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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 73-1278163

Ad Astra Foundation

A private foundation in Oklahoma City, OK. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 37 grants and $332,500 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $332,500

    Grants listed
    37
    Assets, end of year
    $6,444,573
  • Tax year 2024

    $1,024,887

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $5,806,384
  • Tax year 2023

    $600,250

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $5,419,026
  • Tax year 2022

    $558,550

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $4,223,690
  • Tax year 2021

    $370,050

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $4,376,206
  • Tax year 2020

    $469,847

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $3,769,201

Grants paid in 2025

37 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Canterbury VoicesOklahoma City, OK

    Unrestricted

    $30,000
  2. Individual

    [individual] THEATER CAMP 2025

    $26,000
  3. Oklahoma Contemporary Arts CenterOklahoma City, OK

    Unrestricted

    $25,000
  4. Painted Sky OperaEdmond, OK

    2025 productions

    $25,000
  5. Individual

    Tinker [individual] Base Show

    $25,000
  6. OSU FoundationStillwater, OK

    Capstone & Senior Design Projects Fund

    $25,000
  7. OKC Museum of ArtOklahoma City, OK

    2025-2026 Season Sponsorship

    $25,000
  8. Individual

    2024-2025 Season

    $24,000
  9. Individual

    2025-2026 Season - Masters of Music

    $18,000
  10. Individual

    [individual] Base

    $16,400
  11. Brightmusic Society of OklahomaOklahoma City, OK

    Unrestricted

    $15,000
  12. Individual

    2025-2026 Season - Symphonicon

    $12,500
  13. OCCC FoundationOklahoma City, OK

    Music scholarships

    $7,500
  14. Oklahoma Arts InstituteOklahoma City, OK

    2025 summer arts institute scholarships

    $5,000
  15. Oklahoma Youth OrchestraOklahoma City, OK

    2025 Play It Forward Campaign

    $5,000
  16. Individual

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  17. Altzheimer's AssociationOklahoma City, OK

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  18. OK Council of Public AffairsOklahoma City, OK

    Citizenship Award Dinner - Unable to Attend

    $4,000
  19. Individual

    2025 Maestro's Ball

    $3,500
  20. Oklahoma City Museum of ArtOklahoma City, OK

    Renaissance ball - 09/05/2025

    $3,000
  21. OK Council of Public AffairsOklahoma City, OK

    CITIZENSHIP AWARD DINNER - Unable to Attend

    $3,000
  22. Individual

    Education

    $2,500
  23. Science Museum OklahomaOklahoma City, OK

    Elemental ball - 2/26/25

    $2,500
  24. United Way of Central OklahomaOklahoma City, OK

    Unrestricted

    $2,500
  25. Individual

    Unrestricted

    $2,500
  26. OK MozartBartlesville, OK

    2025 Especially For Kids Festival

    $2,500
  27. Individual

    Unrestricted

    $2,500
  28. United WayOklahoma City, OK

    Unrestricted

    $2,500
  29. Ladies Music Club of OKCEdmond, OK

    2025 music scholarship competition

    $2,000
  30. Last Frontier CouncilOklahoma City, OK

    Gathering of Eagles 12-05-2025

    $1,500
  31. Fine Arts Institute of EdmondEdmond, OK

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  32. Salvation ArmyOklahoma City, OK

    Unrestricted

    $500
  33. Individual

    OK All Academies' Military Ball

    $500
  34. OSU FoundationStillwater, OK

    MAE Excellence Fund as a memorial Glen Smith

    $500
  35. Individual

    Unrestricted

    $500
  36. Individual

    Unrestricted

    $500
  37. Individual

    Unrestricted

    $100

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture10 grants $114,00098% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $2,5002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Oklahoma22 grants $193,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Alice Sias PippinPresident Hours 0Pay $0
  • Phil PippinTreasurer Hours 0Pay $0
  • Richard PippinBoard Member Hours 0Pay $0
  • Philip PippinBoard Member Hours 0Pay $0
  • John PippinBoard Member Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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