About Us

Local Giving. Lasting Impact.

About

The Rush County Community Foundation is a tax-exempt public charity that allows people to establish permanent endowment funds within the scope of one large foundation.

We also offer an inexpensive, value-added way to establish a named family fund. The distributions from these separate funds – and the principal if the donor desires – are available to respond to emerging opportunities and needs in Rush County or elsewhere, according to the donor’s charitable wishes. Our personalized services have helped individuals, families, and businesses create more than 200 permanent endowments from gifts and bequests. These unique funds are as varied as the donors who created them. The funds range in value from $5,000 to millions of dollars and support a variety of community needs.

A thirteen member Board of Directors govern the Rush County Community Foundation. Directors determine policy, endowment development, and provide oversight of the Foundation.

Cultivating resources to enhance life in Rush County.

Our Values

Integrity – We will be honest, truthful and ethical in all dealings.
Stewardship – We will be diligent in the oversight of our assets and resources, ensuring that our donors’ funds are managed and deployed in a manner best-fitting our mission and values.
Future-Focused – Rather than addressing immediate, short-term solutions, we will contemplate issues and solutions that provide a better future for our community.
Leadership – We will be a leading organization in our community on issues and solutions that serve our mission.
Community – More than simply a word in our organization’s name, community reflects the people we work with, for, and in support of. We value the relationships that comprise our community of donors, grantees and stakeholders and are committed to being approachable to all.

Legacy Giving

2025 Recap: 52 Weeks of Gratitude

Here’s a wonderful way to capture the special moments of your year and add a gratitude practice. Each January begin with an empty jar. Each week add a note with

Our Thanks to Outgoing Board Member Dave Malson

As 2025 came to an end, so did the term of RCCF board member, Dave Malson. During his six years, he provided insights through both a legal lens and as

Lilly Loveall Named 2026 Rush County Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Recipient

The Rush County Community Foundation is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2026 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Rush County: Lilly Loveall of Knightstown Community High School. Lilly Endowment

Double Your Love for the LCC

The Love Community Center (LCC) has become the heart of Rush County. Even before the first dollars were secured in late 2020 to build it, we knew it would happen.

7th August 2024

Richard and Sue Moster Family Courtyard Announced for Love Community Center

The Love Community Center will feature an outdoor gathering space named the “Richard and Sue Moster Family Courtyard” thanks to a generous estate gift from the Moster family.

The Richard and Sue Moster Family Courtyard will serve as a welcoming outdoor space for relaxation and socialization located in the heart of the facility. Accessed off of the facility’s Main Street central throughway, it was designed with seating areas, green landscaping, and a tranquil atmosphere. The courtyard will allow public access for outdoor enjoyment within the building.

“Our family has always believed in supporting and giving back to Rush County,” said Dan Moster, one of four children of Richard and Sue. “Creating a beautiful outdoor space at the Love Community Center felt like the perfect way to support the community while honoring our parents’ legacy and their love of the outdoors. My sisters Amy, Ann, Ellen and I hope everyone that visits and utilizes the Love Community Center and its resources will enjoy the courtyard.”

Active and supportive in the community throughout their lifetimes, the Moster gift was made to the Rush County Community Foundation (RCCF) while a community center was still a dream.

“We appreciate Mr. and Mrs. Moster’s foresight in the need for a multi-faceted community center in Rush County well before formal designs and timelines were in place,” says RCCF executive director Chris May. “Their gift will assist the operations and sustainability of the new facility and is an example of the long-lasting impact a planned gift through an estate can make on our community.”

Dick, as he was known, was a lifelong resident of Rush County and well-known as a 3rd generation funeral director, a role he held until his death in 2017. A Rush County Community Foundation board member in the early years of the organization, he was an active community member and supporter, including involvement with the United Fund, Chamber of Commerce, Salvation Army, American Legion, Lions Club, Eagles Lodge, Elks Lodge and Phoenix Lodge and was an 82-year member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. The 1997 Rush County Citizen of the Year, he was also designated a Sagamore of the Wabash by Indiana Governor Frank O’Bannon.

Sue was a speech and hearing therapist with Rush County Schools for 15 years. A member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, Tri Kappa sorority, P.E.O. and the Rush County and Indiana State Retired Teachers Associations, she and Dick established the Rush County Community Fund at RCCF in 2004. It has become the organization’s largest fund by assets and has granted more than $1.46 million to local non-profits through RCCF’s Community Grant cycles over the past 21 years.

The Love Community Center, presented by Jay and Christie (Kile) Love will celebrate a public Grand Opening at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 22.

For more information on how you can support the project,
contact RCCF executive director Chris May at cmay@rushcountyfoundation.org or (765) 938-1177.

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Funds: Cemeteries

Your Impact

RCCF is proud to be a part of more than $25 million in Rush County assets and improvements.

Your support is vast, reaching nearly every person, every organization, and every small community in Rush County. How do we make an impact together? Here’s a snapshot:

Scholarship Funds: $3.9 million+
Community Grants: $1.6 million+
Field of Interest Funds: $425,000+
Donor Advised Funds: $97,000+
Community Partnerships: $775,000
Designated Funds: $4.4 million+
Lilly GIFT Funds: $12 million
Lilly Endowment Community Scholarships: $3 million+

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