SafeSpace’s mission is to empower adult victims of domestic violence and their children through intervention, prevention, and advocacy services. Recently, SafeSpace launched a campaign to open a 19-bed emergency shelter for Indian River County victims of intimate partner violence to access local residential shelter services,...

By: Alexander Sylvia SafeSpace is a wonderful non-profit that works to prevent and help people escape domestic violence in the Treasure Coast. SafeSpace runs a 24/7 hotline for those surviving domestic violence. Their staff that runs this hotline is able to access the situation and...

Indian River Community Foundation awarded grants totaling $175,000 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 awarded discretionary grants totaling $405,000 to 15 local nonprofit charitable organizations from its spring 2017 grants cycle. The grants were reviewed by three volunteer grant committees and approved by the Community Foundation’s Board of Directors. “While most of Indian River Community...