Grantee Spotlight: Tools for Tomorrow uses unique tools to help students with recent grant
An upcoming gala, a significant grant, and other community-building events are fueling the ongoing efforts of Tools for Tomorrow (TFT), an intrepid La Quinta-based nonprofit that provides free after-school arts/literacy programs that integrate creative writing, art,...
Grantee Spotlight: Grant allows DAP Health to better serve trans and gender diverse patients
A recent grant from Inland Empire Community Foundation through the FitzDell Gifting Fund will directly impact DAP Health’s Partners For Life (PFL)/Impact and greatly support DAP Health’s gender and sexuality-affirming care. “We have chosen three unique sites of our...
Grantee Spotlight: Grant helps Dezart Performs stage vibrant musical in new season
Dezart Performs’ upcoming season is ready to dazzle, but thanks to a recent grant from IECF through the FitzDell Gifting Fund, its final show in April 2025 will be historic. “We’re excited that the grant will help us fund our production of Falsettos because it will be...
Grantee Spotlight: Grant aids with deeper research at Bighorn Institute
A recent grant from Inland Empire Community Foundation through The James and Rebecca Malachowski Charitable Fund is giving Bighorn Institute a new opportunity to roll smoothly into the future. Quite literally, in fact. “We're totally privately funded, so every grant...
Grantee Spotlight: Key grant gives Desert Arc new ways to assist the developmentally disabled community
Maintaining a united front for the care of the developmentally disabled community is key for Desert Arc, a nonprofit organization inching closer to seven decades of progress. “Desert Arc is largely the only provider of services to the developmentally disabled...
Grantee Spotlight: Caravanserai—Alliance for Entrepreneurs expands impact with recent grant
A recent grant from Inland Empire Community Foundation through the Riverside County ARPA Fund is allowing one nonprofit to strengthen its mission to provide entrepreneurs facing discrimination and other barriers smoother access to mentorship, valued resources, and a...
Grantee Spotlight: College of the Desert Foundation among the beneficiaries of generous Jane Lykken Hoff Endowment Fund
A unique nursing program and a veterans’ resource center at College of the Desert will benefit greatly thanks to a generous gift from the estate of Jane Lykken Hoff. Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF), which recently received $4.5 million from Hoff’s estate,...
Grantee Spotlight: Grant helps Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation elevate local journalism efforts
Sometimes, news organizations are on the receiving end of “breaking news.” That’s the case for Desert Sun and its philanthropy section. The valued portion of Gannett’s Coachella Valley outpost is on the receiving end of a Desert Community News Fund grant via Inland...
Grantee Spotlight: Junior League of Riverside makes an impact with proactive diaper bank
This season, it’s one baby bottom at a time. Thanks to a recent grant from the Inland Empire Community Foundation, The Diaper Bank of the Inland Empire, launched by The Junior League of Riverside, is being given a major boost of support. “I'm responsible for making...
Grantee Spotlight: Grant expands the work of Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center
Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center ended 2024 on a high note with one of its highest adoption numbers ever. The milestone sets the tone for 2025, which finds the center broadening its reach through its various services and events. “We’re happy that 2024 gave us...
