Oklahoma · Nonprofit
East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District
East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District (Oklahoma) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,154,996 to it, the largest being George Kaiser Family Foundation ($604,222). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $493k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $442k
What East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District does
Mission
Our mission is to invest in the Global District by creating economic opportunities, fostering community building, and celebrating multicultural diversity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Placemaking: The Organization engaged consultants to assist in revitalizing the 21st & S Garnett commercial corrider into a mixed-use destination that celebrates the cultural heritage of the Global District. The Organization also invested in public arts and other miscellaneous program services.
$97,215 spent47% of program spendingCommunity rental assistance: In 2023, the Organization launched a rental assistance pilot program to support antidisplacement efforts and rental assistance, in collaboration with El Centro. In FY2024, the program provided rental assistance to 26 East Tulsa households.
$37,428 spentof which $37,428 as grants18% of program spendingHosting multicultural events that highlight the unique cultural identities within the Global District, and organizing festivals to celebrate the Asian American/Pacific Islander community, including art and cultural exhibitions throughout the area.
$35,832 spent17% of program spendingBusiness support: The Organization supported businesses in the Global District through miscellaneous programs and expenditures.
$35,035 spent17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $205,510.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $79k to $298k (+280%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 37% · 2024 16% · 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Bradley Simmons
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $50k → $291k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 59% · 2023 81% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
78% of East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $212k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Oklahoma
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District?
- East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District (Oklahoma) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,154,996 to it, the largest being George Kaiser Family Foundation ($604,222). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,154,996 in grants to East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District?
- George Kaiser Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $604,222 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like East Tulsa Main Street aka Tulsa Global District find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing