2022 Impact Update: Postcard #1 27th July 2022 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
Grantee Update: Carthage Volunteer Fire Department 8th July 2022 2021 Cycle II Community Funds Grant Recipient: $3,727.95 Submitted by: Virgil Bremer At the end of 2020 the Carthage Volunteer Fire Department decided that it was going to increase our … Read more
Grantee Update: The Open Resource 6th July 2022 2021 Cycle I Community Funds Grant Recipient: $16,190 Submitted by: Ron Shields, Digital Navigator Success in implementing Rush County Broadband Task Force’s Digital Inclusion Plan has taken several different forms. … Read more
Grantee Update: Rushville Public Library’s “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” 14th June 2022 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
CIRCLe Fund Reaches $100,000 Milestone with Most Recent Grant 14th June 2022 “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
Grantee Update: Milroy Economic Development Corporation 6th June 2022 Can you believe the transformation of what was once an unattractive, rundown wall into an eye-catching and heart-stopping work of awesome beauty?! It’s taken a team effort of dreamers, volunteers, … Read more
Grantee Update: Rushville Elementary School West 17th May 2022 2021 Alex Workman Memorial Fund and Rush County Education Fund Grant Recipient: $2,604.80 Article published in the 4/27/2022 edition of The Rushville Recorder. We have all been there. Our boss … Read more
Grantee Update: Girls Inc. of Shelby County 11th May 2022 2021 Cycle II Community Funds Grant Recipient: $7,500 “I’ve always wanted a monthly subscription box and I love getting mail,” exclaimed 7-year-old, Jade Barnard! “Jade gets an activity-based box … Read more
Grantee Update: Milroy Elementary 7th February 2022 2021 Alex Workman Memorial Fund and Rush County Education Fund Grants Recipient: $1,675 Submitted by: Lisa Wilson, Principal Spending time in sensory rooms helps children improve visual, auditory and tactile … Read more
First5 Update: Growing Minds and Impact with a $100,000 Grant 12th January 2022 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