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.
Hidden within headlines about federal tax changes are provisions that will affect charitable giving for American taxpayers. As a new year begins, it’s a good time to review your plans and position yourself to give generously and take advantage of available tax benefits—especially with new rules taking effect in 2026.
Read MoreAcross the Quad Cities region, nonprofits are navigating rising community need, tighter funding, rapid technological change, and an evolving policy landscape. The Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Hunt and Diane Harris Center for Nonprofit Excellence is bringing nonprofits together to learn, build networks, and increase capacity at a time when the sector needs it most.
Read MoreMark Schwiebert of McCarthy, Callas & Feeney, P.C., is one of the newly inducted members of the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Advisor Circle. Each member has assisted one or more donors to establish a gift of $1 million or more at the Community Foundation to benefit our region.
Read MoreIn 2019, the Quad Cities Community Foundation awarded a Transformation Grant to Vera French Community Mental Health Center to launch Individual Placement and Support (IPS), an evidence-based model of supported employment for people living with serious mental illness. Six years later, the investment continues to deliver life-changing impact for individuals, employers, and the region’s workforce system.
Read MoreHere are just some of the “bright spots” that made 2025 a great year at the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
Read MoreMegan and Allie Bowlyou are past recipients of Quad Cities Community Foundation scholarships, and they’ve used that support to pursue ambitious goals while giving back to the community that helped raise them.
Read MoreThe Hubbell-Waterman Foundation will grant over $2 million to 67 area nonprofits in 2026 to advance its vision of a growing, thriving, inclusive community through investments in innovation and accessibility.
Read MoreLast year, our region reached a new level of generosity and collective impact. At a time when nonprofits and communities are facing growing and complex challenges, donors stepped forward with renewed commitment and purpose.
Read MoreA $50,000 endowment gift match initiative at the Quad Cities Community Foundation this winter inspired local donors and demonstrated the collective generosity of the Quad Cities community.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation is starting the new year by expanding its executive team to better support the region's nonprofits, donors, and communities, and enhance its ability to serve in meaningful and effective ways.
Read MoreWe are honored to announce that the Quad Cities Housing Council is the recipient of a three-year, $300,000 Transformation Grant from the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
Read MoreTo strengthen the systems and sustainability of local nonprofits, the Quad Cities Community Foundation has awarded $165,800 in Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants to nine organizations committed to growing their impact in durable, strategic ways.
Read MoreThe Grant W. Brissman and Virginia M. Brissman Foundation, administered by the Quad Cities Community Foundation, has awarded $161,000 in grants to 36 nonprofits supporting quality of life in the Village of Milan.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation has awarded its 2025 Transformation Grant to the Quad Cities Housing Council in support of the region’s first large-scale, multi-agency affordable housing development initiative. The $300,000 grant will be distributed over three years.
Read MoreTen Quad City-area funders announced today that the region has once again demonstrated extraordinary generosity. In just two and a half weeks, the community contributed more than $300,000 to the River Bend Food Bank Hunger Relief Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation—fully unlocking an additional $300,000 in matching funds.
Read MoreThe Community Foundation and area funders are standing beside nonprofits working to meet growing needs in our community.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation has announced $315,000 in QC River Connections Grants awarded to 12 local organizations whose work strengthens the relationship between people, place, and the Mississippi River.
Read MoreDue to popular demand, the Quad Cities Community Foundation will once again offer two flagship educational programs in 2026 through the Hunt and Diane Harris Center for Nonprofit Excellence.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation and nine other funders have joined forces to launch the River Bend Food Bank Hunger Relief Fund, a $250,000 matching opportunity that will collect community donations to help meet the growing demand for emergency food assistance across the region.
Read MoreYour plan is your voice when you’re no longer here. Make sure it’s heard.
Read More
