Orcas Island Community Foundation

What Orcas Island Community Foundation does

The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community foundation founded in 1995 and headquartered at 33 Urner Street, Suite 4, Eastsound, Washington. It serves as the primary philanthropic intermediary on Orcas Island, connecting individual donors with over 100 local nonprofits through funds, grants, and collective-giving campaigns. Its core programs include LEAD Grants (nonprofit professional development funding launched in Summer 2025), the twice-yearly GiveOrcas collective giving campaigns (Spring and Holiday), the Youth Philanthropy Awards partnering with Orcas Island High School, donor fund management (donor-advised, designated, and pass-through funds), Community Programs, and the Dental Clinic initiative. The foundation operates with a six-person staff and is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees that includes investment professionals from institutions such as Bank of Montreal. Its technology footprint is minimal: OICF runs a third-party Fund Advisor Portal (fcsuite.com) for donor management but does not develop proprietary technology products.

OICF's business model is donor-funded philanthropy rather than commercial revenue. It receives charitable contributions to its endowment and various restricted funds, then redistributes a portion annually to local causes via grants and campaigns. The Council on Foundations ranked OICF #1 nationally for Gifts per Capita among community foundations in 2022 and #2 in 2024, with an 8th-place ranking for distribution rate at 28%, indicating that a sizable share of funds flow back into the community each year rather than accumulating in the endowment. Holiday GiveOrcas 2025 unlocked $338,781 across 33 local nonprofits, and Spring GiveOrcas campaigns have collectively channeled approximately $3 million since 2013. Donor services include fund setup, bequest and memorial giving, and pass-through donations that simplify tax reporting; nonprofit services include grantmaking, capacity-building workshops, and volunteer coordination. The foundation charges no fees to grantees and is sustained by contributions plus investment returns on its managed funds. There are no AI, SaaS, or proprietary technology components to the operating model.

Name

Orcas Island Community Foundation

Legal name

Orcas Island Community Foundation

Website

https://oicf.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Orcas Island Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) community foundation founded in 1995 that connects donors with over 100 local nonprofits on Orcas Island through grants, collective-giving campaigns, donor-advised funds, and professional development programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Foundation Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) Sponsors (BPAGAKAF)

Keywords

• Community foundation services
• Philanthropic fund management
• Nonprofit grant programs
• Donor advised funds
• Charitable giving campaigns

Headquarters

HQ city

Eastsound

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donor Contributions and Gifts: OICF receives charitable donations from individuals, families, and organizations to build endowment funds and support community programs. Donors can give to existing funds, set up new funds, make bequests, or make memorial gifts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community foundation that fosters local philanthropy on Orcas Island, Washington. It connects donors with local nonprofits through donor-advised funds, bequests, and memorial gifts, and distributes grants to over 100 community nonprofits via programs such as LEAD Grants (professional development), GiveOrcas (collective giving campaigns), and the Youth Philanthropy Awards.

Product overview

Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1995 that fosters philanthropy to enhance and preserve quality of life on Orcas Island. The foundation operates several interconnected programs: LEAD Grant Program for nonprofit professional development, GiveOrcas seasonal giving campaigns for collective philanthropy, Youth Philanthropy Awards empowering high school seniors to make grants, Community Programs offering resources and capacity building, and the Dental Clinic providing healthcare access. OICF also manages donor funds including advised and designated funds through their Fund Advisor Portal, facilitating charitable giving and grant distribution to local nonprofits.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LEAD Grant Program
• GiveOrcas Grants
• Youth Philanthropy Awards

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GiveOrcas Campaign NonprofitscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013OICF coordinates the GiveOrcas collective giving campaigns with local nonprofits. Since 2013, the community has contributed approximately $3 million through these campaigns. 31 nonprofits participated in Spring 2026, 33 in Holiday 2025.
• Council on FoundationsminorOthersOICF participates in the Council on Foundations annual survey, which ranks community foundations nationally. OICF has been recognized in this survey (#1 for Gifts per Capita in 2022, #2 in 2024).
• Orcas Island High SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOICF partners with OIHS for the Youth Philanthropy Awards program, where seniors award grants to local nonprofits. This 20-year program empowers students to learn about philanthropy and community impact.
• Citizens for local philanthropy (Eric Liu/Citizen University)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOICF hosted a National Nonprofit Day program featuring Eric Liu, co-founder and CEO of Citizen University, to strengthen civic culture on Orcas Island.
• Skagit Community FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional community foundation partner. OICF directed donors to Skagit Community Foundation for mainland flood relief efforts during natural disasters.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Seattle Foundation: One of the largest US community foundations; operates in the same Washington state geography with overlapping donor services, DAFs, and grantmaking — a regional incumbent that anchors the same donor ecosystem.
• Greater Tacoma Community Foundation: Larger Pacific Northwest community foundation with broader geographic scope but overlapping donor-advised fund, grantmaking, and nonprofit-support services that compete for the same pool of regional philanthropists.

Direct peers

• Maine Community Foundation: Rural-state community foundation with similar scale and rural-island service patterns; comparable grantmaking, fund types, and nonprofit-capacity-building programs.
• Bainbridge Community Foundation: Washington-state island community foundation serving Bainbridge Island; highly comparable in scale, mission, donor-advised fund programs, and grantmaking structure to OICF.

Regional players

• Skagit Community Foundation: Regional community foundation in Washington state; OICF has formally directed donors to Skagit CF during regional disasters. Same community-foundation model and structure serving a nearby Pacific Northwest geography.
• Whatcom Community Foundation: Pacific Northwest regional community foundation serving Whatcom County; comparable grantmaking, fund management, and capacity-building programs for local nonprofits.
• Kitsap Community Foundation: Washington-state community foundation with donor-advised funds, competitive grant cycles, and nonprofit capacity building — comparable in program mix to OICF.
• San Juan County Community Foundation: Community foundation serving the San Juan Islands archipelago including neighbors of Orcas Island; directly comparable in geography and small-island philanthropy model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/orcasislandcommunityfoundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/oicommunityfoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/orcas-island-community-foundation

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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