Oklahoma · Nonprofit
GREENWOOD RISING INC
GREENWOOD RISING INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,460,496 to it, the largest being TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($16,813,459). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $18M
What Greenwood Rising Inc does
Mission
Greenwood rising educates people about tulsa's historic greenwood district, the black wall street mindset, and america's hard racial history to inspire them toward social justice and racial reconciliation at home and beyond. The history center is the iconic destination to evoke thought and motivate change in race relations for all generations, bringing an end to racial violence and creating generational wealth. Greenwood Rising Inc. Dba greenwood rising is the legacy project of the 1921 tulsa race massacre centennial commission (the "commission"). The commission began in 2015 under the leadership of senator kevin mathews, dedicated to a vision of a stronger and more just tulsa. The commission set out to raise a total of 30 million for its projects and was structured as a component fund of the tulsa community foundation ("tcf"), ein 73- 1554474, a 501(c)(3) public charity. The private funds raised by the commission were deposited by tcf and dispersed under direction of the commission an
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Greenwood rising exists to educate the people about tulsa's historic greenwood district, the black wall street mindset, and america's hard racial history to inspire them to work toward social justice and racial reconciliation at home and beyond. This mission is accomplished first and foremost by engaging visitors in an interactive, thought provoking, and historically factual experience involving pictures, videos, artifacts, etc. Docents lead guests on tours through the history center and guests are provided with pamphlets that ask challenging questions to evoke thoughtful actions which guests are encouraged to communicate via the commitment wall. Since opening its doors on august 4th, 2021, greenwood rising has welcomed nearly 60,000 visitors from around the globe.
$952,807 spent$458,079 earned by the program78% of program spendingGreenwood rising maintains its digital guide on bloomberg connects, the free arts and cultural app created by bloomberg philanthropies. The bloomberg connects app, available for download from google play or the app store, makes greenwood rising accessible for either onsite or offsite visits through photo, audio and video features offering insights into the history of black wall street, the 1921 tulsa race massacre, and the continued road to reconciliation. Users of the app access virtual reality experiences that showcase what black wall street was like before the 1921 massacre. Users have access to greenwood rising exhibits like the virtual barbershop and meet the early entrepreneurs in historic greenwood through oral and written histories.
$97,594 spent8% of program spendingGreenwood rising has partnered with tulsa public schools ("tps") to curate curriculum for school field trips and began hosting tours for all tps eighth graders during each school year. This collaboration covers both pedagogy and the curriculum taught in class before the field trips, the curriculum based tours given to students during each visit, as well as logistics including scheduling, transportation, lunches provided, etc. Although the current program focuses on tps eighth grade students, greenwood rising looks forward to welcoming other school districts from the area in the coming years.
$10,220 spent1% of program spendingGreenwood rising partnered with the oklahoma center for community and justice to host local high school students in the youth leadership forum for community transformation. This program seeks to create space for young people to talk openly and honestly about their communities and work collaboratively to create change in those communities. The primary social impact of creating this space is increased self and social awareness of the participants, creating global citizens. The innovation of this program exists in its approach to student social-emotional learning through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Greenwood rising also partnered with the oklahoma city national memorial & museum to provide tulsa and oklahoma city-based ninth grade students with transportation and admission to visit both museums in one day. Students experience the powerful stories each provides, including the resilience of the human spirit and the senselessness of violence, and then virtually come together to debrief their experiences.
$162,065 spent13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,222,686.
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 2023 to 2024, from $3.3M to $18M (+456%).
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: 2022 55%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of GREENWOOD RISING INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $106k → $1.5M.
7 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 GREENWOOD RISING INC’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
GREENWOOD RISING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% 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 GREENWOOD RISING INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 61% · 2022 49% · 2023 47% — 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
88% of GREENWOOD RISING INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2.4M that is directly attributable, 66% of it comes from Oklahoma funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states 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
GREENWOOD RISING INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 772 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like GREENWOOD RISING INC
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GREENWOOD RISING INC: 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 GREENWOOD RISING INC?
- GREENWOOD RISING INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,460,496 to it, the largest being TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($16,813,459). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GREENWOOD RISING INC have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $19,460,496 in grants to GREENWOOD RISING INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREENWOOD RISING INC?
- TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $16,813,459 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREENWOOD RISING INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 29 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing