<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2XuYKu_1H0oVMXp00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2XuYKu_1H0oVMXp00" width="600" height="432" ><figcaption>(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)</figcaption></figure>An Oklahoma Charity Raised $900,000. Its Tax Filing Is a Postcard.The Luanne Elise Foundation has filed the same IRS form every year for six years: a 990-N e-Postcard, the form used by organizations whose gross receipts don’t exceed $50,000. No financial details required. Just a checkbox saying the money was small.Jake Ramsey reports that IRS filings from Pledgeling, a nonprofit that manages charitable giving for Charitybuzz auction proceeds, tell a different story entirely. In 2023, Pledgeling reported sending the Coweta charity $894,369 — more than it sent to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or the Clooney Foundation for Justice that year. In 2024, it sent another $263,838. Each year, the foundation filed its postcard.The money flowed through 3,140 closed celebrity auction items on Charitybuzz: a catch with Patrick Mahomes, a tennis game with Andre Agassi, a Jay Leno garage tour, a weekend in Montana with Billy Bob Thornton, a Donald Trump-signed baseball. The family behind the foundation — Bruce and Catherine Keltner, who run it from their Coweta home — also have a son, Bradley Keltner, whose company Goats Only faces a federal lawsuit alleging it failed to deliver on a $57.7 million video production contract.Oklahoma Watch visited the Keltners Monday. Bruce said the foundation was tied up in a court case — Oklahoma Watch could not confirm one against the foundation. When Goats Only came up, he went inside to get Catherine, who said to talk to their lawyers. Their lawyers did not call.The structure raises its own questions: the board lists only Bruce and Catherine, with no independent directors. A nonprofit attorney told Oklahoma Watch that a single-family organization with no independent oversight doesn’t meet the definition of a public charity. Not reporting income, she added, is a crime. The website, stripped down and showing broken links for weeks, was restored Tuesday.Where the money went remains unanswered.More worth knowing: Court Nixes Initiative Petition RestrictionsThe Oklahoma Supreme Court tossed out a controversial law that made it more difficult for Oklahomans to get their issues on the ballot. The law put caps on how many signatures could be collected by county. It also sought to put more restrictions on signature collectors and to control the wording contained in a petition’s description. [Oklahoma Voice] [Tulsa World ▲] [NonDoc] [KOSU]Supersized: Drug Used for Bigger Cattle Has Safety ProblemsApproved by the FDA to reduce pollution from feedlots, Experior has become a lucrative drug in the beef industry’s pursuit of bigger animals. Investigate Midwest’s investigation reveals troubling safety findings, reports of cattle deaths, and questions about industry influence on the FDA and research universities. [Investigate Midwest]Mayor Touts Tulsa ProgressTulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols highlighted declining crime, regional job growth, affordable housing investments and efforts to reduce homelessness during his second State of the City address. [KOTV] [Tulsa Flyer]▲=Possible paywallHappy 38th birthday to Russell Westbrook.Ciao for now,Ted StreuliExecutive Director, Oklahoma Watch<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3IgxKp_1H0oVMXp00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3IgxKp_1H0oVMXp00" width="800" height="1000" ></figure>Help Us Make a DifferenceOklahoma needs high-quality investigative journalism. That is our mission at Oklahoma Watch. We produce stories that hold government and public officials accountable and make transparent what some prefer to keep secret. We depend on financial support from readers like you to sustain our coverage. Will you help us make a difference?<h2>Support our publication </h2>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.</div></body>

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An Oklahoma Charity Raised $900,000. Its Tax Filing Is a Postcard. The Luanne Elise Foundation has filed the same IRS form every year for six years: a 990-N e-Postcard, the form used by organizations whose gross receipts don’t exceed $50,000. No financial details required. Just a checkbox saying the money was small.

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