2019 Annual Report & Donor Directory
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2019 ANNUAL REPORT & DONOR DIRECTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from the Board Chairman and President & CEO 2019 Campaign for the Arts 2019 Grantmaking 2019 Special Events Donor Listings Statement of Financial Position Board and Staff Listings LETTER FROM THE ALLIED ARTS BOARD CHAIR AND PRESIDENT & CEO As Allied Arts board chair and president & CEO, it is Another milestone was being named one of six our pleasure to present the 2018-2019 annual report. finalists of Oklahoma City Community Foundation’s With your support and the support of more than Great Idea Challenge. Allied Arts’ Great Idea was 5,600 corporate, foundation and individual donors, to build an online platform to help make art more the Allied Arts 2019 campaign mobilized more than accessible to more Oklahomans. Named Art Around $3.4 million – the second most raised in any annual OKC, the website features a comprehensive cultural campaign. We are proud to receive broad support calendar with up-to-date and accurate information from people of all walks of life and corporations on exhibits, film screenings, dance, theatre, vocal and representing a number of industries, as well as to music performances, and more; it links local educators receive a wide range of donation amounts ranging with innovative and effective youth arts education from $1 to $300,000. programming; and it offers flash discounted tickets to cultural programming. Please visit ArtAroundOKC.com The campaign and Allied Arts as a whole also to check it out! benefited from overwhelming success in its special events. The 10th annual OPUS gala raised a historic Allied Arts also took measures to strengthen its $605,000 while showcasing the talent of Oklahoma own capacity. We underwent a third-party HR/ artists in a cabaret style. The star of the show was development audit resulting in the formation of a internationally renowned actress and singer Kristin personnel restructuring and new strategic plan to lay Chenoweth who surprised OPUS attendees with a the foundation for the next five years, including the stellar performance and announced that she was Allied Arts 50th anniversary in 2021. coming back home again for a special concert. Her “My Love Letter to Oklahoma” concert in May Other highlights include Deborah being named a 2019 sold out and generated more than $200,000 Governor’s Arts Award recipient, and Allied Arts for Allied Arts. launching a mobile app to enhance usage of our entertainment discount program, the OKCityCard. In this fiscal year, the Allied Arts board of directors All this success is bittersweet, however, as Tricia approved nearly $2.6 million to 42 organizations completes her two-year term as chair of the Allied through allocations, educational outreach and Arts board of directors. Her vision and leadership has capacity-building grants. Allied Arts funding helped elevated Allied Arts and the cultural community to facilitate more than 729,000 arts experiences for new heights, and places Allied Arts in a sustainable Oklahoma schoolchildren statewide. path for growth and an even more exciting future. Tricia Everest Deborah McAuliffe Senner Board Chairperson President & CEO 1 2019 Honorary Chairs Frank and Cathy Keating with 2019 Campaign Co-Chairs Doug Stussi and John Higginbotham 2019 CAMPAIGN VISIONARY DONORS FOR THE ARTS Visionary donors generously donated The signature effort of Allied Arts is its annual fundraising $100,000 or more to the 2019 campaign. campaign to benefit arts education for Oklahoma schoolchildren, They lead the way in recognizing the healing arts for elderly and veteran populations, and quality, importance of the arts to our community. affordable programming for all. Led by co-chairs John Kristin Chenoweth Higginbotham, Bank of Oklahoma, and Doug Stussi, Love’s Travel The Chickasaw Nation Stops, the 2019 fundraising campaign and special events raised a Devon Energy total of $3,444,591 for central Oklahoma’s cultural community – Hobby Lobby Kirkpatrick Family Fund a three percent increase from what was raised in 2018. OGE Energy Corp. The Allied Arts 2019 Campaign publicly launched on February 6 at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. More than 350 donors, volunteers, civic and corporate leaders, TOP EMPLOYEE and art administrators gathered for an exciting evening of GIVING CAMPAIGNS performances, stories of impact and announcements including Employee giving campaigns were held the 2019 goal set at $3.3 million. at 120 businesses across the greater metro and raised more than $660,000 A two-decade tradition, Allied Arts recognizes an individual or for Allied Arts, the second highest couple during the campaign for their extraordinary contributions amount in the organization’s history. to the arts and community. Cathy and Frank Keating served as The top-producing employee giving Honorary Chairs for the 2019 Campaign with an event held in campaigns were: their honor on March 11 on the 22nd floor of BOK Park Plaza. Employees of the City of In addition to serving as a tribute to all that the Keatings have Oklahoma City done for the arts, the event was an integral component of the Continental Resources fundraising campaign, generating more than $684,000. OGE Energy Corp. American Fidelity Allied Arts closed the 2019 campaign at the Civic Center Devon Energy Meinders Hall of Mirrors with more than 250 supporters, Tapstone INTEGRIS member agency and grantee representatives, and friends at the Ackerman McQueen Campaign Celebration event on June 6. Presenting Sponsors SONIC America’s Drive-In of the Campaign Celebration event were: Kristin Chenoweth, Duncan Oil Properties The Chickasaw Nation, Devon Energy, Hobby Lobby, Kirkpatrick Bank of Oklahoma Family Fund and OGE Energy Corp. 2 2019 CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP CO-CHAIRS 2019 CAMPAIGN GIVING John Higginbotham, Bank of Oklahoma DIVISION BREAKDOWN Doug Stussi, Love’s Travel Stops HONORARY CHAIRS Cathy & Frank Keating 2019 CAMPAIGN CABINET BUILDING DIVISION Collins Peck and James Pickel, Smith & Pickel Construction 2019 CAMPAIGN GIVING BUSINESS DIVISION DONOR TYPE BREAKDOWN Taylor Shinn, Baker Hughes, a GE company Foundations 9% COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION Individuals Hillary Farrell, Ackerman McQueen 30% ENERGY DIVISION Organizations 51% Individuals Max Myers, Tall Oak Midstream Businesses 49% 42% ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION Graham Colton, GC Recordings Employee Giving FINANCIAL DIVISION 19% Alan Kraft and Colton Owens, MidFirst Bank HEALTHCARE DIVISION Chuck Spicer, OU Medicine LEADERSHIP DIVISION Valerie Naifeh, Naifeh Fine Jewelry PROFESSIONAL DIVISION Gail Huneryager, HoganTaylor 3 GRANTMAKING In the 2019 fiscal year, Allied Arts awarded $2,595,030 in grants to 42 organizations through its three grant programs. Allied Arts grantmaking reaches approximately one million people each year from all walks of life through free festivals and community events, as well as through affordable admission to exhibitions and performances, arts education for youth, and healing arts initiatives for veteran, elderly and hospitalized populations. Allied Arts member agencies alone provided 729,000 arts experiences to K-12 students across Oklahoma. (Top Left) deadCenter Film (Top-Right) Oklahoma Shakespeare’s production of Othello (photo credit: Brett Marley) (Bottom-Right) Sooner Theatre’s Fabulous Friday class for students with special needs 4 ALLOCATIONS “Allied Arts grantmaking touches every Oklahoma Children’s Theatre program.” The largest grant pool is reserved for allocations which provides critical, unrestricted support to Allied Arts’ 25 member agencies. Allocations awards totaled $2.3 million in 2019, the third highest amount allocated in Allied Arts’ 48-year history. Allocations enables member agencies to direct the grants to areas in which they will make the most impact. Allied Arts allocations supports the operational and programming needs of Oklahoma Youth Orchestras. Steven Adams with Opry Heritage Foundation’s As part of the annual allocations process, two sets of Granville School of Music students volunteer committees convened in April and May to ensure that Allied Arts donor contributions are invested in healthy, sustainable and relevant cultural nonprofit organizations. 2019 ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE Debbie Nauser, STRAT•COMM (Chair) After independent review of agency budgets, 990s, Cordell Brown, Price Edwards audits and other documentation, the allocations finance Paul Dudman, Fellers Snider committee convened for a full day to assess the financial Tricia Everest, Community Volunteer well-being of Allied Arts member agencies. Consisting Colin FitzSimons, Corytus, LLC of bankers, accountants and executives, the committee Dana Harper, Retired, FBI determined that Allied Arts member agencies are on Brian Hilmes, BEH Consulting solid administrative and financial footing. Pam Klepper, Retired, Keller Williams Debra Kos, Community Volunteer Allocations supports the infrastructure Ed Krei, Independent Bank Consultant and staff necessary to implement Glen Maynard, Devon Energy the current menu of (Oklahoma City Mike Mitchell, Chickasaw Nation Industries Randy Nance, GE Johnson Construction Co. Philharmonic) concert series and Christina Rekhop, Devon Energy community engagement programs, Wendi Schuur, Bank of America as well as the creation and development Lonny Towell, Retired, Kerr-McGee of new initiatives. 2019 ALLOCATIONS A few weeks later, the allocations committee listened to FINANCE COMMITTEE presentations delivered by member agency staff and board Grant DeFehr, Mammoth Energy Services (Chair) leadership over a three-day period.