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THE TRISTESSE GRIEF CENTER INC

EIN 73-1619790 TULSA, OK

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Revenue 2024
$723,832
Expenses 2024
$719,519

Program services were 85.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F60
Classification
1000
Street
2502 E 71ST STE A

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

THE MISSION OF THE GRIEF CENTER IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO GRIEVING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THROUGH PROFESSIONAL CONSELING SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE GRIEF CENTER IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO GRIEVING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THROUGH PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS.

  • GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING - PROFESSIONAL GRIEF COUNSELING AND CRISIS SUPPORT IS PROVIDED TO CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND ADULTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT LOSS BY MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS WITH ADVANCED TRAINING IN GRIEF AND TRAUMATIC LOSS. COUNSELING SESSIONS CAN INCLUDE MUSIC THERAPY AS WELL AS ART THERAPY WHEN INDICATED. ALL COUNSELING SESSIONS ARE PROVIDED ON A SLIDING FEE SCALE. OUR GROUP COUNSELING SESSIONS INCLUDE LOSS-SPECIFIC GROUPS (CHILD LOSS, SUICIDE LOSS, SPOUSE LOSS, FAMILY GROUP)THAT OFFER UNIQUE BENEFITS RELATED TO PROCESSING GRIEF WITH OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR LOSSES AND DECREASING ISOLATION DURING THE GRIEVING PROCESS. ALL GROUPS ARE FREE OF CHARGE.

    Expenses $301,544 · Revenue $151,884

  • GRIEF AND OUTREACH INTERVENTION PROGRAM - RECOGNIZING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS TO ACCESSING GRIEF COUNSELING FOR MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE GRIEF CENTER PROVIDES GRIEF COUNSELING AND SUPPORT INSIDE SCHOOL WALLS AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. OUR HEALING HEARTS PROGRAMMING IN TULSA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE TULSA METROPOLITAN AREA IS PROVIDED AT NO COST TO STUDENTS, FAMILIES OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

    Expenses $149,652 · Revenue $600

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAM - WE RECOGNIZED EARLY ON THAT AREA THERAPISTS AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS OFTEN LACKED GRIEF SPECIFIC TRAINING. IN RESPONSE, THE GRIEF CENTER PROVIDES GRIEF SENSITIVITY TRAINING TO BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR LICENSED PROFESSIONALS WHO ENCOUNTER GRIEF AND LOSS IN THE POPULATION THEY SERVE.

    Expenses $93,828 · Revenue $46,714

  • CAMP ERIN - CAMP ERIN SUPPORTS GRIEVING CHILDREN, TEENS, AND FAMILIES THROUGH A CAMP EXPERIENCE THAT COMBINES GRIEF EDUCATION AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT WITH FUN, INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES. LED BY GRIEF PROFESSIONALS AND CARING VOLUNTEERS, CAMPERS ARE PROVIDED A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO EXPLORE THEIR GRIEF, LEARN ESSENTIAL COPING SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE COMMUNITY WITH OTHERS WHO ARE ALSO GRIEVING. ADDITIONAL SERVICES ARE OFFERED TO SUPPORT THE WHOLE FAMILY OUTSIDE OF THE CAMP EXPERIENCE. TWO SESSIONS ARE AVAILABLE, CAMP ERIN KIDS CAMP IS OPEN TO CHILDREN AND TEENS AGES 6 -17 ACROSS THE STATE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH OF A SIGNIFICANT PERSON. CAMP ERIN FAMILY CAMP , INTRODUCED IN 2023, IS OPEN TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED A DEATH LOSS IN THEIR FAMILY UNIT. CAMP ERIN AND ALL SERVICES RELATED TO CAMP ERIN ARE FREE.

    Expenses $71,204

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.

  • Mehgan Gaskins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jose Guzman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marissa Blevins

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Grey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Laura Gonsalves

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Ryan Parker

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jack Stagg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erica Ajax

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Tobie Bresloff

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katez Marshall

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cole Higbee

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Channing Wendt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Molly Harrison

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Joshua Ogden-Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Christy Sanders

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynn Sund

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Justin Rutherford

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Audrey McCraw

    EXECUTIVE DIR.

    Total calculated
    $101,000
    From this org
    $101,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $723,832
    Expenses
    $719,519
    Contributions
    $514,748
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $685,826
    Expenses
    $754,085
    Contributions
    $519,499
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $873,660
    Expenses
    $704,836
    Contributions
    $748,036
    Grants paid
    $0

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $660,636
    Expenses
    $608,505
    Assets (EOY)
    $246,787
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $564,356
    Expenses
    $516,209
    Assets (EOY)
    $195,274
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $191,731
    Expenses
    $259,662
    Assets (EOY)
    $163,804
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $495,187
    Expenses
    $499,623
    Assets (EOY)
    $239,400
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $426,173
    Expenses
    $457,347
    Assets (EOY)
    $243,137
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $474,637
    Expenses
    $413,990
    Assets (EOY)
    $270,273
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $409,641
    Expenses
    $416,549
    Assets (EOY)
    $210,795
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $378,924
    Expenses
    $405,431
    Assets (EOY)
    $215,072

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.

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.

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.