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Association Updates Marnie's Mission Minute

Join National Call-in Day to Oppose Sweeping Changes to Federal Grantmaking Process
Join National Call-in Day to Oppose Sweeping Changes to Federal Grantmaking Process

Make your voice heard about transformative changes to OMB guidelines that may affect your organization. Continue Reading

Date posted07/27/2026


Ethical Online Fundraising Practices Critical for Maintaining Donor Trust
Ethical Online Fundraising Practices Critical for Maintaining Donor Trust

In the same way that online shopping, food delivery and other on-demand services have evolved in recent years to meet consumers quite literally “where they are,” so, too, has the charitable sector helped find easier, more accessible ways for individuals to support causes that are... Continue Reading

Postedby Marnie Taylor
Date posted07/27/2026


Membership Dues Increase Notice
Membership Dues Increase Notice

Notice regarding membership dues increase. Continue Reading

Postedby Carly Cowan
Date posted07/22/2026


The Center Announces Visions Awards Winners for 2026
The Center Announces Visions Awards Winners for 2026

The Center has announced the six honorees for its annual Visions Awards, which will be held at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City on Thursday, November 19. Continue Reading

Postedby Kate Swearengin
Date posted06/25/2026


Maintaining nonpartisanship key for greater good
Maintaining nonpartisanship key for greater good

Anyone who knows me well or has kindly taken the time to read this column over the last several years has no doubt heard me talk fervently about the importance of the Johnson Amendment. Friends and colleagues joke that they hear my stump speech on this topic coming from a mile away. But, like... Continue Reading

Postedby Marnie Taylor
Date posted06/22/2026


Marnie's Mission Minute: Nonprofit Sales Tax Exemption Will Have Its Day
Marnie's Mission Minute: Nonprofit Sales Tax Exemption Will Have Its Day

Just like oil & gas, banking, health care and other industries, the nonprofit sector follows bills each legislative session that we either support or oppose based on how they may affect the nonprofits we serve. At the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits, advocacy is one of our chief functions, and... Continue Reading

Postedby Marnie Taylor
Date posted05/27/2026


SB 844 a Bad Fit for Oklahoma
SB 844 a Bad Fit for Oklahoma

Many people know that being in the workforce today – much less the nonprofit workforce – requires wearing many hats. And I’ve worn my fair share even before I joined the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits 15 years ago – my early days in corporate, years of volunteerism and... Continue Reading

Postedby Marnie Taylor
Date posted04/27/2026


2026 Oklahoma Nonprofit Excellence (ONE) Awards Winners Announced
2026 Oklahoma Nonprofit Excellence (ONE) Awards Winners Announced

The Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits is pleased to announce winners for the 2026 Oklahoma Nonprofit Excellence (ONE) Awards, an annual recognition series dedicated to honoring the outstanding work of Oklahoma’s nonprofit workforce. Continue Reading

Postedby Kate Swearengin
Date posted04/20/2026


45 Years of Transformation
45 Years of Transformation

45 Years of Transformation Continue Reading

Postedby Amy Curran
Date posted04/18/2026


Mission Moment: State of the Sector Looks Different in 2026
Mission Moment: State of the Sector Looks Different in 2026

‘Tis the season for the State of the Union, the State of the State and other milestones that prompt us as Americans and as Oklahomans to take stock of the last year and make plans and predictions for what’s to come. In keeping with this tradition, as the leader of Oklahoma‘s... Continue Reading

Postedby Marnie Taylor
Date posted03/30/2026


Available Now: 2026 Oklahoma Nonprofit Compensation Report
Available Now: 2026 Oklahoma Nonprofit Compensation Report

The 2026 Oklahoma Nonprofit Compensation Report is here! Continue Reading

Postedby Jeremy Hoffpauir
Date posted03/11/2026


Year-End Charitable Giving as Important as Ever
Year-End Charitable Giving as Important as Ever

We find ourselves at the turn of another year, gifted the opportunity to take stock of the last and make plans for the new. Today, we may only be halfway through it, but it seems we will someday look back on the decade of the 2020s as a time of transformative change. Through the pandemic, record... Continue Reading

Date posted01/26/2026