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Nonprofit · EIN 73-1021165

OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE

Tax-exempt · OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73102

Financials

$1.6M$1.8M2023$1.8M$1.9M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$1,754,690$1,866,862-$112,172$2,300,169$334,724$1,965,445
December 31, 2023990$1,563,571$1,768,183-$204,612$2,368,969$298,074$2,070,895
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$1,597,085
of which government grants
$332,600
Program service revenue
$135,504
Investment income
$14,189
Net income from sales of inventory
$4,676
Other revenue
$7,912

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$114,412
Other salaries and wages
$430,204
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$684,341
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$44,200
Occupancy
$450,967
Travel
$52,059
Depreciation
$4,953
Program services (functional)
$1,548,588
Management and general (functional)
$124,411
Fundraising (functional)
$193,863

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$2,368,969
Total assets, end of year
$2,300,169
Total liabilities, end of year
$334,724
Net assets, end of year
$1,965,445
Land, buildings and equipment
$49,652
Net assets without donor restrictions
$1,639,649
Net assets with donor restrictions
$325,796
Gross receipts
$1,785,681
Employees
10
Volunteers
89
Year formed
1977
State of legal domicile
OK

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.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
ROBERT WARDPRESIDENT &
Officer
36$105,062$9,350
JOSE LUIS HERNANDEZCHAIRPERSON
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
DANA MICKLEYCHAIR-ELECT
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
LISA GREENLEECHAIR EMERIT
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
AMY SERGENTSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
JOHN KOONSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
MARI MEDLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
LEAH PAPPANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
ANNE ROBERTSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
EMILY SMITHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
RANDI SUNRAYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 12 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
ROBERT WARDPRESIDENT &
Officer
40$111,516$4,905
LISA GREENLEECHAIRPERSON
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
AMY SERGENTSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
CHAD HANEYTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
JOSE LUIS HERNANDEZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
CLARK HUEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
JOHN KOONSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
MARI MEDLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
DANA MICKLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
LEAH PAPPANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
ANNE ROBERTSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
EMILY SMITHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
111 NW 9TH ST, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73102-5808
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
ROBERT WARD, 111 NW 9TH STREET, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73102
Signed the 990
JOSE LUIS HERNANDEZ, CHAIRPERSON
Phone
(405) 605-7500
Return prepared by
PETERS & CHANDLER PC

Mission

TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS EXPERIENCES THAT DEVELOP INDIVIDUAL TALENT AND INSPIRE A LIFELONG PASSION FOR THE ARTS.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • THE OKLAHOMA SUMMER ARTS INSTITUTE (OSAI) IS AN INTENSIVE, TWO-WEEK RESIDENTIAL ACADEMY FOR SERIOUS, DISCIPLINED AND MOTIVATED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AGES 14 TO 18. EVERY YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 230 STUDENTS ARE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE, STATEWIDE AUDITION PROCESS TO STUDY WITH NATIONALLY RENOWNED ARTISTS IN THE FIELDS OF ACTING, CREATIVE WRITING, DANCE, ORCHESTRA, CHORUS, DRAWING AND PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND FILM AND VIDEO. THE PROGRAM'S MULTI-DISIPLINARY STRUCTURE SETS OSAI APART FROM OTHER ARTS PROGRAMS IN THE NATION. IN ADDITION TO STUDYING A CHOSEN FIELD FOR AT LEAST SIX HOURS A DAY, STUDENTS ARE EXPOSED TO A RICH VARIETY OF ART FORMS AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES. STUDENTS AND FACULTY ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN PERFORMANCES, FACULTY LECTURES, GALLERY OPENINGS, POETRY READINGS, AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. THE TALENT AND CREATIVITY OF STUDENTS AND FACULTY, COMBINED WITH THE MYSTIQUE OF THE QUARTZ MOUNTAIN AREA IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA, CREATE A POWERFUL SYNERGY. EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF OSAI INCLUDE: 1) DURING THE TWO WEEKS, STUDENTS WILL FOCUS INTENSIVELY ON THEIR OWN ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE WHILE GAINING A HEIGHTENED AWARENESS OF AND APPRECIATION FOR OTHER ART FORMS; 2) SMALL CLASS SIZES WILL ENSURE A TRUE MENTOR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS AND WORLD-RENOWNED FACULTY ARTISTS WITH WHOM THEY WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE THE CHANCE TO WORK; 3) STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP CONNECTIONS THAT RESULT IN LONG-TERM FRIENDSHIPS AND A NATIONWIDE NETWORK; 4) STUDENTS WILL SHOW IMPROVED CONFIDENCE AFTER THE PROGRAM AND A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISCIPLINE REQUIRED TO SUCCEED IN THEIR CHOSEN ART FORM; 5) STUDENTS WILL BECOME FUTURE AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE ARTS, AND THEY WILL GAIN AN APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF ALL ART FORMS; 6) BY PROVIDING PERFORMANCES, LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS THAT ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, OSAI WILL PROMOTE AWARENESS OF AND INTEREST IN THE ARTS BY ALL OKLAHOMANS, PARTICULARLY THOSE RESIDING IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. OAI IS COMMITTED TO RAISING FULL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ALL OSAI STUDENTS. TOUR DE QUARTZ IS A STATEWIDE OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT SERVES LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND THE ENTIRE STATE BY SHOWCASING STUDENT ARTWORK PRODUCED DURING OSAI. TOUR DE QUARTZ CELEBRATES OKLAHOMA'S ARTISTIC TALENT, RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT OAI AND ITS PROGRAMS, AND HELPS DEVELOP ARTS AUDIENCES IN MANY COMMUNITIES.
    Expenses $1,292,683 · revenue $82,381
  • THE OKLAHOMA FALL ARTS INSTITUTE (OFAI) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1983 IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM EDUCATORS ACROSS THE STATE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION OF THE SAME HIGH CALIBER AS OSAI. OFAI CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF INTENSE, HANDS-ON WEEKEND WORKSHOPS IN THE LITERARY, VISUAL, AND PERFORMING ARTS FOR ADULTS. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING ARTS INSTRUCTION FOR ALL ABILITY LEVELS, OFAI IS DESIGNED TO OFFER RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS. BASED ON PARTICIPANT EVALUATIONS, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE ARTS INSTITUTE INDIRECTLY SERVES OVER 50,000 ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH THEIR TEACHERS' PARTICIPATION IN OFAI. PARTICIPANTS ENHANCE THEIR OWN ARTISTIC AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND BROADEN THEIR INTELLECTUAL HORIZONS, PROVIDING A WONDERFUL RESOURCE FOR THEIR STUDENTS BY ENRICHING THE CLASSROOM LEARNING EXPERIENCE. EVERY YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 300 TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY ARTISTS ATTEND OFAI, INCLUDING OVER 275 PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS FROM 200 SCHOOL SITES STATEWIDE. EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF OFAI INCLUDE: 1) PARTICIPANTS WILL ENHANCE THEIR OWN ARTISTIC, INTELLECTUAL, AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND LEARN NEW TECHNIQUES IN THEIR CHOSEN FIELD OF STUDY; 2) EDUCATORS WILL RETURN TO THEIR CLASSROOMS EAGER TO SHARE WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND PEERS, AND THEY WILL BECOME BETTER EDUCATORS, ARTS ADVOCATES, AND CIVIC LEADERS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES; 3) EDUCATORS WILL RECEIVE TAKE-HOME CURRICULUM MATERIALS THAT WILL HELP THEM TO INTEGRATE NEW IDEAS INTO THEIR DAILY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES, THUS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL ARTS EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR OKLAHOMA'S K-12 STUDENTS AT A TIME IN WHICH ARTS FUNDING IN THE SCHOOLS IS SUFFERING; 4) PUBLIC EDUCATORS WILL RECEIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CREDIT FOR PARTICIPATING IN OFAI. OAI IS COMMITTED TO RAISING FULL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS WHO ATTEND OFAI.
    Expenses $255,905 · revenue $53,123

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.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
73-1021165
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)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1977
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$2,300,169
Income (IRS master file)
$1,785,681

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$1,754,690$1,866,862$2,300,169XML
990December 2023$1,563,571$1,768,183$2,368,969XML
990December 2022$1,474,798$1,662,859$2,681,588IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS
990December 2016–––IRS

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 73-1021165).

Questions about OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE

What is the EIN of OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE?
The employer identification number (EIN) of OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE is 73-1021165.
Is OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1977.
Are donations to OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does OKLAHOMA ARTS 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 OKLAHOMA ARTS 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 OKLAHOMA ARTS 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 OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names ROBERT WARD.
Who are the officers and directors of OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 11 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $105,062 (ROBERT WARD, PRESIDENT &).
How much revenue does OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $1,754,690, expenses of $1,866,862 and total assets of $2,300,169 at year end.

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