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Across the Quad Cities region, nonprofits are navigating rising community need, tighter funding, rapid technological change, and an evolving policy landscape. The Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Hunt and Diane Harris Center for Nonprofit Excellence is bringing nonprofits together to learn, build networks, and increase capacity at a time when the sector needs it most.
Read MoreDue to popular demand, the Quad Cities Community Foundation will once again offer two flagship educational programs in 2026 through the Hunt and Diane Harris Center for Nonprofit Excellence.
Read MoreDiane and the late Hunt Harris family have made a historic $10 million endowment gift to the Quad Cities Community Foundation, providing sustained funding for the newly named Hunt and Diane Harris Center for Nonprofit Excellence.
Read MoreThe Diane and late Hunt Harris family is making a transformative, historic $10 million endowment gift to permanently name the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Hunt and Diane Harris Center for Nonprofit Excellence.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence has announced the launch of its new Board Governance Series, a dynamic and flexible training opportunity designed to empower current, new, and aspiring nonprofit board members and leaders.
Read MoreYears ago, visionary community members and leading organizations imagined a program that would strengthen the nonprofit sector as a connector, capacity builder, and champion for regional nonprofits and philanthropy. Now, thanks to the foresight and generosity of these and a growing list of donors, the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence has become a reality.
Read MoreThe Community Foundation is launching new flagship programs housed in the Center for Nonprofit Excellence—two cohort-based programs that will focus on board governance and organizational effectiveness.
Read MoreMore than 450 nonprofit professionals have participated in the workshops, seminars, and networking groups organized by the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence. Here is what a few participants had to say about their experience.
Read MoreJuanita Passno, administrative assistant at the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, and Whitney Smith, executive assistant and program specialist, joined the Quad Cities Community Foundation staff in January. They sat down to discuss their journey to the Community Foundation, their experience so far, and their vision for the future.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation has announced the members of its Center for Nonprofit Excellence Advisory Committee.
Read MoreDaisy Moran joined the Quad Cities Community Foundation in September 2023 as the first director of the new Center for Nonprofit Excellence, which was established in the fall of 2023 to strengthen the nonprofit sector as a connector, capacity builder, and champion for regional nonprofits and philanthropy.
Read MoreDaisy Moran will be taking on a leadership role to support the nonprofit sector as she steps into the position of director of the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence.
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