Grantmaking Assistant Alexis Maldonado joined the Community Foundation staff this spring, diving right into a busy grantmaking season. She sat down to reflect on her journey and the first few months at the Community Foundation.
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For more than 20 years, the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Teens for Tomorrow Program has empowered high school students from across the region to direct philanthropic funding to local nonprofits. This year, students awarded $28,000 in grants to seven organizations serving the Quad Cities.
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In April, more than 100 leaders from all five cities and across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors came together to focus on one thing: how we collectively move faster and more effectively to reduce unsheltered homelessness.
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The Quad Cities Community Foundation celebrated local students and donors at an annual scholarship award reception. This year, students were awarded $850,000 in scholarships.
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The Quad Cities Community Foundation has announced the recipients of $856,327 in scholarship awards, the largest total dollars awarded in the organization’s 60+ year history. The awards are made possible by the generosity of donors to scholarship funds at the Community Foundation.
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Regional leaders from across the Quad Cities gathered on April 29 for a first-of-its-kind, bi-state working session focused on accelerating progress toward reducing unsheltered homelessness.
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With the tax deadline behind us, it’s a good time to debrief and prepare for the future. The Quad Cities Community Foundation team is available all year long to answer your questions about tax-wise charitable giving.
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The community is invited to the Community Foundation for a practical, approachable conversation about estate planning and charitable giving. Led by a local expert, the session focuses on clarity over complexity, helping attendees understand the essentials of wills, trusts, beneficiary designations, and how to thoughtfully incorporate legacy gifts.
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The Community Foundation continues to grow its impact with the addition of Rich Garrett, senior philanthropic advisor and director of gift planning, who recently joined the development team.
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Quad Cities Community Foundation donors have added $90,000 to local endowment funds following a limited-time $45,000 endowment match that encouraged donors to invest in the region’s long-term vitality.
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Three Community Foundation leaders named among most influential business and community leaders across the state of Iowa.
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Two new members have joined the Quad Cities Community Foundation Board of Directors, further strengthening the organization’s leadership as it continues its work to build a more connected and generous region.
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With support from the Community Foundation of Cedar County, an affiliate of the Quad Cities Community Foundation, the West Branch Lions Club have broken ground on a new pickleball complex in Cubby Park.
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The Strong Board Governance Series at the Hunt and Diane Harris Center for Nonprofit Excellence is helping organizations bring together boards with diverse skills, experiences, and perspectives. All with a shared commitment to the mission.
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The Community Foundation invites donors to double the impact of new endowment gifts while also taking advantage of valuable state tax benefits. This year’s endowment challenge includes $45,000 in matching funds. All new gifts to an endowment fund at the Community Foundation will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $1,000 per donor.
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Hidden within headlines about federal tax changes are provisions that will affect charitable giving for American taxpayers. As a new year begins, it’s a good time to review your plans and position yourself to give generously and take advantage of available tax benefits—especially with new rules taking effect in 2026.
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Across the Quad Cities region, nonprofits are navigating rising community need, tighter funding, rapid technological change, and an evolving policy landscape. The Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Hunt and Diane Harris Center for Nonprofit Excellence is bringing nonprofits together to learn, build networks, and increase capacity at a time when the sector needs it most.
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Mark Schwiebert of McCarthy, Callas & Feeney, P.C., is one of the newly inducted members of the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Advisor Circle. Each member has assisted one or more donors to establish a gift of $1 million or more at the Community Foundation to benefit our region.
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In 2019, the Quad Cities Community Foundation awarded a Transformation Grant to Vera French Community Mental Health Center to launch Individual Placement and Support (IPS), an evidence-based model of supported employment for people living with serious mental illness. Six years later, the investment continues to deliver life-changing impact for individuals, employers, and the region’s workforce system.
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Here are just some of the “bright spots” that made 2025 a great year at the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
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