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RIVER PARKS FOUNDATION

EIN 73-1386151 TULSA, OK

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Revenue 2024
$1,713,723
Expenses 2024
$4,008,731

Program services were 11.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30
Classification
1000
Street
2121 S COLUMBIA AVE STE 205

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

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 205). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

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 · 2024

Mission

TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN TULSA THROUGH ITS RIVER PARKS SYSTEM BY SUPPORTING THE MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS OF THE RIVER PARKS AUTHORITY

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN TULSA THROUGH ITS RIVER PARKS SYSTEM BY SUPPORTING THE MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS OF THE RIVER PARKS AUTHORITY.

  • FACILITATED PRIVATE DONATIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF TULSA'S RIVER PARKS PARK SYSTEM. PROVIDED PARK IMPROVEMENTS, MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION.

    Expenses $450,166 · Grants $385,011 · Revenue $36,240

  • FACILITATED PRIVATE DONATIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF TULSAS RIVER PARKS PARKSYSTEM.

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.

  • Darton J Zink

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robyn Ewing

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • T Lane Wilson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Nicholas

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • W James McCarthy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Edwards

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $156,541
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $149,094
    Other
    $7,447
    Hours/week
    1 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $149,094 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $7,447 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $156,541 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,713,723
    Expenses
    $4,008,731
    Contributions
    $1,693,051
    Grants paid
    $385,011
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,855,556
    Expenses
    $2,397,809
    Contributions
    $4,196,852
    Grants paid
    $457,629
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,264,538
    Expenses
    $2,957,287
    Contributions
    $2,136,917
    Grants paid
    $2,498,954

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
    $3,876,890
    Expenses
    $1,547,752
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,855,459

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,035,655
    Expenses
    $785,038
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,408,225

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $987,366
    Expenses
    $706,196
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,254,053

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $704,821
    Expenses
    $875,376
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,988,716

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,248,727
    Expenses
    $999,438
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,110,967

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,280,615
    Expenses
    $810,442
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,874,268

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $903,433
    Expenses
    $942,362
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,669,542

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,082,037
    Expenses
    $881,255
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,438,401

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,596,340
    Expenses
    $2,579,534
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,261,267

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $617,447
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,214,664

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2009

Tax period
1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009
Principal officer
Matt Meyer
Mailing address
717 South Houston AveSte 510Tulsa OK 74127

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

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

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.