T. Boone Pickens Foundation

August 5, 2010

Forty of the richest men and women in the country — including Tulsa's George Kaiser and Oklahoma State University alum T. Boone Pickens — will donate at least half their wealth to charities, according to The Giving Pledge, a charitable organization of billionaires.
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FEBRUARY, 2010

T. Boone Pickens announces he’ll give another $100 million to his alma mater Oklahoma State University as part of a $1 billion fundraising campaign. The $100 million estate gift will fund a major endowment for scholarships, said Pickens, who has now given more than $500 million to OSU.
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NOVEMBER, 2009

Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert recently presented the UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth’s Legacy Award to T. Boone Pickens, recognizing the legendary energy investor’s generosity and foresight in his support of the center’s brain health research.
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ABOUT THE T. BOONE PICKENS FOUNDATION

The T. Boone Pickens Foundation improves lives through grants supporting education, medical research/development and services, athletics and corporate wellness, at-risk youths, the entrepreneurial process, conservation and wildlife programs and a wide-range of public policy initiatives.

“We’ve always worked to give back to the community, and this continues that tradition and allows us to move forward with a greater philanthropic focus,” Mr. Pickens explained in forming the Dallas-based foundation in 2006.

The foundation does not accept unsolicited letters, emails or calls of inquiry. The grant application is by invitation only, through a request for proposal process. Grant recipients must be invited to apply by a member or members of the foundation committee.

Officers

Chairman: T. Boone Pickens
President: Ronald D. Bassett
Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer: Robert L. Stillwell
Vice President: Andrew Littlefair