The Orcas Island Community Foundation manages endowments established to support nonprofit organizations on Orcas Island. The foundation provides consistent stewardship, professional investment management, and effective administration. These funds may receive gifts of cash, marketable securities and many other assets.
Benefits of Organization Endowment Funds:
- Credibility with new and existing donors.
- Potential visibility to new donors as part of the fastest growing philanthropic endowment in the region.
- Opportunities to invest endowed funds in a broad range of investment vehicles, reducing risk and maximizing return.
- Reasonable management and investment fees.
Organization Endowment Funds already established
that you may give to are:
- Orcas Island Education Foundation: supporting educational opportunities for the Orcas Community.
- The Funhouse: to provide a safe and enjoyable gathering place for Orcas youth.
- Orcas Animal Protection Society: to build and operate an animal shelter.
- Orcas Center Endowment Fund: to help fund operations.
- Orcas Center Dixon Fund: to fund youth programming.
- Orcas Center Dot Bolles Fund: to support classical music programs.
- Orcas Island Historical Society Endowment Fund: to increase endowment for long-term financial security.
- Orcas Island Library Children’s Book Fund: to acknowledge the need for excellence in children’s book selection.
- Orcas Island Library Endowment Fund: to support lifelong learning through the public library.
- Orcas Island Library Friends of the Library Fund: to support future library expansion and facility improvements.
- Orcas Island Library Stupke Collection Fund: to augment the library’s collection of materials in all formats.
- Orcas Island Medical Building Association Fund: to help support the medical facility.
