If the importance of mental health services in a community is any indication of how quickly Vera French Community Mental Health Center of Davenport was able to meet a challenge match made by an anonymous Quad Citizen…
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Dorothy Looser-Flake and Roberta Looser, sisters who were born and raised on a family farm near New Boston Township, Illinois, cared deeply about the community that gave them so much growing up.
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A group of local teenagers have spent the past year identifying promising opportunities and pressing needs in the Quad Cities area as part of the Quad City Community Foundation’s Teens for Tomorrow program.
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My dad’s service club lived by a saying that continues to stick with me: “By changing the lives of others, our life is inevitably changed.”
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It’s impossible to miss—the conversation surrounding violence in communities across the United States. From neighborhood disputes to school shootings, the Quad Cities is not immune, to the violence or the conversation.
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A generous donation should let many families indebted to the Davenport Public Library begin new chapters this summer.
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The federal estate tax exemption has been greatly increased under the new law. As a result, donors like you, who have included charitable gifts in their estate plans, may be better situated if those gifts are made as lifetime gifts.
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It was during a balloon and laser demonstration while a high school student that Caleb Hoffman first realized he was interested in engineering.
Read MoreHere’s our promise: Come to the table and you’ll be inspired. Better yet, you’ll inspire something—or someone else.
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To celebrate the resilience of Quad Cities nonprofits as they continue to support the local community despite ongoing funding challenges, the Quad Cities Community Foundation has announced another round of Community Impact Fund Challenge Grants.
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A revitalization of the Quad Cities Community Foundation investment structure is not only yielding excellent returns, but also means that donors will now be able to do more good in the community.
Read MoreThe thought of a woman heading into the final chapter of her life lonely, in poverty and with little hope, moves Regina Haddock to action every single day. “More than 30 percent of women between the ages of 65 and 75 fall into extreme poverty,”…
Read MoreThe best way for our Community Foundation to make good decisions about the resources that have been entrusted to us is to leave it in the care of a board of directors that are professionals with diverse backgrounds and leaders committed, passionate and reflective of people in our region.
Read MoreThree new board members have joined the Quad Cities Community Foundation, adding to a diverse and committed group of leaders to the Quad Cities region’s largest source for community philanthropy.
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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.
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For 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.
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Ideas. The good ones are like snowballs. It just takes one, a little push of inspiration and off it goes, growing greater with every roll.
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Over 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.
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Patrons 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.
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