It had been 24 years since Carthage last updated their gateway signs. Aren’t they beautiful?!   “Carthage Lions Club appreciates Rush County Community Foundation/Ercell Bever Jr. Memorial Fund Grant in  … Read more

2020 CIRCLe Fund Grant Recipient: $16,500 Submitted by: Jon York, CEO The Boys & Girls Club of Rush County has a thriving Technology Center thanks to the CIRCLe Fund. The  … 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

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

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

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

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

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

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