Representatives from the Quad Cities Chamber announced on Monday, June 24, 2019 that $397,875 is available to help regional businesses in their flood recovery efforts, and applications for fund disbursement are now available.
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Footsteps can be hard to follow. But let me tell you, we have leaders rising up in the Quad Cities who are not only filling the shoes of those Quad Citizens who came before them, but confidently forging new paths of their own. This moment, my friends, is a transformative one in the Quad Cities.
Now through October 1, 2019, arts, cultural and historical organizations serving residents of Mercer County can apply for grant support from the Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation. A total of $100,000 will be awarded.
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When Solutions Management Group (SMG) President Keith Lindbloom considered what the company would do with clients’ old computers they swapped out for newer technology, he chose to look at the bigger picture. And he reached out to the Quad Cities Community Foundation for assistance on the best way to reach organizations with the most need.
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The Quad Cities Community Foundation has awarded nearly $100,000 to 10 Quad Cities nonprofits to strengthen their ability to do their work.
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People have not only donated their time to help those impacted by the months of flooding, with sandbagging and clean up, but with money as well. Starting June 6, 2019, the Quad Cities Community Foundation is passing out some of the money collected.
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A $25,000 grant is being offered for individual disaster assistance to victims of major flooding in Scott and Rock Island counties, according to the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
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The board of directors of the Quad Cities Community Foundation, in partnership with the QC-COAD Long Term Recovery Committee, have made a $25,000 grant that will be used for flood disaster-specific individual assistance in both Rock Island and Scott Counties.
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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.
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“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.
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The Quad Cities Community Foundation continues its new monthly learning series in June by introducing donors to the work of Two Rivers YMCA.
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Today, 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.
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The 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.
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Yesterday, 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.
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The 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.
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A 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.
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Project 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.
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Kyle 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.
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Google 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.
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