News and Stories

For Rock Valley Physical Therapy, growing from 10 clinics to 62 meant more than expanding to new markets—it also meant becoming a part of new communities. Read how Rock Valley works with the Quad Cities Community Foundation to make its robust corporate giving program a cinch.

For many students, receiving a scholarship is their introduction to the work of the Community Foundation and our mission to transform our region through generosity. Read why president and CEO Sue Hafkemeyer is hopeful that it will be just the start of an enduring relationship.

Congratulations to this year’s scholarship recipients! Made possible by the generosity of donors to scholarship funds at the Quad Cities Community Foundation, the $522,400 in scholarships awarded represents a significant investment in local students and their future impact on the Quad Cities and beyond.

Our Giving Catalog is a way for generous people to join together for a collective impact on our community. Browse a wide range of funding opportunities that nonprofits have told us will take their work to new heights, make a gift of any size, and see each project progress toward its funding goal!

Together, we have the chance to inspire charitable giving in Illinois—if it passes the Illinois legislature. As organizations working in the nonprofit sector, today we ask that you lend your voice in support of the Illiniois GIVES Act.

Creative arts organizations in Mercer County are invited to apply for grants from the Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation, a private foundation administered by the Quad Cities Community Foundation. Up to $100,000 total will be available to organizations that participate in the collaborative grant application process, which will be led by Mercer County Better Together between now and the July 14 deadline.

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.”

The 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.

When 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.

This 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.

Latino 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.

In 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.

Sure, 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.

Philanthropy 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.

“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.

Now, 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.

Last 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.

If you’re charitably inclined and over age 70½, here’s why it’s smart to consider a qualified charitable distribution.

What 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.