Organization, nonprofit · Tulsa and Oklahoma ecosystem

Idea Forge Foundation

Also called: Idea Forge, IdeaForge, Idea Forge OKC, Idea Forge Foundation Oklahoma

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation in Oklahoma City that supports Oklahoma's innovators, entrepreneurs and creators. It runs an open innovation lab for open-source hardware, community workshops and a program that helps people with income barriers use affiliated makerspaces, and it lists Oklathon among its programs. It says it is affiliated with Techlahoma and Project 3810, and names The Verge OKC and StarSpace46 as collaborators. Discussed in the Techlahoma Slack as a partner of a new makerspace and a presenter at Tulsa Maker Faire in 2025.

For example: A student who cannot afford a makerspace membership gets subsidized access through Idea Forge Foundation to build a prototype.

Official site: idea-forge.org

Connects to 9

• Makerspace Concept
• Open source hardware Concept
• Nonprofit Concept
• Techlahoma Organization, nonprofit
• Project 3810 Place, organization
• The Verge OKC Organization, nonprofit, place
• StarSpace46 Place
• Oklathon Program
• Startup ecosystem Concept

Sources

• https://idea-forge.org
• https://www.project3810.com