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Community Foundation Awards Matching Grants Totaling $77,000

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The Buggy Bunch. From left: Ashley Lombardo, Courtney DiPietro, Calista Milliman, Teresa Pastor, Jeff Pickering of IRCF, Jamie Miller, Sue Carter, Sue Bartl, Jennifer Graves, Christa Goldsmith, Leslie Bowen, Tara Wright, April Muller and Ryan Cobb.

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 of the grant awarded.

The following organizations were recently awarded matching grants:

To read more about our grants and current competitive grant opportunities, please visit our Grants Page. A Nonprofit Grantseeker Orientation is held virtually on the second Tuesday of every month for local nonprofit leaders to learn about our grantmaking process.

Photo Identifications in this Article

The Buggy Bunch: Ashley Lombardo, Courtney DiPietro, Calista Milliman, Teresa Pastor, Jeff Pickering of IRCF, Jamie Miller, Sue Carter, Sue Bartl, Jennifer Graves, Christa Goldsmith, Leslie Bowen, Tara Wright, April Muller and Ryan Cobb. (Photo Credit: Maureen Nicolace)

Vero Beach Theatre Guild: Jeff Hall, Jill Hargrave, Lisa McNamee of VB Theatre Guild with Jeff Pickering, CEO of Indian River Community Foundation. (Photo Credit: Maureen Nicolace)

Old Vero Ice Age Sites Committee: Randy Old and Mary Singer of Old Vero Ice Age Sites Committee with Jeff Pickering, Indian River Community Foundation CEO. (Photo Credit: Maureen Nicolace)

Community Foundation Awards $200,000 to Six Local Nonprofits

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Youth Guidance Program:

(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 Larry Salustro. 

The grants were awarded from the Community Enrichment Fund, and included the following:

While most of the Community Foundation’s grants are awarded by clients through donor advised funds, Indian River Community Foundation’s competitive grant program is made possible through the generosity of anonymous donors to several grantmaking funds, including the Community Enrichment Fund.  These valuable resources support the Community Foundation’s mission of building a better community through donor-driven philanthropy.

Whole Family Health Center. Photo ID: Jeff Pickering, CEO of Indian River Community Foundation, with Marie Andress, Carly Pye, Christina Martinez, and Sophia North of Whole Family Health Center.

Indian River Community Foundation was established in 2008 with a mission of building a better community through donor-driven philanthropy.  With assets of approximately $80 million in 183 charitable giving accounts, the Community Foundation and its clients have awarded more than $73 million in grants, mostly to nonprofit charitable organizations located in Indian River County, Florida.  Visit www.ircommunityfoundation.org to learn more.

Photo Identifications in this Article

  • Youth Guidance Program: Jeff Pickering with Sudan, Lea, Zaire and Phil Barnes, Executive Director.
  • Senior Resource Association: Karen Deigle, Senior Resource Association President/CEO; Robert Paugh, President of Bill Bryant & Associates; Shawn Callaghan, SRA Director of Programs; and Jeff Pickering, CEO of Indian River Community Foundation. 
  • Samaritan Center: Jeff Pickering with Katy Ryan, Renee Bireley, Vania Bartee, Cindi Seipel, Vanessa McGriff of Samaritan Center; and Frankie Chevere, CEO-Executive Director of Catholic Charities Diocese of Palm Beach, Inc. 
  • Crossover Mission: Antoine Jennings, Cathy De Schouwer, and Shala Edwards of Crossover with Jeff Pickering. 
  • Veteran’s Council of IRC: Front Row L to R: Jeff Pickering, Jim Romanek, Executive Director, and Martin Zickert, Chairman of the Board. Back row L to R: Ken Dale, Treasurer; Samantha Brackett, Director; Curtis Holden, Vice-Chairman; Carroll Oates, Director; Sam Kouns, Director.
  • Whole Family Health Center: Jeff Pickering with Marie Andress, Carly Pye, Christina Martinez, and Sophia North of Whole Family Health Center.

Community Foundation Awards $165,000 to Four Local Nonprofits

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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 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 were reviewed by a Grants Committee comprised of volunteers Pat Brier, Toni Hamner, Dale Jacobs, Ed Massey, Louis Schacht, Sandy Rolf, and Larry Salustro.  The grants were awarded from the Community Enrichment Fund, and included the following:

While most of the Community Foundation’s grants are awarded by clients through donor advised funds, Indian River Community Foundation’s competitive grant program is made possible through the generosity of anonymous donors to several grantmaking funds, including the Community Enrichment Fund.  These valuable resources support the Community Foundation’s mission of building a better community through donor-driven philanthropy.

Indian River Community Foundation was established in 2008 with a mission of building a better community through donor-driven philanthropy.  With assets of approximately $75 million in 180 charitable giving accounts, the Community Foundation and its clients have awarded more than $71 million in grants, mostly to nonprofit charitable organizations located in Indian River County, Florida.  Visit www.ircommunityfoundation.org to learn more.

Indian River County High School Students Become Citizen Scientists

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Originally posted by Knowhere News.

A group of 15 high school students in Indian River County were recruited to participate in a unique, ongoing citizen science project.

The goal of the program is to involve them in hands-on science focused on benefiting the Indian River Lagoon while simultaneously exposing them to leadership training, according to a release from ORCA (Ocean Research and Conservation Association).

The Team ORCA Citizen Science and Leadership Project, funded by the Link Foundation and the Community Enrichment Fund of Indian River Community Foundation, allows students from Vero Beach High School, Sebastian River High School, and Indian River Charter High School the opportunity to develop an ongoing citizen science program for their respective schools.

Teams of student citizen scientists will adopt and seasonally test sampling sites in the Indian River Lagoon with the intent of better identifying the sources of pollution and stopping them at their source.

To read the full article, please click here.

Girls on the Run Completes Season with Virtual 5K

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Girls on the Run recently completed their 2019-2020 running season with a virtual 5K Celebration Event. Despite the recent COVID-19 health pandemic, the season proved to be their most successful one yet with a record number of girls enrolled in their running program.

Indian River Community Foundation’s Community Enrichment Fund supported scholarship participation which enrolled 30 additional girls who wouldn’t otherwise have been able to be a part of the program. While most of the Community Foundation’s grants are awarded by clients through donor advised funds, Indian River Community Foundation’s competitive grant program is made possible through the generosity of anonymous donors to several grant making funds, including the Community Enrichment Fund and the Better Giving Fund.  These resources support the Community Foundation’s mission of building a better community through donor-driven philanthropy.