Estate and Planned Gifts

Have you included the Quad Cities Community Foundation in your will?

Establishing a planned gift through the Quad Cities Community Foundation is one of the easiest ways you can have a vital impact on nonprofits in our regional community and touch the lives of thousands of Quad Citizens forever. Here, our team stands ready to work with you—and your professional advisor—to establish an estate plan that remembers your community, your neighbors, and the things you are passionate about for a time when you are no longer here.

Already have a provision in your estate that includes the Quad Cities Community Foundation? We’d love to know. Please download and fill out this confidential, non-binding Statement of Intent document to outline your philanthropic intentions. It will empower us to prepare today to fulfill your wishes in the future.


Ways to Make a Planned Gift

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BEQUESTS

A bequest is one of the easiest gifts to make. With the help of an attorney, you can include language in your will or trust specifying a gift to be made to family, friends or Quad Cities Community Foundation as part of your estate plan, or you can make a bequest using a beneficiary designation form. Learn more

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RETIREMENT ASSETS

Donating part or all of your unused retirement assets, such as your IRA, 401(k), 403(b), pension or other tax-deferred plan, is an excellent way to make a gift to Quad Cities Community Foundation. If you are like most people, you probably will not use all of your retirement assets during your lifetime. You can make a gift of your unused retirement assets to help further our mission. Read more

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CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITIES

You may be tired of living at the mercy of the fluctuating stock and real estate markets. A charitable gift annuity is a gift made to our organization that can provide you with a secure source of fixed payments for life. Read more

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DESIGNATED GIFTS

A beneficiary designation gift is a simple and affordable way to make a gift to support Quad Cities Community Foundation. You can designate us as a beneficiary of a retirement, investment or bank account or your life insurance policy. Read more

Interested in more ways to give?

Check out our Gift Planning Resources for a complete list of ways to give, a free Estate Planning Guide, and gift calculators. Or, call Anne Calder, vice president of development, at (563) 326-2840 to sit down to learn more.

Suggested Bequest Language

I give to the Quad Cities Community Foundation, a nonprofit corporation located in Bettendorf, IA, [an amount equal to/percent of the total value of the assets in my estate/residue of my estate/all my right and title and interest in the following described property]. This gift is [for discretionary purposes to meet the highest needs of the community/to be added to the (name existing fund) Fund at the Community Foundation].

Want to learn more?

The easiest way to learn more is to give us a call or email us to talk about how you’d like to transform the region through your generosity:

Anne Calder / email
Call (563) 326-2840

DOWNLOAD OUR FREE planning GUIDEs

Are you ready to plan your will or trust? Would you like to learn more about different charitable gift options? We offer copies of our FREE “Planning Your Legacy: Will and Estate Planning Guide” and our “Guide to Gift Planning.” This helpful information will enable you to successfully plan your generosity and take care of your loved ones and the causes you care about.

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