BETTENDORF, IOWA (May 4, 2026) — The Quad Cities Community Foundation has announced the recipients of $856,327 in scholarship awards, the largest total dollars awarded in the organization’s sixty-plus-year history. The awards are made possible by the generosity of donors to scholarship funds at the Community Foundation.

“Behind every scholarship is a personal motivation,” said Sue Hafkemeyer, President and CEO of the Community Foundation.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (January 21, 2026) — The Hubbell-Waterman Foundation, a private foundation founded in 1967 by the late Larned and Mary Hubbell Waterman, will grant over $2 million to 67 area non-profits in 2026 to advance its vision of a growing, thriving, inclusive community through investments in innovation and accessibility.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (December 29, 2025) — The Grant W Brissman and Virginia M Brissman Foundation, administered by the Quad Cities Community Foundation, has awarded $161,000 in grants to 36 non-profits supporting quality of life in the Village of Milan.

“This year’s grants reflect the breadth of community need and the generosity and vision of Grant and Virginia Brissman,” said Cathy Edwards, a Brissman Foundation trustee.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (December 10, 2025) — Ten 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.

More than $600,000 in total has been donated to River Bend Food Bank.