Tulsa Warbirds Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 842802421
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Tulsa, OK, USA
- Phone
- 9184087278
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $122,449
- Expenses
- $73,322
- Assets
- $437,997
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAUL MACKEY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- PAUL MACKEY (PRESIDENT)
- ERIC BIGGS (SECRETARY)
- PRESTON SMITH (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 volunteers of the tulsa warbird foundation inc. Mission is to educate, inspire, and honor our heritage by providing support for military and civilian patriotic fly-overs by getting you in contact with the operators of antique and military aircraft.
What it reported doing in 2025
Coordination and safety oversight of volunteer pilots and aircraft for patriotic formation fly-overs of veteran funerals, parades, and other events.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 57% for direct work, and 43% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 86
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59.9%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 40.1%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.97; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 59.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $73K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.