The stories below? You make them possible through your gifts to the Quad Cities Community Foundation. Take a look at the impact people like you are having on our Quad Cities region.
For Rachel Pitchford, it’s the sense of one-on-one connection with each scholarship applicant that sets the time she gives on the Community Foundation’s Scholarship Committee apart from other volunteer experiences. “I really like getting down to the nitty-gritty, learning each person’s story and their goals.”
Read MoreThe Martin Luther King Center in Rock Island knew that volunteers were a major untapped resource for building relationships in the community and advancing their mission. See how a Nonprofit Capacity Building Grant from the Community Foundation helped them implement a volunteer engagement strategy with incredible results.
Read MoreWhen Laura Scott moved back to the Quad Cities area after more than two decades in northern California, she began volunteering at the Quad Cities Community Foundation as a way to get to know her community better. See what she learned.
Read MoreThis National Volunteer Week, we recognize that generosity comes in so many different shapes—and that all those forms of generosity are necessary. So, when we say that everyone has a place at the Community Foundation, we really do mean everyone.
Read MoreLatino leaders in the Quad Cities and surrounding areas have a new resource for building their skills, knowledge, and abilities to succeed, lead, and maximize their impact on their community. The Quad Cities Latino Leadership Development Program is made possible, in part, by $50,000 in grants from the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
Read MoreIn 2019, a $100,000 Transformation Grant set the stage for collaboration between the Vera French Mental Health Center and Transitions Mental Health Services. Today, the employment support program piloted is poised for financial sustainability far into the future.
Read MoreSure, Mauricio Diaz has heard it before: “A man leading a woman’s organization?” But the way he sees it, supporting and championing women is for everyone. Here’s how he’s bringing people together to lift women up as executive director for Dress for Success Quad Cities.
Read MorePhilanthropy is not just financial support but also volunteering one’s time and building a network of support. Building a network can serve not only to address issues—but also create new opportunities.
Read More“Essentially, this grant allowed us to keep our doors open." For LGBT+ community center Clock, Inc, a $10,000 Presidential Grant from the Community Foundation came at exactly the right moment.
Read MoreNow, if you’re over the age of 70½, you can make a one-time distribution of up to $50,000 from your individual retirement account (IRA) into a charitable gift annuity or charitable remainder trust.
Read MoreLast fall, Positive Brothers United (PBU) was one of eight nonprofits to receive its first-ever grant from the Quad Cities Community Foundation—$20,000 for general operations and programming from the Quad Cities Community Impact Fund. Today, PBU is bringing new resources to community members in southwest Rock Island.
Read MoreIf you’re charitably inclined and over age 70½, here’s why it’s smart to consider a qualified charitable distribution.
Read MoreWhat if more of us gave earlier in the year? Consider what it would mean for the nonprofits you support to know they have that support now. Consider how it could grow your strengths as a giver to make your gifts proactively, before being asked.
Read MoreAs we pause to reflect on the year behind us, we are proud to share a few of our favorite moments from 2022.
Read MoreLocal 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.
Read MorePlease 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.
Read MoreLila 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.
Read MoreOur 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreGenerosity 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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