In partnership with Vero Beach Magazine, Indian River Community Foundation’s President and CEO, Jeff Pickering, writes a monthly column called Indian River Insights. These articles explore the root causes of community needs, celebrate successes, analyze meaningful solutions, and offer insights into persistent challenges. In the...
Indian River Community Foundation welcomed a new class of local nonprofit charitable organizations to its Endowment Partners Program (EPP) on July 1, 2021. Participating organizations include Indian River Golf Foundation, Mental Health Association, Senior Resource Association, Vero Beach Rowing, We Care Foundation of Indian River,...
The Indian River Community Foundation is continuing to collect books for the Moonshot Community Action Network (MCAN). This network, created by The Learning Alliance, leads the way to getting 90% of all Indian River County students reading on grade-level by third grade. The donation of...
One of the eight local charitable organizations listed in Indian River Community Foundation's 2016 Better Giving Index is The Learning Alliance. Here is an excerpt from our Measure of Our Mission: 2015-2016 Annual Report featuring one of the reasons why we believe the organization has been...
Since our establishment in 2008, most of the grantmaking we do is conducted together with our clients through donor advised funds. In fact, last year approximately 20 percent of the $34 million received by Indian River County charities from foundations came from donor advised funds...
The Learning Alliance is a small, grass roots organization. Having a fund at the Community Foundation frees our volunteers and staff to concentrate on the work at hand. The Community Foundation also gives our donors confidence their philanthropic contributions are being managed wisely and used...