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Thank you to Kansas Health Foundation for inviting our Impact Investing Collaborative president to today's impact investing meeting in Wichita! Ed Long is pictured with Ed O'Malley, CEO of KHF, and author of Leading Health: How You and 30,000 Kansans Help Communities Thrive. Great things happening in Kansas, and great things happening in the growing impact investing space! So much to learn from one another.

Join us today for “Investing in Job Quality in the South” (1:00–2:15 p.m. Central).

We’re proud to highlight our CEO, Sarah Reed, as a featured panelist in this timely conversation on what it takes to strengthen job quality and expand economic opportunity across Southern communities.

🗓️ Thursday, May 7, 2026
🕑 1:00–2:15 p.m. CT

Welcome! You are invited to join The Aspen Institute Webinar: Investing in Job Quality in the South. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Improving job quality takes many forms and tactics — as does the funding that supports it. Some businesses need access to capital or technical assistance to build better jobs. Workers and advocates need resources to organize, push for higher standards, and shape the policies that govern work. And ...

Strong communities depend on strong jobs. Our CEO, Sarah Reed, is a featured panelist for Investing in Job Quality in the South, hosted by The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program.

Join us for a conversation on strategies to strengthen job quality across Southern communities.

🗓 Thursday, May 7, 2026

🕑 1:00–2:15 p.m. Central

🔗 RSVP:

Welcome! You are invited to join The Aspen Institute Webinar: Investing in Job Quality in the South. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Improving job quality takes many forms and tactics — as does the funding that supports it. Some businesses need access to capital or technical assistance to build better jobs. Workers and advocates need resources to organize, push for higher standards, and shape the policies that govern work. And ...

Thank you to the Milken Institute for inviting our Impact Collaborative president to participate in a roundtable discussion that included outcome-based financing models to support cancer prevention, early detection, and earlier diagnosis and treatment. See the report linked below for details.

Financing Cancer Care: Investing in Prevention, Early Detection, and Diagnosis | Milken Institute Globally, cancer claims nearly 10 million lives each year, inflicting immeasurable pain and loss across families, workplaces, and communities.

Our Impact Investing Collaborative is honored to provide financing for development of in Capitol Hill by our friends at Positively Paseo. Great article from The Journal Record!

"Lovelady’s organization has been around for more than 30 years in Oklahoma City, beginning its work by revitalizing the Paseo District and constructing neighborhoods through community input. The four new homes in Capitol Hill are tied to a city-founded partnership program called the Strong Neighborhoods Initiative currently targeting that area.

"Lovelady said the city begins projects by collecting two years of data, listening to neighbors and implementing feedback to raise real estate values and create affordable spaces."

Nonprofit begins construction on four affordable houses in Capitol Hill Positively Paseo starts building four affordable houses in Capitol Hill with $800,000 HUD funding to support low-income homebuyers in Oklahoma City.

Nonprofits across Oklahoma are doing critical work in partnership with government agencies. But reimbursement-based contracts can create real cash flow challenges. The Oklahoma Impact Investing Collaborative (a MetaFund initiative) is working to address this gap by exploring access to bridge loans designed specifically for nonprofits with reimbursement-based contracts. ➡️📩 Learn more by emailing [email protected]

**All Collaborative loans are subject to meeting lending criteria and availability of funding. Please note this is not an offer to extend credit, nor a commitment to provide a loan.**

Last week we celebrated Norma Johnson and her retirement—and not sure any of us are quite ready to let her go.

Norma has spent 13 years at MetaFund being the calm, steady, behind-the-scenes force we’ve all relied on. She’s kind, ethical, hardworking, fair, faithful, and always willing to do whatever needs doing, usually quietly and without recognition.

She has spent her life serving others with humility and grace. Norma, thank you for all the ways you’ve cared for this organization and its people. While we’ll miss seeing you every day, we’re so excited for this next chapter for you to do whatever you love most.

You are deeply appreciated and will always be part of the MetaFund family.

Enjoy every minute of retirement, you’ve earned it.

Mobilizing capital. Expanding opportunity. Creating impact.
Thank you to our many partners who worked alongside us in 2025 as we made 13 new community investments totaling $7.5M. This brings our total investments to $480M in 234 projects since 1999. Working with our bank, philanthropic, government, and and other local partners, we are able to leverage and blend multiple sources of funding to maximize impact in the areas of work, housing, and health for our families, friends, and neighbors. You can access our 2025 Impact Summary and visit our interactive dashboard anytime at https://www.metafund.org/our-impact.

Thank you to the Rural Health Network of Muskogee for inviting our own Linda Brinlee to talk about MetaFund and our Impact Investing Collaborative! RHN of Muskogee is a connective tissue for local health efforts—aligning clinics, public health, tribal providers, nonprofits, and community systems to improve access to care for rural residents.

Congratulations to our board member, DesJean Jones, for being nominated as one of The Journal Record's 2026 most admired CEOs! We are grateful for her leadership! OIC of Oklahoma County

BIG CONGRATULATIONS to our very own President & CEO, DesJean Jones, for being nominated as one of The Journal Record’s 2026 Oklahoma’s Most Admired CEOs!

This prestigious recognition honors leaders across Oklahoma who demonstrate excellence in:

✔ Leadership & Vision
✔ Innovation & Competitiveness
✔ Community Service
✔ Organizational Growth
✔ Corporate & Board Leadership

Anyone who knows the one and only DesJean Jones knows she embodies ALL of the above and more.

Through her leadership at OIC of Oklahoma County, lives are being changed every day through education, opportunity, and empowerment. Her passion for people, commitment to community, and unwavering vision continue to move OIC forward in powerful ways.

She will be recognized at the official awards program:

2026 Oklahoma Journal Record Most Admired CEOs and The Financial Stewardship Awards
The Skirvin Hilton Hotel
Monday, April 27, 2026
6PM to 9PM

Join us in celebrating a leader who represents excellence, strength, and purpose.
We are proud. We are grateful. We are inspired.