The rankings are in. Every year the top U.S. community foundations are ranked nationally. This year, the Community Foundation improved their positioning by one level, moving from the 113th largest community foundation to the 112th largest.
Read MoreEarly this morning before school started, almost 100 DeWitt citizens gathered to celebrate. I was there as both a DeWitt resident and as a representative of the Community Foundation.
Read MoreOn May 18th, $376,650 in scholarship aid was awarded to 47 Quad City Area high school students. The awards were presented during the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s annual scholarship reception held at the Outing Club in Davenport, IA.
Read MoreIn the Quad Cities, a bi-state community situated on the Mississippi River in Iowa and Illinois, three students drop out of high school every school day… meaning that between 600-700 students drop out of school every year.
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The Quad Cities Community Foundation is pleased to announce that grant funding to enhance arts education is now available. The Isabel Bloom Art Education Endowment was established at the Foundation to support visual arts education in primary and secondary schools located in Scott and Rock Island Counties.
Read MoreTwenty-eight area nonprofit organizations were awarded $359,855 on Wednesday, April 23rd during The Amy Helpenstell Foundation’s Spring Grant Reception at 8:30 a.m. at the Quad City Botanical Center in Rock Island, IL.
Read MoreThe Grant W. Brissman and Virginia M. Brissman Foundation, established in 2013, is pleased to announce the availability of grant funds to benefit the Village of Milan and its residents.
Read MoreCelebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the Community Foundation began as the Davenport Area Foundation in 1964 for the purpose of pooling the charitable resources of local philanthropists.
Read MoreThe Bishop Hill Heritage Association has received gifts of $20,000 from the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation and $2,500 from the Quad Cities Community Foundation for the 1855 Dairy Building Interior Restoration Project.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation is pleased to announce that $100,000 is currently available to grant to area nonprofits through their Core Mission Grant program.
Read MoreThirty-five students from 8 Quad City area high schools will grant a total of $10,000 to charitable organizations serving Rock Island and Scott counties. Grant applications can be accessed and submitted online by March 1, 2014.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation is pleased to announce it has reached $100 million in assets in its 50th year of existence. The Foundation is now in the top 10% of community foundations nationally based on assets.
Read MoreDo you remember your “giving moment?”
Maybe it was a handmade quilt you spent time and energy creating.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation will award more than $300,000 in scholarship aid to local students in 2014. Applications are now being accepted through Community Foundation’s online scholarship system for the 2014-2015 school year.
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Greg Petty and his wife Christine Anderson Petty started the Georgia and Donald Petty Family Fund. Christine is a graduate of Moline High School and the couple graduated from Augustana College.
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The Community Foundation has the pleasure of working with local volunteers who enjoy giving their time and talents to help further our charitable mission. One particular volunteer greets us at the front desk each Thursday with a pleasant and welcoming “good morning.”
Read MoreGordon Ross Reese, grandfather of the late Mariah Becker, passed away on Sept. 26, 2013. His granddaughter, Mariah, was an active teen, volunteering her time and participating in school activites. After a courageous battle with cancer, Mariah passed away on November 5, 2002 at the age of 20.
Read MoreThe Community Foundation is pleased to announce that four nonprofit organizations received Impact Grants totaling nearly $10,000. These grants were awarded to nonprofit organizations who submitted grant applications during the August 2013 grant cycle.
Read MoreIn late August I had the opportunity to attend the Teens with a GIFT of Foresight (TGF) youth philanthropy orientation meeting with my son, who is now a freshman. Besides the two of us, there were returning sophomore, junior and senior members as well as all other freshman students and interested parents.
Read MoreMy name is Mackenzie Gibson and I am a youth office volunteer at the Quad Cities Community Foundation. My work at the Foundation includes editing donor stories, website content population, and other small tasks around the office.
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