Spotlight on Animal Samaritans: Over Four Decades of Innovative Animal Welfare, Rescue and Adoptions
Revered anthropologist Jane Goodall once noted: “You cannot share your life with a dog or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.” Animal Samaritans understand this fact all too well and, for more than four decades,...
Spotlight on People’s Collective for Environmental Justice: Advocating for a Healthy Community
This newly founded San Bernardino nonprofit aims to protect public health across the Inland Empire. For the last two years, People’s Collective for Environmental Justice (PC4EJ) has been creating programs that address pollution and systemic racism, and encourage the...
Spotlight on Mojave Desert Land Trust: Inspiring Generations to Protect the California Desert
Holding true to a vision to restore and protect biologically and culturally sensitive lands that span 24.5 million acres in the California Desert is a noble mission. Inspiring others to become just as excited about the cause and actually learn more about the desert is...
Spotlight on Mountain Counseling and Training, Inc.: Mental Health Services for the Mountain Community
This Crestline organization ensures that youth and their families have the mental health support they need to thrive. Founded in 2012, Mountain Counseling & Training, Inc. (MCT) provides early mental health intervention, prevention and education to youth and their...
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....
