Spotlight on California Creative Corps Fund Grantee, Sarah Louise Wilson: seeing the creative process in vivid color
As an artist working diligently and passionately in the community, Wilson recently received a grant from the Inland Empire Community Foundation and the California Creative Corps Fund, which provides grants to local, regional, and statewide organizations in 58 counties to fund unemployed and underemployed artists.
Spotlight on California Creative Corps Fund Grantee, Makeda Kumasi: watching talent fuel the creative mind
The Umoja Ensemble of the Inland Empire, for instance, is one significant group that Kumasi funnels her talents into. The group’s mission is to assist in restoring and regenerating the physical, psychological, and spiritual health of the populations served. This is primarily done through the preservation, practice, and presentation of African Arts. Think of it as a kind of Pan-African “art edutainment.”
Spotlight on the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation: free services for patients and their families
Based in Ontario for the last seven years to better serve the Inland Empire, SCDF is a full-service agency providing free services for people with sickle cell disease and their families. Clients are provided direct services, education, counseling, behavioral health therapy, youth programs, and assistance transitioning from pediatric to adult care. The organization also tries to address transportation, housing and food insecurity.
Spotlight on Assistance League Coachella Valley: broadening its reach and eliminating barriers
Assistance League Coachella Valley continues to expand the ways in which it provides essential needs to Coachella Valley Individuals in need, and their families. The all-volunteer nonprofit organization has been steadfast in eliminating barriers for at-risk or disadvantaged individuals, and is raising awareness around several standout program as it heads toward its 100-year anniversary in 2026.
Spotlight on Coachella Valley Volunteers in Medicine: making strides by offering no-cost healthcare
Coachella Valley Volunteers in Medicine (CVVIM) understands affordable healthcare is one of the most significant issues for many people in the United States. To that end, it continues to offer local solutions to a national dilemma by providing a variety of medical services and care at no cost to adults in the Coachella Valley who are uninsured or under-insured.
Spotlight on Variety, the Children’s Charity of the Desert: helping children experience the great joys of childhood
For more than 35 years, Variety—the Children’s Charity of the Desert has dedicated itself to enhancing the health, mobility, inclusion, and independence of disadvantaged and special needs children across Coachella Valley. Great strides have been made, but in many ways, the organization is just getting started.
Spotlight on Brothers of the Desert: recent grant fuels future impact
“We need each other as African American gay brothers more than ever through support, love, communication, intimacy and spirituality,” reads the sobering proclamation on the website of Brothers of the Desert. It is but one of many bold truths that Tim Vincent, the nonprofit’s board of directors’ president, stands by and will focus on as the organization heads into 2024.
Spotlight on Animal Samaritans: saving at-risk shelter animals
Something paw-fect this way comes. Several upcoming events and new funding from the Albert and Anna Herdina Memorial Fund for Animals will shine the spotlight even brighter on the stellar efforts of Animal Samaritans, which continues its valiant attempts to...
Scholarships for Generations of Future Leaders: The Power of Endowment
At IECF, one of our greatest privileges is witnessing the joy on a scholarship recipient’s face and sharing that moment of pride with their beaming family members. We’ve been distributing scholarships for over 80 years, ever since Charles Brouse established the first...
IE Black Equity Fund raises $6 Million to sustain Black-led organizations
Non-profit organizations and vital initiatives led by and serving Inland Empire’s Black community will benefit from a milestone achievement. The IE Black Equity Fund has raised more than $6 million since its inception in 2020. It’s a historic feat, considering the...