By Jeff Pickering, President and CEO 2020 was a tough year for everyone in our community.  For the 50 percent of Indian River County households who live in poverty, however, the health and financial impact of COVID-19 and the global pandemic has been devastating, leaving...

By: Alexander Sylvia The Gifford Youth Achievement Center has been a staple in the Indian River Community for my entire life. Not only do they provide safety and stability for children in low-income areas, but they also provide additional education, life skills training, games, summer...

By: Alexander Sylvia Crossover Mission is a wonderful newer non-profit here in Indian River County. Their mission of helping children in low-income often one-parent households in the Gifford area is carried out through basketball training and academic tutoring. They provide their children with any sort...

Photo by: Kaila Jones This year Ballet Vero Beach has produced a free live stream event of their 4th annual theatrical production of Nutcracker on the Indian River. The organization partnered with the Indian River Land Trust to have an authentic India River Lagoon backdrop....

This giving season Indian River Community Foundation awarded a grant of $5,000 to Bike Walk Indian River County from the charitable giving account of an anonymous client. This donation will help Bike Walk carry out their mission to promote safe bicycling and walking as transportation...

Indian River Community Foundation’s 12th year of operation was one that can be categorized as successful, albeit not in the way that we had planned. After getting off to a relatively good start with a new strategic plan, a steady flow of new accounts, generous...

The deadline to apply is December 31, 2020.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuPQwRKFQjI The Ocean Research and Conservation Association (“ORCA”) has a mission 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. Over the past decade, Indian River Community Foundation (“Community...

IRCF President and CEO Jeff Pickering appeared on KRC’s Moonshot Radio to talk about the IRC Community Needs Assessment. Click on the link below to learn about why this assessment was done, what was done to ensure inclusivity, specific insights in local children's needs, and...

 Indian River Community Foundation CEO Jeff Pickering; and representing Substance Abuse Council of IRC are Executive Director Carrie Maynard-Lester and Program Director Irene Cauwels (Photo: Maureen Nicolace). Indian River Community Foundation awarded grants totaling $165,000 to nonprofit charitable organizations serving Indian River County.  The grants...