The Oklahoma Bar Foundation is accepting OBF Court Grant Applications through 5:00 pm on Wednesday, September 23, 2009.  Application forms may be obtained from foundation(at)okbar.org or by calling the OBF Office at (405) 416-7070.

The Oklahoma Bar Foundation maintains a fund specifically for the benefit of Oklahoma District and Appellate Courts, including their clerks and reporters, known as the “OBF District and Appellate Court Grant Fund” or the “Fund.”  The primary purpose of the OBF District and Appellate Court Grant Fund is for capital improvements and extraordinary expenditures of Oklahoma district and appellate courts necessary to promote the administration of justice.  The phrase "capital improvements and extraordinary expenditures" includes by way of example, but is not limited to, improvements to courtrooms such as audio/visual equipment, computer equipment, court reporting equipment (including equipment for "real time" reporting), other furniture and fixtures and extraordinary expenditures made necessary for the proper administration of complex litigation, such as class actions.  Grants from the OBF District and Appellate Court Grant Fund will be awarded for purposes and expenditures of the district courts and the appellate courts that would otherwise not normally be funded through existing channels.  Please note, however, that the purpose and the size of the Fund render it inadequate to fund major renovations to courthouses or courtrooms.

OBF grants are awarded on an annual basis.  The Oklahoma Bar Foundation (OBF) was founded in 1946 to accomplish the charitable purposes of lawyers from all across Oklahoma.  OBF is a Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is the third oldest state bar foundation in our Nation.  It serves as the charitable arm of the Oklahoma Bar Association, and all licensed lawyers in Oklahoma are members of the Foundation.  All grants must be used for exclusively charitable or public purposes in a manner consistent with the purposes of the OBF.   The OBF does not fund political activities or organizations.