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MYRIAD GARDENS FOUNDATION

EIN 73-1293008 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK

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Revenue 2024
$6,099,706
Expenses 2024
$5,499,078

Program services were 73.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C41Z
Classification
2000
Street
301 W RENO AVE

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

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

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

THE MYRIAD BOTANICAL GARDENS' MISSION IS TO CREATE A BEAUTIFUL BOTANICAL GARDEN AND URBAN PARK WITH A DIVERSITY OF YEAR-ROUND HORTICULTURAL, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS AND EVENTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OKLAHOMA CITY. OUR PRIMARY PROGRAMS OFFER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT TEACH ALL AGES ABOUT PLANTS, GARDENING AND CONSERVATION. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE HANDS-ON EDUCATIONAL CLASSES FOR SCHOOLS THAT FOCUS ON OUR OUTDOOR GARDENS AS WELL AS TROPICAL PLANTS IN OUR CRYSTAL BRIDGE CONSERVATORY. WE OFFER DOZENS OF GARDENING PROGRAMS, FROM COMPOSTING AND SEED STARTING TO PRUNING, GARDEN DESIGN AND PLANTS FOR POLLINATORS AND MUCH MORE. WE OFFER AN ANNUAL GARDENING SCHOOL ATTENDED BY HUNDREDS THAT FOCUS ON SUSTAINABLE GARDENING FOR OKLAHOMA. IN ADDITION TO HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WE OFFER SEASONAL BOTANICAL FESTIVALS INCLUDING ORCHID SHOWS, FALL HARVEST AND HOLIDAY FESTIVALS. WE ALSO OFFER A DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL EVENTS THAT INCLUDE CONCERTS, PLAYS, DANCE, BOOK FESTIVALS,

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT THE MYRIAD BOTANICAL GARDENS OF OKLAHOMA CITY BY PROVIDING FUNDING, OPERATING MANAGEMENT SUPPORT, AND INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS, SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT, AND PROMOTING THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARDS.

  • OUR TOP THREE PROGRAMS CONSIST OF OUR GROUNDS, HORTICULTURAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS. OUR 15-ACRES OF OUTDOOR GARDENS, LAWNS, WATER FEATURES, CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AND VISITOR LOBBY ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE SITE CONTAINS EXTENSIVE PLANT COLLECTIONS AND GREEN SPACES FOR EDUCATION, PLAY, RELAXATION AND INSPIRATION FOR ALL AGES TO APPRECIATE AND LEARN ABOUT PLANTS AND GARDENING. OUR YEAR-ROUND HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES INCLUDE LECTURES, HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS, OUTDOOR PLANT WALKS, AND AN ANNUAL ALL DAY GARDEN EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM. WE OFFER A SPRING NATIVE PLANT SALE, A SPRING GARDEN FESTIVAL AND A FALL TREE SALE. OUR RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS INCLUDE: CONCERTS, MOVIES, ART EXHIBITS, SEASONAL FAMILY FESTIVALS (BRINGING BOOKS TO LIFE AND PUMPKINVILLE), ICE SKATING, YOGA, BIKE PROGRAMS, BASKETBALL AND FUTSOL COURTS, HOLIDAY EVENTS AND ETHNIC FESTIVALS. WE ESTIMATE OVER 300,000 PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAMS, SPECIAL EVENTS AND VISITS TO THE CONSERVATORY. WE ESTIMATE OVER 500,000 PEOPLE A YEAR VISIT THE GARDENS. OUR TROPICAL PLANT CONSERVATORY UNDERTOOK A MAJOR RENOVATION AND REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN NOVEMBER 2022. THE RENOVATIONS RESULTED IN IMPROVED DISPLAYS, INTERPRETATION, ACCESSIBILITY, NEW WATER FEATURES AND SCULPTURE. A NEW GIFT SHOP OPENED AT THE SAME TIME FEATURING A WIDE RANGE OF INVENTORY THAT IS BOTANICALLY THEMED OR USEFUL FOR GARDENING.

    Expenses $4,043,716 · Revenue $2,288,853

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.

  • Maureen Heffernan

    PRESIDENT AN

    Total calculated
    $217,229
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $208,874
    Other
    $8,355
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $208,874 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $8,355 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported + $217,229 related
  • Cindy Rogers

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $123,795
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $119,034
    Other
    $4,761
    Hours/week
    40
  • Debora Morey

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $25,837
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $24,843
    Other
    $994
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michelle Furrer

    PRESIDENT /

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Shelby Scott

    BOARD LIAISO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • J Larry Nichols

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lindsey Brock

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jim Tolbert

    CHAIR EMERIT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Anoatubby

    EXECUTIVE BO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Beffort

    EXECUTIVE BO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andy Rine

    EXECUTIVE BO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Avis Scaramucci

    EXECUTIVE BO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Todd Stone

    EXECUTIVE BO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sean Trauschke

    EXECUTIVE BO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Hart

    EXECUTIVE BO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $6,099,706
    Expenses
    $5,499,078
    Contributions
    $3,706,572
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,840,483
    Expenses
    $5,517,267
    Contributions
    $3,735,467
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,597,157
    Expenses
    $4,935,341
    Contributions
    $3,939,054
    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
    $5,075,429
    Expenses
    $4,150,343
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,888,143
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,667,794
    Expenses
    $3,602,892
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,710,213
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,613,892
    Expenses
    $4,140,757
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,456,636
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,579,074
    Expenses
    $3,992,950
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,257,936
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,436,224
    Expenses
    $3,853,314
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,676,723
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,905,218
    Expenses
    $3,606,050
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,049,976
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,393,241
    Expenses
    $3,176,841
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,689,059
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,502,140
    Expenses
    $2,955,631
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,546,183
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,881,606
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,894,191

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

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 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.