Fuel OKC

What Fuel OKC does

Fuel OKC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2023 and headquartered in downtown Oklahoma City, with a stated mission to triple the number of quality public school options serving Oklahoma City residents within 10 years. The organization operates as a backbone coordinator for the local public education ecosystem, serving three primary constituencies: families seeking quality school options, public charter schools seeking improvement support and enrollment, and educators and school leaders needing professional development. Operationally, it is a small team of fewer than 10 employees led by CEO Brent Bushey (formerly CEO of the Oklahoma Public School Resource Center), with a board drawing from Citizen Capital, City Fund, Teach for America, Metro Technology Centers, and Public Strategies.

The organization's core offerings fall into three buckets. First, a data-and-research layer comprising the Quality Seats Dashboard (analyzing State Report Card, enrollment, and demographic data for 84 OKCPS-boundary schools), the OSTP Proficiency Dashboard tracking grades 3-8 outcomes, GIS Maps overlaying schools with real estate, EMBARK transit, and council boundaries, and an annual State Testing Report. Second, the EnrollOKC.org common application platform — a bilingual (English/Spanish) single portal unifying enrollment across 12 charter school networks operating 32 public schools for the 2026-27 cycle, which has already routed 3,000+ first-time charter applicants. Third, a human-capital stack: Fuel Fellowship (a year-long leadership development program for principals, assistant principals, chief academic officers, and instructional coaches, with 40 leaders in the inaugural 2025-26 cohort), the Paraprofessional Degree Program with Oklahoma Christian University (offsetting $8,000/year tuition per student for classroom aides pursuing a bachelor's degree and teacher certification), and the Oklahoma Teacher Pathway recruiting internationally trained teachers via H-1B visas in partnership with UPAEP Mexico, with three educators placed at Santa Fe South Schools starting August 2025.

Fuel OKC's business model is donation-driven with no commercial revenue. Giving flows through three funds: a General Fund, an earmarked Teacher Fund, and the Catalyst Education Fund structured as an Educational Improvement Grant Organization (EIGO) where Oklahoma businesses and individual taxpayers receive state tax credits of up to 75% of gift amount and corporations up to $100,000 annually. Individual donation tiers range from $50 to $1,000+ on a one-time or annual cadence, with custom amounts accepted. Distribution to families relies on digital self-serve platforms plus in-person touchpoints (school choice showcase events during National School Choice Week in both OKC and Tulsa, and educator job fairs); distribution to schools and educators relies on direct engagement and partner networks. The organization is currently building executive capacity with a new Chief Operating Officer role ($135,000-$175,000 salary band, approved June 2026) to professionalize finance, operations, and people functions as the program portfolio expands.

Name

Fuel OKC

Legal name

Fuel OKC

Website

https://fuelokc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fuel OKC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides school-performance data dashboards, the EnrollOKC.org bilingual common application platform, educator pipeline programs, and leadership training to expand quality public school options in Oklahoma City, serving families, charter schools, and educators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oklahoma City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations - General Fund: Tax-deductible donations to support Fuel OKC's general operations and mission to expand quality public school options in Oklahoma City.
2. Donations - Teacher Fund: Earmarked donations to support teachers, including international educators from Mexico teaching in Oklahoma classrooms.
3. Catalyst Fund (EIGO) Donations: Donations to Educational Improvement Grant Organization (EIGO) providing Oklahoma businesses and taxpayers state tax credits up to 75% of gift amount to support innovative educational programming in public schools.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Fuel OKC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that coordinates system-level change in Oklahoma City public education by operating the EnrollOKC.org common application for 12 charter school networks (32 schools), publishing interactive school performance dashboards (Quality Seats, OSTP Proficiency, GIS Maps), running a school leader fellowship (Fuel Fellowship), and building teacher pipelines through the Paraprofessional Degree Program and Oklahoma Teacher Pathway international recruitment.

Product overview

Fuel OKC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing quality public school options in Oklahoma City. The organization offers a suite of data and research tools (Quality Seats Dashboard, OSTP Proficiency Dashboard, GIS Maps, annual State Testing Report) alongside the EnrollOKC.org enrollment platform for common applications to public charter schools. Programs include the Fuel Fellowship leadership development program and educator pipeline initiatives (Paraprofessional Degree Program, Oklahoma Teacher Pathway) designed to address teacher shortages while expanding access to quality education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EnrollOKC: A common application platform for Oklahoma City public charter schools, providing a single portal for families to research and apply to public schools.
• Fuel Fellowship
• Paraprofessional Degree Program
• Oklahoma Teacher Pathway
• Catalyst Fund

Products and services

• EnrollOKC.org Bilingual common application platform providing a single, citywide application to Oklahoma City public charter schools for families.
• Quality Seats Dashboard Interactive dashboard analyzing State Report Card data, enrollment, demographics, and population trends across 84 schools in Oklahoma City Public School District boundaries.

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• National School Choice Awareness FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 January 2026Partnership to organize school choice showcase events during National School Choice Week, including Tulsa event at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa and Oklahoma City event at Dove Science Academy South Middle/High School. Events help families explore K-12 education options including public, charter, magnet, private, online, home, and non-traditional learning environments.
• Oklahoma Christian UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Paraprofessional Degree Program enabling current classroom aides to earn bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies with education emphasis, preparing them for teacher certification. Program offers five enrollment periods per year for flexibility. Fuel OKC offsets $8,000 annual tuition cost per student through donor contributions.
• Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partnership with UPAEP in Puebla, Mexico to recruit internationally trained teachers for Oklahoma City schools through H-1B visa program. Three educators selected from 16 applicants, holding bachelor's degrees; they will teach at Santa Fe South Schools starting August 2025 under three-year commitment.
• Santa Fe South SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharter school network serving as host for international teacher placement program. Four teachers from Mexico will teach at Santa Fe South Schools starting summer 2025 as part of pilot program.
• Catalyst Education FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational Improvement Grant Organization (EIGO) enabling Oklahoma businesses and taxpayers to invest in public schools with state tax credits up to 75% of gift amount. Corporations can qualify for annual tax credit of $100,000. Funds support innovative educational programming.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• City Fund: Philanthropic organization focused exclusively on investing in city-level efforts to expand access to great public schools, particularly charter and CMO-led schools. Fuel OKC's board includes City Fund representation, and both operate as city-focused public-school improvement funders.
• New Schools for New Orleans: City-focused education reform nonprofit supporting charter school growth, talent pipelines, and family enrollment in New Orleans. Highly analogous to Fuel OKC in its single-city, multi-tool approach to expanding quality public school seats.
• Education Cities: Coalition of cross-sector leaders and local education funds working to grow quality public school options in cities. Comparable to Fuel OKC in its city-level systems-change orientation and connection to local funders.

Emerging players

• National School Choice Awareness Foundation: Organization that promotes awareness of K-12 education options including public, charter, magnet, private, online, and homeschool. Active strategic partner of Fuel OKC in organizing School Choice Week events in Oklahoma.
• EdFuel: Nonprofit focused on building strong, diverse leadership teams across the education sector. Comparable to Fuel OKC's Fuel Fellowship program for school leader development, though EdFuel operates nationally.

Broad incumbents

• KIPP Foundation: National nonprofit network of college-preparatory public charter schools with deep leadership-development and teacher-training infrastructure. Comparable to Fuel OKC in mission (expanding quality public school options) and talent pipeline programs, though at much larger scale.
• National Alliance for Public Charter Schools: National nonprofit advocating for and supporting public charter schools across the U.S. Comparable to Fuel OKC in charter-school advocacy and quality-improvement orientation, but operating federally rather than city-focused.
• Teach for America: National nonprofit that recruits and develops leaders through teaching in high-need schools, with a long-running presence in Oklahoma City. Overlaps with Fuel OKC on teacher pipeline and school leadership development, and shares board representation.
• Charter School Growth Fund: Philanthropic fund that identifies, supports, and scales the highest-performing charter school networks. Comparable to Fuel OKC in fueling charter network expansion, though at a national rather than single-city scope.
• GreatSchools: National nonprofit providing school performance information and parent-choice tools to families. Closely comparable to Fuel OKC's Quality Seats Dashboard and OSTP Proficiency Dashboard data products, though at a national rather than single-city scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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