Oklahoma City University
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 730579265
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- Phone
- 4052085000
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- University or Technological Institute
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $133,799,161
- Expenses
- $125,457,198
- Assets
- $388,709,411
- Liabilities
- $113,237,139
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
56 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- AMY AYRES (VICE PRESIDENT, STUDENT AFFAIRS)
- KENNETH EVANS (PRESIDENT)
- KEVIN WINDHOLZ (VICE PRESIDENT, ENROLLMENT/COM)
- KOBY HARRINGTON (VICE PRESIDENT, ADVANCEMENT)
- TALIA CARROLL (VICE PRESIDENT, DIVERSITY)
Highest reported compensation
- KENNETH EVANS (PRESIDENT): $364,655 total reported compensation
- DAVID HOLT (DEAN): $306,305 total reported compensation
- SRINATH BELDONA (DEAN): $278,387 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Oklahoma City University fosters a diverse community of academic achievers, big thinkers, independent spirits, and dedicated artists; it offers programs in arts and sciences, religion, business, health care and the performing arts, preparing students to pursue boundless opportunities. Exceptional financial support More than $34 million is awarded annually in academic merit or performance scholarships, with automatic academic scholarships for first-year students reaching as high as $13,000 a year. Many other scholarship programs such as the Clara Luper Scholars and the American Indian Scholarship Program offer assistance to our students. More than 90% of students receive academic merit, performance, or need-based _financial aid_. 1,700 +.
What it reported doing in 2024
Instructional programs. Programs include academic instruction and related services for undergraduate and graduate students, including financial aid in the form of scholarships and student aid. Average student enrollment for the 2024-2025 academic year was 2923.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 86% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, and 32% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.4%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 92.2%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.2%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.1; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 99.4% of revenue deployed · 92.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 40 of 40 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $115.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $365K · 56 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $7.8M reported
- Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
- Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 16 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.