Grantee Spotlights
Grantee Spotlight: Grant helps Rivers and Lands Conservancy expand public resources
To be sure, the January 2025 Southern California wildfires have put the entire state on alert. For Rivers & Lands Conservancy, a revered nonprofit that conserves and stewards a variety of open...
Grantee Spotlight: Local journalist, Melissa Daniels, awarded IE Journalism Innovation Hub+Fund grant
Coachella Valley journalist Melissa M. Daniels is writing her way to a vibrant future. The freelancer for Coachella Valley Independent is benefitting from a recent grant from Inland Empire Community...
Grantee Spotlight: With new grant, Oswit Land Trust expands its focus and reach
A recent grant from Inland Empire Community Foundation through the FitzDell Gifting Fund is providing new opportunities for volunteers and potential volunteers at Oswit Land Trust. David Paisley,...
Grantee Spotlight: Grant helps Danza Azteca Citlaltonac expand its services
Danza Azteca Citlaltonac Indigenous Group and Nonprofit Organization is broadening its creative horizons. The Indigenous Coachella ceremonial group has long been a mission to provide safe, sacred,...
Grantee Spotlight: Rising Stars Business Academy reaches new milestones
A recent grant from Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF) through the Riverside County ARPA Fund has allowed Rising Stars Business Academy (RSBA) to pilot a unique culinary career pathways...
Grantee Spotlight: New grant helps Redlands ANCA increase outreach
Redlands Accelerate Neighborhood Climate Action Redlands (Redlands ANCA) wants to help build climate-resilient communities—one neighborhood at a time. Thanks to a recent grant from Inland Empire...
Grantee Spotlight: El Informador Del Valle receives a boost from recent grant
From the communities of Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage to Thousand Palms and Thermal, El Informador Del Valle has long been making an impact. But a recent grant from Inland Empire Community...
Grantee Spotlight: Riverside Arts Academy plans to increase its number of instructors with recent grant
A grant from Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF) through the Riverside County Nonprofit Assistance Fund will allow Riverside Arts Academy (RAA) to expand its faculty. Executive and artistic...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Grantee Spotlight: Grant helps Habitat for Humanity Coachella Valley build a brighter future
For decades, Habitat for Humanity Coachella Valley (HFHCV) has remained steadfast on its mission to unite people to build homes and communities. One key thing that is never left out is hope, which...
Grantee Spotlight: Grant aids Operation SafeHouse as it reaches a milestone year
One of the area’s agents of change is about to hit a milestone. In 2025, Operation SafeHouse, a Riverside nonprofit providing emergency shelter for runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth, will turn...
Grantee Spotlight: Grant funding allows Loving All Animals to raise awareness on animal care
French poet Anatole France once quipped: “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.” That said, Loving All Animals wants to wake everybody up. The Coachella Valley...
Grantee Spotlight: Grant funding to further aid RCHF’s Pink Ribbon Place
Grace and good intentions have been a winning combination for Riverside Community Health Foundation (RCHF) in its mission to help people impacted by cancer. A recent grant from Inland Empire...
Grantee Spotlight: PBS SoCal programming benefits from Jane Lykken Hoff Endowment Fund
PBS SoCal is among four Inland Empire nonprofit organizations that will benefit from a transformative $4.5 million gift to Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF). Upon her passing in 2023,...
Grantee Spotlight: Grant gives Redlands Community Hospital a ‘massive’ new opportunity
A new radiation/oncology center at Redlands Community Hospital is on the receiving end of support from Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF). A recent IECF grant through the James K. Wilden Fund...
Grantee Spotlight: Palm Springs Public Library Foundation turns the page and heads into the future
A grant from the Jane Lykken Hoff Endowment Fund through Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF) is giving the Palm Springs Public Library Foundation (PSPLF) the fuel to sail with ease into the...
Grantee Spotlight: Museum of Riverside looks toward the future with new grant
Museum of Riverside is on the precipice of a stellar new era. A recent grant from the Inland Empire Community Foundation further fuels those efforts as the museum prepares for its grand reopening in...
Grantee Spotlight: Grant makes significant difference for Variety Children’s Charity of the Desert
A recent Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF) grant through the Fred Stebler and Eva V. Stebler Foundation Fund is allowing Variety Children’s Charity of the Desert to enhance several vital...
Grantee Spotlight: Generous grant fuels nonstop efforts of Inland Southern California United Way
Inland Southern California United Way has gained more incentive to further its reach thanks to recent grant from the James K. Wilden Fund via IECF. “This is one of those rare gifts that we can...
Grantee Spotlight: We Are One United expands its mission with grant from CIELO fund
An ambitious, community-focused Palm Springs non-profit organization is ready to move into 2025 with newfound vigor. We Are One United, a nonprofit that promotes equity, well-being, and...
