A significant portion of a seven-figure gift from Jay and Christie (Kile) Love to the Rush County Community Foundation will endow Rush County’s participation in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (DPIL),  … Read more

There’s an African proverb that says, “It takes a village to raise a child.” That applies to a community diaper pantry, too. When First5’s From the Bottom Up Diaper Pantry needed  … Read more

Two observations come to mind when stepping into Jill Carmony’s Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) class at Rushville Consolidated High School (RCHS). As expected, it smells amazing (from the pretzels  … Read more

Download a pdf of the postcard. Through the power of endowment, your gifts to RCCF grow over time while making grants to accomplish good work now, and for years to  … Read more

It’s a bright spring day in late May, and Jeri McCorkle, Director of First5 Rush County’s Early Learning Coalition, is about to do one of her favorite parts of her  … Read more

“Have you ever wondered what you could do with $100,000?” mused Betsy Williams, one of RCCF’s CIRCLe Fund founding donors, at their annual grant gala. The list included some mind-blowing  … Read more

RCCF’s board of directors sees the continued value in supporting First5 Rush County’s Early Learning Coalition and has approved funding for the initiative’s fourth year. Early Learning Indiana (ELI) has  … Read more

The first five years are the most formative and significant in every child’s life. Did you know that 90% of the brain develops during this time?   The CIRCLe Fund,  … Read more

Did you know that 90% of brain development happens in the first five years of life? This is the most important time for children in determining future success. It’s one  … Read more

As we head into this season of gratitude, we are thankful for the generosity of RCCF donors! Your gifts have allowed us to award more than $45,000 in Community Grants  … Read more