Oklahoma Iris Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
736095379
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
Location
Blanchard, OK, USA
Phone
4055907935
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Agricultural Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$28,660
Expenses
$2,505
Assets
$107,067
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael Kowalchyk (President)
  • Angela Salazar (Vice President)
  • Cynthia Wade (Iris Festival Chair and Advisor to the President)

People named in this filing

  • Michael Kowalchyk (President)
  • Angela Salazar (Vice President)
  • Randall Moore (Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Oklahoma Iris Society is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The specific purposes of the Society are to promote the culture and improvement of the genus Iris by encouraging its cultivation and breeding, holding exhibitions, conducting formal and informal visits to gardens, and promoting and supporting scientific research related to Iris.

What it reported doing in 2025

We awarded a $1000 college scholarship to one of our youth members. We held eight monthly educational meetings with educational programs on irises that were free of charge and open to the public. We held two exhibitions in the spring to show off the beauty of irises. These exhibitions were free and open to the public and attracted thousands of visitors. Our organization also expanded our Iris Garden at Will Rogers Gardens. This garden is cared for and maintained by our organization and funding from our organization. We also continued to maintain our Iris Garden at Science Museum Oklahoma. Both of our Iris Gardens are free and open to the public.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 83% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 90
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 91.3%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 42.74; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $44K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.