19 Feb 2024

Latino Leadership Program Graduates First Cohort

By Melanie Jones

BETTENDORF, IOWA (February 19, 2024) — On Saturday, February 24, 2024, the first cohort of the Quad Cities Regional Lideramos Leadership Program will graduate. Coordinated by LULAC Council 10 and supported by the Quad Cities Community Foundation, the program has guided 23 local Latino leaders through six months of culturally specific leadership training.

08 Feb 2024

Quad Cities Community Foundation Announces New Advisory Committee

By Melanie Jones

From left: Jenny Colvin, Cecilia Bailey, and Telly Papanikolaou

BETTENDORF, IOWA (February 8, 2024) — The Quad Cities Community Foundation has announced the members of its Center for Nonprofit Excellence Advisory Committee. The committee is made up of fifteen local leaders who will be involved in creating the foundational governance model for the Center and carrying forward its mission of strengthening regional non-profits.

07 Feb 2024

Quad Cities Community Foundation: Hubbell-Waterman Foundation Grants $2 Million

By Melanie Jones

BETTENDORF, IOWA (February 7, 2024) — The Hubbell-Waterman Foundation, a private foundation administered in partnership with the Quad Cities Community Foundation, has granted $1,918,616 to 72 area non-profits to advance its vision of a growing, thriving, inclusive community through investments in innovation and accessibility.

01 Feb 2024

Gilda’s Club Quad Cities Receives Generous Unexpected Donation: Johnstone Supply Turned Up the Heat in December to Fundraise to Provide Warmth and Comfort to Those Impacted by Cancer

By Gilda's Club Quad Cities

Left to right: Billy Martin of Johnstone Supply, Pam Tone of Gilda’s Club QC, Lexi Bull of Gilda’s Club QC

29 Jan 2024

Visit Quad Cities Announces Dates for 2024 Restaurant Week

By Lindsey Row

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (January 29, 2024) — Visit Quad Cities is thrilled to announce the return of QC Restaurant Week on April 8-14, 2024. In its twelfth year, this annual event remains dedicated to celebrating and supporting the local hospitality industry, providing a distinctive experience for both visitors and Quad Cities residents.

29 Jan 2024

Quad Cities Community Foundation: Over $500,000 in Scholarships Available

By Melanie Jones

BETTENDORF, IOWA (January 29, 2024) — Applications for Quad Cities Community Foundation scholarships are now open for 2024. Thanks to generous donors, local students can apply for more than seventy scholarship opportunities totaling over $500,000.

Applications are due by February 15, 2024, with recipients announced in May. Students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

24 Jan 2024

Celebrating Sixty Years of Donor-Driven Transformation

By Quad Cities Community Foundation

BETTENDORF, IOWA (January 24, 2024) — It started with a simple idea. Two community leaders — Bea Conrad and John Nagle — wanted to organize the collective generosity of the region to improve the lives of their neighbors and the strength of their community.

19 Jan 2024

Illinois Humanities’ NEA Big Read program Offers Free Community Book Groups and Public Events about Equity and the "American Dream" Throughout Illinois

By Sarah Sommers

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (January 19, 2024) — Illinois Humanities is proud to partner with the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest to present this year’s statewide book group series, The NEA Big Read: Reconsidering the American Dream.

08 Jan 2024

This Year's Quad Cities Community Foundation Transformation Grant Recipient is. . .

By Sue Hafkemeyer

BETTENDORF, IOWA (January 8, 2024) — What a joy it is to start the day by announcing that this year’s Quad Cities Community Foundation Transformation Grant has been awarded to the Martin Luther King Jr Center to support their West End Revitalization efforts in Rock Island.

08 Jan 2024

$300,000 Transformation Grant Will Support Revitalization in Rock Island

By Melanie Jones

BETTENDORF, IOWA (January 8, 2024) — This year’s Quad Cities Community Foundation Transformation Grant has been awarded to the Martin Luther King Jr Center to support their West End Revitalization efforts in Rock Island. The three-year, $300,000 grant will ensure this community-driven initiative has the capacity to succeed and act as a model for other neighborhoods and cities.

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