Fostering philanthropy to enhance and preserve the quality of life on Orcas Island.
Learn MoreMake a DonationFostering philanthropy to enhance and preserve the quality of life on Orcas Island.
Learn MoreMake a DonationOrcas Island Community Foundation is a positive change agent that both provides information about islanders’ needs for all to use and takes a proactive role in addressing those needs.
OICF provides a wide variety of fund options for donors and nonprofits, with the added security of an investment team and state of the art technology. Founded in 1995, OICF has facilitated over $13 million in grants to the programs serving Orcas Island and currently ranks 3rd in the nation for gifts per capita.
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GiveOrcas Grants $237,000
The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) capped the 2019 GiveOrcas Campaign with a festive celebration at Emmanuel Parish Hall on Wednesday, May 22. There was a great deal to celebrate as over 600 donors contributed and $237,000 was raised to support the many...
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Final Countdown
The generosity of this community is breathtaking. The 2019 Give Orcas campaign has reached the final day. We did indeed meet and then beat my goal of 500 donors and are are now at 572 donors who have contributed over $209,000, fully funding 11 proposals. THANK...
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WaHOOOO!
What a remarkable week! We knocked the socks off our old record on unique donor game day with 432 donations raising $24,500 (last year was 302 donations for $20,000). Fantastic! Congratulations to the Early Childhood Education folks for top place with 92 donors,...
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Off and Running!!
Wowza! What a great start to the Give Orcas campaign! So far, we have had 114 individual donors contribute $57,000 in just TWO DAYS! The grantees are doing a great job engaging the community and seem to be having fun, as demonstrated in this video from the Senior...
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