Creating Impact Through Giving

With the help of Teena Belcik, President and CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County, Dan explores the longterm benefits of endowment planning. We're also looking ahead to exciting grant opportunities, our annual check distributions to deserving nonprofits, and to the end of a turbulent fiscal year that has put our investment policies to the test. Learn how our nonprofits have successfully braced themselves against market turmoils and why they can rest assured that the Oklahoma City Community Foundation takes steadfast stewardship of their future. #ThePowerofEndowment
Sign up for our virtual nonprofit training series: occf.org/coetraining
More information about iFund Services for the Elderly grants: occf.org/ifunds/elderly.html
Scholarship applications opening October 1: occf.academicworks.com

Dan reveals the launch of an exciting new initiative at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation and chats with our guests about our role in making Oklahoma a healthier, more active state. Stay tuned for his conversations with Talita DeNegri, OCCF Trustee and principal at Mount St. Mary Catholic High School, OCCF's Kristi Birk-Steinberg and Caitlynne Miller from the Oklahoma City Mom blog, and learn more about finding the perfect biking trails in central Oklahoma and how to not let COVID-19 keep you cooped up with summer!

In this episode, Dan welcomes back Jessica to discuss all things scholarships, opportunities for rural students, and the impending sticker shock of college tuition. You'll also hear from a donor directly about her experience setting up a scholarship in honor of a loved one and her plans to build an endowment that supports education in perpetuity. Lastly, two former Oklahoma City Community Foundation scholarship recipients look back on the impact the gift of education has had on their academic journey.

65,000 bulbs. A newspaper clipping. A historic neighborhood in Oklahoma City.

On Episode 5, we’re talking everything parks with Brian Dougherty, director of the Parks & Public Space Initiative, JB Schuelein from the Mesta Park Neighborhood Association and Leslie Hudson, Trustee, committee member and philanthropist. From our latest grants to an exciting community opportunity coming up over the next few weeks, tune in to get a sneak peek of the project that will help transform the metro area come Spring 2021!

Opportunities mentioned in this episode:
- Rebloom Oklahoma spring flower campaign: occf.org/rebloom (deadline extended to Nov. 9, 2020)
- Nonprofit training opportunities: occf.org/coetraining
- Parks grants: occf.org/parks

Dan discusses the origins and possibilities of the new GiveSmartOKC platform with Kelley Barnes and Rachel Mouton of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation's programs team. Our experts share insight into the platform's expanded functionalities and different ways to leverage them this giving season. Later in the episode (13:22), DesJean Jones, Executive Director of OIC of Oklahoma County, provides powerful testimony to the platform's potential, and Dan chats with Steve Agee, OCCF Trustee and philanthropist, about why every donor and nonprofit should be using GiveSmartOKC to grow their impact.