Our series of Conversations with Board Members continues in celebration of IECF’s 80th Anniversary and new Signature Funds, each of which will raise $80,000 in their inaugural year. Each of our valued board members brings experience and insight into a wide variety of...
In honor of Earth Day 2022, Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF) and Amazon have teamed up to award $100,000 to enterprising local groups with programs supporting environmental education in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. IECF’s Environmental Micro-Grant...
The COVID-19 pandemic was especially challenging for the Riverside Philharmonic. Restrictions made it impossible to bring together a large group of musicians, let alone bring in an audience, but the organization quickly adjusted. In 2020, during the most restrictive...
This article originally appeared in the Desert Sun, April 2022. A no-cost clinic in the Coachella Valley sounds like a wonderful dream. But some dreams are worth nursing. Enter: Coachella Valley Volunteers in Medicine (CVVIM). Nearly 12 years ago, the first uninsured,...
An initiative of Black Voice Foundation and Black Voice News, Mapping Black California was founded in 2015. Paulette Brown-Hinds, publisher of Black Voice News and founder of Voice Media Ventures, launched the initiative in answer to President Obama’s call to...
There isn’t a population, cultural group or gender that’s immune from homelessness or impoverishment. Linda Barrack, the president and CEO of Martha’s Kitchen and Village, sees this fact clearly and remains steadfast on a mission to make the Indio-based...
