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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION

EIN 73-1298684 TULSA, OK

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Revenue 2023
$7,496,797
Expenses 2023
$2,569,316

Program services were 57.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
U30Z
Classification
2000
Street
1444 S BOULDER AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE DISSEMINATION OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD OF GEOLOGY.

  • THE L. AUSTIN WEEKS MEMORIAL FUND IS UTILIZED TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS AS DETERMINED BY THE FOUNDATION TRUSTEES WHICH ADVANCE THE SCIENCE OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY. DURING THE YEAR, THIS FUND SUPPORTS THE GEOLEGENDS VIDEO PROJECT, GEOSCIENTISTS WITHOUT BORDERS, SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT TO DISTINGUISHED LECTURER ACTIVITIES, PIONEERING WOMEN GEOSCIENTIST PROJECT, AS WELL AS GEOFORCE AND A DIGITAL IMMERSIVE GEOLOGY PROJECT.

    Expenses $329,745 · Grants $290,000

  • THE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INCLUDES GRANTS-IN-AID PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO GRADUATE STUDENTS (CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN MASTERS OR PH.D. PROGRAMS) WHOSE THESIS RESEARCH HAS APPLICATION TO THE SEARCH FOR AND DEVELOPMENT OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY-MINERAL RESOURCES AND/OR RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY ISSUES. ADDITIONALLY, THE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SUPPORTS EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES OF UNDERGRADUATE GEOSCIENCE STUDENTS AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF THEIR SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY THROUGH THE L. AUSTIN WEEKS UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $263,976 · Grants $243,364

  • THE BULLETIN IS THE FLAGSHIP TECHNICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS. AAPG FOUNDATION PROVIDES FUNDING TO HELP SUPPORT PUBLISHING THE MONTHLY ISSUES OF THE BULLETIN.

    Expenses $149,345 · Grants $141,000

  • THE AAPG FOUNDATION SUPPORTS A DIVERSE GROUP OF OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MILITARY VETERANS TO PURSUE AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN GEOLOGY, SUPPORT FOR THE BOY AND GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA INCLUDING THE BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE AND MERIT BADGE PROGRAM, AWARD RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING GEOSCIENTISTS, AND SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR CERTAIN UNIVERSITIES TO HAVE ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO THE DATAPAGES DIGITAL ARCHIVES.

    Expenses $672,981 · Grants $413,175

  • THE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE PROGRAM REACHES AFFILIATED SOCIETIES AND UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE WORLD. THE PROGRAM ASSISTS WITH THE EXPENSES INVOLVED WITH PROVIDING DISTINGUISHED GEOSCIENCE LECTURES TO SPEAK BEFORE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES AND UNIVERSITY GROUPS.

    Expenses $52,237 · Grants $52,237

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • James McGhay

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Cameron

    VICE-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Valary Schulz

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Wisda

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • J Michael Party

    TUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Lund

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Wegener

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Nash

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Curtiss

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $345,778
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $293,378
    Other
    $52,400
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $268,378 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $25,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $16,103 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $36,297 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $345,778 related

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,496,797
    Expenses
    $2,569,316
    Contributions
    $4,096,168
    Grants paid
    $1,139,777
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,467,614
    Expenses
    $2,248,063
    Contributions
    $1,190,098
    Grants paid
    $869,491

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,505,100
    Expenses
    $2,285,065
    Assets (EOY)
    $58,608,489
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,099,312
    Expenses
    $1,675,226
    Assets (EOY)
    $66,822,034
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,910,036
    Expenses
    $1,620,523
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,009,390
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,016,689
    Expenses
    $2,109,355
    Assets (EOY)
    $52,625,666
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,309,852
    Expenses
    $1,926,555
    Assets (EOY)
    $51,675,693
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,258,813
    Expenses
    $2,506,294
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,602,564

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.