Oklahoma · Nonprofit
OKLAHOMA CITY ASTRONOMY CLUB
OKLAHOMA CITY ASTRONOMY CLUB (Oklahoma) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,044 to it, the largest being KIRKPATRICK FOUNDATION INC ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $75k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $28k
- Net assets
- $173k
What Oklahoma City Astronomy Club does
Mission
Public education regarding astronomy
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Conduct annual Okie-Tex Star Party near Kenton, OK, a gathering of 300-500 amateur astronomers from the U.S. and other countries to observe, photograph and discuss astronomical objects, topics, and techniques. Received donation of astro eqmt for door prizes and supplies, FMV $2,760.
$51,574 spentof which $5,000 as grants85% of program spendingOperate and maintain Cheddar Ranch Observatory near Watonga, OK, a dark-sky facility serving 300-500 people annually, including club members, students, scout groups & general public, where they observe and photograph astronomical objects. Received donation of castors for observatory roll-off roof FMV $159
$5,992 spent10% of program spendingConduct monthly meetings with speakers on astronomical topics, and events to teach what & how to observe and to observe stars, planets, & eclipses. Meetings & events attended by club members & general public, serving several hundred people per year.
$3,058 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $60,624.
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 $109k to $134k (+23%).
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.
19% of OKLAHOMA CITY ASTRONOMY CLUB’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (89% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $142.
1 of 3 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.
From the IRS filings of OKLAHOMA CITY ASTRONOMY CLUB’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
OKLAHOMA CITY ASTRONOMY CLUB leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of OKLAHOMA CITY ASTRONOMY CLUB's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $544 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
OKLAHOMA CITY ASTRONOMY CLUB runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 479 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 479 science & tech nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like OKLAHOMA CITY ASTRONOMY CLUB
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.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OKLAHOMA CITY ASTRONOMY CLUB: 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 CITY ASTRONOMY CLUB?
- OKLAHOMA CITY ASTRONOMY CLUB (Oklahoma) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,044 to it, the largest being KIRKPATRICK FOUNDATION INC ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OKLAHOMA CITY ASTRONOMY CLUB have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $28,044 in grants to OKLAHOMA CITY ASTRONOMY CLUB, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OKLAHOMA CITY ASTRONOMY CLUB?
- KIRKPATRICK FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OKLAHOMA CITY ASTRONOMY CLUB 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 3 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