Oklahoma · Nonprofit
TULSA MUSIC INCUBATOR INC
TULSA MUSIC INCUBATOR INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $472,450 to it, the largest being George Kaiser Family Foundation ($368,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $294k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $472k
- Net assets
- $-25440
What Tulsa Music Incubator Inc does
Mission
Tulsa creative engine is a 501c3 non-profit organization that supports tulsa's creative community by championing artists and musicians as entrepreneurs, and expanding the ecosystem of resources to help them thrive. We believe tulsa can be a city where creative talent is nurtured, where artists thrive as full-time entrepreneurs, and where creatives are invested in for the economic and cultural value they bring.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Our nonprofit is committed to bringing vibrant, immersive arts experiences to the community by offering a diverse range of events that inspire, engage, and connect. From live performances to interactive exhibits, our programming is designed to showcase creativity in all its forms while fostering cultural enrichment and community participation. Events and experiences include:frequency - mixer for creatives, entrepreneurs, innovators, and local leaders;select showcase - showcase highlighting top musical talent across genres;groundwaves - an open mic event and mentorship session designed to develop talent in local hip-hop scenes;spark summit - a conference including panel conversations, professional development workshops, keynotes, networking for artists, entrepreneurs, and technologists industry, with an opportunity for visual and musical artists to showcase their work;community events including curating and hosting weekend events with vip's in media, arts, culture and sports to highlight artists work and help tulsa creatives build relationships with influential people and the'city year summer concert' recruitment drive in partnership with city year, reading partners, intulsa.
$51,966 spent29% of program spendingTce spark studios is a pilot space with a focus on the largest need in our creative community - an accessible recording studio. Spark studios is a community-centered recording studio in downtown tulsa that provides affordable access to high quality recording space and engineers, and a space to gather and work creatively. Spark studios offers a custom made vocal booth and state of the art microphones and production software and equipment for use. Engineers and artists were able to utilize the studio for recordings in their own time, and program activities included spark saturdays - open-house recording sessions where artists could drop in and participate in solo or group recordings with an engineer.
$13,982 spent$294 earned by the program8% of program spendingTulsa creative engine is dedicated to empowering artists by providing access to a wide array of educational resources designed to enhance their skills, knowledge, and professional growth. Activities under this program umbrella include:music business accelerator - a 6-week artist development program that provides educational modules, creative support and entrepreneurial training for top talent;mental health video series - exploring the intersection between creativity and mental health and providing artists with insight and resources around mental health;tulsa connect - tulsa connect aims to foster a vibrant and interconnected artistic community by facilitating opportunities for tulsa-based artists to engage with, learn from, and contribute to creative communities nationwide. Through a holistic approach encompassing research trips, exhibitions, film screenings, creative exchanges, and residencies, tulsa connect strives to enrich the cultural landscape of tulsa and beyond, promoting innovation, collaboration, and cultural diversity.
$110,457 spent63% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $176,405.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $39k to $5k (−88%).
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.
100% of TULSA MUSIC INCUBATOR INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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.
Chief executive
Christopher Davis
Executive director
Board chair
Tyrance Billingsley Ii
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $243k → $130k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 TULSA MUSIC INCUBATOR 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
TULSA MUSIC INCUBATOR INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% 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
100% 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 TULSA MUSIC INCUBATOR INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 90% · 2023 77% — 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
82% of TULSA MUSIC INCUBATOR 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. $25k 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
TULSA MUSIC INCUBATOR INC's revenue fell 34% between 2022 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TULSA MUSIC INCUBATOR 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
49% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 TULSA MUSIC INCUBATOR 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 TULSA MUSIC INCUBATOR INC?
- TULSA MUSIC INCUBATOR INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $472,450 to it, the largest being George Kaiser Family Foundation ($368,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TULSA MUSIC INCUBATOR INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $472,450 in grants to TULSA MUSIC INCUBATOR INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TULSA MUSIC INCUBATOR INC?
- George Kaiser Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $368,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TULSA MUSIC INCUBATOR 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 2022–2024), 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