NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC
EIN 30-0341029 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
- Revenue 2025
- $18,530,216
- Expenses 2025
- $14,538,617
Program services were 66.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Classification
- 2100
- Street
- 1700 NE 63RD 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 · 2025
Mission
TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE EVOLVING HISTORY AND CULTURES OF THE AMERICAN WEST FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT OF ITS DIVERSE AUDIENCES OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN.
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SPECIAL EVENTS ARE HELD ON SITE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE WAYS OF THE AMERICAN WEST, ENCOURAGE ARTISTS TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE WESTERN HERITAGE THROUGH THEIR ARTWORK AND TO RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN LITERATURE, TELEVISION, AND OTHER MEDIA FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE AMERICAN WEST.
Expenses $2,409,462 · Revenue $1,619,347
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EXHIBITS ARE SHOWCASED THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM TO ENCOURAGE CURIOSITY AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY AND VALUES OF THE AMERICAN WEST.
Expenses $5,535,167 · Revenue $1,275,269
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CHALLENGING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED AND INTEGRATED WITH EXHIBITIONS, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH TO PROMOTE THE MUSEUM'S MISSIONS OF PRESERVING AND INTERPRETING THE WEST. THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ALSO STRENGTHEN THE ARTISTIC VALUE OF THE MUSEUMS'S COLLECTION TO THE PUBLIC AND EXPOSE THE PUBLIC TO VARIOUS CULTURES AND ARTISTIC TRADITIONS OF THE WEST.
Expenses $1,702,938 · Revenue $478,407
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OTHER PROGRAMS
Revenue $746,383
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2025
As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Andrea PerdueANDREA PERDUE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Anita La Cava SwiftANITA LA CAVA SWIFT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Bobby SlaterBOBBY SLATER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Bobby NorrisBOBBY NORRIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brent CummingsBRENT CUMMINGS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Cathy KeatingCATHY KEATING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Clayton TaylorCLAYTON TAYLOR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Don BrinkmanDON BRINKMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Everett DobsonEVERETT DOBSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Frank LoveFRANK LOVE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Frank G MerrillFRANK G MERRILL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Frank SempleFRANK SEMPLE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gary W KinslowGARY W KINSLOW
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gilbert G AguirreGILBERT G AGUIRRE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gordon WhitenerGORDON WHITENER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gregory J BraddockGREGORY J BRADDOCK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Hank TrueHANK TRUE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jerry WinchesterJERRY WINCHESTER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jim HuntJIM HUNT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jim Morris IIJIM MORRIS II
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John D CresapJOHN D CRESAP
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ken FergesonKEN FERGESON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lance BenhamLANCE BENHAM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Larry NicholsLARRY NICHOLS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Leonard J SadlerLEONARD J SADLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
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2025
- Revenue
- $18,530,216
- Expenses
- $14,538,617
- Contributions
- $9,731,077
- Grants paid
- $0
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2024
- Revenue
- $24,088,840
- Expenses
- $13,366,215
- Contributions
- $17,843,197
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $23,746,566
- Expenses
- $12,482,155
- Contributions
- $18,792,874
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $11,673,346
- Expenses
- $12,394,616
- Contributions
- $6,666,303
- 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
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2025 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2024 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2023 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2022 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $15,269,819
- Expenses
- $10,209,299
- Assets (EOY)
- $111,505,092
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2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $10,223,950
- Expenses
- $9,194,643
- Assets (EOY)
- $105,063,647
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2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $13,722,105
- Expenses
- $10,328,383
- Assets (EOY)
- $102,005,384
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $14,199,626
- Expenses
- $10,394,371
- Assets (EOY)
- $96,428,447
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
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$120,000
2024 Arts Culture and Humanities
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2022 CULTURE
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$102,125
2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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2024 MUSEUMS
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2023 CULTURE
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$100,000
2024 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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$100,000
2024 ARTS, CULTURE
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2022 ARTS, CULTURE AND HUMANITIES
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2023 ARTS, CULTURE AND HUMANITIES
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$70,641
2022 GEN / ED / OTHER
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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.