The Bishop Hill Heritage Association has received gifts of $20,000 from the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation and $2,500 from the Quad Cities Community Foundation for the 1855 Dairy Building Interior Restoration Project.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation is pleased to announce that $100,000 is currently available to grant to area nonprofits through their Core Mission Grant program.
Read MoreThirty-five students from 8 Quad City area high schools will grant a total of $10,000 to charitable organizations serving Rock Island and Scott counties. Grant applications can be accessed and submitted online by March 1, 2014.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation is pleased to announce it has reached $100 million in assets in its 50th year of existence. The Foundation is now in the top 10% of community foundations nationally based on assets.
Read MoreDo you remember your “giving moment?”
Maybe it was a handmade quilt you spent time and energy creating.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation will award more than $300,000 in scholarship aid to local students in 2014. Applications are now being accepted through Community Foundation’s online scholarship system for the 2014-2015 school year.
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Greg Petty and his wife Christine Anderson Petty started the Georgia and Donald Petty Family Fund. Christine is a graduate of Moline High School and the couple graduated from Augustana College.
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The Community Foundation has the pleasure of working with local volunteers who enjoy giving their time and talents to help further our charitable mission. One particular volunteer greets us at the front desk each Thursday with a pleasant and welcoming “good morning.”
Read MoreGordon Ross Reese, grandfather of the late Mariah Becker, passed away on Sept. 26, 2013. His granddaughter, Mariah, was an active teen, volunteering her time and participating in school activites. After a courageous battle with cancer, Mariah passed away on November 5, 2002 at the age of 20.
Read MoreThe Community Foundation is pleased to announce that four nonprofit organizations received Impact Grants totaling nearly $10,000. These grants were awarded to nonprofit organizations who submitted grant applications during the August 2013 grant cycle.
Read MoreIn late August I had the opportunity to attend the Teens with a GIFT of Foresight (TGF) youth philanthropy orientation meeting with my son, who is now a freshman. Besides the two of us, there were returning sophomore, junior and senior members as well as all other freshman students and interested parents.
Read MoreMy name is Mackenzie Gibson and I am a youth office volunteer at the Quad Cities Community Foundation. My work at the Foundation includes editing donor stories, website content population, and other small tasks around the office.
Read MoreNonprofit organizations in Scott and Rock Island counties are invited to nominate their top volunteers for the 2013 Quad City Caring Awards. The awards are presented each year by the Quad Cities Community Foundation to honor a select group of volunteers who have demonstrated their commitment to the betterment of our community.
Read MoreA total of 54 Quad City Area high school students received $284,000 in scholarship aid. The scholarship awards were presented during the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s annual scholarship reception.
Read MoreHow many of you have a vague awareness of an “organization” that gives out money to nonprofits…and what is it called anyway? The Community River Bend, River Bend Bank, or does it have something to do with the transit buses we see driving around the QC?
Read MoreApply now to join the the our youth philanthropy program, Teens for Tomorrow (T4T), which gives high school students the opportunity to grant money to nonprofit organizations! T4T is accepting members for the 2013-2014 school year. The deadline for applications has been extended to May 31, 2013.
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Who would you want around a strategy table to improve education in the Quad Cities? School district superintendents? Check! Business leaders? Check! College and university presidents? Check! Local funders? Check!
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I’m speaking for myself and probably a majority of the TGF team when I say that coming into this, I had no idea what an endowment was, I had never heard of half of the non-profit organizations that we visited this year, and I had absolutely no idea about all of the people in need within Henry County.
Read MoreThe community foundation, founded in 2002, will host the anniversary celebration from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Geneseo Country Club. The event is open to the public. For reservations, call 309-944-4438 or email gift@geneseogift.org.
Read MoreThe Community Foundation is pleased to welcome the Center for Alcohol & Drugs Services, Inc. (CADS) to our growing list of nonprofit organizations creating endowments at the Community Foundation!
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