OKLAHOMA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A70Z

Classification

1000

Street

407 W COVELL RD UNIT 31733

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

• Support for various programs and free public events produced by the Council. (Some expenses in this category may apply to other listed programs, but the expenses are not directly attributable based on cost center like salary or office rent.)

  Expenses $350,136

• Oklahoma Humanities grants encourage cultural programming on the local level across the state. Eligible projects must support the Councils mission to strengthen communities by helping Oklahomans learn about the human experience, understand new perspectives, and participate knowledgeably in civic life. Through special initiatives, Oklahoma Humanities also provided funding for national projects like United We Stand, National History Day, and continued scholarly research on the humanities.

  Expenses $148,496 · Grants $148,496 · Revenue $148,496

• Since 1985, Oklahomans have started new chapters and new conversations with OHs dynamic book club program, Lets Talk About It (LTAI). Hosted by libraries and other organizations, each LTAI series uses four or five books to explore a specific theme developed by a humanities scholar. Combined with presentations from literary experts, LTAI catalyzes meaningful conversation and encourages readers to reflect on their experiences, share thoughts and ideas, consider diverse perspectives, and gain new insight.

  Expenses $61,899 · Grants $53,002 · Revenue $49,137

• Free of advocacy and advertising and supported by donors, the award-winning Oklahoma Humanities magazine is distributed in print and online as free educational programming. From public policy issues to cultural heritage, it provides an engaging forum for new ideas and productive civil discoursea rich mix of humanities scholarship, insightful narratives, and informed opinions for a read that is smart, balanced, educational, and entertaining. It reaches all 77 counties and has a circulation of 12,000 with additional public distribution through classrooms and selected events. Previous authors include N. Scott Momaday, Walter Isaacson, Krista Tippett, Bryan Stevenson, Michael Sandel, Naomi Shihab Nye, and more.

  Expenses $9,140

• Since 1994, the Smithsonian Institutions Museum on Main Street (MoMS) has worked with State Humanities Councils to empower more than 1,800 rural communities through specifically designed exhibitions and public programming. Hosted by libraries, museums, and other community centers, each explores elements of rural history, encourages discussion and participation, and helps establish local agency. In 2021, Crossroads: Change in Rural America arrived in Oklahoma and traveled to Tishomingo, Fort Gibson, Nowata, Woodward, Pawnee, and Boley. Small towns might seem static and quiet, but they are complex intersections where people and ideas converge and evolve. Through the themes of identity, land, community, persistence, and managing change, the exhibition examined this history and asked visitors to consider how and why their specific communities have changed and what the future might bring.

  Expenses $4,838 · Revenue $9,250

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.

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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,064,816

  Expenses

  $1,219,812

  Contributions

  $1,059,500

  Grants paid

  $148,496

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,428,561

  Expenses

  $1,555,130

  Contributions

  $1,427,679

  Grants paid

  $391,708

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,449,535

  Expenses

  $1,351,715

  Contributions

  $1,368,455

  Grants paid

  $299,252

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

  $1,624,150

  Expenses

  $1,530,982

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,955,276

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,807,879

  Expenses

  $1,616,268

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,794,220

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,141,771

  Expenses

  $1,548,671

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,149,056

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,125,918

  Expenses

  $998,018

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,947,539

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $994,390

  Expenses

  $977,521

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,885,945

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $972,111

  Expenses

  $837,636

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,862,586

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $990,003

  Expenses

  $909,199

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,621,991

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $886,750

  Expenses

  $881,125

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,607,317

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

• Oklahoma Historical Society

  $40,000

  2022 · Provide humanities content

• Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center

  $20,000

  2022 · Provide humanities content

• Seminole Nation Historical Society

  $20,000

  2022 · Provide humanities content

• Seminole Nation Historical Society

  $20,000

  2023 · Provide humanities content

• Tri-City Collective

  $19,450

  2023 · Provide humanities content

• Oklahoma City Museum of Art Inc

  $17,500

  2022 · Provide humanities content

• Northeastern State University

  $15,940

  2022 · Provide humanities content

• Oklahoma City University

  $12,215

  2023 · Provide humanities content

• Friends of American Song Archives I

  $11,500

  2023 · Provide humanities content

• National Cowboy & Western Heritage

  $11,500

  2023 · Provide humanities content

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FED OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS

  $240,000

  2025 · MELLON FOUNDATION SUBGRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• KIRKPATRICK FAMILY AFFILIATED FUND OK CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $40,000

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE AND HUMANITIES

• OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $37,694

  2023 · GENERAL PURPOSE

• OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $35,825

  2022 · GENERAL PURPOSE

• KIRKPATRICK FAMILY AFFILIATED FUND OK CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $35,000

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE AND HUMANITIES

• RURAL OKLAHOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $15,000

  2022 · GENERAL PURPOSE

• OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $14,577

  2024 · GENERAL PURPOSES

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