Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
730580274
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Oklahoma City, OK, United States
Phone
405-271-6673 or 800-522-0211
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Biomedicine, Bioengineering Research

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$136,776,829
Expenses
$126,476,987
Assets
$560,513,987
Liabilities
$34,404,489

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

Leadership & pay

79 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Andrew Weyrich PhD (President and CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Judith James (EVP and Chief Medical Officer): $1,016,574 total reported compensation
  • Andrew Weyrich PhD (President and CEO): $869,396 total reported compensation
  • Gabriel Pardo MD (Professor Clinical Neurology, Arthritis and Clinical Immunology): $463,961 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

OMRF conducts basic biomedical research to help people live longer, healthier lives. The Cardiovascular Biology Research Program investigates fundamental mechanisms involved in blood and lymphatic vessel function, atherogenesis, blood coagulation, inflammation, and sepsis. This program utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to address these questions at a molecular level. This approach encompasses structural biology, structure-function analysis of enzymes and receptors, regulation of the relevant genes, in vivo studies using transgenic and gene deletion approaches, cell biology, protein chemistry, physiological studies, and biophysical methods for analyzing protein-protein, membrane-protein, and cell-cell interactions. The multidisciplinary approach provides insights into pro.

What it reported doing in 2024

Aging and Metabolism Research Program - OMRF's Aging & Metabolism Research Program continued to advance research into how aging affects the body and how those changes might be slowed. The program welcomed a new investigator, Dr. David Hughes, whose work explores how cells recycle proteins to maintain healthy tissues. Program scientists also earned national recognition, with Dr. Sue Bodine named president-elect of the American Physiological Society and Dr. Benjamin Miller completing his term as president of the American Aging Association. Researchers secured new federal grants and training awards, performed public outreach on healthy aging and neurodegenerative disease, and launched a first-of-its-kind clinical trial examining why some older adults respond better to certain forms of exercise than others.

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 63
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.1%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $26.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 7.5%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.43; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 85.1% of revenue deployed · 92.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 62 of 62 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $117.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1M · 79 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $26.2M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 17 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.