GAINING GROUND CORPORATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B92

Classification

1200

Street

907 S DETROIT AVE STE 1100A

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

This address is a suite or unit (STE 1100A). 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.

• GLOBAL GARDENS

  EIN 20-5717276

Mission and programs · 2023

• Family Engagement: Gaining Ground partners with parents, guardians and family members to provide guided programs and project-based units and literacy camps. These allow the students to use their voices and lead themselves and others to reach their literacy goals.

  Expenses $40,426 · Grants $123,253

• Home Libraries: Gaining Ground increases book access for over 5,000 children across the Tulsa community. Through our free book fair at seven partner schools, book bus program, and community events, we are dedicated to ensuring that children can choose books that represent their life experiences and have characters who look like them. We know the importance of books and recognize that books are windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors to children's futures.

  Expenses $191,257 · Grants $123,253

• Out of School Programs:Through project-based learning opportunities, students are empowered to take ownership of their learning. They use their voices to advocate for issues they care about and make tangible community changes. These projects are more than academic exercises-they are real-world opportunities for children to explore their passions, engage in activism, and develop a lifelong love of learning.

  Expenses $328,650 · Grants $239,668

As filed on the 2023 return.

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.

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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,149,564

  Expenses

  $854,727

  Contributions

  $1,114,503

  Grants paid

  $560,333

• 2023

  Revenue

  $366,413

  Expenses

  $472,082

  Contributions

  $366,413

  Grants paid

  $218,292

• 2022

  Revenue

  $771,644

  Expenses

  $507,160

  Contributions

  $771,644

  Grants paid

  $235,083

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

  $454,203

  Expenses

  $320,752

  Assets (EOY)

  $0

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $347,784

  Expenses

  $288,877

  Assets (EOY)

  $260,827

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2017

Tax period

1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017

Principal officer

Lisa Shotts

Mailing address

9801 S HoustonJenks OK 74037

Website

https://gaininggroundliteracy.org/

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 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

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

• GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION

  $356,958

  2023 · BEST - Gaining Ground Literacy Programs Grant FY24

• GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION

  $330,000

  2024 · BEST - Gaining Ground Literacy Programs Grant

• GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION

  $323,655

  2022 · BEST - Gaining Ground Program Funding FY 23

• GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION

  $164,090

  2022 · BEST - Gaining Ground Bridge Grant-Summer 2022

• TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $156,208

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATIONS

• TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $151,740

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATIONS

• TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $114,367

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATIONS

• ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER INC

  $60,000

  2023 · to support Project Change aim to increase literacy proficiency by providing equitable access to high-quality literacy instruction and engaging books for children living in economically disadvantaged areas of Tulsa

• GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION

  $12,800

  2024 · BEST - Urgent Community Needs Grant

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