The stories below? You make them possible through your gifts to the Quad Cities Community Foundation. Take a look at the impact people like you are having on our Quad Cities region.
Applicants may apply for up to $10,000 to support their work in the areas of youth development, community development, and cultural activities. The grant also is available to nonprofits working to relieve the suffering of underprivileged people. The deadline to apply is October 1, 2020.
Read MoreThe COVID-19 federal stimulus bill includes several encouragements for charitable giving that can help all of us share generously with the charities we most care about during this critical time of need.
Read MoreThe first grants made from the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund to support the community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been awarded. Since opening the grant program last week, nearly 70 nonprofits have requested upwards of $2.5 million in support.
Read MoreBefore the mad rush toward 2020 is upon us (or has it started already?!?), now is the time to request an IRA charitable rollover or make a stock gift. We’re here to make it easy for you.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation continues its monthly learning series on Thursday, September 12 by bringing Community Foundation donors behind-the-scenes at WQPT.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation continues its monthly learning series in August by introducing donors to the work of The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation continues its new monthly learning series in June by introducing donors to the work of Two Rivers YMCA.
Read MoreKyle 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.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of a monthly series that will bring together donors, community members and Quad Citizens working at nonprofits that have received grant support—our hold Nonprofit Endowment Funds—at the Community Foundation.
Read MoreThe $75,000 earmarked from our Community Impact Fund to be matched through our 2019 Challenge Grant opportunity has been expended in record time. In fact, the dollars given today to Nonprofit Endowment Funds will far surpass the matching dollars.
Read MoreWe are celebrating our 55th Anniversary by helping nonprofit organizations in our primary service area build endowment. We know that endowment provides flexible, reliable funding to make nonprofits stronger, so our board has committed $75,000 from our Community Impact Fund to provide a 1:1 match to eligible nonprofit agency funds based on donor gifts to those funds.
Read MoreA new scholarship at the Quad Cities Community Foundation will celebrate the life of a man whose life was tragically lost too early and serve as an inspiration for area students who wish to continue their education after high school.
Read MoreWhen Jean Moran asks her son 11-year-old Finnegan what mom is good at, he says, “Kickball.”
“Finny,” as she calls him, is wise beyond his years. Because while the mother of two and the new chairperson of the board of directors at the Quad Cities Community Foundation may indeed be good at connecting her foot to a fast-approaching bouncing ball, she is also great at connecting people in the community together for the greater good.
Read MoreSoon, children with disabilities in the Quad Cities region will have an inclusive place to play thanks to the generosity of Quad Citizens who started a fund—and raised to the money—to build the “miracle” field.
Read MoreEvery year during the holiday season, Ascentra Credit Union employees are given $50 each—not as a gift, but a small seed of generosity to pass on to others. “We want them to find meaningful things in their community where they can make an impact,” said Dale Owen, CEO and President of Ascentra, which is headquartered in Bettendorf.
Read MoreEarlier this month in our e-newsletter, we were pleased to share a story of generosity. I hope you were able to look through the diverse, lengthy list of nonprofits that Quad Citizen and Quad Cities Community Foundation Donor Maggie Tinsman has contributed to.
Read MoreWhen Kathy Graves started working at the Quad Cities Community Foundation, it had a different name. She was the third hire for the organization. The internet was accessible on a single computer, by dial up. And assets were at about $7 million.
Read MoreAlmost four years after the onset of a crippling disease that left him unable to walk or raise his arms above his head, Davenport native Kale Hyder is finding personal and academic success as he pushes forward in recovery.
Read More“When you are a part of a community, you contribute to the community. It adds quality to your life,” said Quad Cities Community Foundation Donor Maggie Tinsman. “The community has given a lot to me and now is the time for me to give back to it.”
Read MoreOur very own Vice President of Grantmaking and Community Initiatives, Kelly Thompson, sat down with Mediacom Newsleaders host, Brian Boesen, and talked about what we’ve been up to here at the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
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