DES MOINES, IOWA (June 16, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds celebrated national home-ownership month Thursday, June 15, with the announcement of the opening of the second-annual Iowa Homeownership Incubator competition.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 15, 2023) — The public is invited to celebrate the Groundbreaking for Habitat Home N° 135 this Saturday, June 17, 10AM. This short ceremony will be located at 2416 N Nevada Ave, Davenport. Habitat Home N° 135 will be the future home of Kodjo Ahoble, Princia Ahoomey-Zunu, and family.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (June 15, 2023) — Youth philanthropy is making an enormous impact in the region thanks to the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Teens for Tomorrow (T4T) program. This year’s cohort set a new record for program grant-making, awarding $38,000 to eight local non-profits.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (June 13, 2023) — Churches United of the Quad City Area will once again partner with local businesses and churches for Thanksgiving in July, a state-wide, non-perishable food and essential items drive. Churches United competes with other food collection agencies in Iowa to see who can collect the most goods for their community.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (June 13, 2023) — The Quad Cities Community Foundation will launch a new Center for Nonprofit Excellence, a resource dedicated to strengthening the region’s non-profit sector.

The initiative will build on the Community Foundation’s long history of supporting non-profits by providing expanded resources that help local organizations advance their missions and grow their collective impact.

Left to riht: Vera Luka, Serhii Luka, Steve Hueser, Nadiia Luka, and Dave Klockau

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 13, 2023) — In September 2022, the Luka family escaped war-torn Kyiv with their twin daughters, Vera and Nadiia, to start a new life in Muscatine, Iowa, thanks to efforts by the Muscatine Action Committee for Ukraine.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 9, 2023) — Habitat for Humanity Quad Cities invites the public to celebrate the dedication of Habitat homes N° 126 and N° 127 this Saturday, June 10, 2023. The first celebration will be for home N° 126 located at 813 East 6th Street, Davenport. This celebration will begin at 10AM. Homeowner Armando Aguilar is looking forward to having enough space for himself and his two teenage children.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (June 9, 2023) — The Quad Cities Community Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2023 Operations and Program Grant program. This year, the Community Foundation will award over $486,000 to non-profit organizations in the Quad Cities region.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (June 8, 2023) For sixteen years, Midwest Hope and Healing offered support and comfort to more than 3,800 breast-cancer patients through their signature healing baskets. Generous donors to Midwest Hope and Healing made this possible. Midwest Hope and Healing distributed healing baskets at no cost to the newly-diagnosed.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 8, 2023) — The Downtown Davenport Partnership (DDP) announced it will allocate up to $100,000 to help businesses that were forced to close due to the building collapse at 324 Main St.

Additionally, the Quad Cities Chamber and DDP have partnered with the Quad Cities Community Foundation to accept donations from businesses and individuals through the newly established Downtown Business 324 Main Disaster Relief Fund to help directly affected businesses.

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