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OICF Hosts Nonprofit Workshop and Webinars

As part of our capacity building efforts, OICF has three upcoming workshops/webinars, including an all-day event with Susan Howlett on Fundraising. Howlett writes about her workshop, “You’re doing important work and you’re doing it well, but you could use more help...

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Give Orcas 2017 achieves full funding

Give Orcas 2017 achieves full funding

  For the very first time every proposal submitted to the Give Orcas Grant Catalog will be fully funded.The Orcas Island Community Foundation is grateful to all who contributed to this year’s successful campaign. SOURCE: Islands' Sounder | Give Orcas 2017...

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Opportunities to give back during holiday season

Opportunities to give back during holiday season

GiveOrcas Holiday Catalog 2016: Who will be the new “Flat Person” representing the Orcas Island Community Foundation’s GiveOrcas Holiday Campaign? The mystery will be revealed on December 6, and this Flat and Real Person will champion the nonprofits listed in our 2016...

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Orcas is struggling to sustain its nonprofits

Orcas is struggling to sustain its nonprofits

Whenever I ask someone about joining one of the nonprofit boards I serve on, this is the reaction I receive: a panicked look, a quick shake of the head and “No, I am already on a board and I volunteer a lot. There is no way I can possibly take anything else on.”...

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