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...
IECF to Manage New Arrowhead Environmental Stewardship Fund for Santa Ana River Watershed
IECF is proud to announce the establishment of the Arrowhead Environmental Stewardship Fund, a new donor-advised fund created through a partnership with Primo Brands to support local nonprofits working on water and land conservation across our region. More than...
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...
Celebrating 21 Years of Impact: A Farewell to Celia Cudiamat
As we celebrate Celia's contributions to IECF and the Inland Empire, we invite you to leave a comment, a memory, a shared story below. There are people who do their work, and then there are people who shape the work—who leave something stronger, more just, and more...
Remembering Pat Brinker
As we celebrate Pat's remarkable life, we invite you to leave a comment, a memory, a shared story below. Pat Brinker was a devoted wife, mother, teacher, and volunteer who believed that education could change the course of a young person's life. She once shared with...
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,...