Twelve Quad Cities nonprofits receive more than $118,000 in capacity building grants

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The Quad Cities Community Foundation has awarded an additional $118,000 to 12 Quad Cities nonprofits to strengthen their ability to do their work. The Community Foundation’s Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants provide funding to local organizations for staff training, board development, strategic planning, technology and more to help them carry out their missions.

The new grant awards are on top of nearly $100,000 in Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants that were awarded in the spring of 2019.

The grants are part of the Community Foundation’s commitment to strengthening the nonprofit sector in the Quad Cities for long-term stability.

“Thanks to donors to the Quad Cities Community Impact Fund at the Community Foundation, we are able to invest in the critical abilities every organization needs to fulfill its mission—good governance and planning, strong technology, well-trained staff, and more,” Thompson said. “This recent cohort of grantees represents a cross-section of community issues supporting people, and even animals, on both sides of the river. Investing in the strength of nonprofit organizations strengthens our whole region.” 

The following organizations have been awarded fall 2019 Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants:

  • Arrowhead Youth and Family Services—technology upgrades: $5,500

  • Children’s Therapy Center of the Quad Cities—equipment upgrades: $10,000

  • Clock, Inc.—staff training: $4,500

  • Family Resources, Inc.—technology upgrades: $15,000

  • Fresh Films—equipment upgrades: $15,000

  • Handicapped Development Center—staff training: $10,144

  • Humane Society of Scott County—equipment upgrades: $7,371

  • Junior Achievement of the Heartland—staff training: $15,000

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Center, Inc.—consulting support: $10,080

  • Moline Community Development Corporation—strategic planning: $12,883

  • The Center for Youth and Family Solutions—staff training: $3,504

  • WVIK Quad Cities NPR—strategic planning: $9,500

Grants are made from the Quad Cities Community Impact Fund, a permanent fund started by donors in the community so that the Community Foundation can respond to high-priority needs and opportunities in the Quad Cities as they arise.

The Community Foundation will once again offer Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants in 2020. Letter of interest forms are being accepted through the online grant system from February 1, 2020 through March 15, 2020 for the spring round and through September 1 for the fall round. To learn more, visit https://www.qccommunityfoundation.org/nonprofitcapacitybuilding.

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