2023 Annual Report

2023 YEAR-END REPORT

2023 Foundation Board of Trustees

Foundation Executive Committee:

John Kennedy, Chairman

Susan Chambers, Vice Chairman

Mike Turpen, Secretary

Erik Fares, Treasurer

Bob Ross

Chris Fleming

Ann-Clore Duncan

David Harris

Bill Lance

Polly Nichols

Sam Presti

Steven Taylor

Susan Winchester

Kari Watkins, President & CEO

Foundation Board of Trustees:

Blayne Arthur

Albert Ashwood

Jason Bodin

Brian Bogert

Scott Briggs

Michelle Brooks

Bryan Clifton

Sanford (Sandy) C. Coats

Steve Cole

Valerie Couch

Mike Edmonds

Houda Elyazgi

Austin Figitt

Rob Garbrecht

Brain Hackler

Pat Hall

Joyce Henderson

David Holt

Blu Hulsey

Jane Jenkins

Wesley Knight

Bonnie Lopez

Austin Manger

Kelli Masters

Melissa McLawhorn Houston

Emilykaye Mitchelson

Gail Muncrief

Kim Neese

Keri Norris

Tammy Powell

Wes Roberts

Amy Stephens

Sara Sweet

Becky Switzer

Ted Tetrick

Major General

Michael Thompson

Randy Trachtenberg

Ryan Whicher

Bill Wright

Ex Officio Members: Chief Wade Gourley

Steve Hill

Jennifer Nakayama

Chief Richard Kelley

Brian Maughan

Past Chairs:

Luke Corbett

Rowland Denman

Dr. Gloria Griffin

President Burns Hargis

Frank Hill

Bob Johnson

Linda Lambert

Karen Luke

Polly Nichols

Gary Pierson

John Richels

Bob Ross

Bill Scheihing

Steven Taylor

Mike Turpen

Susan Winchester

National Advisory Board: William J. Clinton

Frank and Cathy Keating

Tom Ridge

Lee Woodruff

Oklahoma City National Memorial Staff

Ali Ali

Valeria Barrientos-Hernandez

Brandon Beleele

Martha Beliveau

Skye Conley

Hanna Cox

Jeremy Cunanan

James Deason

Mary Ann Eckstein

Mary Eppler

Stephen Evans

Sarah Finley

Nicholas Fite

Grant Foster

Tina Gilliland

Kellar Jackson

Grace Lee

Paula Luinstra

Lesli Massad

Diana McGoohan

Rainn Melton

Michele Perez

Lynne Porter

Dustin Potter

Jenna Purvis

Haley Roller

Randy Roschal

Pat Shirley

James Sing

Joe Slawinski

Adriana Garza Tamez

Gabriel Taylor

Aaliyah Torres

Kari Watkins

Olivia Utz

Retired Justice Steven Taylor, who was the judge of the state trial against Terry Nichols, was the keynote and reminded us all of our role in repairing the breach and the division in our country. The April 19th ceremony was moved inside due to cold temperatures but hundreds joined and then gathered at the Chairs.

As has been tradition since the OKC Thunder moved to Oklahoma City, new players and staff are toured and taught the story of the Oklahoma City bombing and how the city has risen from horror to a city of hope.

PBS’ Judy Woodruff speaks to a packed house at the Day One Luncheon in early November. The annual fundraising luncheon highlights the beginning of the 168 Days of Remembrance, honor and thanking the stakeholders who entrust us to tell their story.

Letter from Our President & CEO and Chairman

As we look back to 2023, we know the excitement we shared as we made progress coming out of the pandemic. School kids who were not born in 1995 and their teachers (many of whom were not born yet either) as well as groups are returning to the Museum for programming. We had our best year yet welcoming the yellow school buses.

April 19th was the most special day as always. Justice Taylor reminded us all of the importance of repairing the breach. Hundreds of families, survivors and first responders came together to remember.

Maintaining a pristine Memorial and Museum is key to the success of telling this story. The Memorial was built on the site of the worst domestic terrorist attack on American soil. The 50,000-square-foot Museum is within the walls of a historically preserved building that survived the bombing. If these walls could talk, we would learn some incredible Oklahoma City history, as it was built by the Masons more than 100 years ago. It served as a theater venue, offices and on April 19, 1995, it was the home to the Journal Record newspaper. Today, it is home to the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum and Archives. People come from around the world to learn this story and witness our efforts in memorialization. With each passing year, our story becomes more important as we work through public and school programming to tell a story.

In November, we kicked off the 168 Days of Remembrance with our Day One Luncheon featuring Judy Woodruff, a native Tulsan, senior correspondent, former anchor and Managing Editor of the PBS NewsHour.

She spoke to a packed house about Understanding America’s Divisions, reminding us how to find Common Ground on our Sacred Ground. Her “America at a Crossroads” story featured the Memorial and Museum and was aired nationally on April 19, 2023. Twenty-nine years ago, working

together as we did then felt normal. In these turbulent times, we are reminded of the anger that led to this attack. We work every day to make sure events like this are not repeated.

We do this with important partners and donors like you. Thank you for joining us on this journey of remembering, educating and knowing why both are so important.

A special thank you to our partners at the Oklahoma City Thunder and their General Manager, Sam Presti, for ensuring every Thunder player and staff member learns and experiences this story and understands our city’s history. We are thankful for the many ways that amazing organization reaches our community and are honored to call them trusted partners. We also owe a special thanks to our new Marathon media partners at Griffin Media/News9. They came to the table a year ago with a remarkable offer. They had fresh, innovative ideas, an hour-long special program ahead of the Marathon and did story after story on runners and why we run! We could not be more grateful for them stepping up to help us take the Marathon to the next level.

We know we have not and would not have gotten here alone. Thank you for showing up to serve—rising up to honor and stepping up to be kind. Those tenets of the Oklahoma Standard are more important today than ever and we hope you will continue to inspire others with your work!

Kari Watkins President & CEO

John Kennedy Chairman, 2022-2023

Programming & Education

In 2023, 14,436 students from 297 schools and organizations learned about the impact of violence and the tenderness of the response through one of our signature programs Called2Change while visiting the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum. This was a 65% increase over school group numbers in 2022. This program is underwritten by the Inasmuch Foundation and OGE Energy Corp. Foundation, Inc. More than 10,000 of those students participated in the Memorial’s Inasmuch Uncover-Discover STEM Lab, exploring the intersection of STEM and lessons learned from the rescue and recovery of the Oklahoma City bombing.

Funded by the Kirkpatrick Foundation.

Student Numbers

New York Times best-selling author Jeffrey Toobin joins a Better Conversations panel to discuss his new book Homegrown with a panel including Memorial Chairman John Kennedy, family member Sara Sweet, former federal prosecutor and now Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Behenna and President and CEO Kari Watkins. More than 140 people participated in this discussion talking about the rise of government hate and right-wing extremism.

In 2023, 1,500 individuals learned about how to effect change in their world through Better Conversations the Memorial and Museum’s framework for discussing difficult topics and building understanding across divides. Additionally, first-person accounts and personal reflections were another powerful way for guests to better understand the story of April 19, 1995. Last year, 4,646 people listened to First-Person Stories of Hope or attended a private Eyewitness Tour.

Programming & Education

The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum also trained educators representing 70 schools and organizations in 20 different Oklahoma counties and seven states through History is Relevant teacher workshops funded by American Fidelity Foundation, ensuring educators have the resources to teach this important story in history to the next generation. The Memorial and Museum extended its collection of teacher resources to include a new curated, online collection of artifacts from the investigation as part of a Digital Hope Trunk Following the Trail of Evidence, and a STEM Forensic kit featuring forensic science techniques used in the OKBOMB investigation and skills learned since 1995, funded by Devon and in partnership with University of Central Oklahoma’s W. Roger Webb Forensic Science Institute.

The Memorial and Museum initiated a Teen Board of 29 leaders representing public, private, charter and co-op schools from the Oklahoma City metro and rural Oklahoma. The Teen Board, funded by the Inasmuch Foundation, meets monthly to discuss lessons learned from the Oklahoma City bombing and work toward bringing our mission of the Memorial Museum to their communities as ambassadors of the Oklahoma Standard.

The Memorial and Museum partnered with Greenwood Rising in Tulsa for the Road to Remembrance, a program that brings Oklahoma City and Tulsa students together to learn our important history. This program teaches students about the impact of violence from the Tulsa Race Massacre and the Oklahoma City Bombing – two pivotal moments in our state’s history separated by 74 years and 100 miles but sharing lessons about the resilience of the human spirit. In 2023, the program celebrated its first full year. 370 high school students and 30 teachers from Oklahoma City and Tulsa experienced this unique program and were able to visit the Memorial and Museum and Greenwood Rising in the same day, capped by a Better Conversation to share what they learned and how they could apply those lessons to their community. This program is made possible by Arvest Bank and Arvest Foundation.

Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon: Run to Remember

The Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon isn’t just another race—it’s a Run to Remember. An event where runners and spectators from all over the world come together to honor those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever by the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

Over 18,000 participants took part in the 2023 race—representing all 50 states and 17 countries. Plus, nearly 3,000 volunteers, 92 sponsors and 68 vendors gave their time and effort to help make the race possible.

We can’t wait for the 2024 Run to Remember!

Kristen Vaughan wins the Women’s Half-Marathon with a time of 1:25:21.

Thousands of Marathon medals are handed out each year by family members, survivors, first responders and Trustees

“It’s just more than keeping the memories alive. It shows family members that people still care.

It’s very positive especially if I see somebody with Daddy’s name. Then people will come up and they’ll be like, ‘Oh, I wanted to come and find you. My such and such used to work with your dad,’ and they talk about him and tell stories about him. I wouldn’t have that without the race.

It’s the continued positivity remembering those who were taken from us too soon.

Jennifer Walker, Daughter of David Walker (Killed in Bombing)

Al Maeder the 2023 Marathon winner with a time of 2:25:15.

Oklahoma City Thunder mascot Rumble, the official chair Bison, kicks off the Memorial Kids Marathon.

Robin Marsh and Lacie Lowry are a part of the News9/Griffin Media team who covered the entire 26.2 miles of the Memorial Marathon course.

(+58% from 2022)

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Runners finish the last stretch of the Marathon Finish Line inspired by the faces and names of the 168 who were killed on April 19, 1995.

This race is successful due to more than 3,000 Marathon volunteers each year. Sign up to volunteer for the 2024 races at OKCMarathon.com

(+44% from 2022)

(+36% from 2022)

Archives Restoration

Protecting a Legacy

As the years pass, the Memorial and Museum faces new challenges as it works to keep the history of the April 19, 1995 story alive—challenges it gladly meets to preserve the spirit of remembrance for generations to come.

Throughout the last half of 2023, the Museum’s Archives Team added staff and worked to improve the collections management systems. In addition to reorganizing the reading room, they worked toward fully processing all of the collections. Staff and Board established digital stewardship policies for the first time in almost a decade, which will help to grow and preserve the collections. The team also completed a videotape survey and located 6,899 tapes, of which 1,639 were digitized. Additionally, a new processing manual was created that includes details on how to bring in collections from acquisitions to storage. These necessary steps allow the Museum to care for the vital artifacts and materials in its care that help to tell the story of the Oklahoma City bombing and the world’s tremendous response of hope.

If you are beginning to sort through things, now is the time to donate items to the Archives. Thank you for trusting the Memorial and Museum to preserve your story. Please contact our Curatorial Team at archives@okcnm.org

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Field of Empty Chairs Restoration

To ensure the chairs are maintained for years to come, they are deep cleaned and waxed to protect the bronze and reduce corrosion.

Serpentine Walkway

Each year, nearly 6,000 square feet of walkways and pathways are regrouted and maintained to ensure they are safe and up to the world-class standard in which the Memorial was built. The grout in the serpentine walkway from the building to the reflecting pool was replaced with minimal interruption to visitors.

Facilities

Final Conversion to LED Lighting

The final phase of the LED lights was installed to replace the previous gate lights. All other lights including the 168 Empty Chairs, pathway, spotlights and all outdoor lights have been switched to LED. For several years now, we have been waiting on the technology, the warm color that matches other outdoor lighting and the strength of the LED illumination to light the nearly five-story-tall Gates of Time from the top to the bottom. The Memorial brought back several builders of the Memorial, including Project Superintendent Tim Taylor, the Memorial Designers Hans and Torrey Butzer, Director of Facilities Gabriel Taylor (who was the assistant project superintendent during construction), Contractor Tom Lippert, Owner’s Rep Hardy Watkins and our partners at OESCO, to ensure the new product would meet the design specifications. Thanks to our partners at OG&E for including us in their Commercial Energy Efficiency Program. They have been with us since day one and we are always pleased to work with our friends at OG&E and all of our partners who have gotten us to this point of excellence.

Security Update

With thousands of visitors and a changing downtown population, 24/7 security is paramount to keeping visitors, staff and volunteers safe at the Memorial and Museum. In 2023, security guards responded to and resolved more than 40 criminal, safety and medical incidents.

Thanks to the funding of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Grant, the Memorial and Museum was able to upgrade its surveillance camera system. All analog cameras were replaced with digital equipment—including 4K and thermal imaging cameras to watch over the Field of Empty Chairs. Additionally, video storage capacity was increased with the implementation of an additional archiver.

The Security Department includes a blended security force with Memorial Security Guards and TriCorps Security Guards covering several day and overnight shifts, as well as augmenting for special events as needed.

Finally, the Memorial and Museum is excited to collaborate with the Oklahoma City Police Department to integrate surveillance cameras by implementing Fusus Core integration. Fusus will allow the OCPD to view surveillance footage in real time should an emergency arise—providing officers with up-to-date intelligence to assist.

Online Impact

In today’s connected digital world, the Memorial and Museum has been able to utilize social media and other platforms to connect with more people than ever before. Serving as powerful channels for communication, these platforms have provided unprecedented access to a global audience—enabling connection in real time and the ability to share the compelling lessons of April 19, 1995. The strategic utilization of digital platforms has not only expanded the Memorial and Museum’s reach but has also facilitated meaningful interactions with the community—including its first TikTok videos, which had over 2,800 combined views. The numbers shown below represent the impact across the most popular platforms. Each number affirms the Memorial and Museum’s determination to not only remain top of mind but to also share the story with thousands of people who may have never heard it before.

In the Media

The Memorial and Museum is constantly challenging itself to come up with creative ways to keep the message relevant in a quickly evolving and crowded modern world. Here are a few ways these efforts were recognized.

In addition to our weekly episodes of the “Run to Remember Memorial Marathon Podcast,” we also host a live episode at Expo during race weekend.

KWTV anchors Amanda Taylor and Karl Torp at the Oklahoma City National Memorial. This past year, Griffin Media/News9 became the official OKC Memorial Marathon media partners.

Brittany Montoya, the daughter of Karan Howell Shepherd, reads a portion of the 168 names. The 168 seconds and the reading of the names is always the most important part of the annual Ceremony. The media always appreciates the stories of these stakeholders and does dozens of interviews on April 19th.

Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent, former Anchor & Managing Editor, PBS NewsHour, interviews Frank Figliuzzi, former FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the OKC Memorial Museum for a special that ran nationally on April 19, 2023.

New York Times best-selling author, Jeffrey Toobin, was a Better Conversations panelist who discussed his new book, Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism.

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An experience everyone needs. So emotional!

Michelle Melton | Delta Airlines, Houston, TX

“Something for Everyone: Telling the Story of the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon”

American Marketing Association’s Marketing Excellence Awards Winner for Longform Video

“Memorial Marathon Milestones”

American Marketing Association’s Marketing Excellence Awards Winner for Social Media

“35 Best Things to Do in Oklahoma City”

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This was not my first visit and it won’t be my last.

Sarah E. Johnson | Weatherford, OK

“Best Charity Event for the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon”

American Advertising Award Winner Gold for 2023 Memorial Marathon Poster

$150,000 and above

Chickasaw Nation

Devon Energy Corporation

Inasmuch Foundation

Tyler Media

$50,000 - $149,999

Continental Resources, Inc.

Griffin Media

Kirkpatrick Foundation, Inc.

OU Medicine, Inc.

The Social Order

SONIC Foundation

Sara and Kyle Sweet

$25,000 - $49,999

Action Safety Supply Co.

Candor

Chesapeake Energy Corporation

Edge Productions

Express Employment International

Heartland

Hobby Lobby Stores

Mercy Health

Oklahoma City Community Foundation

Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau

Oklahoma City Thunder

Puterbaugh Foundation

SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital

$15,000 - $24,999

Calamity Jane’s Apparel

Exhibit Concepts, Inc.

Kirsten and David Griffin

JPMorgan Chase Bank

Magellan Executive Partners

Katie McClendon

Jean McLaughlin

MTM Recognition

Mustang Fuel Corporation

Pratt & Whitney

US Army Oklahoma City Recruiting Battalion

Susan Winchester

$10,000 - $14,999

Ackerman McQueen

American Fidelity Foundation

Mo Anderson

B.C. Clark Jewelers

Capital Distributing LLC

Diamondback Energy

First United Bank

Thank You to All Our Donors!

Flywheel Energy

Fred Jones Family Foundation

Google, Inc.

Hertz Corporation

The Joullian Foundation

John Kennedy

Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores, Inc.

Gail and Rick Muncrief

Polly and Larry Nichols

OGE Energy Corp. Foundation, Inc.

Presbyterian Health Foundation

University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc.

Wilshire Charitable Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999

Acorn Growth Companies

Barbara Smith Akins

Apmex, Inc.

BancFirst

Bank of America, N.A.

Bank of Oklahoma N.A.

Candid Color Systems

CFS Brands

Clements Foods Foundation

Colcord Hotel

Valerie Couch

Ann-Clore and Walt Duncan

Eide Bailly

Nancy Ellis

Farzaneh Family Foundation

Kim and Marty Grubbs

Harold Hamm Diabetes Center

Hope Is Alive Ministries Inc.

Lezlie and David Hudiburg

Sherri and Bill Lance

Cory and David Le Norman

Lingo Construction Services, Inc.

Oklahoma Chevy Team Dealers

Ovintiv

Pelco Products, Inc.

The Perinatal Center, PLLC

Plumbers and Pipefitters UA Local 344

TTCU Federal Credit Union

Kari and Hardy Watkins

$2,000 - $4,999

929 Strategies

Allegiance Credit Union

Jane Anderson

Janet Beck

Boeing

Brian Bogert

Michelle and Gary Brooks

Robert and Karen Browne

The Capital Group LLC

Susan Chambers, M.D.

Steve Cole

Kristin and Erik Fares

Melanie and Pat Hall

Haskell

HC Construction LLLP

Bette Jo and Frank Hill

Jean I. Everest Foundation

M&M Energy Supply Co.

Margaret Malloy

MIDCON Data Services, LLC

Marian and Anthony Moon

Raymond H. & Bonnie B. Hefner Family Fund

Respect Diversity Foundation

Pat and Fred Schonwald

Southwestern Stationery & Bank Supply

Squared Away Lawns

Washita Valley Enterprises, Inc.

Donna Weaver McGinty

Weokie Foundation

$1,000 - $1,999

Ascent Resources Management Services, LLC

Cindy and Albert Ashwood

Beatrix Barr

Bowen Foundation

Teresa Cooper

Factor 110, LLC

The Flower Truck OKC

Austin Fugitt

Jamie Gorelick

Burns Hargis

David Harris

Anthony Hendricks

Blu Hulsey

The Jonsteen Company

Cathy and Frank Keating

Linda Lambert

Timothy Lamoy

Joanna Latting

LiveFree OKC - Clara Luper

Legacy Committee

The Macklanburg-Hulsey Foundation

Travis Mason

Keri Norris

O’Connor Family Foundation

Charles Oppenheim

Lori and Tony Rahhal

Karen Samis

Sam’s Club #4731

Sam’s Club #4761

Sam’s Club #4839

Sam’s Club #6238

Sam’s Club #6267

Sam’s Club #6342

Sam’s Club #6350

Sam’s Club #6779

Sam’s Club #7189

Sam’s Club #8117

Sam’s Club #8224

Sam’s Club #8239

Sam’s Club #8241

Sam’s Club #8263

Sam’s Club #8289

Simmons Bank

Amy Stephens

Betty and David Street

John Taylor

Ted Tetrick

$500 - $999

Taraneh and Keith Angier

The Bank N.A.

Suzanne and Bruce Bockus

Scott Briggs

Clutter Buster Climate Storage

John Cole

Continental Resources Employee

Giving Fund

Mary Ann Eckstein

Houda Elyazgi

Sarah Finley

First Choice Coffee Services

Chris Fleming

Jeanette Gamba

Robert Garbrecht

David Gorham

Gloria Griffin

Brian Hackler

Jay Hannah

Harrison-Orr Air Conditioning, Inc.

Melvena and John Heisch

Howard Family Charitable Foundation

Patsy Jones

Michael Joseph

The Kerr Foundation, Inc.

De and Tim Leftwich

Linda and Paul Lekawski

Karen and Robert Luke

Diana McGoohan

Robin Mickel

Montvale PTO

Ellen and Dave Morgan

Kim Neese

Norick Investment Company

Glenda Overbeck

Tammy Powell

Dennis Purifoy

Laura Richter

Sac and Fox Nation

Donna and Randy Smith

Lee Allan Smith

Kathy Stafford

Becky and Barry Switzer

Michael Thompson

Warren and Kathy Vieth

Walker Family Charitable Fund

Ryan Whicher

$200 - $499

Anonymous

Blayne Arthur

BAU Butzer Architects and Urbanism

Linda and Lance Benham

Mark Bravo

Phyllis Brawley

Michael Brown

BSA Troop 4

Clifford Cagle

Charlotte Carver

Jill Castilla

Chicken N Pickle

Marguerite Christman

Bryan Clifton

Sandy Coats

Rita Crews

Downtown Club of Oklahoma City

Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma

Mary and Jesse Eppler

Russ Florence

Sean Foohey

Tina Gilliland

Give Lively Foundation, Inc.

Rhonda Godwin

Ground Zero Emergency Training Center

W. Barry Grove

International Homicide Investigators Association

Jividen and Company, PLLC

Ronald Kelly

Linda Kerran

Wesley Knight

Lee Eiso Kusumoto

Judy and Paul Lambert

Sharon and Kenneth Lease

Nancy Mahaney

Austin Manger

Lesli Massad

Emilykaye Mitchelson

Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits

Oklahoma City Museum of Art

Laura and Luke Reese

Mary Ann and Tim Sanders

Charles Shannon

Sheraton Oklahoma City

David Soper

Madrienne Stewart

Monica and Brian Szymanski

Martha Taylor

William Tomlinson

U.S. Cellular

Susan Urbach

Jon Wallace

Watermark Bank

Linda Whittington

Bill Wright

Jacque and Allen Wright

$100 - $199

21C Museum Hotel

Adorn

Amazon Smile Foundation

Allen Ashley

Jari Askins

Bruce Bailey

Terry Baransy

Sherry and Bill Beasley

Brandon Beleele

Martha Beliveau

Lynnda Berryhill

Don Betz

Bockus Payne Architecture

Nelson Bolen

Daniel Bond

Rand Bookman

Jerry Bowers

Jim and Devota Bowers

Suzanne Britten

Thomas Burket

Michael Burwell

Catholic Charities of OKC

Benjiman Chandler

Ila and Dale Clark

Matilda and Ed Clements

Skye Conley

Jane Cook

Shannon Cooper

Jim Cox

Kathy Cox

Carolyn Cummins

Robb Delbert

Rowland Denman

Jeff DeSpain

Lloyd Dounn

Downtown OKC Tag Agency

Downtown Oklahoma City, Inc.

Barbara and Bill Durrett

Calvin Edson

Stephen Evans

Courtney Fairbanks

Fairfield Inn & Suites

Barbara and Ed Farrell

Jenni Feld

Jacque Fiegel

Annie Fitch

Mark Fitch

Ellen and Tim Fleming

Ruth Fofana

Bobby Fonseca

Susan and John Frank

Michael Friedman

Adriana Garza Tamez

Joanna and Keith Gleason

Wade Gourley

Beverly Hartsell

Betty and Loren Heavin

Carole Heihn

Molly Helm

Joyce Henderson

Gina Hendryx

Nancy Herzel

Holiday Inn Express Bricktown

David Holt

Karl Humbert

Hyatt Place Bricktown

Leslie and Steve Ives

Gretchen Jeane

Jane Jenkins

Barbara and Mason Jett

Debby Johnson

Gennie and Robert Johnson

Sara Johnson

Dan Jones

Richard Kelley

Barbara Kerrick

Paula Kirkpatrick

John Landis

Melinda Lawrence

Bobby Ledbetter

Jana Leddy

Grace Lee

Diane Leonard Koch

Diane Lewis

Robert Lewis

Chen Liang

Donna Lisle

Elinor Lottinville

Paula Luinstra

Judy and Gary Marrs

Ann Marshall

Nancy McGuffee

Gail Meltzner

Dylan Motley

Ellen and James Myerberg

Freddie and Robert Nelon

Doreen Nersesian

Vickie Norick

Oklahoma City Beautiful

Oklahoma City Housing Authority

Olsson

David Pasnau

Betty Pfefferbaum

Lynne Porter

Dan Potter

Dustin Potter

Charles Potts

Rhonda Presley

Myrna Ranney

Amy and Thomas Ratzki

Wayne Rauh

Julie Richardson

Joseph Rohrbach

Carol Rose

Arthur and Lyla Rousseau

Tom and Annaruth Schick

Schnake Turnbo Frank

Lee Segell

Mary Sheets

Andrew Shelden

Jerry Shelton

Georgia and Kenneth Snoke

Ronald Stakem

Betty Routh Steele

Susan Russell-Stewart

Helen Stiefmiller

Jeanne Sullivan

Barbara Tauben

Gabriel Taylor

Steven Taylor

Timothy Taylor

Sharon Teague

James Thompson

Ann Trudgeon

Versateq, Inc.

Deborah Wade

Joannie Wade

Kit Wagner

Debbi Waldrop

Jill Walker

Morris Walker

John Wallace

Jordan Ward

Jeff Weaver

Debbie Wesslund

David Wilson

Phillip and Debra Wilson

Phyllis Worley

Wyndham Garden Hotel OKC Airport

Dominic Zotto

We also thank the many other donors who contributed to the Oklahoma National Memorial & Museum!

As of December 31, 2023

2023 MARATHON SPONSORS

Devon Energy – Lead Presenting Sponsor

Paycom – Half Marathon Sponsor

The Chickasaw Nation – Relay Sponsor

Express – 5K Co-Sponsor

Google – 5K Co-Sponsor

INTEGRIS Health

Kids Marathon Sponsor

Mercy – Senior Marathon Sponsor

Inasmuch Foundation

Why We Run Series Sponsor

Sonic – Volunteer Sponsor

Continental Resources

Finish Line Festival Sponsor

OU Health

Health & Fitness Expo Co-Sponsor

Visit OKC

Health & Fitness Expo Co-Sponsor

Hobby Lobby

Governor’s Relay Challenge Sponsor

The Social Order and Spark

Finish Line Burgers Sponsor

News9 and Griffin Media Television Sponsor

107.7 The Franchise/Tyler Media Radio Sponsor

Cox Communications

Wi-Fi Connectivity Sponsor

SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital

Water Stop Sponsor

Heartland Health & Well-Being Sponsor

Omni Hotel Oklahoma City

Official Host Hotel

Chesapeake Energy Hospitality Sponsor

OG&E – Banner Hanging Sponsor

JPMorgan Chase

Post Marathon Recovery Sponsor

MidFirst Bank – Mobile App Sponsor

Oklahoma Chevy Team Dealers

Lead Car and Marathon Vehicle Sponsor

Homeland Stores

Finish Line Food Sponsor

Capital Distributing, LLC

Official Finish Line Beer Festival Sponsor

Action Safety & Supply Co.

FedEx

Oklahoma City Thunder

US Army Oklahoma City Recruiting Battalion

Sam’s Club

Chick-Fil-A

MTM Recognition

Hiland Dairy

Oklahoma City Convention Center

OEMA

Candor

Oklahoma City Parks & Recreation

Gorilla Hill

Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages

Dell Technologies

Love’s Travel Stops

Presbyterian Health Foundation

Jean and Dave McLaughlin

Factor 110

Pratt & Whitney

Hertz

Flywheel Energy

Red Coyote Running & Fitness

BancFirst

Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 344

Delaware Nation Industries

Oklahoma Electrical Supply Company (OESCO)

Diamondback Energy

Simple Modern

Candid Color Photography

CFS Brands

TTCU Federal Credit Union

The Pickle Juice Co.

Polly & Larry Nichols

The Kyle and Sara Sweet Family

Lagoon Water Midstream

Pelco Products, Inc.

McAfee & Taft

Exhibit Concepts, Inc.

Bank of Oklahoma

Eide Bailly

The Perinatal Center, PLLC

INSURICA

OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center

First United Bank

Hope Is Alive

Kodiak Cares Foundation

APMEX, Inc.

Gateway First Bank

Cory’s Audio Visual

Scissortail Park

YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City

Always Advancing

WEOKIE Foundation

First Church OKC

Shawnee Milling Company

Colcord Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton Courtyard by Marriott OKC Downtown

The Skirvin Hilton

ASM Global

SAVOR

Café 7

COOP Ale Works

Lively Beerworks

Roughtail Brewing Co.

First Choice Coffee Services

$35.6M

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Income & Expenses

INCOME: $9,573,994

Memorial Store: $515,466

Museum Admission: $1,405,569

Contributions: $5,307,750

Endowment: $1,872,413

Investment: $472,796

14.3%

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EXPENSES: $9,228,677

Program: $4,360,690

Administrative: $654,512

Museum & Visitor Experience: $2,828,775

Outdoor Symbolic Memorial: $1,384,700

303,800

2023 Visitation

Top 10 States

Texas

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Memorial and Museum Visitors

Over the past year, the Memorial and Museum welcomed a broad spectrum of visitors from all 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and from all over the world. Their diverse backgrounds gave way to stimulating conversations and broadened avenues of thinking—all fostering a deeper appreciation for the lessons of April 19, 1995. Coming from 23 different countries and cities throughout the United States, the Memorial and Museum is grateful these visitors decided to engage with this paramount moment in history.

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Wichita, Kansas

Dallas, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas

Cincinnati, Ohio

Arlington, Texas

What’s New For 2024

A new year brings a new Chair. Dr. Susan Chambers, M.D., who has been a Trustee for more than eight years, assumed the role of Chair of the Board of Trustees in early January 2024. Susan has volunteered at STEM camps, the Memorial Marathon, chaired the Governance Committee and been on the Executive Committee. Susan worked at the site in medical tents in the days following the Oklahoma City bombing. She brings a wealth of knowledge and is ready to lead the institution through the 30th Anniversary of the bombing. “We are each a thread and together we will make up an important tapestry of our community as we continue to share this story with the world,” she said. Watch her introductory video at MemorialMuseum.com.

2024 also brings important strategic planning, including a review of all policies and procedures in preparation for the reaccreditation application that will be submitted to the American Alliance of Museums. This is a process that the Museum goes through every 10 years, and the hope is for it to be completed ahead of April 2025. This has the Museum on schedule to review the more than 1,500 collections in Archives before the year end.

Continual preservation and recordings of oral histories are ongoing for the archival collection. There will be changing exhibits as the 30th Anniversary approaches to show the remarkable story of how so many government agencies came together.

Dr. Susan Chambers Chair 2024-2025

The Memorial Museum will undergo reaccreditation in 2024 through the American Alliance of Museums in a year-long process. This allows the Staff and Board of Trustees to have important dialogue in reviewing, preparing, and submitting the museum’s Self-Study Questionnaire and core documents this summer as we work to maintain excellence. This allows our team to dig in and reflect on what we have accomplished and set goals as we move forward. A visiting team of the Memorial Museum’s professional peers from other world-class museums will visit this fall and then the Accreditation Review Committee will review all the information in early 2025.

2024 New Trustees

Graham Bennett

Michael Copeland

Jonathan Curtright

Wade Deaver

Jalal Farzaneh

Nick Hathaway

Cathy O’Connor

Preserving the story through artifacts, both paper and personal objects, as well as oral histories and other video and digital assets, make up the massive Memorial Archives collection. This is one of the largest collections stored in one place of a single incident.

2025 marks the 30th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. That important remembrance will begin with the Day One Luncheon in early November and go throughout the summer of 2025, ending with an update of a new lobby for the Memorial Museum to begin in fall of 2025. Watch for more information in your emails.

The 2024 Memorial Marathon could be the largest yet. The Memorial and Museum is proud to see people continuing to come to Oklahoma City from every state and many foreign countries to Run to Remember.

There is something for everyone here at the Memorial and Museum. Find your place to plug in or volunteer throughout the year. Come help share the Mission. Learn more at MemorialMuseum.com.

Keeping students and teachers learning this story is one of our core objectives. Remembering and learning go hand in hand in the preservation and relevance of this story.