The Borrego Springs Community Resource Center (CRC) is approaching its one-year anniversary and is busier thanever. One year ago, in April 2023, the Borrego Valley Endowment Fund (BVEF) announced the newly incorporated CRC, a 501(c)(3) non-profit California corporation, received its IRS Letter of Determination confirming its tax-exempt status. The CRC took shape in the early days of the pandemic as a collaboration among several Borrego Springs residents. Anne and Jim Wermers, […]

BVEF Supports Borrego Medical Clinic Borrego Springs, March 30, 2024 – The Borrego Valley Endowment Fund (BVEF) announced today a $58,000 grant to DAP Health, the new owner of the Borrego Medical Clinic. The grant is restricted to serve the Borrego community and will be used for conducting a community health survey of Borrego Springs […]

Borrego Valley Endowment Fund Celebrates largest charitable donation in Borrego History Borrego Springs, Feb. 2, 2024 – Anne and Jim Wermers were center stage and under the spotlights at a champagne reception hosted by the Borrego Valley Endowment Fund (BVEF) for the largest single charitable donation in Borrego Springs’ history.  More than 100 members of the […]

Donation of commercial shopping center to Borrego Valley Endowment Fund is transformative gift for Borrego Springs November 15, 2023 – Borrego Springs, CA – In one of the largest philanthropic donations in Borrego Springs’ history, Anne and Jim Wermers, long time Borrego Springs residents and philanthropists, have donated “The Center” to the non-profit Borrego Valley Endowment […]

From Nidia Meza, Managing Director for Basic Assistance for Students in the Community (BASIC). ……I would like to thank the Borrego Valley Endowment Fund for your donation of $28,500 for our Summer Learning Academy this year. Your organization will again play a major role in the lives of children who benefit from this BASIC program. […]

Since beginning operations adjacent to the Borrego Medical Clinic in July 2020, Mercy Air’s helicopter air ambulance has operated on a temporary authorization from the permitting agency, the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans), Division of Aeronautics. To give permanent authorization for this service, CalTrans requires documentation of approval of the service by the County Board […]

Borrego Springs, June 1, 2023 – The Borrego Valley Endowment Fund (BVEF) announced today it is donating $20,000 to the Children’s Center, which is operated under the non-profit umbrella of the Borrego Springs Youth and Seniors Center. The funds for this gift come from the operations of the Frugal Coyote Thrift Store, which was donated […]

Borrego Valley Endowment Fund – Announces Spring 2023 Grant Awards Borrego Springs, April 26, 2023–The Borrego Valley Endowment Fund (BVDF) announced today the recipients of its 2023 Community Foundation Grant Awards. The BVEF is proud to support the enduring, community-wide benefits created by each of these initiatives and to support the missions of the recipient […]

            Long-time community benefactors, Anne and Jim Wermers, donated the Frugal Coyote Thrift Shop to the Borrego Valley Endowment Fund (BVEF) on January 1, 2023. Upon completion of an in-depth review, both the Wermers and the BVEF concluded this was the optimal way to ensure the Frugal Coyote would continue its charitable mission in Borrego Springs.  The […]