Tulsa Pop Kids Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821197383
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Broken Arrow, OK, USA
Phone
5397771939
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Remedial Reading, Reading Encouragement

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,438
Expenses
$30,532
Assets
$71,903
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ARTHUR GREENO (President)

People named in this filing

  • RON VEIT (Director)
  • BILL MARTIN (Director)
  • NOELLE GREENO (Director)

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

Tulsa pop kids, inc. Is a nonprofit whose mission is to advance literacy, education, inspiration, and aspiration to the children of our community through pop culture and entertainment.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization works to positively impact youth in the tulsa area by inspiring passion for literacy and story telling.the organization serves the community through: children's hospital visits; makes regular monthly visits to the saint francis children's hospital where actors dressed as comic book characters, princesses and favorite movie characters hand out comic books while interacting with the children. Movie premiers; hosts regular movie premier events while providing community expereinces to youth and adults alike. In addition to serving the communiity, these events provide other local charities working to serve unerprivileged youth with a platform to provide entertainment while encouraging postive interaction within the community and a love for reading. Tulsa pop culture reading programs; this annual outreach encourages literacy by bringing many reading programs to the area's public school afterschool programs, work in tandem with simon malls to host many events for the public and the option to attend the reading program on the tpop location.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 58
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • 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: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -223.5%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.36; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -18.6% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -47.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $31K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.