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Protect What You Love: Estate Planning Builds Lasting Legacies
A 2025 study recently released by Caring, a free senior living advisors’ group, found that one in three Americans lacks even the most basic estate planning documents, like a will. This leaves families vulnerable to unnecessary financial hardship and legal complexity,...
Three Clients. Three Solutions. One Common Theme.
Three Clients. Three Solutions. One Common Theme.By Marlo Turner, Director of Gift PlanningWe’ve rounded the corner into the fourth quarter! As the calendar year draws to a close, you’re likely well aware that charitable giving is not only important to your clients...
Inherited IRAs: A Charitable Solution?
Inherited IRAs: A Charitable Solution?By Julie Dais, Director of Gift PlanningRemember the good old days when your clients could withdraw the money they inherited in their parents’ IRAs over the course of their lifetimes, thereby deferring the income tax for as long...
Celebrating Community and Impact at Our Annual Celebration
On September 30, more than 200 donors, nonprofit partners, and friends gathered at the Girl Scouts' Camp Trivera for our Annual Celebration. It was a joyous evening filled with gratitude, connection, and shared pride in what we have accomplished together. Once a year,...
VP of Administration
The Vice President of Administration is a key member of the leadership team and works in tandem with theCOO to provide strategic direction for the foundation’s administrative backbone, ensuring the systems, policies,and infrastructure are aligned with organizational...
Nonprofit News: Why Donors Give
Why Donors Give: Clarity, Connection, ImpactBy Josh Dunbar, Donor Services ManagerThe journey of every nonprofit professional is trying to figure out why donors give and how to make your organization more appealing to those individuals. As a former executive director...
Tongue Twister: OBBBA, IRAs, QCDs and FAQs
Tongue Twister: OBBBA, IRAs, QCDs and FAQsBy Julie Dais, Director of Gift PlanningIf your head is spinning, it’s for a good reason! Let’s face it–the rules for using IRAs to give to charity were complicated before the OBBBA got thrown into the mix, and now, well good...
One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Three Big Picture Pointers
One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Three Big Picture PointersBy Julie Dais, Director of Gift Planning“So what does it mean for charitable planning, really?” That’s a question our team has been fielding from attorneys, CPAs, financial advisors and donors ever since the One...
Donor Spotlight – Sam & Rita Combs
With more than 30 years of experience leading operations, consumer services and regulatory affairs in the energy and telecommunications industries, COMSTAR Advisors CEO Sam Combs understood the meaning of hard work. Well respected in the business world, Sam also...
Nonprofit Spotlight – NewView Oklahoma
Founded in 1949, NewView Oklahoma has been a beacon of hope and empowerment across Oklahoma for those living with blindness and low vision. Through their mission, they "strive to restore the independence that so many fear they may have lost." Originally the Oklahoma...
In Memory of Pat Potts
L-R: Pat Potts, Potts Family Foundation, Trisha Finnegan, Joe Carter, Marnie Taylor, Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits at the induction ceremony for the Potts Family Legacy Society at the Oklahoma Center for NonprofitsPat Potts was a visionary with an unparalleled...
Nonprofit News: You Asked, We Listened
Nonprofit News: You Asked, We ListenedBy Gabrielle Butler, Vice President of Community EngagementFor the first time in our history, the Oklahoma City Community Foundation will offer general operating support for its Community Grants: Opportunities for Children, Access...