Tulsa Regional Chamber (Fka Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce)

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
730488250
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Tulsa, OK, USA
Phone
9185851201
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,975,094
Expenses
$14,617,588
Assets
$17,328,437
Liabilities
$6,144,763

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

Leadership & pay

104 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MIKE NEAL (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • DAWN MCKENNEY (PRESIDENT OF TOURISM)

Highest reported compensation

  • MIKE NEAL (PRESIDENT & CEO): $732,686 total reported compensation
  • JUSTIN MCLAUGHLIN (EXECUTIVE VP & COO): $418,081 total reported compensation
  • DAWN MCKENNEY (PRESIDENT OF TOURISM): $357,075 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The tulsa regional chamber transforms the tulsa region by attracting and retaining employers, talent and tourism for long-term prosperity.

What it reported doing in 2025

To represent business and involve community leadership for the positive development of the regional economy, quality of life, and general business climate in the metropolitan tulsa area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: -4.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.5%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 96 of 96 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $733K · 104 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.1M reported
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.