Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$431,587

Total expenses

$448,068

Contributions and grants received

$225,951

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$86,414

Investment income

$119,222

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,984,058

Total liabilities, end of year

$277,178

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,706,880

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$309,965

Management and general expenses

$90,016

Fundraising expenses

$48,087

Program service expenses (Part III)

$309,965

Program services were 69.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• EDUCATION: THE K-20 EDUCATION PROGRAM AT FAB LAB TULSA ENABLES EDUCATORS TO INTRODUCE AND ILLUSTRATE A VARIETY OF ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, CHEMICAL, AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, AS WELL AS COMPUTER SCIENCE, MATH, AND ART. ADDITIONALLY, STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO ENVISION, DESIGN, BUILD, TEST AND REFINE THEIR IDEAS THROUGH HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH 2D AND 3D DESIGN SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL FABRICATION TOOLS. WHEN USING TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION, THE KEY IS TO ENHANCE THE CONCEPTS BEING TAUGHT. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT FAB LAB TULSA FOCUS ON BUILDING SKILLS IN CORE SUBJECTS, SUCH AS MATH AND SCIENCE, AS WELL AS APPLIED PROBLEM-SOLVING, CRITICAL THINKING AND CREATIVITY, ALL OF WHICH ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IN THE MODERN ECONOMY. IN 2025, FAB LAB TULSA REACHED 3,122 STUDENTS. EDUCATION PROGRAMMING OFF-SITE AT SCHOOL LOCATIONS. FOURTH- THROUGH 12TH-GRADE EDUCATION PROGRAMMING, PARTICULARLY IN TULSA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HAS SEEN A SHIFT TO AFTER-SCHOOL EXPANDED LEARNING TIME SINCE THE PANDEMIC. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

  Expenses $164,875 · Revenue $39,750

• MEMBER: AS A COMMUNITY CENTER, FAB LAB TULSA IS A RESOURCE FOR LOCAL TECHNOLOGY ENTHUSIASTS WHO SPAN A BROAD SPECTRUM: FROM HOBBYIST AND TINKERERS, TO ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS, TO ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS, TO ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESSES. INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS WITH CREATIVE IDEAS BRING THEM TO FRUITION WITH THE LAB'S EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS. PROGRAMMING FOR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS INCLUDES ENTRY-LEVEL AND ADVANCED CLASSES TO TRAIN AND CERTIFY THEM IN THE VARIOUS SKILLS REQUIRED TO USE THE FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT WITHOUT SUPERVISION. IN 2025, FAB LAB TULSA HAD 1,222 COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIPS, SOME OF WHICH ARE FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS COMPRISED OF MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN. THESE MEMBERSHIPS REPRESENTED TWENTY-SIX UNIQUE ZIP CODES. IN FACT, MEMBERS TRAVELLED FROM AS FAR AWAY AS OKLAHOMA CITY; WICHITA, KANSAS; SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI AND BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS TO UTILIZE THE LABS RESOURCES. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE LAB IN 2025 WAS 36,714. MEMBERSHIP AND VISITOR RATES GREW SLIGHTLY FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

  Expenses $79,140 · Revenue $34,566

• BUSINESS: FAB LAB TULSA IS A HUB FOR INVENTORS AND PROVIDES ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESSES WITH A HIGH-QUALITY, LOW-COST, LOW-RISK METHOD OF RAPID PROTOTYPING AND MICRO-MANUFACTURING NEW PRODUCTS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO FOSTER ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS ENCOURAGE START-UP COMPANIES TO GROW BOTH WITHIN AND BEYOND THE LAB. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY MEMBERS RECEIVE EXTENSIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN USING LAB EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE DESIGN APPLICATIONS, AS WELL AS ACCESS TO PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT THEIR LEGAL AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NEEDS. IN 2025, FAB LAB TULSA HAD 61 ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESS PARTICIPANTS IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: GARMENT/ACCESSORY/JEWELRY, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, ART, FOOD/BEVERAGE, RAPID PROTOTYPING/DESIGN/CONSULTING, ARCHITECTURE, SMALL/LOCAL BUSINESS SUPPORT, INDUSTRIAL, FURNISHINGS, AIRCRAFT/AEROSPACE, BRANDING/MARKETING, AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

  Expenses $6,595 · Revenue $6,049

• WORKFORCE: MANUFACTURING IS UNDERGOING A DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION THAT IS CHANGING THE FUTURE OF WORK WITH SMART MANUFACTURING THAT RELIES ON HIGH-TECH SYSTEMS. THE WORKFORCE PROGRAM AT FAB LAB TULSA TEACHES DESIGN THINKING AND DIGITAL FABRICATION SKILLS TARGETED AT RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WHO ARE NOT HEADED TO COLLEGE AND ADULTS SEEKING TO RESKILL AND UPSKILL TO MEET THE RAPIDLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT OF INDUSTRIAL DIGITALIZATION. THE PROGRAM COVERS THE TOPICS OF 3D PRINTING, PRECISION LASER CUTTING, CNC MILLING AND ELECTRONICS, WITH HANDS-ON LEARNING UTILIZING A PROJECT-BASED APPROACH WHERE STUDENTS DOCUMENT THEIR WORK AND BUILD A DIGITAL ONLINE RESUME AND PORTFOLIO TO SHARE WITH FUTURE EMPLOYERS. IN 2025, FAB LAB TULSA'S WORKFORCE PROGRAMMING REACHED 286 ADULT LEARNERS. FURTHERMORE, OUR PROGRAMS ARE APPROVED BY THE OKLAHOMA WORKFORCE CENTER, OKLAHOMA WORKS, AND THE OKLAHOMA OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

  Expenses $32,975 · Revenue $1,728

• COMMUNITY: MAKER FAIRE TULSA IS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM OF FAB LAB TULSA THAT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND AND ATTRACTS PRIMARILY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, FROM ACROSS NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. THIS AWARD-WINNING, FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT CELEBRATES TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, SCIENCE, ARTS, CRAFTS, ENGINEERING, AND MAKING OF ALL KINDS. IN THE SUMMER OF 2025, FAB LAB TULSA HOSTED OUR 13TH MAKER FAIRE TULSA EVENT, WHICH HAD 3,198 VISITORS, OVER 70 MAKER EXHIBITORS, AND OVER 750 YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN THE ACTIVITY ZONE. IN ADDITION, WE ATTENDED NUMEROUS SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH A TOTAL OUTREACH OF 6,998 PARTICIPANTS.

  Expenses $26,380 · Revenue $4,321

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• FLT Holding Inc

  501(c)(3) · NEW MARKET TAX CREDIT · OK · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by FAB LAB

• THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA

  501(c)(3) · UNIVERSITY · OK

  Directly controlled by NA

• THE GILCREASE MANAGEMENT TRUST

  501(c)(3) · MANAGEMENT · OK · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by UNIV TULSA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

14 May 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.1

Source object

202611349349303386

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