OKLAHOMA AQUARIUM FOUNDATION
EIN 73-1317935 · Animal-Related (D115)
What they do
THE MISSION of THE OKLAHOMA AQUARIUM FOUNDATION is to SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, STRATEGIC GROWTH and SUSTAINABILITY of THE JENKS AQUARIUM AUTHORITY (A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION of THE CITY of JENKS, OKLAHOMA). THE AQUARIUM is DEDICATED to FOSTERING KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION and CONSERVATION of AQUATIC LIFE and ENVIRONMENTS, and WELCOMES MORE THAN 400,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY, PROVIDING AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT IN ADDITION to SERVING AS AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE. THE PURPOSES and OBJECTIVES of THE FOUNDATION SHALL BE to DEVELOP, MANAGE, OPERATE AND/OR SERVE AS AN AFFILIATED BOARD of DIRECTORS for PUBLIC AQUARIUMS, WHICH WILL ALSO SERVE AS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS, NATURE and WILDLIFE INTERPRETIVE and REHABILITATION CENTERS, SANCTUARIES, REFUGES, PROPOGATION CENTERS for PLANT and ANIMAL SPECIES, HOUSE PUBLIC or PRIVATE AGENCIES of A SIMILAR PURPOSE, and AS SCIENCE CENTERS.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1989
- Location
- PO BOX 1443, JENKS, OK 74037-1443
- County
- Tulsa
- In care of
- % SHAWN ORTH
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