Being a generous community requires connection, collaboration, and preparation so that we can advocate and respond when a disaster happens. The Quad Cities is just this kind of community.
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Thanks to the generosity of over 250 donors and businesses who have made gifts to the fund thus far, the Quad Cities Community Foundation has made two grants totaling $80,000 to be immediately administered in partnership with the Quad Cities Open Network. Funds will provide swift and flexible financial support to all households who lived in 324 Main Street.
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As we bring the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund for COVID-19 relief to a close, it is our privilege to report the profound impact of the generosity shown by our community.
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The moment Kathy Weiman walked into a COVID-19 vaccination site and saw the line of older Quad Citizens waiting to receive a shot thanks to her organization’s efforts, she knew the stress of the last year was worth it.
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For many refugees in the Quad Cities, it was hard to feel informed as the pandemic unfolded. With the help of a grant from the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund, World Relief helped bridge that gap.
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More than $1.8 million was granted from the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation to support the region during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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When disaster strikes, communities must come together to work together to figure out how to respond immediately, and recover long-term.
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As the world faced an unprecedented crisis last year, giving did not slow—it accelerated—with donor advised funds, which you can start at the Community Foundation.
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It seems like only yesterday—and a lifetime ago at the same time—that I was sitting with my colleagues Kelly Thompson and Anne Calder in the Quad Cities Community Foundation office on March 12, 2020, an otherwise uneventful Thursday afternoon were it not for the emerging news about the novel coronavirus.
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“I wish you could have seen the expression on his face when I told him he was going to get to bring home his very own desk,” Ann Schwickerath, executive director at Project Renewal, recalled.
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Here’s the headline: Three-quarters of responding Quad Cities nonprofits are still operating at or above pre-pandemic capacity—providing the same or greater services as before.
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When Sam Reidy kicked off her second year as an intern at Exelon’s Quad Cities nuclear plant and was reminded that the annual philanthropy project led by the summer’s interns could not be done on-site because of COVID-19 restrictions, she knew she faced a unique hurdle. “We met with the senior leadership team and they challenged us to still figure out a way to do it,” she said.
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The Quad Cities Community Foundation was started nearly 60 years ago by the community, for the community. Donations to the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund are part of a legacy of generosity that has a ripple effect on the lives of people in the Quad Cities today, tomorrow, and in the year ahead.
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Lynn and Dennis Quinn started an endowment fund and seeded it with “a small amount” at the Quad Cities Community Foundation many, many years ago. Their intent was to begin a relationship with the Community Foundation, and then go from there.
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Quad Citizens across the region have stepped up over the past two months to support the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation. Thank you to these businesses who have made contributions to the fund.
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More than $1 million has now been swiftly granted back out into the region to support eastern Iowa and western Illinois’ response to the COVID-10 pandemic.
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The Mount Carroll Community Foundation has awarded $50,000 in grants to support Carroll County nonprofits in their response efforts to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Fulton Association for Community Enrichment (FACE) and Morrison Area Community Foundation (MACF) have awarded $105,000 in grants to support Whiteside County nonprofits in their response efforts to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lynn and Dennis Quinn of Bettendorf, and their family, will match every dollar donated up to $50,000 with two additional dollars from their $100,000 gift, to result in an additional $150,000 for relief and recovery.
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As both sides of our river town look to reopen and continue to address the long-term impacts of this pandemic, the “how” looks different than it did two months ago—even two weeks ago. The “why,” however, has not changed. In fact, it is what we are unified in. It is what we have in common.
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