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Alternatives (for the Older Adult) supports the independence and quality of life for older adults, adults with disabilities, and their families. The Quad Cities nonprofit received a $2,000 Q2030 Grant to purchase two laptops for their care coordinators.
Read MoreHave you ever been to a restaurant that has so many options, even too many options, on the menu? Do I want the chicken parmesan? Or the pork tenderloin? That salmon salad sure looks good. Then you turn the page and see dozens of other promising choices.
Read MoreA name is a name is a name.
I don’t really believe that, and you probably don’t either. A name evokes reputation, image, memories and oftentimes history. There is power in a name.
Read MoreTrustees of the Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation have awarded $150,000 to 11 groups across Mercer County, Illinois, to improve parks and recreation facilities for the people of Mercer County, and all who enjoy these outdoors spaces.
Read MoreDavenport-based community organizer Tracy White hopes to accomplish a great deal over lunch Wednesday, Nov. 28, by connecting male business leaders in the region with African American boys.
Read MoreQuad Cities Community Foundation's Sherry Ristau, CEO and Vice President, and Anne Calder, Vice President of Development, visit with Brittany Price about the re-branding of the Quad Cities Community Foundation and what that means for Quad Citizens.
Read MoreWednesday morning’s WVIK newscast talks about the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s name change.
Read MoreThe Community Foundation of the Great River Bend has been rebranded. Today, it announced that the organization will now be called the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
Read MoreNow known as the Quad-Cities Community Foundation, the organization also has a new tagline: “Generosity lives here.”
Read MoreThe Community Foundation of the Great River Bend has a new name that emphasizes its Quad-City mission.
Read MoreLeading charitable community foundation in the region now known as Quad Cities Community Foundation
Read MoreMore than $250,000 in scholarships will be available to new students
Read MoreNext week, I will have the honor of attending the fall conference of Forward Cities and I can’t help but think part of their title is our battle cry here at the Community Foundation.
Read MoreThirty-eight nonprofit organizations serving Rock Island and Scott Counties in the Quad Cities have been awarded more than $500,000 in funding from the Amy Helpenstell Foundation Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation. More than $150,000 in additional funds will be awarded through renewable grants in 2019.
Read MoreThat belief is at the heart of the Healthy Families Home Visitation and Doula Program of the Child Abuse Council. Aimed at preventing neglect and child abuse, the program provides new parents who have at-risk factors with support and services to help build their parental skills.
Read MoreA key provision of the new federal tax law increases the standard deduction to $12,000 for single taxpayers and $24,000 for married couples. This means that many who previously itemized deductions will find it advantageous to take the standard deduction instead.
Read MoreIt is good to be home.
That’s a sentiment Hannah Thomsen feels strongly now that she has returned to her old stomping grounds to live and work. “I feel like I’ve found myself in my home community,” said Thomsen, who serves as the communications director for the Pleasant Valley Community School District in Riverdale, Iowa.
Read MoreEarlier this week, there was a beautiful bouquet of flowers delivered to my desk.
It was from the Community Foundation team to mark a milestone in my life—and my family’s life.
Read MoreThe Quad Cites Community Foundation is currently offering multiple grant opportunities through its online grant system for nonprofits in the Quad Cities region and beyond.
Read MoreJim Theisen has a hard time talking about generosity without getting choked up. “Everything I have is a gift,” he says. “The more I give, the more I get back.”
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