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← OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,933,753
Total expenses
$10,757,252
Contributions and grants received
$5,491,393
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,662,710
Investment income
$1,187,974
Other revenue
-$1,408,324
Total assets, end of year
$31,450,290
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,432,838
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$28,017,452
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,939,340
Management and general expenses
$356,394
Fundraising expenses
$461,518
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,939,340

Program services were 92.4% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,986,969

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $669,358

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,835,066

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $320,811

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MUSEUM ADMISSION

    total $1,662,710 · related or exempt $1,662,710

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $626,931 · excluded $626,931

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $13,932

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $13,932

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $13,932 · excluded $13,932

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $12,454,181

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $11,893,138

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $561,043

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $561,043 · excluded $561,043

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $2,044,990

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,986,969

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $3,680,484

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$1,635,494 · excluded -$1,635,494

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $414,603

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $240,302

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $174,301 · related or exempt $139,441 · unrelated business $34,860

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $38,937 · related or exempt $38,937

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $38,937

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $526,545 · program services $409,826 · management and general $89,188 · fundraising $27,531

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,258,134 · program services $1,875,867 · management and general $66,363 · fundraising $315,904

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $59,665 · program services $55,470 · fundraising $4,195

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $251,865 · program services $232,931 · management and general $8,945 · fundraising $9,989

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $219,508 · program services $189,759 · management and general $12,098 · fundraising $17,651

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $41,344 · program services $37,133 · management and general $3,950 · fundraising $261

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $53,665 · program services $38,868 · management and general $13,214 · fundraising $1,583

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $11,992 · management and general $11,992

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $556,051 · program services $554,138 · management and general $1,913

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $724,138 · program services $708,710 · management and general $2,272 · fundraising $13,156

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $325,735 · program services $300,103 · management and general $12,760 · fundraising $12,872

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $187,528 · program services $182,274 · management and general $406 · fundraising $4,848

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $578,372 · program services $559,508 · management and general $9,656 · fundraising $9,208

  • 17 · Travel

    total $631,427 · program services $631,427

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $39,639 · program services $39,627 · fundraising $12

  • 20 · Interest

    total $80,488 · program services $80,488

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,914,801 · program services $1,809,987 · management and general $104,814

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATION MATERIALS

    total $598,782 · program services $598,782

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOARD EXPENSE

    total $423,198 · program services $423,030 · management and general $168

  • 24c · Other expenses: BUILDING AND GROUNDS MA

    total $374,635 · program services $374,372 · management and general $236 · fundraising $27

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF MEETINGS AND RECO

    total $196,062 · program services $195,541 · management and general $521

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $703,678 · program services $641,499 · management and general $17,898 · fundraising $44,281

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $120,150 · end of year $80,802

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $259,619 · end of year $261,097

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $295,592 · end of year $1,680,220

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $252,319 · end of year $380,489

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $189,353 · end of year $226,234

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $849,734 · end of year $666,495

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $42,967,332

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $29,005,862

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $14,502,085 · end of year $13,961,470

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $18,616,005 · end of year $14,159,796

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $31,058 · end of year $26,616

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $170,527 · end of year $7,071

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $846,890 · end of year $793,091

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,246,015 · end of year $1,609,491

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,146,533 · end of year $780,336

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $382,001 · end of year $249,920

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,555,266 · end of year $11,437,412

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,109,737 · end of year $16,580,040

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE COME HERE TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO WERE KILLED, THOSE WHO SURVIVED AND THOSE CHANGED FOREVER. MAY ALL WHO LEAVE HERE KNOW THE IMPACT OF VIOLENCE. MAY THIS MEMORIAL OFFER COMFORT, STRENGTH, PEACE, HOPE AND SERENITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • MEMORIAL MUSEUM - AN INTERACTIVE MUSEUM THAT TELLS THE STORY AND TEACHES THE LESSONS OF THE BOMBING OF THE ALFRED P. MURRAH FEDERAL BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, ON APRIL 19, 1995. OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE MUSEUM SINCE ITS DEDICATION BY PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ON FEBRUARY 19, 2001. VISITORS COME EACH YEAR FROM ALL 50 STATES AND COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. THE MUSEUM IMMERSES VISITORS IN THE STORY THROUGH WRITTEN TEXT, VIDEO FOOTAGE, THOUSANDS OF ARTIFACTS, AND LIVE INTERACTION THROUGH PROGRAMMING SUCH AS FIRST PERSON - STORIES OF HOPE, IN WHICH A FAMILY MEMBER, SURVIVOR, OR FIRST RESPONDER RECOUNTS THEIR EXPERIENCES FROM APRIL 19, 1995, AND ALLOWS VISITORS TO ASK QUESTIONS.

    Expenses $4,788,288 · Revenue $1,841,088

  • OUTDOOR SYMBOLIC MEMORIAL - A 3.3 ACRE MEMORIAL EMBODYING THE MISSION STATEMENT ELEMENTS OF REMEMBRANCE, EDUCATION, HOPE, HEALING, AND RESILIENCY. OVER 4.75 MILLION PEOPLE FROM ALL 50 STATES AND COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE VISITED SINCE ITS DEDICATION BY PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON ON APRIL 19, 2000.

    Expenses $2,176,459

  • EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND COLLECTIONS - INCLUDES PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SHOW THE IMPACT OF VIOLENCE AND UNDERSCORE THE SENSELESSNESS OF USING VIOLENCE AS A MEANS TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS AND EFFECT CHANGE. THE FOUNDATION ALSO COLLECTS AND HOUSES ARTIFACTS RELATED TO THE BOMBING. IN 2024, OUR PROGRAMS SERVICED OVER 20,000 PARTICIPANTS. PROGRAMS INCLUDE INASMUCH UNCOVER - DISCOVER LAB, VIRTUAL HOPE TRUNK, FIRST PERSON - STORIES OF HOPE, STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST, BETTER CONVERSATIONS, VIRTUAL ARCHIVES, LESSON PLANS, FIELD TRIPS, EYEWITNESS TOURS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS FOR EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES. THE ARCHIVES STAFF OVERSEE A COLLECTION OF 2.78 MILLION ARTIFACTS. DURING 2024, THE STAFF ALSO ASSISTED 9 RESEARCHERS.

    Expenses $2,974,593

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Susan Chambers MD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chris Fleming

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mike Turpen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Erik Fares

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Kennedy

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ann-Clore Duncan

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bill Lance

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Harris

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sam Presti

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sanford C Coats

    ARCHIVES & ACCREDITATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Austin Manger

    EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bob Ross

    PAST CHAIR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steven Taylor

    PAST CHAIR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan Winchester

    PAST CHAIR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Albert Ashwood

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Stephens

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Austin Fugitt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Becky Switzer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Wright

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Blayne Arthur

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Blu Hulsey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Bogert

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Hackler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryan Clifton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cathy O'Connor

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Holt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edurne Pineda

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emilykaye Mitchelson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gail Muncrief

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Graham Bennett

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Houda Elyazgi

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jalal Farzaneh

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Jenkins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Bodin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Curtright

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joyce Henderson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Keri Norris

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Neese

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa McLawhorn Houston

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Thompson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Brooks

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Copeland

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Edmonds

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nick Hathaway

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pat Hall

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Polly Nichols

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Randy Trachtenberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Whicher

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara Sweet

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Briggs

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Cole

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tammy Powell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ted Tetrick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wade Deaver

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wes Roberts

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wesley Knight

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kari F Watkins

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $234,384
    From this org
    $219,149
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,235
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,470
    Bonus
    $4,036
    Other
    $11,643
    Deferred
    $8,475
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,757
    Filer's total
    $235,381
  • Sarah Finley

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $147,043
    From this org
    $134,888
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,155
    Hours/week
    45
  • Dustin Potter

    CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $145,118
    From this org
    $133,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,082
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lesli Massad

    DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY &

    Total calculated
    $145,286
    From this org
    $133,198
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,088
    Hours/week
    40
  • Joe Slawinski

    DIRECTOR OF SECURITY

    Total calculated
    $124,270
    From this org
    $119,490
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,780
    Hours/week
    40
  • Gabriel Taylor

    DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES

    Total calculated
    $118,555
    From this org
    $107,495
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,060
    Hours/week
    40
  • Mary Ann Eckstein

    DIRECTOR OF MEDIA

    Total calculated
    $115,531
    From this org
    $104,588
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,943
    Hours/week
    40

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE BONUS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND CEO IS DISCUSSED BETWEEN THE FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT AND CEO EACH YEAR DURING THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW. THE CHAIRMAN AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPROVES, IN WRITING, THE AGREED UPON BONUS.
FORM 990, SCHEDULE J
WAGE AMOUNTS INCLUDE THE AMOUNTS PAID TO EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT OF BOTH THE MEMORIAL & MUSEUM AND THE ANNUAL OKC MEMORIAL MARATHON. THE OKC MEMORIAL MARATHON IS PRODUCED AND MANAGED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE MEMORIAL & MUSEUM EMPLOYEES AND THEIR WAGES ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS ROLE AS WELL AS THEIR MEMORIAL & MUSEUM ROLES.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543189349309959

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