Partnering to Help Nonprofits Thrive

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By making a gift of real estate to Skyline Urban Ministry’s endowment, Bill Elliott is helping to sustain programs like a low-cost clothing closet for our community’s most vulnerable citizens.

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Partnering to Help Nonprofits Thrive

At the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, we connect generous donors with hardworking charitable organizations to make a difference in our community. Through our charitable organization endowment program, we help strengthen nonprofits by fostering endowment growth and providing donors a way to make a lasting contribution.

For many charities, this connection allows them the flexibility to accept complex gifts such as stock, retirement assets, real estate and oil and gas interests. In 2017, when donor Bill Elliott came to Skyline Urban Ministry with a gift of rental property, the nonprofit knew just who to call for help.

“We weren’t sure what to do because we didn’t have the capability to sell a house,” said executive director Rev. Deborah Ingraham. “Thankfully, I had recently attended the Community Foundation’s Seeds of Planned Giving workshop where I learned they could facilitate the gift for us and deposit the proceeds from the sale into our endowment. They handled everything and it couldn’t have been simpler.”

Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, Skyline provides a number of services for Oklahomans in need through a clothing closet, food resource center, eye clinic and street outreach program. By continuing to build their endowment at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, the group is ensuring their work in the community will continue for years to come.