The Oklahoma City Community Foundation is your partner to help build your endowment fund. What's your organization's strategy for growing your endowment? Not sure or can't remember? We can help! When your organization submitted an application for a charitable organization endowment at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, you listed specific fundraising goals and a plan for the future growth of your endowment. We want to help you achieve these goals! Whether it's through a giving card, offering planned gifts to your donors or a Kirkpatrick Family Fund matching grant, we can work together with your staff and board to develop an endowment growth strategy. To learn more, contact Kenneth Conklin at 405/606-2926.
 
oneBoard Member Basics

A successful nonprofit starts at the top, but finding the right board members to guide the organization is not as easy as simply asking your friends for help. Board members are entrusted with legal duties in addition to making sure the organization prospers and fulfills its mission. Simply showing up to a board meeting is not enough. The board should be carefully crafted to provide leadership in a multitude of fields that bolster your organization. And yes, that does involve fundraising. Are you maximizing the effectiveness of your board? 
twoTraining a Nonprofit Board
 
Be honest ... have you provided your with board training? Don't feel bad if you haven't, the vast majority of nonprofits are right there with you. Board training is crucial to the vitality of your organization. If you expect your board to fundraise, you need to provide them the tools to do so. Your board deserves the chance to support the organization to the best of their ability, so start taking small steps toward board education - the fruits of your labor will quickly follow. 
lastNonprofit Fiduciary Responsibilities  
 
As stewards of a nonprofit, one of the board's primary roles is to ensure your organization fulfills its mission while remaining financially viable. Unfortunately, most board members do not come with an advanced finance degree, so it is your job to educate them. Start by making financial statements as user-friendly as possible. Combine that with some mini-training sessions and key questions to ask and you will have a much more informed and engaged board of directors!
 
gso Tips for Transparency
 
Trust and transparency are crucial qualities for nonprofits to possess when attracting donors. A GiveSmartOKC profile provides an opportunity for Oklahoma City nonprofits to become more transparent with all audiences. The organization's financials are displayed in easy-to-understand graphs in addition to downloadable Form 990s.

In today's technological age, people expect to find relevant, up-to-date information on demand. This means regular and efficient updating of your financials as well as your profile information is imperative. As soon as your board approves your new Form 990, we recommend you update the information on your Give SmartOKC profile as a point of transparency to donors.
 
If you have questions, contact Kelley Barnes at 405/606-2942.

Reminder: Annual Profile Updates
If your organization's fiscal year ended Dec. 31, please remember to review and update your financials, current fiscal year budget projections and board list to maintain your Give SmartOKC profile. When updating your Give SmartOKC profile, don't forget to click the "Send to Community Foundation" button that notifies our staff to review and accept your changes.
 
Are you ready to join the more than 270 nonprofits who have published profiles at GiveSmartOKC.org?
Learn how your nonprofit can join at GiveSmartOKC.org .

Anchor3Upcoming Events 

Join us for Seeds of Planned Giving to learn easy-to-implement tips and best practices to help you design and execute a planned giving program to boost your development efforts!
 
June 7 | Advanced Planning
Creative giving strategies including charitable lead trusts and retained life estate gifts.
 
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. |    @OCCF
Register online
 
For more information, contact  Joe Carter at 405/606-2914.
grantsGrant Deadlines
 


 

Note: The previously scheduled July deadline for our Opportunities for Children iFund program has been moved to Spring 2019 due to program evaluation. 
resourcesNonprofit Resources

DonorCentral - View the balance of your endowment fund and gifts from donors.
The Toolkit - Tools to help you promote your endowment.
IRS.gov for Nonprofits
IRS Stay Exempt - Tax Basics for 501(c)(3)
Contacts:

Kenneth Conklin
Interim Contact for Charitable Organization Endowment Fund Program
405/606-2926 
Kelley Barnes 
Interim Contact for GiveSmartOKC
405/606-2942