As we pause to reflect on the year behind us, we are proud to share a few of our favorite moments from 2022.
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Local nonprofits can now establish reserve funds at the Quad Cities Community Foundation to help prepare for the extraordinary opportunities and challenges that may cross their paths.
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Please join us in welcoming the newest members of our board of directors, Suresh Balakrishnan and Jerry Jones, who will serve as leaders in our efforts to transform the region through the generosity of donors this year.
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Lila Teitle never knew Jayne Lee Andreesen, but as the 18th recipient of the Jayne Lee Andreesen Memorial Scholarship, she carries Jayne’s story forward with her. It's one of more than 70 scholarships open to local students now through February 15.
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Our newest Transformation Grant will provide $300,000 over the next three years to help build out an innovative strategy for reducing gun violence in the Quad Cities.
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The Community Foundation is proud to announce a three-year, $300,000 Transformation Grant to help reduce gun violence in the Quad Cities. The grant will help build the social service, community volunteer, and research capacity of the local Group Violence Intervention strategy.
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Generosity is part of what it means to be a Thoms. And through the Stuart and Mary Thoms Family Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation, it’s a value the family will be able to cherish and act on together for years to come.
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“Because of Looser-Flake, what we have right now is working better than ever before. Their support ensures we can offer these services to our youth to address their social and emotional needs so they can do all the things they’re capable of doing.”
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Together, the Quad Cities Community Foundation and 12 other local funders and individual donors have raised $224,000 to help River Bend Food Bank provide more than one million meals to children, adults, and seniors facing hunger this winter.
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“As I look toward the end of the year and reflect on my first six months as a Quad Citizen, I can confidently say that “give where you live” is much more than a clever catchphrase to this community. It’s a source of joy, an example to set, a profound expression of generosity.”
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The Quad Cities Community Foundation’s new Giving Catalog makes it easy for you to review and support specific projects and initiatives that our community’s nonprofits have identified as critical to their ability to thrive.
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The Quad Cities Community Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of $155,956 in fall 2022 Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants. See which nonprofits received grants—and how you can support capacity-building projects, too.
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10, 9, 8… Wait a minute—not so fast! 2022 will be over before we know it, but there’s still time to make a gift to your community through the Quad Cities Community Foundation. Here are five ideas to help you share your generosity before the end of the year.
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The holidays are a wonderful time to gather with family and friends to share fond memories, make up for lost time, and eat plenty of good food. They can also be the perfect time to have deeply meaningful conversations about generosity with your loved ones.
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“To be a resource that serves our entire community today and tomorrow, we need everybody’s perspective, everybody’s support. We need generosity in all its forms.”
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Humility Homes & Services’ supportive housing model, piloted with the help of a 2020 Transformation Grant from the Quad Cities Community Foundation, is changing lives for community members who have experienced chronic homelessness. A new $1 million grant from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Administration will make the program’s impact that much more transformational.
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Applications for scholarships through the Quad Cities Community Foundation are now open. Made possible by the generosity of donors, more than 70 renewable and one-time scholarships totaling over $500,000 are available to local students this year.
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In just 9 days since we first announced our endowment-building challenge, donors gave $75,000 to 49 endowment funds at the Quad Cities Community Foundation. We matched those gifts dollar for dollar with funds from the Quad Cities Community Impact Fund for a combined $150,000 impact!
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Suzanne DeReu and Jeff Blackwell didn’t set out to start a nonprofit. But as they took action to address a gap in local hospice care, they found themselves at the helm of Heartland Pet Peace of Mind QC. Now, they're on their way to official 501(c)(3) status with fiscal sponsorship at the Community Foundation.
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As Davenport Junior Theatre enters its 71st season, it’s building an endowment fund to ensure that it can continue to provide access to the arts for generations of local students to come, no matter where their journeys take them.
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