About

Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners (IOCP) is a nonprofit provider that changes the odds for families in need. IOCP responds to people’s basic needs for food, housing, child care, employment, transportation, and connections to community resources. See our most recent Annual Report

Fast Facts

  • Each year IOCP serves about 1,400 families and individuals living in Hamel, Long Lake, Medicine Lake, Medina, Minnetonka Beach, Orono, Plymouth, and Wayzata.
  • IOCP offers programs in 5 areas: housing, employment, child care, transportation, and community connections.
  • In the last fiscal year, 9.2% of all households in Wayzata received some form of assistance from IOCP.
  • Staffed by volunteers, the IOCP food shelf distributed 807,308 pounds of food in 2009-10 in response to more than 14,000 requests.
  • Through broad public and private partnerships IOCP has spearheaded the development or renovation of 67 units of affordable housing.
  • More than 600 volunteers — from teens to CEOs — are engaged in structured opportunities through IOCP.
  • IOCP is led by a 25-member board of directors and 24 paid staff.
  • The 2010-11 IOCP budget is $4.88 million.
  • Nearly 90% of IOCP’s annual revenue goes directly to services and programs.
  • IOCP’s major revenue sources include individuals (34%); in-kind from all constitutencies (24%); grants and donor advised funds (20%); businesses, schools, and churches (8%); government grants and contracts (5%); United Way (3%).
  • IOCP is a United Way sponsored agency.
  • IOCP meets all the standards of the Charities Review Council and has received top ratings from Charity Navigator and GuideStar.