IRCF would like to say a huge congratulations to the Mental Health Collaborative for winning the "Rising Star-Treasure Coast Non-Profit Organization of the Year". 211 Palm Beach/Treasure Coast awarded the organization with its Rising Star Award given to small and young organizations who have the...

Indian River Community Foundation and Vero Beach Magazine are collaborating to bring the most informative Guide to Better Giving. The information provide will be featured for the community to learn about and give to charitable organizations working to make the community better. To register your...

Indian River Community Foundation is excited to announce a new collaboration with Vero Beach Magazine to produce the 2020 Guide to Better Giving. For more than a decade, Vero Beach Magazine has produced its Guide to Giving as a registry of agencies and organizations that...

As a successful year wraps up, it calls for a celebration! Indian River Community Foundation hosted the Alma Lee Loy Legacy Society Ice Cream Social at Northern Trust. The ALLLS is a group of individuals who have notified IRCF that we will be the beneficiary...

On May 15 Gifford Youth Achievement Center held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to officially open their new classroom expansion facility. The $5 million project was funded through the help of gracious donors including clients from IRCF, and through grants like the IRCF Community Enrichment Grant....

[caption id="attachment_3594" align="alignleft" width="300"] IRCF CEO Jeff Pickering, Crossover Mission COO Antoine Jennings, ED Cathy De Schouwer, and Crossover Mission Students[/caption] (Vero Beach, Fla.  – April 16, 2019) Indian River Community Foundation awarded grants totaling $142,500 to nonprofit charitable organizations serving Indian River County. The...

(Vero Beach, Fla. – April 4, 2019) Indian River Community Foundation, the United Way of Indian River County, the Florida Department of Health in Indian River County and the Children’s Services Advisory Committee have joined together to produce a comprehensive community needs assessment for Indian...

Jeff Pickering, Susan Chenault, Scott and Gail Alexander, Lois Appleby, Bob Puff Local attorneys, accountants and financial advisers gathered together for breakfast at Quail Valley River Club to honor Scott E. Alexander, recipient of The Pinnacle Award for 2019 for his demonstration of “Excellence in...

Paul Becker, Alma Lee Loy, Yamilet Cendejas The 2019 ALICE report released from United Way in partnership with Rutgers University showed the number of low-income families in Indian River County grew by 13% between 2010 and 2016, despite the unemployment rate dropping and wages rising....

On March 29, 2019, Head, Heart, and Hands hosted their annual grants ceremony. Seventeen organizations were recipients of a total of $146,500 in grants. HHH grants committee chairman, Ed Perry, thanked the Indian River Community Foundation for continuous partnership. HHH operates its annual competitive grants...