Program areas at Scissortail Park
The upper Park's 35-acres offers walking paths, gardens, seasonal plant displays and an extensive tree collection. Facilities include: children's playground, interactive fountains, seasonal roller rink, lake with boat rentals and a variety of exercise programs and other recreational and cultural programs, picnic pavilions, dog Park and performance stage. The Park offers free education/cultural/recreational programming designed to attract diverse audiences. Events include a weekly farmer's market with over 50 small farms and artisanal producers at the market that runs april through october. A spring through fall concert schedule includes a diverse lineup of quality concerts that include classical to country. The stage is also used for dance performances including the okc ballet and ethnic dance events. Seasonal festivals include: a spring kite festival, fall halloween parties and holiday lighting and concerts. The Park also collaborates with dozens of community nonprofit groups to offer free events including a menorah light festival, pride festival, native american pow wows, color of art, cinco de mayo, the okc memorial marathon and dios de los muertos festival. We estimate the Park has over 500,000 vistors in this fiscal year. Throughout this past fiscal year, the Park has been making plans to take on the management of the Park's additional 34-acre lower Park which is due to open in the fall of 2022.
Who funds Scissortail Park
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Scissortail Park
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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Maureen Heffernan | President and Chief Executive Officer | $0 | 2023-05-15 |
Chris Bachmann | Chief Operating Officer | $120,770 | 2021-06-30 |
Cindy Rogers | Chief Financial Officer | | 2023-05-13 |
Eric Himan | Vice President of Programming | | 2023-05-13 |
Kathryn Galier | Farmers Market Manager | | 2023-05-13 |
...and 12 more key personnel |
Financials for Scissortail Park
Revenues | FYE 06/2022 | FYE 06/2021 | % Change |
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Total grants, contributions, etc. | $4,488,540 | $3,936,580 | 14% |
Program services | $688,649 | $498,240 | 38.2% |
Investment income and dividends | $2,297 | $362 | 534.5% |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $39,985 | $32,570 | 22.8% |
Miscellaneous revenues | $36,395 | $1,424 | 2455.8% |
Total revenues | $5,255,866 | $4,469,176 | 17.6% |
Organizations like Scissortail Park
Organization | Type | Location | Revenue |
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The Lakeside Association | 501(c)(3) | Lakeside, OH | $10,817,559 |
Buhl Park Corporation | 501(c)(3) | Hermitage, PA | $2,157,285 |
Big Sky Community Organization (BSCC) | 501(c)(3) | Big Sky, MT | $5,736,360 |
YMCA of Greater St Petersburg | 501(c)(3) | Saint Petersburg, FL | $23,248,560 |
Young Mens Christian Association of the Treasure Coast | 501(c)(3) | Stuart, FL | $5,185,994 |
Parks and People Foundation | 501(c)(3) | Baltimore, MD | $3,287,882 |
YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee | 501(c)(3) | Milwaukee, WI | $17,367,092 |
YMCA of Snohomish County | 501(c)(3) | Everett, WA | $24,315,628 |
Austin Parks Foundation (APF) | 501(c)(3) | Austin, TX | $9,510,875 |
Riverfront Recapture | 501(c)(3) | Hartford, CT | $4,097,994 |
Data update history
July 9, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
July 4, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
June 29, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
June 25, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
May 13, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 8 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Parks and recreation centersHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Human services
Characteristics
Partially liquidatedReceives government fundingEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donations
General information
- Address
- 301 W Reno Ave
- Oklahoma City, OK 73102
- Metro area
- Oklahoma City, OK
- County
- Oklahoma County, OK
- Website URL
- scissortailpark.org/Â
- Phone
- (405) 445-7080
IRS details
- EIN
- 81-1857531
- Fiscal year end
- June
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2016
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- N32: Parks and Playgrounds
- NAICS code, primary
- 713940: Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
- Parent/child status
- Central organization
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