Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$434,801

Total expenses

$413,222

Contributions and grants received

$426,832

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$7,624

Investment income

$345

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$266,398

Total liabilities, end of year

$80,861

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$185,537

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$385,399

Management and general expenses

$20,503

Fundraising expenses

$7,320

Program service expenses (Part III)

$385,399

Program services were 93.3% 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 · 2022

• HELP FAMILIES THRIVE WITH PARENT SUPPORT GROUPS PARENT SUPPORT GROUPS PROVIDE PEER MENTORING, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, AND FAMILY SAFE EVENTS. HELPING FAMILIES THRIVE HAS BEEN THE BACKBONE OF AUTISM OKLAHOMA SINCE ITS FORMATION IN 2002. WE HAVE ADDED GEOGRAPHIES AND INVESTED IN THE PARENT SUPPORT GROUP LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE. WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED PIECE OF MIND, A PROGRAM FOR DISTRIBUTING GPS AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE CHILDREN WITH A HIGH RISK OF RUNNING AWAY AS WELL AS A FINANCIAL NEED.

  Expenses $128,466

• HELP INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM REACH THEIR POTENTIAL. AUTISM OKLAHOMA PROVIDES SOCIAL GROUPS, SUMMER EXPERIENCES AND PRE- EMPLOYMENT CLUBS TO ENGAGE CHILDREN, TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS IN SOCIAL AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SOME OF OUR SOCIAL GROUPS INCLUDE HEROES, THE AVENGERS OF AUTISM, TEEN 2 TEEN, BOWLING FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED, AND CONNECTIONS. WE ALSO PROVIDED INNOVATIVE CAMPS TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNICATION AND INVOLVEMENT WHICH INCLUDES SWANKY ART. OUR PRE-EMPLOYMENT CLUBS, BEE'S KNEES AND INVISIBLE LAYERS PRODUCTIONS CREATE LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG ADULTS WITH ASD. THESE CLUBS MEET MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK WITH A PROFESSIONAL MENTOR WHO ASSISTS WITH CREATING A TEAM ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS TEACHING SKILLS. THESE CLUBS PRODUCE AMAZING RESULTS IN CONFIDENCE AND IN COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. HELPING INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IS A GOAL OF AUTISMOKLAHOMA. AUTISMOKLAHOMA PROVIDES INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM TO ENGAGE WITH OTHERS. WE CONTINUE TO MAKE INVESTMENTS BY OFFERING A PORTFOLIO OF PROGRAMS TARGETED TO INDIVIDUALS ON THE AUTSIM SPECTRUM.

  Expenses $128,466

• PROVIDE AUTISM AWARENESS AND HIGHLIGHTED PROGRAMMING 2022 WAS A GREAT SUCCESS FOR US AS AN ORGANIZATION AND FOR THE THOUSANDS WE SERVE. A FEW HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: 1 20TH ANNIVERSARY: TWENTY YEARS IS A BIG DEAL FROM CELEBRITY BIRTHDAY VIEOS AND A GIANT BIRTHDAY PARTY, TO ENHANCED SIGNATURE EVENTS AND NEW PROGRAMS, OUR 20TH YEAR WAS ONE WE WILL NEVERY FORGET 2 TEENS ENGAGED AT TEEN2TEEN: OUR TEENS ENJOY DEVELOPING FRIENDSHIPS AROUND COMMON INTERESTS WHILE THEY EAT AND HAVE FUN TOGETHER EACH MONTH. WE'VE CREATED A SAFE PLACE FOR THEM TO COME AS THEY ARE, AND BOY, DO THEY COME ADULTS ON THE SPECTRUM ATTEND TO VOLUNTEER, TOO. 3 PARTICIPANTS BECOME LEADERS: FROM SPIDDRMAN VS BATMAN, TO LET'S EXPLORE RESTAURANTS AND SPEAKING TO CROWDS AT PUBLIC EVENTS, PARTICIPANTS ARE GROWING IN CONFIDENCE AND LEADING THEIR OWN GROUPS AND THEIR OWN PATHS. THIS IS QUALITY OF LIFE IN ACTION 4 GREEN TEA AND GIRL POWER: THE LADIES SHOWED UP AND SHOWED OFF THEIR VOICES. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL LUNCHEON FILLED WITH THE HONEST AND UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES OF TEENS WITH AUTISM ALONG WITH THE SPECIAL WOMEN IN THEIR LIVES. AND OUR ADULT LADIES ENJOYED HOLIDAY EVENTS, MADE JEWELRY, AND HELD HOUSEWARMING PARTIES. 5 THE PIECEWALK: FRIENDS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES CELEBRATED OUR 20TH WITH THE BEST PARTIES AT THE PIECEWALKS. OUR RUNNER FRIENDS CELEBRATED THAT WE WERE NAMED THE NEW RUN LUCKY 5K BENEFICIARY ONE MILE FOR FUN OR 3.1 FOR A MEDAL, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. 6 KOCHENDORFER CANS OUR ART: AFTER ATTENDING OUR DUETS ART SHOW, KOCHENDORFER BREWING CO. COMMISSIONED ORIGINAL ART FROM A DUETS PAIR FOR THEIR SOUR WHEAT CANS AND HELD A LAUNCH PARTY AT THEIR BREWERY. THE ART OF BEER KICKED OFF AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH IN APRIL. 7 NAMED PGA TOUR BENEFICIARY: COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC. NAMED US THEIR CHARITY OF CHOICE AND THE CHARITY PARTNER FOR THE PGA KORN FERRY COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS CHAMPIONSHIP. WE LOOK FORWARD TO EXPANDING OUR AUDIENCE, PROGRAMS, AND OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THIS EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE. 8 MORE THAN 700 VOLUNTEERS: THE HEART AND SOUL OF OUR PROGRAMS AND EVENTS ARE OUR DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS. FROM BLAST PEN-PALS TO DUETS ARTISTS AND PIECEWALK COMMITTEE MEMBERS, VOLUNTEERS MAKE OUR WORLD GO ROUND. OUR FRIENDS AT LIFE.CHURCH PROVIDE ABOUT 200 VOLUNTEERS PER MONTH 9 YOUNG ADULTS MIXED-N-MINGLED: WE FOUND THE SECRET SAUCE, AND IT'S THE CREATION OF A SAFE AND FUN PLACE TO MAKE FRIENDS. WE HAVE FAMNILIES DRIVING FROM THE TEXAS BORDER SO THEIR CHILD CAN PARTICIPATE. WE ARE SEEING LIVES BEING CHANGED. OUR PARTICIPANTS AND STAFF MADE MEMORIES AT CHICKEN N PICKLE. 10 DOING GREAT THINGS IN TULSA: T-TOWN IS ROCKING IT WITH SOCIAL GROUPS FOR TEENS AND ADULTS, SENSORY-FRIENDLY HOLIDAY EVENTS, THE PIECEWALK, FAMILY EVENTS, DRIVE FORE AUTISM, AND AN ACTIVE PARENT NETWORK, GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND QUALITY OF LIFE IS IMPROVING FOR OUR FRIENDS IN THE TULSA AREA.

  Expenses $128,467

As filed on the 2022 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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