Tulsa Foundation for Architecture

“Expenses advertising and promotion 267 office 390 conferences/meetings 267 insurance 3,199 dues & subscriptions 250 merchant & bank fees 1,811 postage -4 telephone 359 tour & event expenses 7,436 website 131 contributions 45 non-investment depreciation 2,964 total 17,115”

“Inventories for sale or use 43,478 41,564 equipment 44,862 44,862 less accumulated depreciation 40,416 43,380 total 47,924 43,046”

“Accounts payable and accrued expenses 14 37”

“The tulsa foundation for architecture's mission is to be a resource that recognizes, records and encourages preservation of the built environment and advocates quality future developments that further enhances tulsa's livability. The foundation's objectives are to be a credible voice that identifies valuable architectural structures, spaces, sites and works of merit; educates the public about architecture and the built environment; promotes and encourages preservation and/or rehabilitation of significant structures; be a repository for historical architectural drawings and materials.”

“Archives: the tfa architectural archives continue to be our greatest asset with major collections of renowned architects, including the original hand-drawn designs of koberling, forsyth and senter. The collection contains nearly 1000 sets of drawings and artifacts from a variety of building sites in the tulsa area. Currently, there are 1,663 items digitized using the equipment secured with save america's treasures grant funding. In 2014, we provided prints of plans and research information for hillcrest hospital by architect leon senter, temple israel synagogue by architect john t. Blair, the butler residence by architect donald mccormick, and the meadow gold neon sign on historic route 66. Matt king, former tfa board president and member volunteer, has consistently helped organize the collection and assist in providing prints to building owners and architects. The family of tulsa landscape architect ansel hull, asla, donated over 150 drawings to the archives in 2014. The collection includes beautifully rendered original color drawings of projects he designed for the city of tulsa.”

“Tour planning: "deco meets modern", our annual membership appreciation event, was hosted at the newly restored art deco "fleeger residences". The event raised over 6000, with 150 members attending, including 103 new members. Modern tulsa committee hosted two "mod of the moment" open houses at the loucks & andrews residences. These well preserved mid-century homes received excellent press and brought over 300 attendees to view the homes. Tfa is participating in "explore downtown" program for school children sponsored by the george kaiser family foundation. This year we have provided walking tours of downtown for five different school groups, for age groups ranging from 3rd to 7th grade. For the younger children the tour points out all of the animals hidden in the cast stone and terra-cotta building ornamentation, gargoyles and entry canopies. The "dwell in the idl" tour featured seven residential properties downtown within the inner dispersal loop. This annual event was a great success; it was attended by 448 people and netted over 6,000 from ticket sales and tulsa art deco book sales. The tour was well publicized due to pre-event interviews and tours by the events committee. 2nd saturday, a monthly walking tour of downtown initiated last year, continues to be very popular. We have distributed brochures and posters to all of the downtown hotels, as well as advertising in newspapers and social media, and the attendance has doubled from last year to an average of 50 persons each month.”

“Newsletter & publications: we continue to market and distribute our publication, tulsa art deco, as well as the laminated companion, decoguide, through local bookstores and museum shops, advantage amazon books, and our enhanced website tfa store: www.tulsaarchitecture.com. Tfa distributes and promotes the books of john brooks walton: one hundred historic tulsa homes, one hundred more historic tulsa homes, many more historic tulsa homes, historic homes of ponca city and kay county, many more historic tulsa homes, the artwork of tulsa, the architecture of charles stevens dilbeck, the architecture of john duncan forsyth, the architecture of john brooks walton, tulsa's future historic homes, and historic tulsa homes - circa 1920.”

“1. The tfa worked with the statewide preservation partner, preservation oklahoma, to determine the annual list of the "most endangered properties in oklahoma" with their executive director, katie mclaughlin. 2. Tfa board secretary amanda decort spoke to several community groups and professional organizations during the year including the tulsa metro chamber of commerce, convention and visitor's bureau "visit tulsa", leadership tulsa, and rotary club of tulsa. 3. To increase our exposure this year we have partnered with many local groups for events. Some examples are: a storefront window exhibit downtown with deco tulsa featuring terra-cotta artifacts from the tfa collection, an exhibit of original drawings from the tfa archives at typros "tulsa works" event, and opening the archives for the ahha first friday art walk. 4. We continue to partner with allied organizations such as the eastern oklahoma chapter of the aia; national trust for historic preservation, association of architectural organizations, arts and humanities council of tulsa, philbrook museum of art, gilcrease museum of art, circle cinema foundation, tulsa historical society, oklahoma historical society, leadership tulsa; preservation oklahoma; oklahoma arts and humanities council; price tower arts center; and ou school of urban design. 5. The board of trustees participated in a half-day strategic planning retreat with a professional facilitator in february to redefine the committee structure, identify leadership, and define short and long term goals for the organization. Another session is scheduled in march of 2015 to evaluate our progress.”