It’s that time of year – the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship (LECS) application is now open! This award is an amazing opportunity for a Rush County student, providing full tuition  … Read more

Our 2019 Gratitude Report is arriving in mailboxes now, and we’re treemendously excited for you to see it! It has a fresh new look and is helping save trees, too.  … Read more

The Fall Grant deadline is September 1st for the Community Grant program and for the following field-of-interest grants. Find applications and eligibility requirements.  If you are unable to download an  … Read more

Two RCCF education funds are open for applications. The deadline to apply is 9/1/2020. The Kenneth and Charlotte Brashaber Teacher Enhancement Award: $2200 available for an RCHS teacher to develope  … Read more

In the fall of 2018, Lilly Endowment Inc. announced the latest installment of their “Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow” initiative, GIFT VII. As you know, it included receiving a matching  … Read more

In the best interest of our donors, volunteers, visitors and staff, our office will remain closed. This has been a really hard decision; we miss you! But we feel it’s  … Read more

Your gifts to the Rush to Help: COVID-19 Rapid Relief fund have supported the varied needs of our community – thank you! Read full stories about each grant.

Whitewater Adult Education (WAE) helps adult learners improve their life and the lives of their family through the attainment of a High School Equivalency (HSE) diploma and/or job skills through  … Read more

We’ll start with the bad news. “It is with much regret that the Five in 50 executive committee has reached the decision to cancel our 2020 event,” announced committee chair,  … Read more

As an overwhelmingly white, rural community, it would be easy to simply brush off racial inequity as a “big city problem”. But it’s just not the case. Everyone should feel  … Read more