Area | 600 | $15,000 |