Nonprofit Resources

OICF believes building the capacity of our nonprofit partners so that they can better serve the needs of the community is key to maintaining a vibrant community.

OICF offers many services to all of the nonprofit and service organizations on the island, including:

• Ongoing Best-Practices workshops
• Use of the conference room at the OICF office (view calendar; call 360-376-6423 to schedule)
• Board retreat materials including easels and paper and facilitation recommendations
• Use of OICF’s bulk mail permit
• Library of nonprofit books
• Nonprofit directory

Resources from OICF’s Board Boot Camp

• Board Boot Camp – Slide deck
• Consensus Decision Making
• Form 990 FAQs
• Recommended Policies from the IRS 990 form
• Sample Board Profile Grid
• Sample Committee Charter
• Ten Basic Board Responsibilities
• What Board Members Need to Know about Nonprofit Finance & Accounting

Data Points regarding Orcas Island and San Juan County

• A Vision for Eastsound
• San Juan County ranked healthiest county in Washington 
• Prosperity Project 2018 – A Community Needs Assessment. This update from 2015 intends to “(A) gain a detailed, quantitative understanding of the experiences of people living in low-resource households, and (B) provide a summary of qualitative data
  from other community assessments that speak to the human service needs within our three-county service region: Island, San Juan, and Whatcom counties.”
• Prosperity Project of 2015: Experiences of Poverty in Whatcom, Island, and San Juan County.  The 2015 Prosperity Project is a continuation of the 2006 Prosperity Project that was convened by the Whatcom Coalition for Healthy Communities. The goal of that effort was to gain a detailed and broad understanding of the experiences of people living in poverty.
• 2010 San Juan Prosperity Project report.pdf: needs assessment for low-income families in San Juan County that involved a survey of 150 low-income households who were encountered at social and health service provider programs in late 2010 and early 2011.
• County Health Rankings and Roadmaps: an interactive map with data about health factors and health outcomes.  San Juan County has ranked first in Washington State the last three years.

Salary & Benefit Surveys

Surveys were conducted by OICF to collect data about salaries and benefits offered by nonprofits on Orcas, Lopez, and SJI.

• 2021 Salary & Benefit Survey
• 2015 Salary & Benefit Survey
• 2013 Salary & Benefit Survey
• 2011 Salary & Benefit Survey

Helpful Online Resources for Nonprofits

• BoardSource: National organization focused exclusively on good governance practices for nonprofit board of directors, chief executives, and funders.
• Blue Avocado: Practical, provocative, and fun food-for-thought for nonprofits including Board Cafe 
• GuideStar: an information service specializing in reporting on U.S. nonprofit companies. In 2010, their database contained over 5 million IRS Forms 990 on 1.9 million organizations.
• TechSoup: Technology resource aimed at nonprofit organizations featuring NPO discounts, discussions, articles, and recommendations.