Download a pdf of the postcard. We are thrilled to share with you that we’ve received a new $5M grant from Lilly Endowment through their GIFT VIII initiative! By the  … Read more

2024 Recipient $2,153.66: Community Grant Submitted by: Arlene Reynolds, Director The Carthage-Henry Henley and Knightstown Public Libraries collaborated to provide a summer filled with families reading together for fun and  … Read more

$272.74: Alex Workman Memorial Fund  Submitted by: Brittney Corum, Rush County Schools Special Education Teacher, RCHS Life Skills Teacher Rushville Consolidated High School Life Skills Class used their grant to  … Read more

There’s something special about Rush County life, isn’t there? It only took two years of working and living in Elkhart after college for new RCCF board member, Julie Leisure, to  … Read more

2024 Recipient $15,000: Community Grant Submitted by: Jonny Singleton, Asst. Fire Chief We needed to replace our current extrication tools that are obsolete. The tools we had were no longer  … Read more

RCCF donors are known for their generosity. Since August 2024, eleven new funds have been created to support the community in various ways.   At community foundations, donations are managed  … Read more

We are thrilled to announce that the GIFT VIII matching grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. has been met a full year before the December 2025 deadline, adding $1,237,500 to RCCF  … Read more

Just when we thought 2023 might be our biggest year yet, along came 2024.  A LOT happened in December.   GIFT VIII has the potential to change the trajectory of  … Read more

As 2024 came to an end, so did the terms of two long-time RCCF board members, Ben Wicker and Phil Kuhn. Both served six years and took on the role  … Read more

Rush County, you are amazing! Your generosity has paid off – big time. THANK YOU for wrapping up Lilly Endowment’s GIFT VIII match!   What does this mean? $787,500 will  … Read more