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Jess Schwager on KFOR: Applications open today for OKC Community Foundation scholarships
OCCF's Director of Scholarship Programs, Jess Schwager, visited with KFOR to discuss all the amazing opportunities the Foundation offers! View the full interview here: Learn more about the 200+ scholarship opportunities available through the Foundation here:
Closely-Held Stock is Having a Moment
Giving stock is an important strategy for any private business owner to explore. Not only can these gifts help implement a business succession plan that calls for transferring the business to the next generation, if that is your client’s goal, but gifts of stock can...
How Much Is Enough?
How much is enough?? That’s a question many parents ask as they structure lifetime gifts and bequests to children in their financial and estate plans. Wealthy clients are sometimes concerned that leaving millions of dollars, or even hundreds of thousands, to their...
Walking Into the Sunset: Thoughtful Planning Now for Your Clients
Without legislation to prevent it, the sunsetting of current estate tax laws at the end of 2025 will dramatically reduce the federal estate tax exemption from $13.61 million per person in 2024 to approximately $7 million in 2026 (including adjustments for inflation)....
Honoring & Remembering Louisa McCune
Louisa McCune dedicated her life to making the world a better place for both animals and people. Louisa McCuneLouisa McCuneWith heavy hearts, we are sad to share that Louisa McCune, the executive director of the Kirkpatrick Foundation, passed away last weekend after...
In Remembrance of Paul B. Odom, Jr.
Paul B. Odom, Jr.Left to Right: Beth Odom, Paul B. Odom III, Paul B. Odom Jr, Bob AnthonyPaul B. Odom, Jr.The Oklahoma City Community Foundation trustees and staff offer our sincere condolences to the family of Mr. Paul B. Odom, Jr. Paul lived in the Oklahoma City...
OCCF Awards More than $4.1 Million in Grants to Support Youth, Juvenile Justice and Criminal Justice Reform Programs through the Arnall Community Funds
The Arnall Community Funds, part of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation (OCCF), recently awarded $4,154,095 in grants to local nonprofits providing services to people in the justice and foster care systems, and those experiencing homelessness. “These innovative...
Mixing Business with Charity: Due Diligence
In general, a community engagement strategy can be good for business, if well-executed. For example, almost half of consumers view a brand favorably when they support a charitable cause. Community engagement programs can help with employee retention, too. But what are...
Gifts of Appreciated Stock: Picking Favorites
You’re aware that donating highly appreciated stock to a fund at the Community Foundation offers significant advantages for your clients over making cash gifts. Communicating this benefit, however, can be challenging when clients have emotional attachments to their...
A Great Business Partnership – OCCF and Corporate Giving
Are you considering that many of your clients are executives in companies whose leaders want the company itself to lean into charitable giving? It is wise to be aware of best practices in corporate philanthropy and know the ways the Community Foundation can help. For...
Advising the Charitable Millionaire Next Door
At the end of 2024’s first quarter, an estimated 485,000 Americans could count themselves among the so-called “401(k) millionaires,” meaning the balance in their employer-sponsored retirement plans has reached the $1 million level. Thanks in part to stock market...
Tax Review: Funding Options for 2025
When your client is getting ready to make a contribution to a fund at the Community Foundation or other charity, remind them not to automatically reach for the checkbook! Here are other (and typically more tax-savvy) options to consider. Marketable Securities - Gifts...