Kelly Thompson

Vice President of Grantmaking and Community Initiatives 
email / KellyThompson@QCCommunityFoundation.org
phone /  (563) 326-2840

Kelly oversees the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s grantmaking strategy, nonprofit sector–strengthening initiatives like CEOLink, and collaborations on community issues that no one organization can face alone. Since joining the Community Foundation in 2012, she has led the formation and growth of our Transformation Grant program and our disaster response and recovery efforts for the 2019 flood and 2020 pandemic.

Kelly earned her masters in social work from the University of Iowa and her bachelors in sociology from Augustana College. She brought to the Community Foundation nine years of experience in social services, including agency leadership, grants management, and direct service in child welfare and homelessness. Kelly serves as the Vice Chair of Disaster Ready Quad Cities, as a member of the Iowa Council of Foundations Education Committee, and as a member of the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Capacity Building Champions Advisory Committee. Kelly lives in Rock Island, enjoys the local live music scene, and is active in community theatre.