Greenwood Rising Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853774435
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Tulsa, OK, USA
Phone
5398673173
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
History Museums

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$977,764
Expenses
$1,844,320
Assets
$17,620,382
Liabilities
$11,903

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • RAYMOND DOSWELL (EXECUTIVE DI): $125,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Greenwood rising educates people about tulsa's historic greenwood district, the black wall street mindset, and america's hard racial history to inspire them toward social justice and racial reconciliation at home and beyond. The history center is the iconic destination to evoke thought and motivate change in race relations for all generations, bringing an end to racial violence and creating generational wealth. Greenwood rising inc. Dba greenwood rising is the legacy project of the 1921 tulsa race massacre centennial commission (the "commission"). The commission began in 2015 under the leadership of senator kevin mathews, dedicated to a vision of a stronger and more just tulsa. The commission set out to raise a total of 30 million for its projects and was structured as a component fund of the tulsa community foundation ("tcf"), EIN 73- 1554474, a 501(c)(3) public charity. The private funds raised by the commission were deposited by tcf and dispersed under direction of the commission an

What it reported doing in 2025

Greenwood rising partnered with the Oklahoma center for community and justice to host local high school students in the youth leadership forum for community transformation. This program seeks to create space for young people to talk openly and honestly about their communities and work collaboratively to create change in those communities. The primary social impact of creating this space is increased self and social awareness of the participants, creating global citizens. The innovation of this program exists in its approach to student social-emotional learning through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Greenwood rising also partnered with the Oklahoma city national memorial & museum to provide tulsa and Oklahoma city-based ninth grade students with transportation and admission to visit both museums in one day. Students experience the powerful stories each provides, including the resilience of the human spirit and the senselessness of violence, and then virtually come together to debrief their experiences.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 66.3%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -88.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.55; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.8%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 35.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 62% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 66.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $125K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.