As executive director, Ami Porter is growing the Quad Cities Botanical Center’s endowment so that the flora and fauna—and the educational programs the Center offers—are around forever.
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Savoring the beauty was something John Willard and his wife Carol did throughout their life. They also spread goodness throughout the Quad Cities—in the stories John told while he and Carol were alive, and now, through a generous estate gift of about $3 million placed in the trusting hands of the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
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The Community Foundation is targeting the persistent racial disparities that impact the social and economic well-being of Quad Citizens of color with a $50,000 Transformation Grant to United Way.
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Thanks to improvements in how charitable dollars are invested, Quad Cities Community Foundation donors are now able to grant even more from their funds each year to the community—and to causes meaningful to them.
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Diane and Hunt Harris of Moline have made a $10,000 grant to the Figge Art Museum from their Harris Family Charitable Gift Fund at to support an upcoming exhibition “For America.”
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As the days grow short and the nights get cool, we invite you to share in the benefits of year-end giving. Gifts of cash or property (real estate or stock) may provide you with a charitable tax deduction.
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Female students attending medical school will now benefit from the life of Dr. Anita L. Pinc through a memorial scholarship that celebrates her legacy, and advances her passion for women in medicine.
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The Clyde Mayfield Memorial Scholarship has been established at the Quad Cities Community Foundation to celebrate his life and provide scholarships through a partnership with the Davenport Schools Foundation.
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Wini Aboyure believes philanthropy is all about contributing to the good of the community, with whatever resources you have. "My generation is a generation of empathy—and Teens for Tomorrow gives us an opportunity to practice that.” Read more
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“We’ve received so much over the years,” Gene Vincent said.. “It’s kind of a payback—the good kind of payback.”
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When the future seems uncertain, we tend to hold tighter to our resources. However, now—right now—is the right season to extend our hands further, to dig deeper and give more, to seek out opportunities that strengthen our neighbors, and to invest in transforming our community for the better.
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The Quad Cities Community Foundation recently sat down with Erie D. Johnson, a local trust officer, who works with his clients to manage their wealth and establish estate plans.
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“I’m just so happy to be involved with this—to be able to do this,” Dr. Raj Sekharen said from his home in the Quad Cities, where he has been quarantining during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I don’t get out very much these days, you know.”
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Bringing home a newborn during a global pandemic has its challenges, which is why nurse home and telehealth visits through the Genesis Health System Community Health Program have become even more critical this year.
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Twenty-seven nonprofits were awarded just over $470,000 in grants from the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Coordinated Field of Interest Grant Program. The grant program includes awards from 10 funds made possible by donors at the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
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The CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act) that was passed earlier this year offers a variety of incentives to donors, no matter the amount of their giving.
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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.
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As we find ourselves marking six months into the COVID-19 pandemic and living and working differently, I am reminded every day to choose my attitude and look for the positive.
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Raymond and Mike Ball-Trevor established the Frances S. Wolfe Memorial Scholarship at the Quad Cities Community Foundation. Fran’s three adult children also made gifts to the fund, which will award its first scholarship in 2021.
“She’d probably be ticked that we did this,” Raymond said with a chuckle. “She didn’t like recognition.”
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When Sam Reidy kicked off her second year as an intern at Exelon’s Quad Cities nuclear plant and was reminded that the annual philanthropy project led by the summer’s interns could not be done on-site because of COVID-19 restrictions, she knew she faced a unique hurdle. “We met with the senior leadership team and they challenged us to still figure out a way to do it,” she said.
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