TULSA BALLET THEATER INC

EIN 73-0667485 TULSA, OK

Revenue 2024: $8,710,586
Expenses 2024: $8,938,035

Program services were 82.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A630
Classification: 2000
Street: 1212 E 45TH PL

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

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRESERVE AND CREATE WORKS OF BALLET AND EDUCATE THROUGH TRAINING AND OUTREACH.

TULSA BALLET PRODUCES 8 SHOWS EACH SEASON INCLUDING BELOVED CLASSICS, MODERN MASTERPIECES, AND WORLD PREMIERE CREATIONS. THESE PERFORMANCES ANNUALLY REACH MORE THAN 40,000 INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE REGION . IN ADDITION TO SERVING AS AN OFFICIAL CULTURAL AMBASSADOR FOR THE STATE WITH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE TOURS, TULSA BALLET COLLABORATES WITH AND LEADS THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL ARTS INDUSTRIES.

Expenses $6,037,090 · Revenue $2,407,755
THE TULSA BALLET CENTERS FOR DANCE EDUCATION (TBCDE) OFFER DANCE TRAINING OF UNCOMPROMISING QUALITY. THE CURRICULUM EMPHASIZES CLASSICAL BALLET TECHNIQUE BASED ON THE RUSSIAN TRADITION OF TRAINING. WITH TWO LOCATIONS IN THE TULSA METRO, TBCDE IS LED BY A FULL TIME FACULTY OF PROFESSIONAL DANCERS AND LEADERS IN THE FIELD OF BALLET PEDAGOGY. THE PRE-PROFESSIONAL DIVISION OFFERS CLASSES FOR STUDENTS 9 TO 18. ADDITIONAL CLASSES ARE OFFERED FOR CHILDREN 3-5 (CREATIVE MOVEMENT), 6-9 (PREPARATORY BALLET), AND ADULTS WISHING TO BEGIN OR CONTINUE THEIR TRAINING.

Expenses $1,002,356 · Revenue $969,163
TULSA BALLET PROVIDES A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL AND PERFORMANCE OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR THE COMMUNITY. THESE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS INCREASE ARTS ACCESS FOR UNDERFUNDED SCHOOLS, CLIENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES, AND OTHER POPULATIONS WHO DO NOT TYPICALLY HAVE ACCESS TO ARTS EXPERIENCES. DANCE FOR JOY OFFERS AN IN-STUDIO BALLET CLASS FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE, ADOPTIVE, OR GUARDIANSHIP FAMILIES, AND INTRO TO DANCE TAKES DANCE PROGRAMS OUT INTO LOCAL AT-RISK SCHOOLS. THE HARDESTY FAMILY FOUNDATION'S CHILDREN'S SERIES BRINGS A CHILDREN'S BALLET PERFORMANCE TO EVERY 5TH GRADER IN TULSA PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGH THE KENNEDY CENTER'S NATIONAL ANY GIVEN CHILD PROGRAM. PARTNERS IN ART AND HOPE FOR THE HOLIDAYS PROVIDE FREE TULSA BALLET TICKETS FOR MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES TO UNDERSERVED CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. IN TOTAL, TULSA BALLET'S OUTREACH PROGRAMS SERVE 10,000 PERSONS EACH YEAR.

Expenses $337,875 · Grants $196,180 · Revenue $1,233

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.

MARY BARNES

PRESIDENT EMERITUS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
CHERYL FORREST

PRESIDENT EMERITUS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
RAMEZ HAKIM

PRESIDENT EMERITUS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
LEANNE HELMERICH

PRESIDENT EMERITUS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
BETTY PIRNAT

PRESIDENT EMERITUS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
HANNAH ROBSON

PRESIDENT EMERITUS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
GEORGIA SNOKE

PRESIDENT EMERITUS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
SKIP TEEL

PRESIDENT EMERITUS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
MOLLIE WILLIFORD

PRESIDENT EMERITUS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
BILLIE BARNETT

CHAIR EMERTIUS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
JANET SELSER

CHAIR EMERTIUS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
SUSIE WELLENDORF

CHAIR EMERTIUS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
ELIZABETH ABBATE

DIRECTORS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
LUDI BEASLEY

DIRECTORS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
LINDA BOOKER

DIRECTORS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
JUSTIN CARPENTER

DIRECTORS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
ANN SHANNON CASSIDY

DIRECTORS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
ANNIE CHANG

DIRECTORS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
ANDREA COOPER

DIRECTORS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
ROBYN DEVORE

DIRECTORS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
STEPHANIE FORREST

DIRECTORS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
SARAH GOULD

DIRECTORS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
JACQUI HAGLUND

DIRECTORS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
CATE HILDEBRAND

DIRECTORS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related
RONNIE JOBE

DIRECTORS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.1 related

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

$8,710,586

Expenses

$8,938,035

Contributions

$5,261,451

Grants paid

$196,180
2023

Revenue

$8,697,012

Expenses

$8,296,875

Contributions

$6,636,657

Grants paid

$188,543
2022

Revenue

$5,837,160

Expenses

$7,260,365

Contributions

$3,562,271

Grants paid

$146,212

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$8,710,586	$8,938,035	$5,261,451	$196,180
2023	$8,697,012	$8,296,875	$6,636,657	$188,543
2022	$5,837,160	$7,260,365	$3,562,271	$146,212

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

$8,502,170

Expenses

$6,977,382

Assets (EOY)

$22,400,601
2020 · 990

Revenue

$4,343,586

Expenses

$4,481,788

Assets (EOY)

$21,390,470
2019 · 990

Revenue

$5,081,922

Expenses

$6,247,509

Assets (EOY)

$21,161,742
2018 · 990

Revenue

$7,013,150

Expenses

$7,190,927

Assets (EOY)

$22,480,384
2017 · 990

Revenue

$5,935,495

Expenses

$7,257,553

Assets (EOY)

$23,701,180
2016 · 990

Revenue

$5,032,599

Expenses

$7,005,557

Assets (EOY)

$24,825,436
2015 · 990

Revenue

$10,668,098

Expenses

$6,271,569

Assets (EOY)

$26,971,828
2014 · 990

Revenue

$12,437,622

Expenses

$5,641,099

Assets (EOY)

$22,398,387
2013 · 990

Revenue

$9,427,916

Expenses

$5,507,486

Assets (EOY)

$16,444,361
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$5,314,751

Assets (EOY)

$11,727,343

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$8,502,170	$6,977,382	$22,400,601
2020	990	$4,343,586	$4,481,788	$21,390,470
2019	990	$5,081,922	$6,247,509	$21,161,742
2018	990	$7,013,150	$7,190,927	$22,480,384
2017	990	$5,935,495	$7,257,553	$23,701,180
2016	990	$5,032,599	$7,005,557	$24,825,436
2015	990	$10,668,098	$6,271,569	$26,971,828
2014	990	$12,437,622	$5,641,099	$22,398,387
2013	990	$9,427,916	$5,507,486	$16,444,361
2012	990	not reported	$5,314,751	$11,727,343

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

TULSA BALLET THEATRE TRUST FUND

$491,801

2024
TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$347,628

2024 GENERAL OPERATIONS
TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$243,105

2023 GENERAL OPERATIONS
GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION

$170,000

2023 Center for Dance Education Outreach and Artistic Director Support
GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION

$170,000

2024 General Operating Support
GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION

$170,000

2022 Center for Dance Education Outreach and Artistic Director Support
TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$118,268

2022 GENERAL OPERATIONS
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

$88,000

2023 CULTURE
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

$55,000

2024 ARTS AND HUMANITIES
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

$52,500

2022 CULTURE

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

TULSA BALLET THEATRE TRUST FUND

501(C)(3) · SUPPORT ORGANIZATION OF TULSA BALLET · OK · controlled entity

Declared as related by

TULSA BALLET THEATRE TRUST FUND

On its 2024 return
THE TULSA ARTS MANAGEMENT CONSORTIUM INC

On its 2023 return

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.