Grantee Spotlight: Foundation grant extends a bridge of hope
Compassion, dignity, and trust are at the core of The Bridges 2 Hope, a nonprofit organization helping individuals experiencing myriad issues related to homelessness. To be sure, acquiring some of life’s basic necessities—clothing, shelter, and food—can become a daily...
Grantee Spotlight: Grant helps make The Living Desert’s pollinators exciting
Pollinators are getting a chance to bask in the spotlight at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens. A recent grant from Inland Empire Community Foundation has helped the revered site launch a new exhibit called Mission: Pollination. “We want to be able to tell the story...
Grantee Spotlight: House of Ruth can streamline key services with recent grant funds
Vision and fortitude go hand in hand at House of Ruth, Inc. The non-profit organization, which has locations in Pomona, Ontario, and Claremont, believes there can be a world free of domestic violence by empowering people to thrive in healthy relationships. But funding...
Grantee Spotlight: Grant supports Inland Caregiver Resource Center with mission helping aging adults
In January 2022, the SCAN Foundation distributed vital resources to the Inland Coalition on Aging (ICA) to create a local Master Plan for Aging for the Inland Empire. That plan greatly benefited Inland Caregiver Resource Center (ICRC), a non-profit organization that...
A Teacher’s Legacy, a Student’s Future: Meet the First Chuck Brinker Scholar
Charles "Chuck" Brinker spent more than two decades teaching mathematics at Ramona High School in Riverside. He stayed late to tutor students who needed extra help and had high expectations and held his students to them. Long after his retirement, his daughters still...
Charitable giving, due diligence, and how IECF can help
Many people want to be thoughtful in their charitable giving, but that doesn’t always make the process easy. In fact, one of the most common challenges donors face is simply feeling confident in their decisions. With so many worthy organizations, urgent needs, and...
Tax season debrief: Three common regrets
If you’re like many donors, the weeks leading up to tax deadlines tend to bring charitable giving into sharper focus. You may have finalized contributions, gathered documentation, or had conversations with your CPA about how your philanthropy fits into your overall...
Deepening your impact in times of need
Many people are not fully aware of the extent to which charitable organizations shape everyday life in our communities. From social services to education, healthcare, and the arts, nonprofits touch nearly every aspect of quality of life. Americans give hundreds of...
Transferring a private foundation? Remind clients to communicate
As you work with clients who have established a private foundation, it is not uncommon for the conversation to eventually turn to whether this structure still makes sense. What began as a seemingly logical vehicle for organizing a family’s philanthropy can, over time,...
Case study: Charitable giving in a down market
As you guide clients through ongoing market uncertainty, you may be noticing that conversations are becoming as much about perspective as performance metrics. While headlines may or may not ultimately signal a prolonged downturn, the mere possibility of a bear market...