The Quad Cities Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to improving the lives of residents living in eastern Iowa and western Illinois. Since 1964, area residents and organizations have been turning to the Community Foundation to carry out their charitable goals.
When two sisters in their 20s died in a freak accident on their family farm in Mercer County, Ill., they left behind a legacy of giving.
The Dorothy-Dorothy-lake Foundation, set up in their...more
The Looser-Flake Foundation has distributed more than $110,000 in new grants across Mercer County, Illinois.The grants will fund student performance and music education, allow upgrades to AV...more
Quad Cities Salvation Army has completed one task in response to the Davenport partial building collapse.Humility Homes is trying to find places to live for tenants displaced by the collapse.More...more
The First Day Project: Quad City-Wide Student Supply Drive has been striving to make this a reality since 2006.School supplies can be donated at various sites throughout the Quad Cities during the...more
"Sometimes, you can look at the headlines and feel like this is a problem we're never going to wrap our arms around, but that's not true," Sarah Ott, chief strategy officer for the City of...more
In the world of social enterprises, failure is a cringe-worthy moment nobody wants to talk about. But, social entrepreneurs can benefit from their failures.