


Idyllwild Community Fund
Meet the Idyllwild Community Fund Grantees
American Red Cross, Riverside County
Animal Rescue Friends of Idyllwild, Inc. (ARF)
Art Alliance of Idyllwild
AstroCamp
Boojum Institute for Experiential Education
Chapel In The Pines Christian Fellowship Church Corporation Colombiere Retreat Center
Colombiere Retreat Center, Inc. dba Spirit Mountain Retreat Forest Folk, Inc.
Friends of Idyllwild Branch Library
Friends of the Idyllwild Library
Friends of the San Jacinto Mountains County Parks
Hemet Unified School District/Idyllwild School
Human Relations Council Of The Greater Hemet San Jacinto Menifee Idyllwild Actors Theatre
Idyllwild Animal Rescue Friends Inc
Idyllwild Area Historical Society
Idyllwild Arts Foundation
Idyllwild Community Center
Idyllwild Community Recreation Council
Idyllwild Firefighters Association
Idyllwild Fire Protection District
Idyllwild Forest Health Project
Idyllwild Garden Club
Idyllwild Help Center
Idyllwild Master Chorale Inc.
Idyllwild Scholarship Fund
Idyllwild School Booster Club
Idyllwild School PTA smARTS Program
Isis Theatre Company
Living Free
Mile High Radio Club
Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council
Mountain Disaster Preparedness Group
PTA California Congress Of Parents Teachers & Students, Inc. Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit
San Jacinto Mountain Community Center, Inc.
Senior Volunteer Program/CHP San Gorgonio Pass
Soroptimist International of Idyllwild
Soroptimist International Of The Americas, Inc.
Southern California Mountains Foundation
Spirit Mountain Retreat
The Natural Learning Research Institute
The Idyllwild Community Fund (ICF) originated in 1995 when a couple came to a local attorney and wanted to make an anonymous donation of $10,000 to benefit the community of Idyllwild. Their particular interests were in the Friends of the Idyllwild Library and the Idyllwild Fire Department. Their hope was that the donation could be kept intact with the interest it earned to be used in Idyllwild, as needed.
At this time interest rates were at 5%. Realizing that this amount would not earn much money, it was suggested that representatives of a broad cross-section of the Idyllwild community might be asked to help generate ideas. On a cold, blustery day, a group representing 12 Idyllwild organizations met in a bank meeting room. A suggestion was made that perhaps affiliating with The Community Foundation of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties might be helpful. A representative of The Community Foundation later met with the group at the Community Center on Franklin Drive, offering ideas and support. The ICF became associated with The Community Foundation in April of 1996. The first grant was distributed in 1999.
With the passing of an active committee member and generous benefactor in 1999, endowments of $100,000, $10,000, and $20,000 were established in her family members’ names, bringing the total of endowments to a truly beneficial level.
Inland Empire Community Foundation has continued to guide and assist the ICF in the management of the endowments and the granting process. Additionally, awareness of other funding sources has been brought to the community through the involvement of the Foundation.
Since 1999, ICF has granted more than $400,000 to Idyllwild’s nonprofit organizations in the form of small but impactful grants.
2025 ICF Advisory Committee
Annie Weaver
President
Heather Companiott
Community Relations Chair
Chris Perrault
Vice President
Paige Parasaliti McCampbell
Social Media Chair
Molly Coyner Cozens
Secretary
Members-at-Large:
Summer Brown
Alex Cameron
Paige Parasiliti McCampbell
Rachel Teeguarden
Barbara Mathahs
Treasurer