Oklahoma Higher Edu Heritage Soc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
731383885
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Phone
4059424980
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$76,159
Expenses
$75,493
Assets
$23,941
Liabilities
$2,152

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BELINDA BISCOE (PRESIDENT)
  • PHIL MOSS (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BELINDA BISCOE (PRESIDENT)
  • PHIL MOSS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JACK HASULIS (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The orginization honors individuals for their lifetime contributions to higher education in Oklahoma by inducting them into the hall of fame. We also work with the okla historical society in developing archives and artifacts pertaining to higher education in Oklahoma.

What it reported doing in 2024

Established in 1994, the ohehs hall of fame recognized and honors individuals, living and deceased for outstanding meitorious service to higher education in Oklahoma. These individuals have been employed for one or more Oklahoma public or private institutions on a fulltime basis for a minimum of ten years.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 38.4%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 38.8%; rating input score 39
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.9%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 38.4% of revenue deployed · 38.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.