Thanks to donors who give through the Community Foundation, we are able to listen to our community, and then act on the greatest opportunities and most pressing needs in our region. In all my years working with donors and nonprofit leaders, listening and acting has never been more critical than during this COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants provide funding to local organizations for staff training, board development, strategic planning, technology, and more to help them carry out their missions.
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A $250,000 grant from the Kathi and Steve Morency Family’s fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation will support the future of Family Resources. The Davenport-based nonprofit provides foster group care, survivor services, mental health services, and more, to the region.
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Quad Citizens across the region have stepped up over the past two months to support the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation. Thank you to these businesses who have made contributions to the fund.
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Maitreyi Shrikhande, a junior at Davenport Central High School and a member of our Teens for Tomorrow Program, writes about philanthropy, no matter one’s age.
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More than $1 million has now been swiftly granted back out into the region to support eastern Iowa and western Illinois’ response to the COVID-10 pandemic.
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The Mount Carroll Community Foundation has awarded $50,000 in grants to support Carroll County nonprofits in their response efforts to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Fulton Association for Community Enrichment (FACE) and Morrison Area Community Foundation (MACF) have awarded $105,000 in grants to support Whiteside County nonprofits in their response efforts to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“I learned so much about my community—things I never would have known if it hadn’t been for this program,” said Davenport Central High School Junior Maitreyi Shrikhande.
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Debra and Corey Fulton’s foray into firefighting happened the way much of their volunteer work does—they saw a need and filled it.
The same could actually also be said about their estate planning (but more on that later).
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To demystify some of the assumptions about the who, what and how of estate planning, we sat down for a virtual discussion with Cristy Tackett-Hunt, a member of the Quad Cities Community Foundation Board of Directors and an attorney locally at Betty, Neuman & McMahon, P.L.C.
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This year, the Community Foundation awarded more than half a million dollars in scholarship dollars to students, including more than $367,000 in new one-time and renewable scholarships awarded to 43 Quad Cities-area students. Six students received multiple awards.
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Lynn and Dennis Quinn of Bettendorf, and their family, will match every dollar donated up to $50,000 with two additional dollars from their $100,000 gift, to result in an additional $150,000 for relief and recovery.
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The Quad Cities Community Foundation is teaming up with Board Member Cristy Tackett-Hunt, managing member and attorney-at-law at Betty, Neuman & McMahon, PLC, for a free, virtual estate planning seminar via Zoom on Thursday, June 4.
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As both sides of our river town look to reopen and continue to address the long-term impacts of this pandemic, the “how” looks different than it did two months ago—even two weeks ago. The “why,” however, has not changed. In fact, it is what we are unified in. It is what we have in common.
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Due to the gratefulness and generosity of so many, the Fulton Association for Community Enrichment’s (FACE’s) tribute challenge has been very successful.
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A third round of grants have been awarded to Quad Cities-area nonprofits supporting the community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Linda Bowers stepped up early with a $50,000 challenge gift to spur local, individual, and business giving to the Disaster Recovery Fund. Now, she is gifting another $50,000 challenge to the Quad Cities so that the fund can continue to meet basic needs for those most vulnerable people during this pandemic.
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A second round of grants have been awarded to Quad Cities-area nonprofits supporting the community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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