Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
731559339
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Phone
4059487174
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$24,751
Expenses
$31,756
Assets
$176,454
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MELISSA HUNT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • ANTHONY J BLATT (CHAIRMAN)
  • LISA CHRONISTER (VICE CHAIR)
  • KERRY AZZARELLO (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote and encourage architectural preservation of significant structures and provide education and assistance to those wishing to undertake these projects; research the economic and environmental impact of recycling older buildings with an emphasis on building preservation, restoration and rehabilitation.

What it reported doing in 2024

Scholarship program the organization awards two scholarships - one each worth $1,000 to a professional degree track student at the university of Oklahoma and Oklahoma state university. The conditions of the scholarship grant are (1) that a qualifying student must be enrolled or working toward an naab accredited bachelors of architecture or masters of architecture degree at the university of Oklahoma or Oklahoma state university and (2) that students must be enrolled in at least the third year of a bachelors of architecture program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 74% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.6%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 33.8%; rating input score 34

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -28.3%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.56; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.6% of revenue deployed · 33.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $11K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.