Messages from the Staff

Message from the President & CEO —

Our nonprofits work each day to support our community and help each of us reach a brighter future. As the President and CEO of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, it is very exciting to see the tremendous opportunity the Charitable Organization Endowment Program creates for so many nonprofits across our community. I look forward to the Community Foundation doing our part to continue this significant support of those working across Oklahoma City and beyond.

Trisha Finnegan President & CEO

From the COE Program Director —

When we look back over another exceptional year for our Charitable Organization Endowment Program, it is gratifying to see so much support for the future of central Oklahoma nonprofits. Gifts large and small, more than $23 million, were received into our COE funds in FY22, held exclusively for the benefit of our agency partners.

I see a bright future for the funds, for these organizations, and for our community as development professionals continue to promote endowment as a creative giving vehicle for loyal donors, and as strategic donors gravitate toward choosing to give in a sustainable, intentional way. From our oldest funds, dating back 50 years, to our newest funds just getting started, endowment is a powerful tool for building lasting support for nonprofits in central Oklahoma. Gifts to endowments are truly forever gifts.

Jennifer Meckling COE Program Director