The Quad Cities Community Foundation hopes two, workforce development grants will help transform the lives of local residents.
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Mercado on Fifth and Vera French Mental Health Center will each receive $100,000 Transformation Grants through the Quad Cities Community Impact Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
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The Quad Cities Community Foundation has announced two major grants to expand workforce development efforts. In an announcement released on Tuesday, officials with the foundation announced that two Quad Cities-area nonprofits will receive Transformation Grants from the foundation to expand two different local workforce development efforts.
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Two Quad Cities-area nonprofits will receive Transformation Grants from the Quad Cities Community Foundation to expand two very different local workforce development efforts. Find out who they are.
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When Sherry Ristau joined the Quad Cities Community Foundation five years ago as president and CEO, she asked the board of directors how they wished to transform the Quad Cities region.
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We’re approaching the time of year when we have the honor of awarding two $100,000 Transformation Grants—the most significant grants we make each year at the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
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Appreciated assets make great gifts. When you make a gift of your securities or bonds to the Quad Cities Community Foundation for your community, your personal or family fund or a nonprofit fund you care about, there’s great benefit to you.
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IRA charitable rollovers are often the best way for donors age 70 ½ and above to gift because it reduces income tax and is also Endow Iowa eligible for Iowa donors.
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Before the mad rush toward 2020 is upon us (or has it started already?!?), now is the time to request an IRA charitable rollover or make a stock gift. We’re here to make it easy for you.
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Applications for 2020 scholarships are currently open and will close on February 15, 2020. Students are encouraged to apply early.
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With the countdown to 2020 most definitely upon us, we realize that you may be making some final plans for year-end giving. Please know that the Quad Cities Community Foundation is here to assist you in facilitating your generosity in a seamless way.
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Annette Horvath and her fellow coworkers at MidAmerican Energy in Davenport watched from their office windows as the Mississippi River rose to historic levels earlier this spring.
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As we celebrate this week, each of us have taken time to reflect on the acts of generosity we have seen play out over the past year.
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The Quad Cities Community Foundation is joining community foundations around the country in a nationwide celebration November 12-18, 2019, to recognize the increasingly important role community foundations play in fostering local collaboration and innovation to address persistent civic and economic challenges.
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Elena Vallejo is a student at Alleman High School with a very bright future. This month, President & CEO Sherry Ristau hands her monthly note to the community over to Elena. This is her voice. Hear it.
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This year marks 55 years of transforming the region thanks to the generosity of Quad Cities Community Foundation donors. And we are celebrating the donors who make smiles like this possible.
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Grace Lutheran Church in Davenport hosts an annual garden party to raise funds for the church’s grounds, and to invest in nearby neighborhoods. This year, the party’s hosts broadened the impact of the dollars they raised. They decided to help fellow community members affected by the historic, record-setting flooding of the Mississippi River earlier this year.
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The River Bend Foodbank has a goal that every single person will want day go to bed without being hungry. It’s ambitious. And it’s possible, thanks to the food bank’s partnership with generous donors and the Quad Cities Community Foundation who continue to rally behind the cause.
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She loved watching the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday, and eating ice cream on Sunday. And she loved doing both with her family. Joanne Updegraff was one of those people who quietly laid a philanthropic legacy, experiencing the joy of giving while she was alive and passing it on to her family upon her passing nearly one year ago.
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There are so many things we want the Quad Cities to be known for: welcoming, diverse, inclusive, safe, and affordable, to name just a few. More than anything, we want to be a place that people come and stay, whether that’s a college graduate, a new family, a single mom, or a lifelong Quad Citizen.
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