Tulsa Literary Coalition Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The Tulsa Literary Coalition strives to foster the love of reading and books and to bridge cultural, ethnic, and religious divides through literature.
- Income
- $961,400
- Spending
- $555,539
- Spent on programs
- 75%
- Reserves
- 33.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 50%
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 10
- Highest pay
- $83,580, executive dir.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 85% of charities in its peer group (education, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 33.4 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 13% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 42% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 179% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1575% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 6 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 92 out of 100. Higher than 89% of charities in its peer group (education, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 2510 of 10 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
12 of 15Its accounts were reviewed or compiled by an independent accountant, but not audited.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $416,656 spent. In 2025 Tulsa Literary Coalition hosted ninety-five events and partnered with other organizations for an additional sixty-four events. Of those, 135 events (85%) were free to attend and fifty-eight featured local authors. Events were in forty-seven different venues across Tulsa. In total, we saw over 17,000 event guests. The biggest events of the year included visits with Bonnie Garmus, Grady Hendrix, Tim Blake Nelson, Joy Harjo, Matthew McConaughey, who presented to the sold-out PAC Chapman theater, and our annual Adult Book Fair, which had over 1,400 attendees.One of our goals for 2025 was to increase the audience size of events held in the store. We achieved this with local authors such as Meg Myers Morgan, Michelle Bias, Alex Poppe, Jennifer Clark, and Paloma Angelica Lopez, as well as visiting authors including Scott Latta, actor Ron Pearlman, and Pulitzer Prize winning Jayne Anne Phillips. The average audience size for author events held in the store increased by 34% in 2025 when compared to 2024.We added fifteen new partnerships in 2025. We facilitated ninety-two book club meetings in the store with a total of 760 attendees and increased book club participation by 17%.We changed to a new point-of-sale system in the summer of 2025 that integrates in-store inventory and real-time sales with our website, allowing for full service online ordering. This increased store capacity and revenue, allowing us to reach more people and compete with other online options.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 2016.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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