Your charitable gifts are important to our community in 2021 as people and organizations continue to work toward meeting the needs of our region during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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With the dawn of 2021, we look ahead with hope for the possibilities this New Year holds. This is one of the reasons we are excited to highlight our newest Transformation Grants recipients, as each grantee is a reflection of perseverance and passion.
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Two Quad Cities-area groups have been awarded Transformation Grants from the Quad Cities Community Foundation to bring transformative solutions to the bi-state region.
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The Quad Cities Community Foundation will host a 30-minute lunchtime conversation on YouTube and Facebook to celebrate Carol and John Willard, and share how the couple went about creating their philanthropic legacy.
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Here’s the headline: Three-quarters of responding Quad Cities nonprofits are still operating at or above pre-pandemic capacity—providing the same or greater services as before.
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One of the special things about our work at the Quad Cities Community Foundation is the opportunity to act on the generosity Quad Citizens entrust with us. I’d like to share how one couple did that.
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Today, the Nourish Program provides between 1,500-2,100 meals per day (yes, per day!) to children in Rock Island County. “It’s a matter of a rising tide lifting all boats,” Jeff Cornelius says. “We can only succeed when we all come together.”
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As executive director, Ami Porter is growing the Quad Cities Botanical Center’s endowment so that the flora and fauna—and the educational programs the Center offers—are around forever.
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Savoring the beauty was something John Willard and his wife Carol did throughout their life. They also spread goodness throughout the Quad Cities—in the stories John told while he and Carol were alive, and now, through a generous estate gift of about $3 million placed in the trusting hands of the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
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The Community Foundation is targeting the persistent racial disparities that impact the social and economic well-being of Quad Citizens of color with a $50,000 Transformation Grant to United Way.
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Thanks to improvements in how charitable dollars are invested, Quad Cities Community Foundation donors are now able to grant even more from their funds each year to the community—and to causes meaningful to them.
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Diane and Hunt Harris of Moline have made a $10,000 grant to the Figge Art Museum from their Harris Family Charitable Gift Fund at to support an upcoming exhibition “For America.”
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As the days grow short and the nights get cool, we invite you to share in the benefits of year-end giving. Gifts of cash or property (real estate or stock) may provide you with a charitable tax deduction.
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Female students attending medical school will now benefit from the life of Dr. Anita L. Pinc through a memorial scholarship that celebrates her legacy, and advances her passion for women in medicine.
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The Clyde Mayfield Memorial Scholarship has been established at the Quad Cities Community Foundation to celebrate his life and provide scholarships through a partnership with the Davenport Schools Foundation.
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Wini Aboyure believes philanthropy is all about contributing to the good of the community, with whatever resources you have. "My generation is a generation of empathy—and Teens for Tomorrow gives us an opportunity to practice that.” Read more
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“We’ve received so much over the years,” Gene Vincent said.. “It’s kind of a payback—the good kind of payback.”
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When the future seems uncertain, we tend to hold tighter to our resources. However, now—right now—is the right season to extend our hands further, to dig deeper and give more, to seek out opportunities that strengthen our neighbors, and to invest in transforming our community for the better.
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The Quad Cities Community Foundation recently sat down with Erie D. Johnson, a local trust officer, who works with his clients to manage their wealth and establish estate plans.
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“I’m just so happy to be involved with this—to be able to do this,” Dr. Raj Sekharen said from his home in the Quad Cities, where he has been quarantining during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I don’t get out very much these days, you know.”
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