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Nonprofit · EIN 30-0341029

NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC

Tax-exempt · OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73111

Financials

$23.7M$12.5M2023$24.1M$13.4M2024$18.5M$14.5M2025
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2025990$18,530,216$14,538,617$3,991,599$145,204,553$7,537,834$137,666,719
December 31, 2024990$24,088,840$13,366,215$10,722,625$136,165,241$4,231,705$131,933,536
December 31, 2023990$23,746,566$12,482,155$11,264,411$121,562,514$2,387,725$119,174,789
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$9,731,077
of which government grants
$191,043
Program service revenue
$3,414,856
Investment income
$3,338,030
Royalties
$92
Net rental income
$1,038,205
Net gain from sales of assets
$2,232,485
Net income from fundraising events
-$42,890
Net income from sales of inventory
$665,676
Other revenue
$2,046,253

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$816,422
Other salaries and wages
$5,222,399
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$7,075,583
Professional fundraising fees
$95,386
Legal fees
$12,746
Accounting fees
$59,468
Occupancy
$639,877
Travel
$159,278
Depreciation
$1,929,597
Program services (functional)
$9,647,567
Management and general (functional)
$3,047,301
Fundraising (functional)
$1,843,749

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$136,165,241
Total assets, end of year
$145,204,553
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,537,834
Net assets, end of year
$137,666,719
Land, buildings and equipment
$47,645,844
Publicly traded securities
$28,663,112
Net assets without donor restrictions
$114,733,471
Net assets with donor restrictions
$22,933,248
Gross unrelated business income
$817,101
Gross receipts
$27,766,312
Employees
134
Volunteers
181
Year formed
1955
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, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
PATRICK FITZGERALDPRESIDENT
Officer
40$358,874$19,297
JEFF EWINGCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Key employee
40$250,717$16,048
BOB MILLERIMAGINEER
Highest-paid employee
40$192,096$15,588
DIANA FIELDSVP OF GRANT AND EDUCATION ADVAN.
Highest-paid employee
40$159,697$13,548
JJ TREADWELLCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
40$156,416$12,233
ANDREA PERDUEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ANITA LA CAVA SWIFTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BOBBY SLATERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BOBBY NORRISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BRENT CUMMINGSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CATHY KEATINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CLAYTON TAYLORDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DON BRINKMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
EVERETT DOBSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
FRANK LOVEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
40 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
FRANK G MERRILLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
FRANK SEMPLEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GARY W KINSLOWDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GILBERT G AGUIRREDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GORDON WHITENERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GREGORY J BRADDOCKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
HANK TRUEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JERRY WINCHESTERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JIM HUNTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JIM MORRIS IIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOHN D CRESAPDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KEN FERGESONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LANCE BENHAMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LARRY NICHOLSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LEONARD J SADLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LESLIE J RAINBOLTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LINDA SOUTHERN-HEATHCOTTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LIZ M LOKEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LYNNETTE FRIESSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHAEL GAUGHANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MIKE INGRAMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHAEL J NICOLADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHAEL G THORNEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
NITA VAILDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ORRIN L GABSCHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PETER HOFFMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
RANDY DAVISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
REX W TILLERSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
RICK MUNCRIEFDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ROGER N SIMONSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SARAH STAFFORDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SCOTT CALHOONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
STEPHEN BROPHYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
STEVEN COREYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
STEPHEN ELLIOTTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SUSAN ROEDERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
TED PAUPDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JT ATHERTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
WHITT LEEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
WYATT MCCREADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 57 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
PATRICK FITZGERALDPRESIDENT
Officer
40$336,099$18,821
JEFF EWINGCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Key employee
40$260,293$15,980
JAKE YUNKERMAJOR GIFTS OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$196,171$15,098
BOB MILLERIMAGINEER
Highest-paid employee
40$192,094$15,648
DIANA FIELDSVP OF GRANT AND EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$167,608$13,793
JJ TREADWELLCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
40$154,276$13,063
GILBERT G AGUIRREDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JT ATHERTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LANCE BENHAMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GREGORY J BRADDOCKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DON BRINKMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
STEPHEN BROPHYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SCOTT CALHOONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
STEVEN COREYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOHN D CRESAPDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BRENT CUMMINGSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
RANDY DAVISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
EVERETT DOBSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
STEPHEN ELLIOTTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KEN FERGESONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LYNNETTE FRIESSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ORRIN L GABSCHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHAEL GAUGHANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
E PETER HOFFMAN JRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JIM HUNTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MIKE INGRAMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CATHY KEATINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GARY W KINSLOWDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
S WHITFIELD LEEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LIZ M LOKEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
FRANK LOVEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
WYATT MCCREADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
FRANK G MERRILLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JIM MORRIS IIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
RICK MUNCRIEFDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LARRY NICHOLSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHAEL J NICOLADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BOBBY NORRISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TED PAUPDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ANDREA PERDUEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LESLIE J RAINBOLTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SUSAN ROEDERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LEONARD J SADLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
FRANK SEMPLEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ROGER N SIMONSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BOBBY SLATERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LINDA SOUTHERN-HEATHCOTTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SARAH STAFFORDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ANITA LA CAVA SWIFTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CLAYTON TAYLORDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHAEL G THORNEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
REX W TILLERSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JEFF TIMMERMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
HANK TRUEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NITA VAILDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GORDON WHITENERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JERRY WINCHESTERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 56 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
PATRICK FITZGERALDPRESIDENT
Officer
40$295,573$18,580
JEFF EWINGCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Key employee
40$238,930$9,500
JAKE YUNKERMAJOR GIFTS OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$189,858$15,629
BOB MILLERIMAGINEER
Highest-paid employee
40$176,935$17,458
DIANA FIELDSVP OF GRANT AND EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$161,656$14,379
JJ TREADWELLCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
40$146,845$13,827
JERRY WINCHESTERCHAIRMAN
Trustee or director
1$0$0
HENRY A TRUE IIIIMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
WYATT MCCREAVICE CHAIRMAN
Trustee or director
1$0$0
EVERETT DOBSONSECRETARY
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LYNNETTE FRIESSTREASURER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GILBERT G AGUIRREDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ROBERT L ALLEEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JT ATHERTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LANCE BENHAMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BILLY BERGINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GREGORY J BRADDOCKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DON BRINKMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
STEPHEN BROPHYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SCOTT CALHOONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOHN D CRESAPDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BRENT CUMMINGSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
STEPHEN ELLIOTTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KEN FERGESONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ORRIN L GABSCHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHAEL GAUGHANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PATRICK GRANTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
E PETER HOFFMAN JRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ROBERT S HUGHES IIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MIKE INGRAMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CATHY KEATINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GARY W KINSLOWDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
S WHITFIELD LEEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LIZ M LOKEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
FRANK LOVEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
FRANK G MERRILLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
RICK MUNCRIEFDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LARRY NICHOLSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHAEL J NICOLADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BOBBY NORRISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TED PAUPDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ANDREA PERDUEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LESLIE J RAINBOLTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SUSAN ROEDERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LEONARD J SADLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GREGORY M SIMONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ROGER N SIMONSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ROBERT SLATERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SARAH STAFFORDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ANITA LA CAVA SWIFTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CLAYTON TAYLORDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHAEL G THORNEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
REX W TILLERSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NITA VAILDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GORDON WHITENERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOHN W WROTEN JRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1700 NE 63RD ST, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73111-7906
Principal officer (990 for 2025)
JJ TREADWELL, 1700 NE 63RD STREET, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73111
Signed the 990
JJ TREADWELL, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Phone
(405) 478-2250
Return prepared by
HOGANTAYLOR LLP

Mission

TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE EVOLVING HISTORY AND CULTURES OF THE AMERICAN WEST FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT OF ITS DIVERSE AUDIENCES OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • SPECIAL EVENTS ARE HELD ON SITE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE WAYS OF THE AMERICAN WEST, ENCOURAGE ARTISTS TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE WESTERN HERITAGE THROUGH THEIR ARTWORK AND TO RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN LITERATURE, TELEVISION, AND OTHER MEDIA FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE AMERICAN WEST.
    Expenses $2,409,462 · revenue $1,619,347
  • EXHIBITS ARE SHOWCASED THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM TO ENCOURAGE CURIOSITY AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY AND VALUES OF THE AMERICAN WEST.
    Expenses $5,535,167 · revenue $1,275,269
  • CHALLENGING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED AND INTEGRATED WITH EXHIBITIONS, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH TO PROMOTE THE MUSEUM'S MISSIONS OF PRESERVING AND INTERPRETING THE WEST. THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ALSO STRENGTHEN THE ARTISTIC VALUE OF THE MUSEUMS'S COLLECTION TO THE PUBLIC AND EXPOSE THE PUBLIC TO VARIOUS CULTURES AND ARTISTIC TRADITIONS OF THE WEST.
    Expenses $1,702,938 · revenue $478,407
  • OTHER PROGRAMS
    revenue $746,383

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, 2026990 on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
30-0341029
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
2005
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$145,204,553
Income (IRS master file)
$27,766,312

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2025$18,530,216$14,538,617$145,204,553XML
990-TDecember 2025–––IRS
990December 2024$24,088,840$13,366,215$136,165,241IRS
990-TDecember 2024–––IRS
990December 2023$23,746,566$12,482,155$121,562,514XML
990-TDecember 2023–––IRS
990December 2022$11,673,346$12,394,616$106,601,278IRS
990-TDecember 2022–––IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990-TDecember 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990-TDecember 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 30-0341029).

Questions about NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC

What is the EIN of NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC is 30-0341029.
Is NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2005.
Are donations to NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM 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 NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC due?
The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
Who is the principal officer of NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names JJ TREADWELL.
Who are the officers and directors of NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 55 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $358,874 (PATRICK FITZGERALD, PRESIDENT).
How much revenue does NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $18,530,216, expenses of $14,538,617 and total assets of $145,204,553 at year end.

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