Since its inception in 2011 through 2021, the Chickasha Community Foundation (CCF) has granted over $1 million to local charitable, educational, arts, and social needs in Chickasha. CCF was originally created with a gift from Doris Wilk in memory of her aunt and uncle, Helen and Kenneth Ward, longtime Chickasha residents.

In 2021, the CCF board voted to focus on the downtown park project as a marque,
game changing community improvement which would also help stimulate the
revitalization of Chickasha’s historic downtown district.

The CCF has a commitment to the City of Chickasha to construct and maintain the
park long term. The foundation raised/contributed $1.4 million in 2022 toward the
completion of phase 1, the Arts Plaza.

Now, in 2025, we are proceeding with plans to create "Grady Moves", a community wellness hub, as the next phase of the downtown park.

Chickasha Community Foundation is a community fund under the umbrella of
Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, an IRC 501(c)3 public foundation.