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Geneseo Is For Tomorrow

Grants 

  • 2024 Fall Grant Award: Up to $1,500

  • opens: September 15, 2024

  • deadline: October 15, 2024

  • notification: November 15, 2024

Grants are issued annually to nonprofit organizations that have a tax exempt 501(c)(3) status. Last year GIFT proudly awarded over $160,000 in grants to support schools, hospitals, nursing homes and various organizations throughout our community. These funds were made available by donors who had the philanthropic passion to establish endowments for these purposes.

 

GIFT Grant Applications Process

GIFT, as a component fund of the Quad Cities Community Foundation, uses the Community Foundation’s online grant application system. Our online grant system allows applicants to complete, save and submit their grant applications and final reports in one place and have ongoing access to them. Grants are made one time per year.

For questions about this grant opportunity, please contact Karen Mowers, Board Recording Secretary, at kcc61254@gmail.com or (309) 945-3971.

  • Organizations submitting an application must comply with the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Diversity and Non-Discrimination Policy.

  • For a five minute video that demonstrates the steps for creating an organizational profile and completing a grant application, click here.

  • For step-by-step written instructions for using the online grant system, click here

  • To apply for a grant from GIFT, click here and log in or create a new account.

So that you don't miss any important communication from us, please add this email address to your email contact lists: administrator@grantinterface.com. Automated emails from the online grants system will come from this address. (Do not send emails to this address.)


Past Grant Recipients

    • Braveheart Children's Advocacy Center / Resource Library

    • Children's Therapy Center of the Quad Cities / 30 units of therapy provided to children from Geneseo who's families are unable to afford the cost

    • Geneseo Atkinson Food Pantry / Student Health & Fitness

    • Geneseo Development & Growth, Inc. / Developmental Screening Tool for Early Childhood Education

    • Inspire Continuing Care / Take & Bake/Cooking

    • Rebuilding Together - Henry County / REUSE Durable Medical Equipment Loan

    • Sol's Legacy Ministries / Community Outreach

    • Braveheart Children's Advocacy Center / Self-Care Bags

    • Children's Therapy Center of the Quad Cities / Funding used to provide 30 units of therapy for Geneseo children.

    • Good Shepherd Foundation / Substance Abuse Evaluation and Outpatient Treatment

    • Inspire Continuing Care / Take & Bake/Cooking

    • Izaak Walton League - Geneseo Chapter / Geneseo Ikes Educational Electronic Equipment

    • Rebuilding Together - Henry County / REUSE Durable Medical Equipment Loan (DME)

    • Children's Therapy Center of the Quad Cities / Ensuring therapy services are available to all children with disabilities and delays in Geneseo.

    • Geneseo Marriage & Family Counseling / Web Site Development and Implementation

    • Inspire Continuing Care / Take & Bake/Cooking

    • Rebuilding Together - Henry County / REUSE Durable Medical Equipment Loan (DME)

    • Trustees of William W Cole Memorial Cabin / Cole Cabin Operating Funds Request

    • Children's Therapy Center of the Quad Cities / Assistance funding the cost of therapy for children with disabilities and delays living in Geneseo.

    • Geneseo Marriage & Family Counseling / Individual, Marriage and Family Counseling

    • Good Shepherd Foundation / Substance Abuse Evaluation and Treatment

    • Hammond Henry Hospital Foundation / Hammond-Henry Hospital Laboratory Remodel

    • Rebuilding Together - Henry County / REUSE Adaptive medical equipment loan program

    • Children's Therapy Center of the Quad Cities / To provide units of therapy ($50 per unit) to children living in the Geneseo area.

    • Geneseo Marriage & Family Counseling / Marriage, Family and Individual Counseling Service, Inc.

    • Good Shepherd Foundation / Substance Abuse Evaluation and Treatment

    • Rebuilding Together - Henry County / Safe at Home- Fire Safety

    • Sol's Legacy Ministries / 2020 Instructor & Volunteer Training