2022 was a year to celebrate!
As we pause to reflect on the year behind us, we are proud to share a few of our favorite moments from 2022:
Sue getting to know the community at her welcoming reception
We welcomed Sue Hafkemeyer as our new president and CEO! Joining the Community Foundation from the MercyOne Dubuque Foundation, Hafkemeyer brings decades of nonprofit leadership experience, a track record of fundraising success, and a passion for collaboration. Read more: Quad Cities Community Foundation names new president and CEO
We celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Teens for Tomorrow youth philanthropy program. For the first time, the teens were trained in nonprofit fundraising, raising $5,500 from donors to grow the T4T grant pool. The group was honored with the Outstanding Youth Philanthropy Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals-Quad Cities. Read more: High school students grant $15,500 to 10 local nonprofits
An impact evaluation of our Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants and Transformation Grants programs found these grant programs to be highly effective for grantees, inspiring our Board of Directors to increase investment in the program grant budgets. Read more: More of a good thing
T4T at the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ National Philanthropy Day Level Up Conference to be recognized as last year's Outstanding Youth Group
We celebrated the awarding of more than $10 million in scholarships since 1996.
Staff created and tested a DEI Filter to guide the Community Foundation’s decision-making processes and embrace an intentionally diverse, equitable, and inclusive approach to our work.
Development and grantmaking staff initiated a new Giving Catalog opportunity for donors to support worthy grant applications that were not able to be funded that year. To date the Giving Catalog has raised more than $30,000 of support to help nonprofits further their work. Read more: Meet the Giving Catalog
Staff launched ResourceLink, a digital information hub for donors, nonprofit professionals, and community members, and authored Your Generosity Guidebook, a new resource to help donors define their values, identify their interests, find their giving mission, and deepen their philanthropy. Read more: Your Generosity Guidebook
Donors responded enthusiastically to an Endowment Challenge Match opportunity and gifted $75,000 to be matched dollar-for-dollar to the endowment fund of their choice, growing endowment resources by $150,000. Read more: Donors come together for $150,000 impact on local endowment funds
The development team worked with donors to establish more than $21 million in estate and planned gifts for the future.
Kelly Thompson, vice president of grantmaking and community initiatives, was recognized by the Quad Cities Business Journal with a Forty Under 40 Award, which honors young professionals for their civic and philanthropic contributions to the community. (Way to go, Kelly!)
In December, the Community Foundation formed a partnership of donors and local funders to raise $224,000 to help the River Bend Food Bank purchase food to provide more than one million meals to people facing hunger in Rock Island and Scott Counties this winter. Read more: When hunger called, the community responded
Staff of the Community Foundation, Family Resources, and the City of Davenport at our press conference to announce our 2022 Transformation Grant this January
A three-year $300,000 Transformation Grant was made to help Family Resources, Inc., support the Group Violence Intervention strategy, developed in part from the Community Foundation’s engagement in community planning processes to bring this effort to the Quad Cities. Read more: Quad Cities Community Foundation grants $300,000 for reducing gun violence
177 volunteers donated their time and talent in service to the Community Foundation’s Board of Directors and committees.
Community Foundation donors gave more than $10 million in new gifts and opened 31 new donor endowment and charitable funds to support the communities and causes they love most.
Funds at the Community Foundation granted $10.8 million to support great causes, thanks to the generosity of donors.