2007 Annual Report Moving In The Right Direction The Oklahoma City Community Foundation – Moving in the right direction and making a difference since 1969. Fiscal Year 2007 Snapshots • $584 million in assets, an increase of $102 million over previous fiscal year. • 2,800 grants distributed $22 million back into the community. • 1,600 donors made gifts totaling $58 million. • 525 scholarships awarded to worthy students. • Administered 1,200 funds including: 271 Charitable Organization Endowments 120 Scholarship & Award Funds 300 Advised Funds Oklahoma City Community Foundation 2007 Annual Report 1 Dear Donors and Friends of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation: Since 1969 the Oklahoma City Community Foundation has served as the community’s steward for endowment. Each year, our annual report allows us to report to you the activities of the organization as well as honor the many donors who make our work possible. As the theme of the 2007 Annual Report indicates, our organization continues to move in the right direction. During fiscal year 2007, not only did we move into a new building to Kirkland Hall better serve donors and the community, but we also continued to provide flexible and simple charitable giving options to meet your needs as well as offered innovative and creative programming and grant opportunities for charitable organizations. We are pleased to report that thanks to the efforts of the Investment Committee, we realized a rate of return on the general investment pool of 13.68 percent for fiscal year 2007 and we ended the year with assets in excess of $580 million. In addition, we disbursed $22 million in grants, scholarships and program investments to worthy projects and charitable organizations during the same period. We are sad to note that in October of 2006, we suffered the loss of our founder John E. Kirkpatrick at the age of 98. It was with great vision that Mr. Kirkpatrick, along with eight business colleagues, established the Oklahoma City Community Foundation in 1969. He was truly a pioneer in business and in philanthropy. He understood the importance of endowment to our community long before most others and he remained committed to this organization Nancy B. Anthony until his death. His impact on our community and the nonprofit organizations he supported is strong and will be felt well into the future. We will continue to honor his vision and appreciate his leadership and generosity. We encourage you to review the 2007 Annual Report and read the many donor stories included within. We believe that these stories best illustrate how the Oklahoma City Community Foundation works with donors to make their charitable dreams a reality and to keep our community moving in the right direction. Kirkland Hall Nancy B. Anthony President, Board of Trustees Executive Director INTRODUCTION 2 Oklahoma City Community Foundation 2007 Annual Report Table of Contents Introduction 4 1000 N. Broadway 6 Four Donors, Four Stories 8 www.occf.org: Your 24/7 Giving Resource Donors 9-13 Major Donors 14-39 Benefactors 40-43 Special Donors 44-46 Family Affiliated Funds Endowments and Community Programs Funds 47 Distribution Committee Affiliated Funds 48-56 Charitable Organization Endowments 57 Charitable Organization Affiliated Funds 58-59 Field of Interest Funds 60-64 Scholarship & Award Funds 65-70 Advised Fund Grants 71-75 Kirkpatrick Family Fund 76 Community Programs 77 Get Moving OKC! 78-79 Fund for Oklahoma City 80-82 Capacity Building 83 Literacy Is For Everyone (LIFE) 84-85 Parks & Public Spaces Initiative and Margaret Annis Boys Trust 86-87 New Opportunities Scholarship Initiative Governance & Administration 88 Governance & Administration 89-90 Trustees & Staff Financial Report 91 Investment Report 92 Independent Auditors’ Report 93-97 Financial Statements Index 98-104 Index of Donors, Funds and Charitable Organization Endowments INTRODUCTION Oklahoma City Community Foundation 2007 Annual Report 3 Timeline: May 2004 Resulting from a day-long retreat, the 2004 Long Range Plan set forth several objectives including a new facility to enhance services to donors and to accommodate a growing staff. July 2004 Facilities Committee Formed May 2005 Vacant lots at North 10th Street and Broadway Avenue purchased from Kerr-McGee. 1000 N. Broadway: Moving in the Right Direction The Oklahoma City Community Foundation building at 1000 N. Broadway Ave. is the result of three years of careful planning and oversight by both the Trustees and the staff. July 2005 The idea for a new building was formed during the 2004 Trustee Long-Range Following a competitive proposal from six Planning retreat. During the day-long meeting, the Trustees discussed architectural firms invited to submit design how best to accommodate a growing staff and to increase our impact concepts, Hornbeek-Blatt awarded contract. on the community. By the end of the retreat, a task force comprised of October 2005 Trustees had been created with the purpose of assessing the situation and Final approval received from Urban Design recommending a solution. Their objectives would focus on accessibility Commission. and location, visibility, accommodation of current and future staff size and increased service to donors and the community. June 2006 Following an open competitive bid process, Options considered by the task force members varied from purchasing an Timberlake Construction awarded contract. existing building to building onto the current property or acquiring land June 23, 2006 to build. Buildings and sites were toured. The lot at 10th Street and North Groundbreaking Ceremony held at site. Broadway in Automobile Alley had stood vacant for more than 40 years. Owned by Kerr-McGee, it had last been the site of a gas station and prior to that, several mortuaries had operated along the block. It offered an accessible location, enough space to build and a high level of visibility. Working with Kerr-McGee, the property was secured in May of 2005. Next was the selection of an architect for the project. Six local architectural firms were invited to submit design proposals and make presentations to the Trustees. After careful review, Hornbeek Blatt Architects were awarded 4 Oklahoma City Community Foundation 2007 Annual Report October 2006 First floor slab poured; second floor slab poured in December. May 2007 Masonry work is completed. the contract in late 2005. With staff input and consideration of our long- range goals, the design was finalized and approved. In May of 2006, through an open bid competition, the Trustees selected Timberlake Construction July 2, 2007 as the project’s general contractor. Twelve months after groundbreaking Staff relocates to new facility. ceremonies, the staff moved in. Facilities Committee The construction of a new office building was a major undertaking for the In July of 2004, the Trustees created a Facilities Oklahoma City Community Foundation. Thoughtful consideration was put Committee to secure a new location. Once the into every stage of the plans and the construction. The result is a building site was purchased, the committee was active in the selection of both the architect and the that our donors, Trustees, staff and the community can be proud of for many construction firm. Both selections were done years to come. by a competitive process in order to get the best design for space usage and the best price and value on construction. Facilities Committee Members Kirkland Hall James H. Holloman Jr. Paul W. Dudman Stephen Mason Harry Merson INTRODUCTION Paul B. Odom Jr. Judy Love William Shdeed Oklahoma City Community Foundation 2007 Annual Report 5 Tom and Gladys Seale – Making a Difference Although childless, A.T.F. “Tom” and Gladys Seale loved children. Married in 1932, the native Texans moved to Oklahoma City when Tom accepted an engineering job with a small independent oil company named Kerr-McGee. Known as a hard worker and shrewd engineer, Tom played a key role in designing and building the world’s first off-shore drilling platform outside the sight of land in 1947 in the famed Block 32 located 11 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. According to an American Heritage article, Tom believed in working 24 hours a day and he would often go hunting for his men. “Hiding from Seale on days off became a feature of working for Kerr-McGee,” the article states. Tom’s work philosophy would influence the oil industry’s workweek for many years. Later in his career he would serve on the company’s board of directors. Married 56 years, Tom and Gladys built a life together in Oklahoma City that included socializing with their many friends, attending social events and traveling. The couple established a donor advised fund at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation in 1986 to support a number of youth-serving organizations including the Boys & Girls Club of Oklahoma County. A former school teacher prior to her marriage, Gladys would continue to support these groups following Tom’s death in 1989. A dedicated bridge player and antique hunter, Gladys was 99 years old when she died in 2006. Thanks to a bequest in their estate, the A.T.F. “Tom” and Gladys Seale Fund will continue to support the organizations they cared about as a couple. Don and Willadean Ramsey – Encouraging Students Through an Advised Fund In the 1960s, while working as an agriculture education teacher at the high school in Jones, Okla., Don Ramsey was constantly faced with the challenge of helping his FFA chapter raise money to fund on-going projects. After bouncing around a few ideas, Don decided that turning live hogs into a usable product was the answer. He and his students began processing the hogs into a sausage product that they then sold to raise funds. The idea worked. A few years later, the Ramseys took a leap of faith when Don decided to quit teaching and sell sausage full time.