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When Greg and Dr. Christine Anderson Petty moved from the Quad Cities to Denver in 2009, they were returning to a city they had come to love during a brief residence there three decades earlier. But their generosity remains tethered to the places where their roots run the deepest—the Quad Cities and the wider northwestern Illinois region.
Read MoreWhen Don Pedersen’s wife, Marsha, passed in June 2020, he realized that they had put off deciding exactly where to channel the generous gift they had earmarked in their estate planning for the Quad Cities Community Foundation. “I asked myself, what do we really want to happen to that money?” said Don. “I felt that before something happened to me, I needed to establish a direction for those funds to go.”
Read MoreDevelopmentLink, a bi-monthly roundtable hosted by the Quad Cities Community Foundation, hopes to foster collaborative relationships for fundraising professionals in the region.
Read MoreAfter seven years leading the Quad Cities Community Foundation, President and CEO Sherry Ristau will step down from her position at the end of August to make way for further organizational—and regional—transformation.
Read MoreAfter a year of reflecting on our past and looking ahead to the future, our board and staff are powered by incredible energy and excitement to take our work with donors, nonprofits, and every Quad Citizen to new heights.
Read MoreAs he wraps up a master’s degree in community and economic development, Sam McCullum finds himself in an internship at the Quad Cities Community Foundation. Here, he shares his thoughts on the experience so far.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation today announced the recipients of its spring 2021 Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants. With up to $15,000 in funding available for each project, the grants provide powerful support for investments in equipment and technology, training for staff and board members, and strategic planning work, among other areas.
Read MoreBethany for Children & Families has received a $150,000 gift from the Morency Family Charitable Giving Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation. Read more about the gift and what it will support.
Read MoreAs the first corporate charitable fund opened at the Quad Cities Community Foundation, the Van Meter Industrial Foundation Fund celebrates 15 years of generosity this year. Read more about Van Meter’s culture of corporate giving and the impact of its charitable fund on the community.
Read MoreAs we bring the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund for COVID-19 relief to a close, it is our privilege to report the profound impact of the generosity shown by our community.
Read MoreThe moment Kathy Weiman walked into a COVID-19 vaccination site and saw the line of older Quad Citizens waiting to receive a shot thanks to her organization’s efforts, she knew the stress of the last year was worth it.
Read MoreFor many refugees in the Quad Cities, it was hard to feel informed as the pandemic unfolded. With the help of a grant from the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund, World Relief helped bridge that gap.
Read MoreMore than $1.8 million was granted from the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation to support the region during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation today announced the recipients of nearly half a million dollars in new scholarship awards.
Read MoreToday, Bailey Nelson is a middle school science teacher in the Davenport Community School district. Here’s how a scholarship through the Community Foundation helped her achieve her goals.
Read MoreWhen Quad Cities–area nonprofit Progressive Action for the Common Good (PACG) decided to honor the legacy of community activist Dick Fallow after his death in 2013, opening a memorial fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation was a natural choice.
Read MoreIf you think about it, most of the good things in your life have come through your community—the place you call home and the people who make up the region. So really, it makes sense to give back to those places and those people.
Read MoreParticipants in the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Teens for Tomorrow (T4T) program, a youth philanthropy group of high school students, today announced the recipients of the program’s annual grants.
Read MoreWhen disaster strikes, communities must come together to work together to figure out how to respond immediately, and recover long-term.
Read MoreThe advent of the new Women’s Mental Health Endowment at Vera French, started at the Quad Cities Community Foundation, will not only honor Dr. Vera French, but continue to provide resources for her life’s work.
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