Building Community Capacity

Building Community Capacity

OICF is kicking off 2019 with a capacity building workshop for local nonprofits. Mazarine Treyz from Wild Woman Fundraising and Leadership will present ‘How to Keep Your Donors’, Thursday, January 17 from 1-5 PM at the Emmanuel Episcopal Hall. Cost is $10 per person;...
Fundraising Workshop: Keeping Your Donors

Fundraising Workshop: Keeping Your Donors

Fundraising Workshop: How to Keep your Donors January 17, 2019 1-5 PM $10 per person; sign up online or call 360-376-6423 to register You may have just survived a GiveOrcas campaign or your year-end appeal–or both! Now that the big push is over, are you seeing...
GiveOrcas 2018

GiveOrcas 2018

Thanks to your donation during the 2018 GiveOrcas Holiday Catalog, over $47,000 was distributed to 18 great programs serving the Orcas community (see a complete list of grants below). With your support, Orcas grows more resilient. Thank you for your investment in this...
Who’s Flat Now?

Who’s Flat Now?

The Give Orcas Holiday Catalog launches this Monday. There are 18 catalog items supporting a wide variety of community programs.  Here is a link to a sneak preview of this year’s catalog- www.giveorcas.org. As always, Kate has several games to keep it fun and...
Affordable Housing for Orcas

Affordable Housing for Orcas

The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) recognizes that access to affordable housing is the most pressing need currently facing the Orcas community.  When our workforce, our seniors, and our young families can’t find places to live, the entire community suffers....
Investing in Community

Investing in Community

If you have been curious about the benefits of investing in your local Community Foundation, I welcome you to join us at the OICF stakeholders investment meeting, Wednesday, October 17, 4:30-6:30 at the Eastsound Fire Hall. Dave Drews and Mike Milojevich from...