THE OASIS INSTITUTE

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

11780 BORMAN DR STE 400, SAINT LOUIS, MO 63146-4135

In care of

% PAUL WEISS

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

PAUL WEISS, 500 NORTHWEST PLAZA SUITE 425, ST ANN, MO 63074

Signed the 990

PAUL WEISS, PRESIDENT

Phone

(314) 862-2933

Website

OASISNET.ORG

Return prepared by

ANDERS MINKLER HUBER & HELM LLP

Mission

OASIS IS A NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION DESIGNED TO EMPOWER THE LIVES OF OLDER ADULTS, AND INCLUDES A NATIONAL NETWORK OF OASIS PROGRAMS IN MORE THAN 250 COMMUNITIES THROUGH SEVEN EDUCATION CENTERS AND A NATIONAL NETWORK OF OVER 800 PARTNERS IN 47 STATES. OASIS OFFERS CHALLENGING PROGRAMS IN THE ARTS, HUMANITIES, HEALTH, TECHNOLOGY LITERACY AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR OLDER ADULTS TO CONTINUE THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH AND PROVIDE MEANINGFUL SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. OASIS WAS ESTABLISHED IN ST. LOUIS IN 1982.

Program accomplishments

• HEALTH - THE INSTITUTE'S HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS PROVIDE BEHAVIOR-CHANGE WORKSHOPS EMPHASIZING INCREASING AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR OLDER ADULTS TO ADDRESS THEIR HEALTH NEEDS AND MANAGEMENT. OASIS BOTH CREATES HEALTH PROGRAM CONTENT AND HOLDS LICENSES FOR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EVIDENCE-BASED WORKSHOPS. THESE PROGRAMS ARE IMPLEMENTED BY THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS NON-SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION CENTERS AND PROGRAM SITES. PROGRAM CONTENT INCLUDES TOPICS ON NUTRITION, EXERCISE, CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT, DIABETES MANAGEMENT, FALLS PREVENTION, REDUCING SOCIAL ISOLATION AND GENERAL HEALTH PROMOTION.THE HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS PRIORITIZE EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE SELF-MANAGEMENT RESOURCE CENTER'S CHRONIC DISEASE SELF-MANAGEMENT AND DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, AGING MASTERY PROGRAM, AND A MATTER OF BALANCE THROUGH MAINEHEALTH. THE INSTITUTE COLLABORATES WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE PROGRAMS IN COMMUNITY LOCATIONS TO IMPROVE LONG-TERM HEALTH OUTCOMES. PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON BEHAVIOR CHANGE ARE MULTI-SESSION WORKSHOPS WHILE MANY HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE ONE-TIME SESSIONS. OASIS IS ANALYZING THE DATA FROM THE THREE-YEAR GRANT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF OASIS' PROPRIETARY PROGRAM, VIRTUAL HEALTHY HABITS. OASIS IMPLEMENTED AND COLLECTED DATA FROM PARTICIPANTS ENROLLED IN THE RESEARCH STUDY. THE ANALYSIS OF PROGRAMMATIC OUTCOMES IS VERY PROMISING. OASIS EXPECTS VIRTUAL HEALTHY HABITS WILL BECOME A PROGRAM THAT WILL BE LICENSED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND SERVE AS A SUSTAINABLE REVENUE STREAM IN THE NEXT 1-3 YEARS. IN 2019, THE INSTITUTE WAS AWARDED A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING, PART OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, TO DEVELOP A NEW NATIONAL PROGRAM, COMMUNITY CARE CORPS. AS A RESULT, THE INSTITUTE IS A NATIONAL FUNDER DISCOVERING EFFECTIVE MODELS FOR NON-MEDICAL VOLUNTEER CAREGIVING PROGRAMS TO MAINTAIN THE INDEPENDENCE OF OLDER ADULTS. SINCE 2020, OASIS HAS AWARDED 109 GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN 2020, OASIS WAS ALSO AWARDED A MULTI-YEAR GRANT THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING FOR INNOVATIONS IN NUTRITION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. THROUGH THIS GRANT, OASIS IS RESEARCHING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NEWLY DEVELOPED VIRTUAL HEALTHY HABITS PROGRAM AS AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO NUTRITION EDUCATION, HANDS-ON MEAL PREPARATION AND SOCIALIZING FOR OLDER ADULTS. OASIS WAS AWARDED ANOTHER FIVE-YEARS OF FUNDING TO CONTINUE THIS WORK IN 2024.
  Expenses $4,673,850 · revenue $132,284
• VOLUNTEER SERVICE - OASIS COOPERATED WITH 78 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PARTNER SITES TO OFFER THE OASIS INTERGENERATIONAL TUTORING PROGRAM IN THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR. THIS RESEARCH-BASED PROGRAM MATCHES TRAINED VOLUNTEER TUTORS WITH PRIMARY GRADE CHILDREN TO BUILD READING SKILLS, CONFIDENCE, SELF-ESTEEM AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD LEARNING. , THE PROGRAM OPERATES IN 20 MAJOR CITIES AND INVOLVED MORE THAN 2,000 TRAINED TUTORS. VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION IS SHOWING A STEADY INCREASE IN RESPONSE TO THE GROWING NEED FOR ACADEMIC AND MENTORING TUTORS. WITH THE DECLINE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE RETURNED TO HOSTING OASIS TUTORS IN PERSON.SOME HAVE UTILIZED ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING DEVELOPED DURING THE PANDEMIC AS A SUPPLEMENT TO TRADITIONAL TUTORING AS WELL. TUTOR TRAINING IS PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO NEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS JOINING THE PROGRAM AND FOR NEW TUTORS IN EXISTING PROGRAMS. OASIS TUTORING IS CURRENTLY SERVING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA, MISSOURI COUNTIES OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY, JEFFERSON, FRANKLIN, ST. CHARLES, AUDRAIN, CALLAWAY, LINN, AND LIVINGSTON. THE OASIS TUTORING NETWORK INCLUDES PROGRAMMING IN ALBUQUERQUE, LOS ANGELES, PORTLAND, PITTSBURGH, DENVER, PHOENIX, ROCHESTER, SAN DIEGO, SAN ANTONIO, SYRACUSE, TAMWORTH, WADSWORTH, AND WASHINGTON D.C. METROPOLITAN AREA TO PROVIDE TUTORING.. UTILIZING KEY MENTORING ASPECTS OF THE OASIS TUTORING PROGRAM, A NEW INTERGENERATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. OASIS GRAND CHAMPIONS GIVES OLDER ADULTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MENTOR ADOLESCENTS RESIDING IN FOSTER CARE AND TO PROVIDE THEM GUIDANCE ON NECESSARY LIFE SKILLS. OASIS ALSO PROVIDES INFORMATION AND TRAINING FOR OTHER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ON A REGULAR BASIS AND ENCOURAGES ALL ASPECTS OF VOLUNTEERISM ESPECIALLY THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN ENGAGE OLDER ADULTS IN CONTRIBUTING THEIR TIME, TALENT AND EXPERIENCE TO HELP OTHERS. DURING 2023, 2,259 OASIS VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. IN ADDITION TO TUTORING, VOLUNTEERS ALSO SERVE AS PROOFREADERS, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT PERSONNEL, INSTRUCTORS, CLASS COORDINATORS, COMPUTER INSTRUCTORS, HEALTH FACILITATORS, AND PEER DISCUSSION LEADERS.
  Expenses $941,920
• EDUCATION - THE NETWORK CENTERS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN THE AREAS OF THE ARTS, HUMANITIES AND A BROAD RANGE OF OTHER INTEREST AREAS. TOPICS RANGE FROM CREATIVE WRITING AND POETRY, ART HISTORY, PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, AMERICAN AND WORLD HISTORY AND CURRENT EVENTS. THE INSTITUTE SUPPORTS THE NETWORK IN DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS TECHNOLOGY LITERACY THROUGH THE OASIS CONNECTIONS TECHNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM AND INCLUDE TOPICS ON HOW TO USE IPADS, IPHONES, INTERNET, EMAIL, FACEBOOK, ACCESSIBILITY FOR HANDHELD DEVICES AND FRAUD AND SCAM PROTECTION. THE INSTITUTE WORKS WITH THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER PROGRAM LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROGRAMS. PARTICIPATION IN OASIS PROGRAMS HAS GROWN BY DOUBLE DIGIT PERCENTS EACH YEAR SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. GROSS REVENUE GREW BY 50% BETWEEN 2022 AND 2023 AND AN ADDITIONAL 40% BETWEEN 2023 AND 2024. OASIS STILL OFFERS MOST PROGRAMS IN A HYBRID FORMAT AND AROUND 50% OF PARTICIAPNTS ARE STILL LOGGING ON, EVEN IF THEY LIVE IN THE SAME CITY IN WHICH THE PROGRAM IS HOSTED. OASISEVERYWHERE, THE VIRTUAL EDUCATION CENTER THAT SOURCES CONTENT FROM OASIS NETWORK CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAM AND GROWING AUDIENCE FOR LOCALLY DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED LIFELONG LEARNING, HEALTH/EXERCISE, AND SOCIAL CONNECTION PROGRAMS, IS STILL OPERATING AND A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF OASIS OPERATIONS. OASIS EVERYWHERE, THE SOLELY VIRTUAL 'CENTER' GREW BY ABOUT 17% BETWEEN 2022 AND 2023, WITH REVENUE TOTALING $103,000 IN 2022 AND $121,000 IN 2023. OASIS ALSO STARTED OFFERING CONTENT IN 2023 FROM PARTNERS OUTSIDE OF THE OASIS NATIONAL NETWORK, AS WELL AS EXPANDING OUR PARTICIPANT BASE THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER NON-PROFITS, MARKET RATE AND SUBSIDIZED SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES, AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CORPORATE PARTNERS.
  Expenses $477,877 · revenue $409,921
• TECHNOLOGY LITERACY - THE INSTITUTE HAS DEVELOPED A BROAD LIBRARY OF TECHNOLOGY LITERACY CURRICULA THAT IS OFFERED UNDER THE OASIS CONNECTIONS PROGRAM CATEGORY. THESE COURSES TEACH ADULTS HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO STAY CONNECTED WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO DECREASE SOCIAL ISOLATION, ADD DIGITAL TOOLS TO THEIR LIVES, PROVIDE THEM WITH CONFIDENCE TO LEARN NEW TECHNOLOGY SKILLS ON THEIR OWN, AND NAVIGATE THE INTERNET SAFELY. PARTICIPANTS ALSO GAIN OR IMPROVE SKILLS TO ENGAGE IN ONLINE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS MANAGING BENEFITS AND HEALTHCARE/HEALTH MONITORING. THE CURRICULUM IS COMPOSED OF MORE THAN 30 COURSES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO PEOPLE IN THE OASIS DEMOGRAPHIC. THESE INCLUDE INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPUTER, INTRODUCTION TO EMAIL, GOOGLE PHOTOS, INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNET, IPAD, IPHONE, MOBILE ACCESSIBILITY, SAFETY AND PRIVACY ONLINE, WINDOWS 10, WINDOWS 11, MAC OS AND ANDROID DEVICES. ALL COURSES ARE TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH. THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER LOCAL PROGRAM SITES OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF TECHNOLOGY COURSES TO PARTICIPANTS USING THE OASIS TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM. ENROLLMENT IN CONNECTIONS CLASSES HAS EXCEEDED 155,000 SINCE THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2001. OASIS CONNECTIONS YOUTUBE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN 213,000 VIEWS.
  Expenses $212,781

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

43-1830354

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Group exemption

Exempt since

2001

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Human services (P810)

Group exemption

3791 (3 member organizations)

Assets (IRS master file)

$2,912,202

Income (IRS master file)

$8,139,488

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 43-1830354).

Questions about THE OASIS INSTITUTE

What is the EIN of THE OASIS INSTITUTE?

The employer identification number (EIN) of THE OASIS INSTITUTE is 43-1830354.

Is THE OASIS INSTITUTE tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2001.

Are donations to THE OASIS INSTITUTE tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Group exemption).

Which annual return does THE OASIS INSTITUTE file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of THE OASIS INSTITUTE due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did THE OASIS INSTITUTE last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Who is the principal officer of THE OASIS INSTITUTE?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names PAUL WEISS.

Who are the officers and directors of THE OASIS INSTITUTE?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 27 people; 6 received compensation from the organization, the highest $179,329 (PAUL WEISS, PRESIDENT).

How much revenue does THE OASIS INSTITUTE have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $7,739,606, expenses of $7,811,764 and total assets of $2,912,202 at year end.

Organizations in its group exemption (3)

• OASIS INSTITUTE
  EIN 26-2243879 · SAN ANTONIO, TX · last filed 990 for 2025
• OASIS INSTITUTE
  EIN 32-0081580 · ALBUQUERQUE, NM · last filed 990 for 2025
• OASIS INSTITUTE
  EIN 86-3542366 · ROCHESTER, NY · last filed 990 for 2025

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