The mission of Tulsa Boys' Home is to provide the highest quality residential care for boys needing placement outside their home, for the purpose of developing well-adjusted, responsible adults and strengthening the family.
Founded in 1918, Tulsa Boys’ Home began in a two-story frame house in downtown Tulsa. Leaders of the First Presbyterian Church and the Downtown Rotary Club were instrumental in its establishment. Its first two boys were found sleeping in trash boxes in an alley.
Tulsa Boys' Home was the first and remains the largest residential treatment facility serving troubled boys in Oklahoma. We deliver residential services to approximately 62 boys between the ages of 13 and 18 (and sometimes their families) on a daily basis. At the Tulsa Boys' Home, 50 of our boys are placed by the Department of Human Services, and our other 12 boys are privately placed by parents or legal guardians into our Substance Abuse Treatment Program.
Many of these boys learn to lead productive lives and credit TBH for breaking the cycle of poverty, abuse, neglect and/or drug addiction that is often passed on from generation to generation.
Tulsa Boys' Home has a variety of ways for you to volunteer your time, talent, and/or treasure today! We actively seek and value diverse perspectives and life experiences in our volunteers. We provide an environment here at TBH where our volunteers feel welcome and appreciated. Our amazing volunteers exemplify the generous spirit of unselfish giving.
For 106 years Tulsa Boys’ Home has been a beacon of healing and hope for young troubled boys. We hope to be here for another 100+ years. But as we have been reminded through this pandemic, hope alone cannot be a strategy in hard times – or at any time for that matter. Instead, we must act today to plan and prepare to protect the things we love. You can join us in acting to help ensure the future of Tulsa Boys’ Home and you can do it with a gift that costs nothing today. A planned estate gift is a powerful way to join TBH in protecting our boys by sustaining the viability of our mission for the long-term. Planned gifts will build our endowment fund to provide cash flow through earnings in perpetuity. It is easy to set up a planned gift and we would be happy to guide you through the process and start celebrating your gift today.
For 106 years, Tulsa Boys' Home has provided the highest quality residential care for struggling boys and helped them turn their lives around. The Tulsa Boys' Home's passionate staff and professional counselors work closely with every individual boy to guide him to receive healing and become a respectful, responsible young man.
This year we celebrate 106 years of serving thousands of lives. We are humbled and look forward to the next 100 years of impact.
Tulsa Boys' Home is proud to have served over 14,000 boys who have either been displaced, abused, or faced substance abuse.
Tulsa Boys’ Home Gift of Hope 2023
Without the generous support of our many donors, we would not be able to provide the healing and hope we have for more than 14,000 boys over these last 105 years!
The underlying premise of our philosophy and treatment model is the belief that most of the emotional and behavioral problems we see in our residents are caused by painful past events and difficult relationships. The Tulsa Boys' Home philosophy embraces the idea that behavior that is positively reinforced is likely to be repeated.
As a practical matter, therefore, TBH staff look for positive behavior in our residents that can be positively reinforced, in an effort to ensure that this behavior is recognized, understood, and likely to be repeated.
Our equine program serves our young boys by providing individual and group sessions each week to promote the overall mission to provide healing and hope for our boys.
Our Substance Abuse Treatment program is designed to improve the quality of life for the boys we serve, promoting sobriety and a healthy lifestyle.
The residents of Tulsa Boys' Home attend our on-campus school staffed by veteran, certified teachers.
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Donations can take many forms; volunteer work, mentoring, monetary donations, stock, bonds, estate planning, personal care items, in-kind donations and much more. All of these typically qualify for a charitable tax deduction.
Your support will help Tulsa Boys' Home provide services to the young boys in our care. Please explore our website to find out about current needs and learn how you can join our mission.
Hope Tours are conducted at the Tulsa Boys’ Home every month! Special arrangements for other days and times can be made to accommodate large groups of 20 or more.
Tulsa Boys' Home has a variety of ways for you to volunteer your time, talent, and/or treasure today! We actively seek and value diverse perspectives and life experiences in our volunteers.
With your support, we will continue to house, feed, clothe, educate, support, and heal our troubled Oklahoma boys. There are many ways to donate to Tulsa Boys' Home. Join Us!
