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“No one knows better than nonprofits how to do more with less. But they shouldn’t have to. And we shouldn’t let them. Working in service of missions that lie at the heart of our community’s quality of life, they deserve as much of our generosity as we can possibly give them, especially when times are tough.”
Read MoreThirty-four local nonprofits are receiving $577,262 through the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Operations and Program Grants.
Read MoreMeet Your Generosity Guidebook, a brand-new resource the Community Foundation created to help individuals and families have conversations about philanthropy and start to act on their generous impulses in simple, effective ways.
Read MoreAfter more than a year working full-time in auditing, Maddi Haan recently took the next step down her path, joining the Quad Cities Community Foundation this July as an accounting specialist.
Read MoreThe Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation, administered by the Quad Cities Community Foundation, made $150,000 in grants for parks and recreations projects across Mercer County.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation has named Kent Pilcher the new chairperson of its board of directors. Replacing outgoing chairperson Randy Moore, Pilcher brings nearly seven years of service to the Community Foundation and a long history of local community leadership.
Read MoreWe are proud to launch ResourceLink, an information hub for donors, nonprofit professionals, and involved Quad Citizens who want to take their efforts to benefit our community to the next level.
Read MoreSue Rector recently worked with the Community Foundation to open the Rector Family Fund for CASI, an “acorn” or starter endowment she will fully fund through smaller monthly gifts over the course of five years.
Read MoreAs the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s newest administrative assistant, Jennie White is excited to have a front-row seat for the stories of generosity that unfold in our community every day.
Read MoreGet to know the Boy Scouts of America Illowa Council’s bee program and outdoor classroom project—one of seven projects supported by this year’s Mark W. Schwiebert Fund for Environmental Studies Grants.
Read MoreI’m learning what a tremendous privilege it us for us at the Community Foundation to sit down and listen to our community members’ visions for the future. That simple act, repeated over time, affords us a precious window into our community’s collective vision.
Read MoreAs we announce $150,000 in Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants going to 10 local nonprofits this summer, we’re also extending an exciting opportunity for donors to step in and support proposals that the grant program’s budget did not allow it to fund.
Read MoreThe new president and CEO of the Quad Cities Community Foundation couldn’t be more excited to start her work in our community. Watch a video message from Sue Hafkemeyer!
Read MoreSiri Pothula was at school when she got the good news. “I saw the email, and my first instinct was to just stare at it. I was like, ‘This is not real. I did not do that.’” Read how Siri and other Teens for Tomorrow members raised over $5,000 to expand their grantmaking budget.
Read More“As I look eagerly ahead to the region-wide collaboration I can support as the leader of this organization, I’m taking the opportunity, at this early juncture, to dwell in the place where I believe collaboration begins: active listening.”
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation’s youth philanthropy program, Teens for Tomorrow, recently announced its largest total grant award ever—$15,500 to 10 area organizations working in domestic violence and abuse support, education, the environment, housing, and immigration support.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation recently undertook an evaluation of its Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants program. Here’s what we learned and what we’re doing with the findings.
Read MoreProject Renewal’s presence has endured over the last five decades thanks to the organization’s attention, every day, to the things the community’s children need to succeed. Now, a nonprofit endowment fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation will be a key part of how it endures for decades to come.
Read MoreAfter graduating from Scott Community College with his associate’s degree earlier this May, only one thing stood between Trevor Milne and his well-earned summer break—graduating from high school in June. As he heads to Carthage College this fall, two Community Foundation scholarships will help him build on his academic success.
Read MoreThanks to the generosity of donors, the Quad Cities Community Foundation awarded $474,500 in new one-time and renewable scholarships to 46 local students.
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