Community Philanthropy
Making a Difference
Many people think of their community simply as the place where they live, work and play. We believe
our community is also where we raise our families. For each and every one of us, our community is our
livelihood. For that reason, we believe in giving back every day and in many different ways.
Serving our community is more than a commitment. It's our culture.
Making a community stronger begins with clearly understanding its needs. That's why we have developed
meaningful relationships with more than 800 nonprofit partners in the eight states we serve. Additionally,
we work closely with community and business leaders, elected officials and other local partners. With these
relationships, we are able to identify, understand and address the unique challenges each of our communities face.
With tangible needs identified, we strategically invest in programs that enhance both the quality of life and
economic well-being of our communities. We allocate resources - both financial and in-kind - based on the priority
needs of our many communities.
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Financial Contributions
Our goal with financial contributions is to deliver lasting impact to our communities. We aim to
build long-term relationships with the nonprofit partners we serve to assure maximum benefit to the community.
We have established the BOKF Foundation, a charitable entity guided by a board of directors.
Similar to our community service and volunteering, we focus our financial giving in the following areas:
Health and Human Services
Education
United Way
Economic Development
Arts and Culture
Community Development
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In-Kind Contributions
One of the most simple and effective ways we help our community comes from hidden treasures within
our company. We donate computers to elementary schools. We give office furniture to halfway houses.
We open our branch network to causes such as our annual literacy campaign, which collected nearly
29,000 books for children in 2007. We open special contribution accounts to allow citizens to make
donations to friends and neighbors in need. From our equipment to our infrastructure, we find the
community often values our resources immeasurably.
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Community Service
Sometimes the best gift we can give is our time and our talent. By lending our expertise, we empower
our community partners to develop meaningful business strategies, effective fund raising initiatives,
sound financial planning and more. The skills of our employees are as diverse as they are remarkable
and there is no limit to the results we can deliver to our community.
Collectively, our teams provide the following services:
Financial Education
Tax Preparation
Board Service
Committee Involvement
Adopt-An-Agency
In 2007, BOK Financial employees contributed more than 46,500 reported hours of community service for
more than 800 organizations.
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Charitable Giving Guidelines
BOK Financial Corporation provides a variety of financial and in-kind contributions to many nonprofit
organizations. To learn more about qualifying and non-qualifying organizations,
click here.
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Grant Application
Albuquerque
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Arkansas
Arizona
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