United Against Poverty serves those in poverty by providing crisis care, case management, transformative education, food and household subsidy, employment training and placement, personal empowerment training and active referrals to other collaborative social service providers. The organization collaborates with local organizations such as the Treasure...

United Against Poverty of Indian River County serves those in poverty by providing crisis care, transformative education, food and household subsidy, employment training and placement, personal empowerment training and active referrals to other collaborative social service providers.  According to Indian River Indicators, about 11% of...

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 recently awarded four grants totaling $177,000 from its Community Enrichment Fund to local charities.  The grants were reviewed by a Grants Committee comprised of volunteers Scott Alexander, Dale Jacobs, Louis Schacht, Sandy Rolf and Larry Salustro. One grant for $50,000 was...

The Indian River Community Foundation Team: Chiaka Nwosu, Jaci Ruppert, Frida Flores, Jeff Pickering, and Yamilet Cendejas. On March 4, 2020, Indian River Community Foundation’s team took a philanthropy field trip to tour the new United Against Poverty facility. The facility officially opened on January...

Things are looking “UP” for Indian River County households struggling to make ends meet.  At least that will be the case when United Against Poverty completes its “Lifting Lives Out of Poverty” campaign, a philanthropic effort to pay for the purchase, renovation and repurposing of...

Indian River Community Foundation invites you to join us on a philanthropy field trip to visit United Against Poverty to learn about plans for the new UP Center. The philanthropy field trip is scheduled for Wednesday March 28, 2018 at 10:30am and will last approximately...

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...