Pictured: David Gorham at Casady School.
David Gorham | Special Donor
Your Connection to
Impactful Giving At the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, we
him to support several charitable organizations close to
help pave a path for members of our community to be
his heart, like the cerebral palsy center where his brother
philanthropic. The generosity of our donors is ongoing
lived for more than 50 years, or Casady School, where
and impactful, and directed to organizations whose
David discovered his love of teaching.
financials have been vetted. Why? Because we’ve laid the groundwork for better giving. The Community
“Having a single place through which I can donate to so
Foundation makes giving easy, beneficial, fulfilling and
many different organizations makes it very easy,” said
more personal. We offer a wide variety of tax-wise giving
David. “Donating appreciated stock is done so easily from
options that help donors give the most, get the most and
my brokerage firms, and then distributions are made with
do the most good throughout our community.
the click of a mouse. It’s also nice to know that when I’m gone, I have given instructions on how to distribute my
David Gorham is one longtime donor who appreciates the
charitable funds.”
impact that the Community Foundation has helped him make with his charitable gifts.
Though he learned the importance of giving back from his parents, David says the Community Foundation has
A California native, David is celebrating his 56th year on
helped him give back in a way that best fits his needs. It’s
the faculty of Casady School. In 2005, he established an
giving in a way that is easy for him, financially beneficial,
advised fund at the Community Foundation that allows
meaningful, and most of all, impactful for the community.
FY2019 | Charitable Giving More than
1,200 donors
$7.25 million stock gifts
$38.3 million charitable gifts
77 new funds
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Oklahoma City Community Foundation | Your Connection for Good
