Spotlight on Empower You Edutainment: After-school Opportunities to Experience the Arts
A retired performing arts teacher, Sharron Lewis wanted to continue to empower youth through the arts. She had seen students who had taken her dance classes or engaged in other arts for the first time flourish, and she imagined creating opportunities for youth outside...
In Memoriam: Chris Carpenter, Attorney and Philanthropist
We are saddened to learn of the passing of a friend of the Foundation, Chris Carpenter. Chris was a local attorney and a champion of causes close to his heart. For over 20 years he and his wife Molly gave their time and resources to support the Riverside Public...
Randall Lewis Invests $80K in IECF’s Here for Good Fund
Randall Lewis, renowned regional homebuilder, developer and longtime philanthropist, has made a generous gift of $80,000 to IECF’s Here for Good Fund in honor of the Foundation’s 80th Anniversary. The Here for Good Fund was established in 1992 to provide annual...
2nd Annual Policy & Engagement Forum – Speakers Announced
Join IECF for our 2nd Annual Policy & Engagement Forum on July 21, 2022! This virtual event will bring together the region’s influential leaders, innovators, and change-makers around IECF’s five policy priority areas: Education Equity, Inclusive Economic...
Yesterday’s Students Paving the Way for Tomorrow’s Leaders: The Dr. Horace Jackson Legacy Scholarship Fund
In every corner of the country, great leaders rise up during periods of unrest and leave a legacy. Their history, words and actions can inform our progress and next steps when similar circumstances arise. Have we seen this before? What did we learn? What went right?...
Youth Grantmakers Award $30,000 to Local Nonprofits
Since 2009, the Inland Empire Community Foundation’s Youth Grantmakers program has been inspiring youth to engage in local philanthropy. Participants in the San Bernardino, Riverside and Coachella Valley Youth Grantmakers meet once a month from September through June....
NPOs – We can’t wait to introduce you!
Nonprofits, we'd like to introduce you to new donors...is your organization on the list? The IE Giving Hub will be searchable by donors in July. Don't miss this opportunity to connect! The free online platform allows donors, professional advisors, funders, volunteers...
Reflections on Pride Month
In celebration of Pride Month, we’re sharing reflections from local leaders in the LGBTQ+ community. Gabriel Maldanado Founder and CEO TruEvolution “Pride began as a riot. A demand for rights, resources and human dignity. For TruEvolution, that is the starting place...
Spotlight on Desert Arc: Committed to the Success of their Clients
For Coachella Valley residents with developmental and intellectual disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, epilepsy, and other conditions, acquiring independent learning skills, social innovation, and new pathways to employment is life-altering....
Spotlight on the Palm Springs Plaza Theatre: Renewal through Philanthropy and Partnership
Thanks to the valiant efforts of locals and philanthropists, the iconic downtown Palm Springs Plaza Theatre appears to be heading toward a vibrant third act. "The current goal is to bring the theater back with respect to its look and feel of 1936, when it was...
