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When Jessica Elliott and her fellow Quad Cities Community Foundation Teens for Tomorrow members were narrowing down their list of community issues that could be awarded grants this year, she picked the human trafficking research group for one reason.
Read MoreFor the first time in the Quad Cities Community Foundation history, two Quad Cities organizations have been awarded $100,000 Transformation Grants. In previous years, only one $100,000 Transformation Grant has been awarded by the Community Foundation board of directors.
Read MoreIdeas. The good ones are like snowballs. It just takes one, a little push of inspiration and off it goes, growing greater with every roll.
Read MoreOver the next year, we’re rolling out 3 Questions, a series that introduces to you—or in many cases, re-introduces to you—our Quad Cities Community Foundation team.
Read MorePatrons to the Davenport Public Library will soon have the chance to dissect a human heart, sculpt a vase or untangle electric wires thanks to virtual reality technology. The Quad Cities Community Foundation awarded a $15,000 nonprofit capacity grant to…
Read MoreWith the countdown to 2018 on, we realize that you may be making some final plans for year-end giving. Please know that the Quad Cities Community Foundation is here to assist you in facilitating your generosity in a seamless way.
Read MoreNearly $110,000 in grants have been awarded this year by the Grant W. Brissman and Virginia M. Brissman Foundation. The Quad Cities Community Foundation provides administrative and grant-making services to the Brissman Foundation.
Read MoreOn November 15, Bob and Blenda Ontiveros were recognized by the Quad Cities chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) as the 2017 Quad Cities Outstanding Philanthropists. The couple, who hold a non-endowed donor advised fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation…
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation has awarded more than $100,000 to 10 local organizations to help them build their capacity. The Community Foundation’s Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants provide funding to local organizations for
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.
Read MoreWe're in a season of gratefulness and that's exactly where my head and heart were when I returned from a recent trip to Phoenix, Arizona, for the CEO for Cities National Conference.
Read MoreWe're in a season of gratefulness and that's exactly where my head and heart were when I returned from a recent trip to Phoenix, Arizona, for the CEO for Cities National Conference.
Read More“Their stories are important,” Mary Pruess said as she thinks back to the segments that have aired over the past year on Embracing Our Military, a program of WQPT-Quad Cities PBS. “Their stories touch lives, and make a difference.”
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation is proud to announce that applications for 2018 scholarships are now available. Thirty-eight different scholarships will be awarded this spring, with some offering more than one award.
Read MoreYouth and their families in the Quad Cities will receive more affordable mental health services thanks to the Amy Helpenstell Foundation Fund (TAHFF) at the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
Read MoreIf 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 MoreThe 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.
Read MoreOver 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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