Michaelann Todtz, Teresa Albizu, Heather O'Shea, and Charlotte Anderson-Brown SafeSpace is the only State-Certified Domestic Violence Center on the Treasure Coast, saving lives 24/7 and preventing domestic violence in the communities we serve. Indian River Community Foundation recently awarded SafeSpace $25,000 from the Community Enrichment...

Jeff Pickering, Pat Brier, Wanda Lincoln, Toni Hamner Dale Jacobs, Marcia Salmon, Trevor Loomis, & Stephanie Kingsbury Indian River Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. On January 31st, Indian River Community Foundation awarded Habitat for Humanity $25,000 to support...

Substance Awareness Center Indian River Community Foundation awarded grants totaling $162,000 to six nonprofit charitable organizations serving Indian River County. The grants were reviewed by a Grants Committee comprised of volunteers Suzanne Bertman, Pat Brier, Dale Jacobs, Toni Hamner, Wanda Lincoln, Dawn Michael, Angelia Perry,...

United Against Poverty works to inspire and empower people living in poverty to lift themselves and their families to economic self-sufficiency. The organization serves those in poverty by providing crisis care, case management, transformative education, food and household subsidy, employment training and placement, personal empowerment training...

Jeff Pickering, Carrie Maynard-Lester, & Irene Cauwels The Substance Awareness Center of IRC (SAC) works to reduce the impact of substance misuse and behavioral health disorders in Indian River County, through prevention, education, treatment and recovery support. Recently, Indian River Community Foundation awarded SAC $25,000...

Smart Asset, an online source for consumer financial information, preformed a study in 2022 to determine which counties make the most charitable contributions. Indian River was ranked as the 8th most charitable of Florida's 67 counties. In addition, Indian River was ranked in the top...

The Learning Alliance is a vision-driven, emergent learning organization dedicated to uniting a community and building a pipeline of support for children birth - 3rd grade. They strive to transform our community's future and become a model for the nation by cultivating a culture in...

After several years of continuous growth and impact, Indian River Community Foundation’s most recent fiscal year ended with mixed results. Unfavorable market conditions limited donations into charitable giving accounts which led, in part, to lower total assets. On the contrary, a generous response by both...

After seven years as Accountant at Indian River Community Foundation, Jaci Ruppert will be retiring effective November 15, 2022. Jaci joined Indian River Community Foundation in 2015 with over 30 years of experience in accounting, both nonprofit and for profit.  Her nonprofit experience was with...

Angela Schinske, Dr. Edith Widder, Grant & Jeff Pickering, and Heather O'Shea The Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA) endeavors to protect and restore aquatic ecosystems and the species they sustain through the development of innovative technologies, science-based conservation action, and community education and outreach....