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Nonprofit · EIN 26-0807671

AUTISMOKLAHOMAORG INC

Tax-exempt · EDMOND, OK 73083

Financials

$506K$492K2023$598K$583K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of AUTISMOKLAHOMAORG INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$597,773$582,937$14,836$296,362$74,643$221,719
December 31, 2023990$506,359$491,616$14,743$334,326$133,116$201,210
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$574,628
Program service revenue
$18,939
Investment income
$4,206
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Other salaries and wages
$320,596
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$381,892
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Occupancy
$10,638
Travel
$5,167
Program services (functional)
$548,421
Management and general (functional)
$24,161
Fundraising (functional)
$10,355

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$334,326
Total assets, end of year
$296,362
Total liabilities, end of year
$74,643
Net assets, end of year
$221,719
Net assets without donor restrictions
$221,719
Gross receipts
$597,773
Employees
6
Year formed
2007
State of legal domicile
OK

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
MELINDA LAUFFENBURGERFOUNDER
Officer
40$0
DR BETH DEGRACESECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0
DUSTY BURCHFIELDTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
KAREN WICKERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
JOHN DAVISVICE-CHAIRMA
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
DALE SPOONEMOREDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
MIKE PANASCHAIRMAN
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0
MAX HARNEDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
6$0
SARAH TEAGUEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 9 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
MELINDA LAUFFENBURGEREXECUTIVE DI
Trustee or director, Officer
40$0
DR BETH DEGRACESECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0
DUSTY BURCHFIELDTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
KAREN WICKERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
JOHN DAVISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
6$0
DALE SPOONEMOREDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
MIKE PANASPRESIDENT
Trustee or director
10$0
MAX HARNEDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
6$0
SARAH TEAGUEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
PO BOX 7747, EDMOND, OK 73083-7747
In care of
% MELINDA LAUFFENBURGER
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
KELLY FRY, PO BOX 7747, EDMOND, OK 73083
Signed the 990
KELLY FRY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(405) 640-4598
Return prepared by
HALE & COMPANY CPA PC

Mission

WE BRING HOPE AND EMPOWERMENT AS WE HELP OKLAHOMA BECOME MORE AUTISM- FRIENDLY AND AWARE BY 1. SUPPORTING FAMILIES WHO HAVE A LOVED ONE WITH AUTISM 2. SUPPORTING PERSONS WITH AUTISM WITH PROGRAMS THAT MEET SPECIFIC NEEDS 3. AUTISM AWARENESS OUTREACH TO OUR STATE AND COMMUNITY

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • HELP FAMILIES THRIVE WITH CONNECTION CIRCLE GROUPS AND SOCIAL MEDIA PARENT SUPPORT GROUPS AND GEOGRAPHIC SOCIAL MEDIA GROUPS PROVIDE PEER DISCUSSIONS, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, LOCATION OF FAMILY RESOURCES AND FAMILY SAFE EVENTS. HELPING FAMILIES THRIVE HAS BEEN THE BACKBONE OF AUTISM OKLAHOMA SINCE ITS FORMATION IN 2002. WE HAVE GEOGRAPHY BASED SOCIAL MEDIA GROUPS AND INVEST IN A CONNECTION CIRCLE GROUP/SAFE FAMILY EVENTS STRUCTURE FOR HUB AREAS. WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED PIECE OF MIND, A PROGRAM FOR DISTRIBUTING GPS AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE CHILDREN WITH A HIGH RISK OF RUNNING AWAY AS WELL AS A FINANCIAL NEED.
    Expenses $182,807
  • HELP INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM REACH THEIR POTENTIAL. AUTISM OKLAHOMA PROVIDES SOCIAL GROUPS, SUMMER EXPERIENCES AND PRE- EMPLOYMENT CLUBS TO ENGAGE CHILDREN, TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS IN SOCIAL AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SOME OF OUR SOCIAL GROUPS INCLUDE HEROES, THE AVENGERS OF AUTISM, TEEN 2 TEEN, BOWLING FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED, AND CONNECTIONS. WE ALSO PROVIDED INNOVATIVE CAMPS TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNICATION AND INVOLVEMENT WHICH INCLUDES SWANKY ART. OUR PRE-EMPLOYMENT CLUBS, BEE'S KNEES AND INVISIBLE LAYERS PRODUCTIONS CREATE LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG ADULTS WITH ASD. THESE CLUBS MEET MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK WITH A PROFESSIONAL MENTOR WHO ASSISTS WITH CREATING A TEAM ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS TEACHING SKILLS. THESE CLUBS PRODUCE AMAZING RESULTS IN CONFIDENCE AND IN COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. HELPING INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IS A GOAL OF AUTISMOKLAHOMA. AUTISMOKLAHOMA PROVIDES INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM TO ENGAGE WITH OTHERS. WE CONTINUE TO MAKE INVESTMENTS BY OFFERING A PORTFOLIO OF PROGRAMS TARGETED TO INDIVIDUALS ON THE AUTSIM SPECTRUM.
    Expenses $182,807
  • PROVIDE AUTISM AWARENESS AND HIGHLIGHTED PROGRAMMING 2024 WAS A GREAT SUCCESS FOR US AS AN ORGANIZATION AND FOR THE THOUSANDS WE SERVE. A FEW HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: 1 INCREASEED THE NUMBER OF PERSONS SERVED IN WEEKLY AND MONTHLY PROGRAMS IN 2024. WE ARE CURRENTLY SERVING APPROXIMATELY 500 PERSONS MONTHLY. WITH MORE PEOPLE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM, THE NEED FOR OUR PROGRAMS CONTINUALLY INCREASES. WE CONTINUE TO SECURE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND DONORS TO HELP US MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF OKLAHOMA INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY AUTISM. 2 ADULT PROGRAM FOCUS PLUS EXPANSION TO NORMAN-OUR OKC METRO MIX N MINGLE PROGRAM FOR ADULTS HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL, WE HAVE REPLICATED IT IN NORMAN. PROVIDING A LOW-STRESS AND SAFE COMMUNITY-BASED SOCIAL GROUP HAS TRANSFORMED THE LIVES OF MANY YOUNG ADULTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, WITH SOME DRIVING AS FAR AS THE TEXAS AND ARKANSAS BORDERS TO ENSURE THEIR FAMILY CAN MAKE CONNECTIONS. WE WILL CONTINUE EXPANDING THIS MODEL IN MORE COMMUNITIES IN FUTURE YEARS. 3 INVESTMENT IN LEADERSHIP FOR INVISIBLE LAYERS PRODUCTIONS RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN STAFF. OUR MULTI AWARD-WINNING FILM PROGRAM, INVISIBLE LAYERS PRODUCTIONS, HAS ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS AND RESPONSIBILITES FOR OUR ORGANIZATIONAL VIDEO STORYTELLING, THE NEWEST MEMBERS ENHANCE AND HELP ROUND OUT OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. EVERY PIECEWALK OR AUTISMOKLAHOMA VIDEO THAT INSPIRED YOU, MADE YOU GIGGLE, LED YOU TO DONATE OR VOLUNTEER, WAS UNDER THEIR GUIDANCE. 4 SELECTED AS CHARITY FOR COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS IS A PGA KORN FERRY EVENT WITH A FIVE YEAR COMMITMENT AND SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN OKLAHOMA. THE PRESENTING SPONSOR, COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS INC. HAS IDENTIFIED AUTISMOKLAHOMA.ORG AS A BENEFICIARY CHARITY FOR ALL FIVE YEARS OF THE TOURNAMENT. OUR PARTICIPANTS, BOARD, STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS HAD A MAJOR PRESENCE AT 2024'S TOURNAMENT. 5 THREE SIGNIFICANT ART SHOWS. IN 2024 VARIOUS ART PROGRAMS OF AUTISMOKLAHOMA PRODUCED MANY ORIGINAL WORKS, AND HELD THREE PUBLIC EVENTS THAT GAVE OUR ARTISTS A PLATFORM TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK. WE HELD OUR DUETS SHOW THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF APRIL IN THE PASEO ART DISTRICT, AND TWO ADDITIONAL FALL AND HOLIDAY SHOWS WERE HELD IN 7725 CONNECT ART HALL. OUR NEW LOOKOUT ARTISTS, THOSE BEING INTRODUCED TO AND BY AUTISMOKLAHOMA WERE INCLUDED IN THE HOLIDAY SHOW. THE THREE EVENTS WERE WELL RECEIVED, WITH AUDIENCES NEARING 1,000. 6 FEIO/OCCC PARTICIPATION WITH INVISIBLE LAYERS PRODUCTIONS. INVISIBLE LAYERS PRODUCTIONS' PARTICIPANTS TOOK A DEEP DIVE INTO HOLLYWOOD-LEVEL FILMMAKING OVER FIVE PRE SESSIONS AND TWO FULL DAYS ON A MOVIE SET. LED BY THE FILM EDUCATION INSTITUTE OF OKLAHOMA'S CEO AUSTIN TAYLOR, EMMY AWARD- WINNING PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR OF WALKER TEXAS RANGER, DISNEY INSIDER, THE MANDALORIAN AND MORE AND CHRIS DOWLING, AWARD-WINNING WRITER AND DIRECTOR OF WHERE HOPE GROWS, RUN WITH IT, ASPERGER'S ARE US, AND MORE, PLUS A CREW OF 35, OUR FILMMAKERS WORKED ON OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S SET AND USED THEIR PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT. FROM LIGHTING AND SOUNDS, TO GAFFING AND DIRECTING, OUR PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME FILMMAKING EXPERIENCE FREE OF CHARGE. 7 PIECEWALK. WE WERE THE DREAMERS OF DREAMS IN OKC AND TULSA THOUSANDS GATHERED TO WALK IN THEIR FAVORITE TEAM T-SHIRT, WILLY WONKA OR OOMPA LOOMPA COSTUMES TO CELEBRATE THE UNIQUE GIFTS AND BEAUTY IN THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. MUSIC, FOOD, GIVEAWAYS, GOLDEN TICKETS, AND HONORING THOSE WITH AUTISM MAKES THE PIECEWALK ONE OF OUR VERY FAVORITE DAYS OF THE YEAR.THE PIECEWALK FUNDS THE DREAMS OF OUR PARTICIPANTS AND HELPS US KEEP OUR 80+ PROGRAMS FREE OR NEARLY FREE TO 500 PEOPLE EACH MONTH. 8 STORIES THAT INSPIRE. IT'S HARD TO PICK JUST A HANDFUL FROM THE THOUSANDS WE HAVE, BUT THE TRANSFORMATIONAL STORIES OF OUR PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE CAPTURED AND SHARED THROUGH OUR CONNECT MAGAZINE COVERS. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE INTEGRAL PARTS OF A VARIETY OF OUR PROGRAMS AND THEIR UNIQUE STORIES OF LIFE WITH AUTISMOKLAHOMA.ORG ARE THE REASON WE DO WHAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. LOOK FOR MORE STORIES OF HOW WE CONNECTHESPECTRUM WITH THE HELP OF PARTNERS, DONORS, VOLUNTEERS, AND COMMUNITIES, AND WHY CONNECTIONS MATTER SO VERY MUCH. 9 SPECTRUMMARKET.ORG WEBSITE. AUTISMOKLAHOMA LAUNCHED OUR THIRD, AND NEWEST, WEBSITE, WWW.SPECTRUMMARKET.ORG. THE SITE HIGHLIGHTS A VARIETY OF ARTWORK ON HIGH-QUALITY CANVAS REPORDUCTION PRINTS AND T-SHIRTS. EACH PIECE WAS CREATED BY EITHER AN INDIVIDUAL AUTISTIC ARTIST OR THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH A NEUROTYPICAL ARTIST PARTNER. PURCHASES MADE ONLINE ARE SHIPPED DIRECTLY TO THE PURCHASER. 10 FAMILY EVENTS IN OKC AND TULSA. PETTING ZOOS, WATER PARKS, AN EVENING WITH SANTA, AND AUTISMOKLAHOMA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY WERE JUST A FEW OF THE FREE FAMILY EVENTS THAT WERE OPEN TO ALL FAMILIES. THESE EVENTS ARE A PLATFORM FOR EXISTING AND NEW FAMILIES TO MEET, NETWORK, AND CONNECT. FOR US, IT'S A VITAL OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH UP WITH OUR FAMILIES AND LEARN ABOUT NEW INTERESTS AND NEEDS, KNOWING THAT OUTINGS AND EVENTS OFFER A RELAXED ATMOSPHERE FOR EVERYONE TO COME AS THEY ARE AND BE WHO THEY ARE.
    Expenses $182,807

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
26-0807671
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2007
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$296,362
Income (IRS master file)
$597,773

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$597,773$582,937$296,362XML
990December 2023$506,359$491,616$334,326XML
990December 2022$434,801$413,222$266,398IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 26-0807671).

Questions about AUTISMOKLAHOMAORG INC

What is the EIN of AUTISMOKLAHOMAORG INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of AUTISMOKLAHOMAORG INC is 26-0807671.
Is AUTISMOKLAHOMAORG INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2007.
Are donations to AUTISMOKLAHOMAORG INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does AUTISMOKLAHOMAORG INC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of AUTISMOKLAHOMAORG INC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did AUTISMOKLAHOMAORG INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of AUTISMOKLAHOMAORG INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names KELLY FRY.
Who are the officers and directors of AUTISMOKLAHOMAORG INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 9 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
How much revenue does AUTISMOKLAHOMAORG INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $597,773, expenses of $582,937 and total assets of $296,362 at year end.

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