The stories below? You make them possible through your gifts to the Quad Cities Community Foundation. Take a look at the impact people like you are having on our Quad Cities region.
It is no secret that the mighty Mississippi River rose to historic levels earlier this month. Torrential rains have returned this week, the barriers are back up, and the river is again out of its banks.
Yet, as homes, businesses and nonprofits are challenged, our community continues to act together to help people, homes and buildings.
This year, more than $424,000 in scholarships were awarded to 43 Quad Cities-area students.
Read More“When the waters go down, recede from public attention, the needs still exist,” Kelly Thompson, the foundation vice president of grantmaking and community initiatives, said Thursday.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation continues its new monthly learning series in June by introducing donors to the work of Two Rivers YMCA.
Read MoreToday, the Quad Cities Community Foundation announced that more than $80,000 has been raised to date for the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation. Gifts have come from hundreds of individuals and businesses in the Quad Cities, and all over the country.
Read MoreThe temporary levee broke under pressure, but the will of the Quad Cities region is stronger than ever. The boots on the ground organizations have been busy helping people with housing and cleanup efforts since the Mississippi River recently inundated and devastated parts of the Quad Cities region.
Now, the Ascentra Credit Union Foundation is joining efforts to strengthen the long-term recovery efforts with a donation of $10,000 to the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
Read MoreYesterday, the Mississippi River rose to levels above its banks to levels we have not seen in the Quad Cities for decades. And as they did, Quad Citizens sprung into action to rescue people, to salvage businesses, and provide house for displaced neighbors and friends.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation is currently accepting contributions to the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund to support nonprofit organizations meeting the needs of Quad Citizens impacted by the flooding that recently hit the area.
Read MoreA group of local teenagers have spent the past year identifying promising opportunities and pressing needs in the Quad Cities area as part of the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Teens for Tomorrow program.
Read MoreProject Renewal is looking at the long game. The Davenport / Quad Cities organization is a great example of the deep impact an endowment can have on an organization and the surrounding community.
Read MoreKyle Kopf recently presented Schmaling Memorial Public Library Director Britni Hartman with a $300 grant for the rejuvenation of the existing landscaping of the 109 year-old Carnegie library.
Read MoreGoogle has announced the new Google.org Impact Challenge for the state of Iowa, an opportunity for nonprofits in the Iowa-Quad Cities and across the state to apply for a share of $1,000,000 in grant funding, as well as Google training, for projects to create enhanced economic opportunities in Iowa. Sherry Ristau, president and CEO of the Quad Cities Community Foundation, is serving as one of five statewide advisors who will help select five winners that will each receive $175,000 in grant funding.
Read MoreIt’s the intention of the Pleasant Valley School District that students leave with two important takeaways following graduation. “Our deeply-held values in this district are the importance of students continuing on to purse post-secondary education opportunities and teaching them the value of citizenship to our communities,” noted Superintendent Jim Spelhaug.
Read MoreLet’s be honest—it’s going to be tested in each of us over the next year as the new I-74 bridge over the Mississippi River hits its next stage by connecting the new on-ramps. Lanes will be closed, it’s going to slow us all down, and make the arrival of our destinations a bit longer.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of a monthly series that will bring together donors, community members and Quad Citizens working at nonprofits that have received grant support—our hold Nonprofit Endowment Funds—at the Community Foundation.
Read MoreIt was done in record time. The Quad Cities Community Foundation challenged the community to give $1,000.55 or more to one of more than 100 Nonprofit Endowment Funds held at the Community Foundation. The challenge was part of the Community Foundation’s celebration of 55 years of generosity in the region.
Read MoreStaff of the Quad-Cities Community Foundation were amazed but not really surprised. In celebration of its 55th year, the foundation issued a fundraising challenge to all nonprofit organizations that have endowments with it: the foundation would match any single donation of $1,000.55 on up to $10,000 per organization.
Read MoreThe $75,000 earmarked from our Community Impact Fund to be matched through our 2019 Challenge Grant opportunity has been expended in record time. In fact, the dollars given today to Nonprofit Endowment Funds will far surpass the matching dollars.
Read MoreThis reason Jim Russell gives is simple. “I want to make the Quad Cities better. We just give with heart and purpose,” the owner and CEO of Russell Construction said.
Read MoreDarlene Link comes to the Community Foundation with over 40 years of professional accounting experience, primarily in nonprofit organizations.
Read More
