Oklahoma · Nonprofit
WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC
WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 51 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,153,013 to it, the largest being Servant Foundation ($7,179,888). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.4M
- Funders on record
- 51
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $27M
What Wings Special Needs Community Inc does
Mission
To enhance the lives of adults with developmental disabilities through social, vocational and residential programs guided by principles of the bible.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The wings day program is offered to individuals with diagnosed developmental disabilities, ages 18 and older. The day program includes art production, culinary, technology, health and fitness, vocational, and life skills training programs for members, as well as volunteer opportunities both on-site at wings and out within the larger oklahoma city metro community. Our members choose their programs according to their needs.
$928,727 spentof which $33,000 as grants$618,615 earned by the program92% of program spendingWings event center allows us to employ wings members at minimum wage to work alongside the event center director. It provides a safe place for the member to learn and work in a vocational setting by cleaning, setting up for events and making our venue walk-in ready for our guests.
$74,034 spent$49,313 earned by the program7% of program spendingWe expand our impact through wings' social club, which was created to provide an outlet for socialization in a safe and supportive environment. The social club offers monthly opportunities for dinner and dancing. These events foster the development of friendships and connect people in a way that is real and lasting. Social club participants enjoy a variety of events both at the wings campus as well as in the community. Guardians drop members off, and they feel like they are out on the town for a great night. People who may have barriers to participate in our day program have an opportunity to find community and fun in our social club.
$6,532 spent$4,351 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,009,293.
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 2021 to 2022, from $6.7M to $19M (+179%).
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.
83% of WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
Cheri Weaver
Executive director
Board chair
Brian Russell
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $61k → $7.5M.
17 of 51 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 51 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
WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
76% 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 WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 76% · 2019 50% · 2020 52% · 2021 39% · 2022 31% · 2023 88% — growing more concentrated.
“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
56% of WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
72% of WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY 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 $3.6M that is directly attributable, 57% of it comes from funders outside Oklahoma, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY 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
46% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY 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 WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC?
- WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 51 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,153,013 to it, the largest being Servant Foundation ($7,179,888). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 51 organizations giving $13,153,013 in grants to WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC?
- Servant Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $7,179,888 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY 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 51 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