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Orcas Island Community Foundation

Fostering philanthropy to enhance and preserve the quality of life on orcas island.

$6.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
61
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$741k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$4.8MEducation$4.1MFood & Nutrition$4.0MHousing & Shelter$3.8MArts & Culture$3.7MEnvironment$2.3MYouth Development$1.1MRecreation & Sports$533kOther$0
02FY2025 · 61 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 61 grants below total $4,497,064, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,335,823 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,838,759 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $95k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $491k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.7M
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.2M
$18,675
Median grant
7
States reached
$31M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER$741,297
ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK$576,140
ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL$330,200
ORCAS ISLAND CHILDREN'S HOUSE$291,726
KALEIDOSCOPE PRESCHOOL$267,423
ORCAS MONTESSORI SCHOOL$224,888
ORCAS SENIOR CENTER$223,343
ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT$191,118
ORCAS CENTER$174,661
FUNHOUSE COMMONS$149,939
ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT 137$109,030
ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$93,250
ORCAS ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY$87,971
ORCAS ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUMS$83,000
OPAL COMMUNITY LAND TRUST$82,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $5.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MATTHEW 25: $10k → 9%DEER HARBOR COMMUNITY CLUB: $18k → 10%DEER HARBOR COMMUNITY CLUB: $13k → 10%ORCAS SENIOR CENTER: $924k → 10%ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $741k → 10%ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $515k → 10%ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $354k → 10%ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $343k → 10%KALEIDOSCOPE PRESCHOOL: $267k → 10%ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $244k → 10%ORCAS SENIOR CENTER: $223k → 10%ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $210k → 10%ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $149k → 10%KALEIDOSCOPE PRESCHOOL: $144k → 10%KALEIDOSCOPE PRESCHOOL: $141k → 10%ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $137k → 10%KALEIDOSCOPE PRESCHOOL: $130k → 10%YMCA CAMP ORKILA: $105k → 10%YMCA CAMP ORKILA: $100k → 10%ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $90k → 10%KALEIDOSCOPE PRESCHOOL: $82k → 10%ORCAS RECEYLING SERVICE: $74k → 10%KALEIDOSCOPE PRESCHOOL: $58k → 10%KALEIDOSCOPE PRESCHOOL: $58k → 10%KALEIDOSCOPE PRESCHOOL: $42k → 10%ORCAS RECYCLING SERVICES THE EXCHANGE: $39k → 10%ORCAS RECYCLING SERVICES THE EXCHANGE: $37k → 10%KALEIDOSCOPE PRESCHOOL: $35k → 10%YMCA CAMP ORKILA: $25k → 10%ORCAS SENIOR CENTER: $25k → 10%ORCAS RECYCLING SERVICES THE EXCHANGE: $21k → 10%YMCA CAMP ORKILA: $19k → 10%YMCA CAMP ORKILA: $10k → 10%ORCAS RECYCLING SERVICES THE EXCHANGE: $8k → 10%ORCAS RECYCLING SERVICES THE EXCHANGE: $7k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
CT
CA
CO
MD
NC
DC
HI
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$30M · 79 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

79 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2025, 33 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

79
32

Total granted

$30M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+16%

Still filing today

70%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $185k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsInternationalHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • OI
    ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK
    8× · 2017–2025 · $4.4M · revenue ×37
  • OC
    OPAL COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.9M · revenue +795% · 41% of their budget
  • OC
    ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.8M · revenue +503% · 49% of their budget

Funded once

  • SJ
    SAN JUAN ISLANDS CONSERVATION DISTRICT
    one grant, 2020 · $249k
  • TG
    TOTAL GRANTS UNDER 5K EACH
    one grant, 2020 · $185k
  • SJ
    SAN JUAN COUNTY TREASURER
    one grant, 2024 · $81k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Orcas Community Resource Center

To ensure that all orcas islanders have access to services and support for their well-being.

Human Services
2
Great Peninsula Conservancy

Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.

Environment
3
Orca Conservancy

Orca conservancy is working on behalf of orcinus orca, the killer whale, and protecting the wild places on which it depends.

Animals
4
San Juan Island Community Foundation

Sji community foundation's mission is to help the san juan island community thrive through inspired and informed generosity and the foundation's trusted stewardship.

Philanthropy
5
Orcas Island Community Foundation

Fostering philanthropy to enhance and preserve the quality of life on orcas island.

Philanthropy
6
The Island School

The Island School provides a flexible learning environment where each child is known and celebrated.

Education
7
Center for Wooden Boats

The Center for Wooden Boats promotes Northwest Maritime Heritage through education, interpretation and hands-on experience in building, maintaining and using historic small craft.

Recreation & Sports
8
Islesboro Islands Trust

The mission of Islesboro Islands Trust is to enhance the quality of residents' lives through the preservation of open space, educate all residents as to the value of the island's natural ecosystems, and act as an environmental advocate on…

Philanthropy
9
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
10
North Coast Land Conservancy Inc

The north coast land conservancy serves as a resource for northwest oregon coastal communities and landowners to conserve and protect land in perpetuity for its ecologocial and cultural values.

Environment
11
Lummi Island Heritage Trust

To create a legacy of abundant open space, native habitat, and natural resources on Lummi Island by inspiring people to protect and care for the island's farms, forests, wetlands, and shorelines forever.

Environment
12
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc

To conserve and enhance land in southern oregon to sustain our human and natural communities forever.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orcas Center; the most unlike its peers is Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

81 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 81 of the 124 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

23
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
26
Early backer (in before they grew)
77/81
Grantees still filing
48/81
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK: $4,444,550 · OtherORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANKORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT 137: $1,536,043 · OtherORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT 137THE ORCAS ISLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATI ON: $1,109,498 · OtherTHE ORCAS ISLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATI ONSENIOR SERVICES COUNCIL OF SAN JUAN: $693,093 · Other+82 more: $5,705,599 · Other+82 moreORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $2,784,496 · Human ServicesORCAS COMMUNITY RES…FRIENDS OF ORCAS SENIOR CENTER: $1,172,200 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF ORCAS SE…ORCAS DAYCARE ASSOCIATION: $957,340 · Human ServicesORCAS DAYCARE ASSOC…THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $259,694 · Human ServicesORCAS RECYCLING SERVICES: $186,363 · Human Services+3 more: $45,224 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $1,624,501 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S DISCOV…Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: $1,576,868 · Arts & CultureOrcas Island Cham…ORCAS CENTER: $1,382,866 · Arts & CultureORCAS CENTER+6 more: $136,647 · Arts & CultureOPAL COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $3,853,786 · Housing & ShelterOPAL COMMUNITY…Orcas Island Childrens House: $898,830 · EducationOrcas Montessori School: $558,516 · EducationSalmonberry Country Day School: $138,870 · EducationNORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $99,000 · Education+7 more: $189,170 · EducationTHE SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST: $1,134,505 · EnvironmentSiskiyou Land Conservancy: $80,000 · Environment+1 more: $20,000 · EnvironmentORCAS ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY: $351,637 · AnimalsLONG LIVE THE KINGS: $100,172 · AnimalsWOLF HOLLOW WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTRE: $42,043 · Animals+3 more: $36,000 · Animals
Other$13,488,783Human Services$5,405,317Arts & Culture$4,720,882Housing & Shelter$3,853,786Education$1,884,386Environment$1,234,505Animals$529,852

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK: $4,444,550 over 8y, 20% of budgetOPAL COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $3,853,786 over 9y, 41% of budgetORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $2,784,496 over 9y, 49% of budgetCHILDREN'S DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $1,624,501 over 9y, 76% of budgetOrcas Island Chamber Music Festival: $1,576,868 over 9y, 46% of budgetORCAS CENTER: $1,382,866 over 9y, 34% of budgetFRIENDS OF ORCAS SENIOR CENTER: $1,172,200 over 3y, 70% of budgetTHE SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST: $1,134,505 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetTHE ORCAS ISLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATI ON: $1,109,498 over 9y, 92% of budgetORCAS DAYCARE ASSOCIATION: $957,340 over 9y, 12% of budgetOrcas Island Childrens House: $898,830 over 9y, 29% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES COUNCIL OF SAN JUAN: $693,093 over 5y, 69% of budgetOrcas Montessori School: $558,516 over 9y, 28% of budgetSAFE SAN JUANS: $371,063 over 9y, 17% of budgetORCAS ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY: $351,637 over 8y, 42% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $259,694 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetORCAS ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $244,698 over 5y, 43% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $211,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetORCAS MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $209,305 over 2y, 18% of budgetORCAS RECYCLING SERVICES: $186,363 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS: $156,810 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetSAIL ORCAS - A SAILING EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $147,423 over 8y, 33% of budgetKWIAHT CENTER FOR SALISH SEA: $142,749 over 8y, 31% of budgetSalmonberry Country Day School: $138,870 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $135,306 over 6y, 47% of budgetSAN JUAN ISLANDS ARGRICULTURAL GUILD: $126,216 over 2y, 48% of budgetKIWANIS INTERNATIONAL INC: $101,523 over 5y, 74% of budgetLONG LIVE THE KINGS: $100,172 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetNORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $99,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $97,605 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALING ARTS CENTER: $80,480 over 5y, 18% of budgetSiskiyou Land Conservancy: $80,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetNRECA GROUP BENEFITS TRUST: $70,075 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $62,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORCAS ISLAND FOUNDATION: $55,900 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetJPR FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetOrcas Island Booster Club: $49,195 over 4y, 27% of budgetORCAS OPEN ARTS: $47,680 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetWOLF HOLLOW WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTRE: $42,043 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetOrcas Family Health Center: $41,784 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE OLGA STORE BUILDING: $41,781 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetSAN JUAN ISLANDS SHUTTLE SYSTEM: $41,475 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetCircum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources: $40,000 over 1y, 80% of budgetORCAS ISLAND LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION: $38,920 over 3y, 22% of budgetFRIENDS OF MORAN STATE PARK: $30,822 over 2y, 13% of budgetDEER HARBOR COMMUNITY CLUB: $30,224 over 2y, 37% of budgetPALM OF CHRIST FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 74% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds OPAL COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival ↗
  • Who funds ORCAS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE ORCAS ISLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATI ON ↗
  • Who funds ORCAS DAYCARE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Orcas Island Childrens House ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR SERVICES COUNCIL OF SAN JUAN ↗
  • Who funds Orcas Montessori School ↗
  • Who funds SAFE SAN JUANS ↗
  • Who funds ORCAS ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871) ↗
  • Who funds ORCAS ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds ORCAS MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ORCAS RECYCLING SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ↗
  • Who funds SAIL ORCAS - A SAILING EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KWIAHT CENTER FOR SALISH SEA ↗
  • Who funds Salmonberry Country Day School ↗
  • Who funds ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
  • Who funds SAN JUAN ISLANDS ARGRICULTURAL GUILD ↗
  • Who funds KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds LONG LIVE THE KINGS ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Orcas Bay FoundationWA30.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orcas Bay Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Donald Family Foundation · The GreerSolien Fund · Www Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation · Sos Foundation · San Juan Island Community Foundation · Dutton Jones Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Brown Dog Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Orcas Island Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Orcas Island Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 124 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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