The Fulton Association for Community Enrichment, a geographic affiliate fund of the Quad Cities Community Foundation, was established nearly fifteen years ago to help Fulton residents leave a legacy while supporting their home community.
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Kyle Kopf recently presented Schmaling Memorial Public Library Director Britni Hartman with a $300 grant for the rejuvenation of the existing landscaping of the 109 year-old Carnegie library.
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Fulton Association for Community Enrichment (FACE) is ringing in the New Year by celebrating a matching grant made possible by the D.S. Flikkema Foundation. One-hundred percent of the dollars FACE raised by participating in this year’s Birdies for Charity event was matched by the foundation, allowing FACE to continue to make Fulton a more supportive, creative and prosperous community.
Read MoreWhat started as an idea for a way to help local groups fund larger-scale projects has turned into one of Cedar County Community Foundation's most popular grant programs.
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Extraordinary generosity oftentimes comes from the most ordinary people. Just ask Jack Cross.
Read MoreIt started slowly and with much caution, but the founders of the Fulton Association for Community Enrichment (FACE) say they could not be more pleased with the strength and reach of the organization this year as it celebrates its 10th anniversary.
Read MoreIt looks and sounds a bit like school, but Two Rivers YMCA staff are confident the students taking part in this year’s Summer Enrichment Camp will want to return every year. “They’ll go to the zoo, art museum, library and the Y for swimming,” said Jeff Cornelius…
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An early childhood learning center in West Branch, Iowa, will be a safer, more secure place for students and staff once the renovation work made possible through a Community Foundation of Cedar County grant is finished later this summer.
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Sometimes major improvements to an organization can be in the form of something as little as books and art supplies. That was the case for the Little Home Learning Center in Lowden, Iowa, after it received a grant from the Community Foundation of Cedar County.
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Spotlight on Community Foundation of Van Buren County
Project AWARE (A Watershed Awareness River Expedition) is not for the faint of heart. It is, however, for those who care about the environment, don’t mind getting dirty and like a little adventure.
Read MoreIf there's one thing that a grant usually does for the Child Welfare Emergency Services, it is simply help staff members do what they do best, said Judy Davidson, program director at the CWES agency shelter in Iowa. "We believe in loving these kids," she said. "We're very passionate about it."
Read MoreMorrison High School students will give the City of Morrison a helping hand when they execute a plan this spring to build and replace a worn-out bridge in a local city park. The Morrison Area Community Foundation, a Geographic Affiliate Fund of the Quad Cities Community Foundation, awarded the City of Morrison a grant to replace the foot bridge in Kelly Park.
Read MoreKaren Mowers' ties to Geneseo run deep. Her parents were once farmers in the area and Mowers was born, raised and now lives there with her husband Dick. “But agriculture isn’t the same as it used to be,” said Mowers, who is a 12-year-member of the Geneseo Is For Tomorrow (GIFT) Foundation, a Geographic Affiliate Fund of the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
Read MoreThe North Lee Community Foundation is located in southeast Iowa in Ft. Madison, almost 100 miles from the Quad Cities Community Foundation and oftentimes even farther from fellow affiliates. “We kind of feel alone sometimes,” said Dennis Osipowicz. “But we all have the same challenges and it’s good to get together and share ideas.”
Read MoreThere's something satisfying about walking around your own community and seeing what a little generosity has accomplished. For Aaron Horman, a former advisory board member and current Executive Secretary of the Cedar County Community Foundation, it is a reminder of why he continues his work with the foundation.
Read MoreThe learning curve was steep when the Fulton Association for Community Enrichment (FACE) was first established in Fulton, Illinois, in 2006. Originally an idea by the local Chamber of Commerce, the purpose and role of community foundations was relatively unknown in Fulton, said Connie Koehn, who was called to be on a committee that would study the feasibility of a foundation.
Read MoreIf there’s something the residents of Louisa County are learning from their local Community Foundation, it’s that even small donations matter. The Community Foundation of Louisa County was established in 2005 as a source for the county’s charitable giving and community needs. The foundation is a geographic affiliate fund of the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
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Residents of Mercer County are invited to come together to envision what they want for the future of their county, and to work with one another to make it happen.
Read MoreThe way Amanda Manning-Maras sees it, the hot, humid weather and hard work earlier this month did nothing to deter a successful kickoff to the construction of the new STEM Early Education Technology Center and Outdoor Classroom and Playscape at the Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua, Iowa.
Read MoreWhen River Bluff Community Foundation Affiliate Advisory Board Chair Carol Machael received the “most wonderful” email from the Quad Cities Community Foundation, she turned that message into a matching gift opportunity for an area nonprofit organization.
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