Every year, the Orcas High School senior class is given the opportunity to dispense $5,000 to island nonprofits.

The lucky recipients for 2014 are the SeaDoc Society and Friends of Moran. Each organization was awarded $2,500.

“It’s great to have a vote of confidence from tomorrow’s leaders,” said SeaDoc’s Chief Scientist Joe Gaydos.

Seniors Brigid Ehrmantraut and Lindsay Lancaster made the announcement at the Orcas Island Community Foundation’s annual grant cycle on May 29. Donor Michael Brennan provides the funds for the student donation program.

Every proposal that the OICF Grants Committee vetted received some funding. All proposals in the top tier (deemed critical needs) were fully funded.

All but two in the second tier were also fully funded.

The total distributed was $133,839, with more than $110,000 contributed by Partners in Philanthropy. Fifty-nine community members participated as Partners in Philanthropy. Individual contributions ranged from $15 to $27,000.

Grant award recipients

Art for Orcas Kids/OIEF: $2,420 for four artist stipends and renewal of general supplies. Funded by anonymous, Janet Brownell and Lance Evans, and the Horowitz Fine Arts Fund.

Coffelt Farm Stewards: $10,383 for slaughter site and heavy use area Improvement. Funded by anonymous, Robert and Laurie Liebmann, Steve Jung and Susan McBain and OICF.

Friends of Moran: $600 to illustrate, acknowledge and celebrate volunteers. Funded by Robert and Laurie Liebmann and Nancy Reas.

Funhouse Commons: $6,890 for staff training support. Funded by anonymous, Carl de Boor, and OICF.

Fur & Feathers 4H: $3,145 to purchase learning lab kits for Orcas  4-H Clubs. Funded by anonymous, Dana Kinsey, Moana Kutsche, Linda Lyle, Jennifer Pietsch and OICF.

Healing Arts Center: $2,500 for “Spirit of Service” – affordable alternative healthcare. Funded by Anonymous and OICF.

Hearts and Hands: $3,500 for matching volunteers with senior citizens and disabled individuals. Funded by anonymous, Helen Bee, Carl de Boor, Barb and Gordon Buman, Robert and Laurie Liebmann, Dr. Edgar and Judith Zimmerman and OICF.

irthlingz: $3,760 for Youth Eco Arts Action (YEAA!) project. Funded by anonymous, Janet Alderton, Bonnie Bossler, Jan Ehrlichman, Lyman Griswold, Martha Koester, Barbara LaBrash, Janet Madill,  Patricia Monaco, Annie Moss Moore, and Margot Shaw.

Islands’ Oil Spill Association: $2,340 for West Orcas spill response drill and added response supplies. Funded by anonymous, the Henigson Family Fund, Lorena and Dimitri Stankevich, and OICF.

KWIAHT: $4,700 for new analytical chemistry tool for Orcas teachers and nonprofits. Funded by anonymous, Carl de Boor, the Henigson Family Fund, Greg Sheldon, and OICF.

Long Live the Kings:  $1,000 to conduct Glenwood Springs field station study. Funded by Marilyn Anderson.

OPAL Community Land Trust: $7,500 to design a Community Loan Fund program to strengthen the islands economy. Funded by anonymous, Helen Bee, Carl de Boor, Andrea Hendrick, Kate Long and Chris Sutton, Midge Kraetzer.

Orcas Animal Protection Society: $1,000 for PET PALS: a pre-K through 6th grade humane education program. Barbara Bedell and OICF

Orcas Island Youth Conservation Corps/Madrona Institute: $5,075 for youth conservation corps activities on Orcas. Funded by anonymous, Deborah Haensli, Clayton Philbrick, Mary Thoron, Samuel Thoron, Lynn and Jon White and OICF.

OISD/Primary Intervention Program: $6,500 for operations and consultations. Funded by anonymous, the Henigson Family Fund, and OICF.

Orcas Center: $3,200 to subsidize family programming. Funded by anonymous, Robert and Laurie Liebmann, Nancy Reas, and OICF.

Orcas Choral Society: $1,700 for great choral work presentation. Funded by anonymous, Helen Bee, Carl de Boor, and Nancy Reas, Ed and Kristen Wilson.

Orcas Family Connections: $20,746 to help Islanders with health insurance and housing assistance. Funded by Anonymous, Helen Bee, Carl de Boor, the Chandler Family Foundation, Hilary Canty & Hank Date, the Henigson Family Fund, Sarah Jane Johnson, Meg and Joe  Massey, and OICF.

Orcas Family Connections: $2,500 to strengthen Island families: ECE collaborative grant. Funded by anonymous, the Chandler Family Foundation, Sara Jane Johnson, Robert and Laurie Liebmann, Dr. Edgar and Judith Zimmerman, and OICF.

Orcas Family Health: $3,950 for OWL program which teaches teens to lead sexually healthy, responsible lives. Funded by anonymous, Sara Jane Johnson, the Orcas LGBT Fund, and OICF.

Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: $2,000 to engage the community in the creation of a musical composition. Funded by Anonymous, Carl de Boor, and Victoria Parker.

Orcas Island Children’s House: $1,850 for April’s Children farm and food program feeding young minds. Funded by anonymous.

Orcas Island Fire & Rescue: $1,500 for Smoke Alarms, Sport Helmets, and Car Seat Safety Program. Funded by anonymous and the Support Orcas Fire and EMS Volunteers.

Orcas Island Fire & Rescue: $2,500 for unding Orcas CARES Program. Funded by anonymous.

Orcas Island Historical Society: $1,050 for the addition of heat ducts. Funded by Steve Jung and Susan McBain and Robert and Laurie Liebmann.

Orcas Island School District: $2,315 for Orcas Island High School leadership training. Funded by anonymous, Sara Jane Johnson, and OICF.

Orcas Island School District: $2,500 for Targeted After School Interventions. Funded by anonymous, Janet Brownell and Lance Evans, the Chandler Family Foundation, Kevin & Nancy O’Brien, the Roach Youth Activities Fund.

Orcas Island School District: $2,500 for 6th grade’s 5-day outdoor learning experience to NatureBridge. Funded by Anonymous, the Pearson Family Fund and OICF.

Orcas Recycling Services/SJC: $12,000 to begin rebuilding “The Exchange.” Funded by Anonymous, Carl de Boor, Sara Jane Johnson, Nifty Thrifty, Score!, Nancy Reas, and OICF.

Sail Orcas: $1,100 for capital equipment request to upgrade fleet to the FJ dinghy. Funded by Anonymous, and Pam Smith.

San Juan Nature Institute: $3,540 for “It’s a short run to the sea on Orcas,” a watershed exploration. Funded by anonymous and OICF.

Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehab Center: $2,500 for promoting the well-being of wildlife and their habitats.  Funded by Anonymous, Julie Duke, Malis Sandwith, Jennifer Wallace, and OICF.

The following donors made general partner contributions distributed by the Grants Committee: Diane Berreth and David Kobrin, Sally and Bruce Buchanan, Tamara & Lance Joyner, Coleen O’Brien and David and Kaaren Slawson.