Indian River Community Foundation awarded grants totaling $170,000 to nonprofit charitable organizations serving Indian River County.  The grants were reviewed by a Grants Committee comprised of volunteers Pat Brier, Toni Hamner, Dale Jacobs, Ed Massey, Sandy Rolf, and Larry Salustro.  The grants were awarded from...

Indian River Community Foundation is excited to announce the establishment of the Vero Beach Woman’s Club Restoration Fund. The Restoration Fund will be used to collect charitable donations for expenses associated with the restoration of the historic building owned by the Vero Beach Woman's Club...

Ribbon Cutting, Mobile Mercado, March 17, 2021 In June 2020, Indian River Community Foundation granted $100,000 from its Community Enrichment Fund to the Treasure Coast Food Bank for the acquisition and outfit of the Mobile Mercado. The Mobile Mercado is set to carry out the...

Head, Heart, and Hands of Indian River Club has awarded their annual grants, decided by a local advisory board. Twenty-six organizations were recipients of a total of $198,350 in grants. The Head, Heart and Hands Community Outreach program, formed in 2013, utilizes a multi-faceted approach. The...

Eric Toomsoo, Dr. Timothy McNamee and Shaun Dibble of the Vero Beach Lifeguard Association, and Jeff Pickering, Indian River Community Foundation CEO.  The Vero Beach Lifeguard Association is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote lifeguarding and water safety in Vero Beach and the...

Indian River Community Foundation continues to award multiple matching grants to local organizations from the Community Enrichment Fund. Matching grants are funds conditional on the nonprofit's ability to raise an equivalent amount of funds. This type of grant allows Indian River Community Foundation to double the impact...

(Vero Beach, Fla.  – December 16, 2020) Indian River Community Foundation awarded grants totaling $200,000 to nonprofit charitable organizations serving Indian River County.  The grants were reviewed by a Grants Committee comprised of volunteers Pat Brier, Toni Hamner, Dale Jacobs, Ed Massey, Sandy Rolf, and...

By: Alexander Sylvia The Vero Beach Museum is pretty much heaven for local kids that like art, and I was definitely one of those kids. Not only do they offer one of the only free interactions with fine art in the county, but they also...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE0cbkMsNS4&feature=youtu.be In the video above, Andrea Berry, Executive Director of IR Healthy Start Coalition, introduces the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Report (FIMR). The report includes both qualitative and quantitative data from our community surrounding maternal child health and presents findings about what contributes to...

With the passage of the latest COVID-19 CARES Act legislation, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has re-opened the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) with funding for new loans for nonprofits and small businesses that have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Florida Community Loan Fund will...