Lift Up Local: Nominate Your Favorite Org for a $5K Grant (Today’s the last day!)
Do you know a nonprofit that you would like to nominate for their good work? If so, tomorrow is the last day to participate in IECF’s Lift Up Local program. IECF is inviting the public to “Lift Up Local” by nominating their favorite nonprofit for a chance to receive a...
Ways You Can Give Now and in 2021
We are near the end of 2020 and getting ready for 2021 – hopefully a new and better year for all who call the Inland Empire home! What remains important is the continuing support of the nonprofit organizations serving our communities. COVID-19 has had devastating...
San Bernardino County Awards COVID-Relief Grants, Totaling $3 Million
In partnership with IECF, San Bernardino County recently awarded $3 million to 216 nonprofits through the San Bernardino County Nonprofit Assistance Fund. The funding is a welcome boost for nonprofits in San Bernardino County that have struggled to maintain their...
Guest Blog: Dan H. Hoxworth, Philanthropist & Nonprofit Executive
This Giving Tuesday, our family is honored to support TODEC with a gift in tribute to my parents, Dr. Gerald and Mrs. Frances Hoxworth. Our Dad passed away this July at age 93. Jerry was the son of a sharecropper and one of eight children growing up in rural southeast...
Strategies for Year End Giving, 2020!
This year is like no other, but it is still the time of year when you might be thinking about a year end gift, exploring your tax planning, and stretching to help a cause that is dear to your heart. IECF created a cheat sheet for different kinds of year end gifts to...
IE Black Equity Fund Sees Growing Community Support
Since the launch of the IE Black Equity Fund in July, the pooled fund has gathered community support from regional funders, corporate partners and individual donors that want to invest in programs that advance racial equity and anti-Black racism in the Inland Empire....
IECF Awards Over $134K to Nonprofits Serving the Region’s Most Vulnerable Residents
This September, IECF awarded over $134,000 in grants to 17 nonprofits for programs serving disabled persons, victims of abuse, people with mental illness and special-needs children. These grants were made possible by four Field of Interest funds at the Inland Empire...
Meet Julian Cuevas, IECF’s New Director of Policy and Governmental Affairs
Our team at IECF is growing! Last month, we welcomed Julian Cuevas who is the new Director of Policy and Governmental Affairs. Julian’s role will be leading and implementing the Foundation’s public policy efforts, beginning with a two-year strategy to elevate...
Rosalie Silverglate – A Donor with Heart and Passion for Giving
Mrs. Rosalie Silverglate is a woman with a big heart and passion for her community. She has been a long time donor with Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF) since 1993. Rosalie was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York but moved to Riverside with her family when...
New COVID Grants Available through the SB County Nonprofit Assistance Program
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors allocated $5 million in CARES Act funding to create the San Bernardino County Nonprofit Assistance Fund. The funding arrives as more nonprofits are experiencing a loss of revenue and increased expenses due to COVID. Under...
