News and Stories

Through the Quad Cities Community Foundation, the Taylor family has established a memorial scholarship fund to honor the legacy of their father, mother, sister, grandpa, grandma, and friend.

The Quad Cities Community Foundation’s 2024-2026 Strategic Direction and Plan has been unanimously approved by board of directors.

Ten local nonprofits have received a total of $155,164 to build and strengthen the systems, structures, cultures, skills, resources, and power that they need to serve their communities.

The Quad Cities Community Foundation works with donors to maintain the legacy of their land and property.

Less than two years after GVI’s launch and less than a year since the Transformation Grant award, the strategy is creating tangible change in Davenport.

The Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Giving Catalog connects donors with dozens of nonprofits in the region. Each organization featured in the catalog is seeking funding for a mission-expanding project.

It is important to bring people together to talk about the important role generosity and the nonprofit sector plays in our region.

With 2024 right around the corner, here are ten important tips on year-end giving.

Estate gifts of property can provide tax benefits, simplify estate planning, and create a lasting gift for your community.

Hills & Dales is expanding and bringing their unique model of care to the Quad Cities. And to support their permanent commitment to the region, they have opened an endowment fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation.

For more than 20 years, the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Teens for Tomorrow (T4T) program has been offering young people the opportunity to use their voices to empower change through philanthropy. Now, new mentor Edwin Salazar is joining that mission.

The Community Foundation board of directors just voted unanimously to lower the threshold for opening a donor advised fund from $10,000 to $1,000.

Every year, the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Celebration of Generosity lifts up philanthropy in the region and the donors that make it possible. This year we gathered at Mercado on Fifth for food, drinks, and special words from Community Foundation leaders and our community partners.

Four months ago, disaster struck our community when the building at 324 Main Street in Davenport collapsed. Three lives were lost, and 67 households were displaced. For those who lost their homes, their family members, and their belongings, and for the nearby residents and businesses impacted, this disaster persists.

So, too, does the generosity of the community.

The Friends of the Foundation Fund supports the Community Foundation’s work and long-term vision for philanthropy in the Quad Cities.

Thirty-one local nonprofits are receiving $644,630 through the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Operations and Program Grants.