OKLAHOMA GARDENERS ASSOCIATION
EIN 82-0790596 · Garden Clubs (C42)
What they do
OGA DISSEMINATED RESEARCH PROVEN HORTICULTURAL INFORMATION to INDIVIDUALS and GROUPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY to INCREASE THE PUBLICS AWARENESS of GOOD GARDENING PRACTICES. WITH APPROXIMATELY 90 MEMBERS, OGA VOLUNTEERS SPENT 2,258 HOURS WORKING to ACHIEVE THE PROGRAM GOALS IN 2021. MEMBERS ASSEMBLE for MONTHLY MEETINGS WHERE NOTEWORTHY GARDEN LECTURERS, PROFESSORS, and AUTHORS SPEAK to THE GROUP. OGA OFFERED GARDENING SUPPORT to THE COMMUNITY BY E-MAIL, VIA WEBSITE, and IN PERSON. HORTICULTURAL PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED to THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE YEAR and THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED to OGA MONTHLY MEETINGS WHEN NATIONALLY KNOWN SPEAKERS ARE SCHEDULED. VOLUNTEERS PRESENTED EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED for ELEMENTARY CHILDREN (E.G. BUTTERFLY LIFE CYCLE and THE IMPORTANCE of EARTHWORMS) to SCHOOLS, AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS and SPECIAL VENUES. OGA INFORMATIONAL BOOTHS ARE SET UP AT NUMEROUS VENUES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING THE HOME and GARDEN SHOWS, LANDSCAPING SHOWS, WATER CONSERVATI
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Leadership and board
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BARBARA JORDANPRINCIPAL OFFICER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2017
- Location
- PO BOX 1725, BETHANY, OK 73008-1725
- County
- Oklahoma
- In care of
- % PEGGY GARRETT
- Primary officer
- MARGARET BIGGS, PRESIDENT
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2021
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- FD THOMPSON & CO PLC
- NTEE classification
- Garden Clubs (C42)
- IRS tax category
- Garden Clubs