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OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY

EIN 73-0579264 SHAWNEE, OK

Revenue 2024
$76,025,660
Expenses 2024
$78,864,062

Program services were 87.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B420
Classification
2000
Street
500 W UNIVERSITY ST

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AS A CHRISTIAN LIBERAL ARTS UNIVERSITY, OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY TRANSFORMS LIVES BY EQUIPPING STUDENTS TO PURSUE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, INTEGRATE FAITH WITH ALL AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE, ENGAGE A DIVERSE WORLD, AND LIVE WORTHY OF THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD IN CHRIST.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A CHRISTIAN LIBERAL ARTS UNIVERSITY.

  • ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION: OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY OFFERS OVER 80 UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC MAJOR FIELDS OF STUDY, WITH PRE-PROFESSIONAL DEGREES IN SEVERAL AREAS. THE ACADEMIC OFFERINGS ARE OPERATED THROUGH SCHOOLS AND DIVISIONS: THEOLOGY AND MINISTRY, SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS, BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, BUSINESS, EDUCATION, EXERCISE SCIENCE, SPORTS AND RECREATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, NURSING, VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS PLUS SEVERAL GRADUATE, ONLINE AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS. THE UNIVERSITY'S CORE CURRICULUM INTEGRATES ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES TO PROVIDE A RIGOROUS LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION. MASTERS' DEGREES ARE OFFERED IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MULTIPLE THEOLOGY DISCIPLINES, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY, AND TEACHING. THE UNIVERSITY'S FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION RATE IS AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE AND REGION.

    Expenses $46,305,053 · Grants $28,608,561 · Revenue $42,029,114

  • STUDENT SERVICES: OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY PROVIDES A RANGE OF SERVICES TO STUDENTS, INCLUDING HEALTH SERVICES, CAREER PLANNING AND PLACEMENT, COUNSELING, FINANCIAL AID, ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH 13 SPORTING TEAMS, AN EXTENSIVE INTRAMURAL AND CLUB SPORTS PROGRAM, CAMPUS ACTIVITIES, A UNIVERSITY CONCERT SERIES, AND AN ARRAY OF CAMPUS MINISTRY PROGRAMS, INCLUDING EIGHT LOCAL MINISTRY TEAMS, AND YEAR-ROUND INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS AND SERVICE EXPERIENCES. THESE SERVICES ARE TIED TO OBU'S MISSION STATEMENT: AS A CHRISTIAN LIBERAL ARTS UNIVERSITY, OBU TRANSFORMS LIVES BY EQUIPPING STUDENTS TO PURSUE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, INTEGRATE FAITH WITH ALL AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE, ENGAGE A DIVERSE WORLD, AND LIVE WORTHY OF THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD IN CHRIST.

    Expenses $12,508,942 · Revenue $5,059,665

  • AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES: OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY OPERATES RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FOR APPROXIMATELY 960 OF THE UNIVERSITY'S APPROXIMATELY 1,600 ENROLLED STUDENTS. CAMPUS DINING, INCLUDING CATERING SERVICES, IS PROVIDED THROUGH CHARTWELL'S, A COMPASS GROUP COMPANY. THE UNIVERSITY'S BOOKSTORE IS OPERATED BY SLINGSHOT.

    Expenses $10,127,085 · Revenue $8,697,475

  • MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE GENERATED FROM EDUCATIONAL SALES/SERVICES/EVENTS.

    Revenue $1,823,966

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • ROBERT MORRIS

    VICE-CHAIRMAN (PART YEAR)/CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $2,700
    From this org
    $2,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BRYAN LARAMORE

    TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)/VICE-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MATT BROWN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • NICK ATYIA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ERIC COSTANZO

    CHAIRMAN (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • AUBREY CHAPIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CALEB SCOTT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CHAD WILSIE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CINDY SCHMIDT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • GLENETTE RUSSELL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JONATHAN PICKETT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JUSTIN SAMPLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KARI JONES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KYLE LILLIE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • LES LEDBETTER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MICHAEL CARTER

    TRUSEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • RYAN ALDRICH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • STEVE BAGWELL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • STEVE HALL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BRYAN PAIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • STEVE WAECHTER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOSHUA WELLS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • RANDY BUTLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MONTY HALE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KENT JAGGERS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $76,025,660
    Expenses
    $78,864,062
    Contributions
    $8,499,648
    Grants paid
    $28,608,561
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $96,576,340
    Expenses
    $74,662,756
    Contributions
    $18,182,199
    Grants paid
    $26,698,942
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $87,876,338
    Expenses
    $77,857,878
    Contributions
    $21,109,629
    Grants paid
    $25,029,075

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 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
    $82,485,292
    Expenses
    $70,852,162
    Assets (EOY)
    $299,250,715

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $80,964,114
    Expenses
    $73,125,608
    Assets (EOY)
    $289,242,729

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $100,424,858
    Expenses
    $73,598,410
    Assets (EOY)
    $254,941,936

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $79,802,149
    Expenses
    $75,929,443
    Assets (EOY)
    $234,851,359

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $78,842,058
    Expenses
    $76,774,464
    Assets (EOY)
    $236,085,044

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

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 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • MACK HOLDINGS LLC

    MANAGE RETAIL LEASING OPERATIONS · OK · income -$17,878 · assets $22,611

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

  • SHAWNEE SHIPPING CENTER LLC

    UNRELATED · OPERATES A COMMERCIAL PRINT SHOP · OK · 50% owned · share of income -$40,649 · share of assets $17,130

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER ANNUITY TRUSTS (1)

    HOLD ASSETS AND REMIT INCOME TO UNIVERSITY · OK · controlled entity

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUSTS (2)

    HOLD ASSETS AND REMIT INCOME TO UNIVERSITY · OK · controlled entity

  • IRREVOCABLE PERSONAL TRUST (1)

    HOLD ASSETS AND REMIT INCOME TO UNIVERSITY · OK · controlled entity

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • PUBLISHING CONCEPTS LP

    $400 raised

    2024 Commercial Fundraiser

    $400 to charity

  • PUBLISHING CONCEPTS LP

    $5,775 raised

    2023 Commercial Fundraiser

    $5,775 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.