Our 2019 Gratitude Report is Out 5th August 2020 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
We’re Hoping the Time is Right. 22nd July 2020 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
Behind the Scenes 16th July 2020 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
Rapid Relief Fund Update 13th July 2020 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.
There’s No Community Without Unity 8th June 2020 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
Congratulations to Our 2020 Scholarship Recipients! 5th June 2020 We awarded more than $192,000 in scholarships to 62 students pursuing higher education this upcoming school year. “Thank you to all the donors who have made these scholarships possible,” said … Read more
RCCF Supports Rush County Students with Grant 1st June 2020 Our lives changed in an instant once the pandemic reached Indiana. Daily routines changed for everyone, including students. Rush County Schools (RCS) scrambled successfully to create lessons and processes for … Read more
Lilly Endowment Inc.’s $5M GIFT VII Large-scale Funding Proposal 21st May 2020 On Friday 3/13, we submitted a large-scale funding proposal to Lilly Endowment Inc.’s $5M GIFT VII Community Leadership Grant. It took months of work and help from an army of … Read more
A Rapid Relief Fund Gift that Will Outlive the Crisis 19th May 2020 It has been so heartening to see the different ways our community has taken care of each other during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Boys and Girls Club of Rush County … Read more
Rapid Relief Grant Awarded to Aid Rush County Economic Recovery Taskforce 30th April 2020 Your gifts are working hard again to help our community win the fight against this pandemic. The third Rush to Help: COVID-19 Rapid Relief Fund grant from the Rush County … Read more