The way Anne Calder likes to describe them, the Quad Cities Community Foundation new Field of Interest Funds are kind of like aiming gifts in a direction of impact without trying to hit a target… right away, at least.
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Over the next year, we’re going to roll out 3 Questions, a series that introduces to you—or in many cases, re-introduces to you—our Quad Cities Community Foundation team.
Read MoreChange. Growth. Transformation.
If you’re like me, there’s a certain nostalgia when autumn arrives. Fall ushers in a season of transformation, of change—the weather, leaves, harvest and migration.
Read MoreThis summer, to celebrate and encourage the strength of Quad Cities nonprofits that serve our community while navigating an ever-evolving funding landscape, the Quad Cities Community Foundation announced a challenge grant…
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Mark Schwiebert hopes the first round of grants from the Mark W. Schwiebert Fund for Environmental Studies will not only increase awareness about the environmental challenges posed by climate change, but also provide funding for research projects aimed at facing those challenges head-on.
Read MoreIt’s a perennial question from grantseekers: what are grantmakers looking for in the applications they consider and the projects, programs, or organizations they fund? I asked it myself when I was a grantwriter, and now that I’m on the funding side I know the answer(s).
Read MoreNonprofits in the Quad Cities—and across the United States—are operating in a new world, requiring them to weather ever-evolving funding challenges while also anticipating and changing to meet the needs of communities in the future.
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Extraordinary generosity oftentimes comes from the most ordinary people. Just ask Jack Cross.
Read MoreThe greater Quad Cities community will benefit from the energy and expertise of three new staff members at the Quad Cities Community Foundation this fall.
Read MoreWe are standing on the cusp of a tremendous opportunity. Right now, America is experiencing one of the largest transfers of wealth in history—from one person to a beneficiary, and the depth of good that it could do for the people in the Quad Cities is unimaginable.
Read MoreIf you are reading this from the comfort and safety of your home or office, I am grateful, for as I write this we know thousands of Americans are reeling from the second catastrophic hurricane to hit our shores in the last three weeks.
Read MoreGrant applications will be accepted for the Grant W. Brissman and Virginia M. Brissman Foundation, a private foundation provided with grantmaking services by the Quad Cities Community Foundation, beginning Tuesday, August 15, 2017.
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Mark Schwiebert hopes the first round of grants from the Mark W. Schwiebert Fund for Environmental Studies will not only increase awareness about the environmental challenges posed by climate change, but also provide funding for…
Read MoreIt’s a perennial question from grantseekers: what are grantmakers looking for in the applications they consider and the projects, programs, or organizations they fund? I asked it myself when I was a grantwriter, and now that I’m on the funding side I know the answer(s).
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It’s one of my favorite times of the year, when the warm weather ushers us out the door and into our beautiful Quad Cities.
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’s a perennial question from grantseekers: what are grantmakers looking for in the applications they consider and the projects, programs, or organizations they fund? I asked it myself when I was a grantwriter, and now that I’m on the funding side I know the answer(s).
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The parallels between her former work at a food bank and now the Quad Cities Community Foundation are very clear to accounting associate Tiffinie Newman. “It was food, and now it’s money—that’s the basic difference,” said Newman…
Read MoreIf you wait to prepare for a disaster until it hits, you’re late.
That’s one of the messages Andrew Blessing, Grantmaking Associate, hopes to continue to get across to the community after returning last month from the Philanthropic Preparedness, Resiliency, and Emergency Partnership (PPREP) conference in St. Louis.
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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