Indian River Community Foundation recently awarded four grants totaling $177,000 from its Community Enrichment Fund to local charities.  The grants were reviewed by a Grants Committee comprised of volunteers Scott Alexander, Dale Jacobs, Louis Schacht, Sandy Rolf and Larry Salustro. One grant for $50,000 was...

Thanks to the generous contributions from the residents and members of the Indian River Club, Head, Heart and Hands of Indian River Club (HHH-IRC) is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP). To read the full request for proposals, please click here. The Head, Heart and...

The John's Island Community Service League (JICSL), Florida Rural Legal Services (FRLS), and the Indian River County Bar Association (IRCBA), are combining resources, strengths and expertise to support IRC residents facing COVID-related housing challenges through their NEW Indian River County Housing Emergency Advocacy Response Team...

In the video below, members of the Gifford Youth Orchestra share a beautiful socially distanced performance. Click here to learn more about the Gifford Youth Orchestra.

As the Community Foundation’s fiscal year ends, we are mindful of the generous members of the Alma Lee Loy Legacy Society who we lost this year.  Because of their generosity, a total of more than $5 million in planned gifts were made from the estates...

Impact 100 has now opened their application system for the 2020-2021 Grant Season. Their funding cycle runs from May 1st, 2020 through April 30th, 2021. The number of $100,000 grants awarded each year depends on overall membership numbers, in addition to the number of qualified...

Gifford Youth Achievement Center (GYAC) is gratefully accepting donated school supplies for it's 22nd annual Back to School Supply Drive. Check the list and drop off school supplies at any of the locations listed from June 29-July 31. For more information, please call Freddie Woolfork...

A recent article in the New York Times details the increase of donors using their donor advised funds to help charities and individuals affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. The article quotes several studies that have found a monumental increase in donations from community foundations in...

Leaders from Indian River County’s philanthropic organizations, county government, and nonprofit agencies serving the area’s aging and impoverished residents recently completed a comprehensive study of the socio-economic realities in the county. The Indian River County Community Needs Assessment (CNA) focuses on five main areas: children, economic opportunity,...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — June 22, 2020, written by Janet Begley. One-half of the county’s residents are living in poverty or at least one paycheck away from it. And at least 1% of the county’s total population in 2019 was homeless, with more than 150...