23 Feb 2023

First-Time Grantee Opens New Doors

By Quad Cities Community Foundation

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (February 23, 2023) — Where the Watch Tower Plaza once stood in southwest Rock Island now stretches a 23-acre vacant lot. Just across the street from the lot — which was cleared in 2015 to make way for a Walmart Supercenter that never came, displacing a supermarket, a drug store, a salon, and other local retailers — a non-profit called Positive Brothers United (PBU) is bringing new resources to community members in the area.

25 Jan 2023

Quad Cities Community Foundation Grants $300,000 for Reducing Gun Violence

By Quad Cities Community Foundation

Left to right: Kelly Thompson, Tee LeShoure, Dwayne Hodges, Nicole Cisne Durbin, Chief Jeffrey Bladel, Mayor Mike Matson, Sarah Ott, and Sue Hafkemeyer

17 Nov 2022

The Transformation Continues for Humility Homes and Services

By Quad Cities Community Foundation

BETTENDORF, IOWA (November 17, 2022) — In late 2020, Humility Homes and Services received a $100,000 Transformation Grant from the Quad Cities Community Foundation to help pilot its supportive housing model, a holistic approach combining stable affordable housing with wraparound services.

26 Oct 2022

With New Endowment Fund, Davenport Junior Theatre Looks to Preserve Its Legacy

By Quad Cities Community Foundation

BETTENDORF, IOWA (October 26, 2022) — Not every kid who takes a class, does a camp, or joins a production at Davenport Junior Theatre finds themselves pursuing a career in the performing arts — but that’s not the theater’s mission.

26 Sep 2022

Over Half a Million Dollars in Grants Just Announced by Quad Cities Community Foundation

By Quad Cities Community Foundation

BETTENDORF, IOWA (September 26, 2022) — Thirty-four local non-profits are receiving $577,262 through the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Operations and Program Grants.

22 Mar 2021

Stellar Investment Return Rates in 2020

By Quad Cities Community Foundation

 

Investment returns (Percentage-wise)

BETTENDORF, IOWA (March 22, 2021) — The past year may have been challenging in many ways, but for the Quad Cities Community Foundation, it’s been an opportunity to witness new levels of generosity within our community — and the remarkable results of that generosity. That is, in part, because Community Foundation donors saw exceptional growth of their funds.

26 Oct 2020

The Good Kind of Payback: The Gene and Arlene Vincent Family Scholarship

By Quad Cities Community Foundation

 

Gene and Arlene Vincent

BETTENDORF, IOWA (October 26, 2020) — Every dollar awarded through the endowment funds and scholarships set up by Gene and Arlene Vincent through the Quad Cities Community Foundation has deep meaning for their family. The couple has two funds at the Community Foundation — the Vincent Family Scholarship, set up in 2019, and the Gene B and Arlene J Vincent Endowment, established earlier this year.

27 Jul 2020

Family Giving with The Community Foundation

By Quad Cities Community Foundation

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 27, 2020) — Lynn and Dennis Quinn (top center, with their children and grandchildren) started an endowment fund and seeded it with “a small amount” at the Quad Cities Community Foundation many, many years ago. Their intent was to begin a relationship with the Community Foundation, and then go from there.

16 Apr 2020

Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund Nears $1 Million in Donations and Pledges

By Quad Cities Community Foundation

BETTENDORF, IOWA (April 15, 2020) — A second round of grants have been awarded to Quad Cities-area nonprofits supporting the community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Every single dollar granted has been made possible from donations to the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation.

19 Mar 2020

Disaster Recovery Grants Now Available

By Quad Cities Community Foundation

BETTENDORF, IOWA (March 19, 2020) — After activating the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund six days ago as part of our community's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, applications are now being accepted to award 

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