Diversion Hub Named Bank of America's 2025 Neighborhood Builder in Oklahoma City

Diversion Hub has been selected as Bank of America’s 2025 Neighborhood Builder for Oklahoma City, recognizing the nonprofit’s work connecting people in the criminal legal system with services that help them build pathways to stability.

The award includes a $50,000 grant distributed over two years, leadership training for Executive Director Meagan Taylor and an emerging leader within the organization, and access to a network of other nonprofit leaders across the country.

Diversion Hub, headquartered at 220 NW 10th Street in downtown Oklahoma City, provides case management services to justice-involved individuals and families. Case managers work alongside clients to develop personalized plans that address social determinants of health, including employment and income stability, while clients resolve their legal matters.

“As Diversion Hub grows to fill demonstrated community needs, we must invest in our leadership infrastructure,” Taylor said. “This grant will allow us to expand that capacity while also investing in our case managers, who offer stabilizing services to people caught up in the system.”

The nonprofit, founded in 2020, has served more than 11,000 people since its inception and has expanded beyond Oklahoma County into Norman, Cleveland County, and El Reno. The organization is also building a new 35,575-square-foot facility near Western and Klein through an $18.9 million MAPS 4 investment, with construction expected to be completed in 2026.

Taylor, a former prosecutor, said the organization’s strategy focuses on helping people end their justice involvement and build paths to prosperity in the community.

Diversion Hub becomes the seventh nonprofit to be named a Neighborhood Builder in Oklahoma City since the program began, bringing Bank of America’s total philanthropic investment in local nonprofits through the program to more than $350,000.

“Nonprofits play an important role during critical moments in people’s lives and serve as substantial pillars of our communities,” said Tony Shinn, president of Bank of America Oklahoma City. “This is why Bank of America is committed to delivering flexible funding and comprehensive leadership training through the Neighborhood Builders program to help nonprofits, like Diversion Hub, address critical needs and promote economic opportunity for individuals and families in our communities.”

Bank of America’s Neighborhood Builders program, now in its 21st year, has invested more than $346 million in communities across the United States and trained more than 4,000 leaders at nearly 2,000 nonprofits since 2004.

For more information about Diversion Hub and its services, visit diversionhub.org.