News and Stories

Meet Your Generosity Guidebook, a brand-new resource the Community Foundation created to help individuals and families have conversations about philanthropy and start to act on their generous impulses in simple, effective ways.

After more than a year working full-time in auditing, Maddi Haan recently took the next step down her path, joining the Quad Cities Community Foundation this July as an accounting specialist.

The Quad Cities Community Foundation has named Kent Pilcher the new chairperson of its board of directors. Replacing outgoing chairperson Randy Moore, Pilcher brings nearly seven years of service to the Community Foundation and a long history of local community leadership.

We are proud to launch ResourceLink, an information hub for donors, nonprofit professionals, and involved Quad Citizens who want to take their efforts to benefit our community to the next level.

Sue Rector recently worked with the Community Foundation to open the Rector Family Fund for CASI, an “acorn” or starter endowment she will fully fund through smaller monthly gifts over the course of five years.

As the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s newest administrative assistant, Jennie White is excited to have a front-row seat for the stories of generosity that unfold in our community every day.

Get to know the Boy Scouts of America Illowa Council’s bee program and outdoor classroom project—one of seven projects supported by this year’s Mark W. Schwiebert Fund for Environmental Studies Grants.

I’m learning what a tremendous privilege it us for us at the Community Foundation to sit down and listen to our community members’ visions for the future. That simple act, repeated over time, affords us a precious window into our community’s collective vision.

The new president and CEO of the Quad Cities Community Foundation couldn’t be more excited to start her work in our community. Watch a video message from Sue Hafkemeyer!

“As I look eagerly ahead to the region-wide collaboration I can support as the leader of this organization, I’m taking the opportunity, at this early juncture, to dwell in the place where I believe collaboration begins: active listening.”

The Quad Cities Community Foundation’s youth philanthropy program, Teens for Tomorrow, recently announced its largest total grant award ever—$15,500 to 10 area organizations working in domestic violence and abuse support, education, the environment, housing, and immigration support.

Project Renewal’s presence has endured over the last five decades thanks to the organization’s attention, every day, to the things the community’s children need to succeed. Now, a nonprofit endowment fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation will be a key part of how it endures for decades to come.

After graduating from Scott Community College with his associate’s degree earlier this May, only one thing stood between Trevor Milne and his well-earned summer break—graduating from high school in June. As he heads to Carthage College this fall, two Community Foundation scholarships will help him build on his academic success.

The Community Foundation is a vibrant platform, but it’s your passion, your commitment, and your generosity that shapes the transformational work we do with you.