Oklahoma Aquarium Foundation

Analysis

Oklahoma Aquarium Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Jenks, OK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Oklahoma Aquarium Foundation reported income of $475k and spending of $416k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $450k to $475k (+5.7%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Oklahoma Aquarium Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within OK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Teller Refuge Inc ($475k), Rescue Ranch Inc ($475k) and Bella Vista Animal Shelter Inc ($475k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% of the total. At year end it held assets of $966k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $966k.