One Application, Many Opportunities: IECF scholarships are open!
IECF has opened its Common Application portal, providing access to over 30 scholarships available to students for the 2024-2025 academic year. The portal streamlines the overall application process and also maximizes an individual’s chances to successfully land a...
Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 report reveals huge impact of the arts on IE economy
The newly released Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) report, organized by Americans for the Arts, is an economic and social impact study of the nation’s nonprofit arts and culture industry, with a 30-year legacy as the largest and most inclusive study of its...
Spotlight on grantee Christy Roberts Berkowitz: creating art with no barriers
Art with meaning encompasses much of Christy Roberts Berkowitz’s work. The crux of the Upland artist’s creative vision culls from a Jewish principle called tikkun olam, which aims to repair the world or to leave it more improved or healed than you found it. “My mom...
Spotlight on Building Resilient Communities: improving disaster preparedness
The late great Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” Debra Williams may have taken that to heart. Today, the founding CEO of Building Resilient Communities has, along with a dynamic team,...
