Oklahoma · Nonprofit
OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE INC
OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,712,947 to it, the largest being THE ANNE AND HENRY ZARROW FOUNDATION ($340,000). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Oklahoma Arts Institute Inc does
Mission
To provide exceptional multidisciplinary arts experiences that develop individual talent and inspire a lifelong passion for the arts.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The oklahoma summer arts institute (osai) is an intensive, two-week residential academy for serious, disciplined and motivated high school students ages 14 to 18. Every year, approximately 230 students are selected through a competitive, statewide audition process to study with nationally renowned artists in the fields of acting, creative writing, dance, orchestra, chorus, drawing and painting, photography, and film and video. The program's multi-disiplinary structure sets osai apart from other arts programs in the nation. In addition to studying a chosen field for at least six hours a day, students are exposed to a rich variety of art forms and learning experiences. Students and faculty attend and participate in performances, faculty lectures, gallery openings, poetry readings, and recreational activities. The talent and creativity of students and faculty, combined with the mystique of the quartz mountain area in southwest oklahoma, create a powerful synergy. Expected outcomes of osai include: 1) during the two weeks, students will focus intensively on their own artistic discipline while gaining a heightened awareness of and appreciation for other art forms; 2) small class sizes…
$1,292,683 spent$82,381 earned by the program83% of program spendingThe oklahoma fall arts institute (ofai) was established in 1983 in response to requests from educators across the state for continuing education of the same high caliber as osai. Ofai consists of a series of intense, hands-on weekend workshops in the literary, visual, and performing arts for adults. In addition to providing arts instruction for all ability levels, ofai is designed to offer resources for public school educators. Based on participant evaluations, it is estimated that the arts institute indirectly serves over 50,000 elementary, middle school, and high school students through their teachers' participation in ofai. Participants enhance their own artistic and professional skills and broaden their intellectual horizons, providing a wonderful resource for their students by enriching the classroom learning experience. Every year, approximately 300 teachers and community artists attend ofai, including over 275 public school educators from 200 school sites statewide. Expected outcomes of ofai include: 1) participants will enhance their own artistic, intellectual, and professional skills and learn new techniques in their chosen field of study; 2) educators will return to…
$255,905 spent$53,123 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,548,588.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $2.7M to $2.4M (−12%).
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: 2017 12% · 2018 16% · 2019 15% · 2020 15% · 2021 18% · 2022 29% · 2023 22% · 2024 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 8 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $114k → $321k.
3 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.4M from 7 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Oklahoma Arts Institute Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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
OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 22% · 2019 17% · 2020 32% · 2021 26% · 2022 27% · 2023 20% — broadly stable.
“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.
How long its funders stay
60% of OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 79% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
100% of OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE INC's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE INC's funding base is broadening — from 12 funders to 24 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record — $200k federal, $801k state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$200k
- Educational Services$700k
- Pmts-Local Gov't-Gen Govt$100k
- Registration - Agency Direct$1k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE 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
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Oklahoma Arts Institute Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE 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 OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE INC?
- OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,712,947 to it, the largest being THE ANNE AND HENRY ZARROW FOUNDATION ($340,000). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $1,712,947 in grants to OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE INC, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE INC?
- THE ANNE AND HENRY ZARROW FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $340,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OKLAHOMA ARTS INSTITUTE 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 38 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