Giving Catalog

The Quad Cities Community Foundation Giving Catalog is the place for you to unite with other donors to create collective impact in your community. Your gift will be joined with others and granted to the nonprofit of your choice. To contribute to a nonprofit funding request, click on the orange Donate button.

Thank you for proving that generosity truly lives here!

Nonprofits in Cedar, Scott, and Van Buren counties in Iowa and Carroll, Henry, Mercer, Rock Island, and Whiteside counties in Illinois are invited to participate in the Giving Catalog. If you represent a nonprofit and would like to submit a request, please contact Megan Wright.

Ballet Quad Cities

Send 166 QC kids to Ballet Quad Cities' The Nutcracker

Donate $15 today to send one QC 3rd grader to Ballet Quad Cities' The Nutcracker Student Matinee at the Adler Theatre and experience the wonder and magic of ballet in an interactive, in-school preview visit from BQC dancers to learn about the ballet's music, costumes, choreography, and scenery.
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2,490.00
Funded
0.00
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Bettendorf Public Library Foundation

Library Outreach Vehicle Will Enhance & Extend Equitable Services

The opportunities and services offered by the library are not always convenient – or possible - for residents to take advantage of at the library. Acquiring a Library Outreach Vehicle will enhance & extend equitable services to our growing community.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Boys and Girls Clubs of the Mississippi Valley

Fund an Unforgettable Experience for Our Youth

This is your chance to fund an amazing field trip experience for the youth of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Mississippi Valley. In the summer of 2026, we will take all of the members on a field trip to a location most of them have never experienced.
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2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Cancer Support Community Iowa & NW Illinois

Providing Freezer Meals for those Impacted by Cancer

Food insecurity is one of the many challenges faced by those living with cancer. CSC Iowa & NW Illinois provides no-cost freezer meals to patients and families impacted by cancer- providing over 1000 meals in 2024. A $2,500 donation provides 100 meals, easing the burden for those impacted.
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2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Center for Active Seniors, Inc.

CASI's Be a Fan to a Senior and Senior Secret Santa programs

CASI's Be a Fan to a Senior program helps low-income seniors by giving out hundreds of box fans during the summer. At year end, CASI's Senior Secret Santas give holiday gifts to 1200+ low-income seniors in Ia-Il
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2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Clock, Inc.

Clock, Inc's Life-Saving Programs

Clock, Inc LGBT+ Community Center is a vital support hub for the LGBTQ+ community in the Quad Cities. Operating solely on grants and donations with no state or federal funding, Clock efficiently provides critical services—including support groups, life-saving programs, workshops, and community events.
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2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Common Chord

Interactive instruments for individuals with special needs

In partnership with The ARC of the Quad Cities, Blackhawk Special Education Center, Empowering Abilities & Empower House, Common Chord provides accessible, safe & fun music enrichment programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by offering hands on ways for expression.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Community Foundation of Cedar County

Friends of the Community Foundation of Cedar County Endowment

Your gifts will support a broad range of community needs such as arts and culture, education, health and human services and historic preservation in Cedar County, IA.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Community Foundation of Van Buren County

Community Foundation of VanBuren County Unrestricted Endowed Fund

Join us in making a positive, local impact on the people of VanBuren County, IA that will last for generations to come.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Davenport Schools Foundation

Davenport's Great Minds program for K-8th students

The Davenport Schools Foundation (DSF) provides resources beyond the district's budget. The Great Minds program allows students grades K-8 to experience learning-in-action with outside the classroom learning skills such as creativity, innovation, critical thinking and problem-solving.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
200.00
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Dress for Success Quad Cities

Empower Women in their Career Development

Provide 10 local women with career coaching, resume review, attire, and a confidence care package. $40 provides a career coaching session. $50 provides a pair of shoes. $60 provides a woman with a professional tote filled with personal essentials. $75 outfits one woman with professional attire.
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2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Empowering Abilities

Create opportunities and change lives of individuals with disabilities

Empowering Abilities is transforming our Daily Discovery East building into a more engaging, welcoming space. With creative designs, we’re making each room inviting, interactive, and inspiring—reflecting the joy, creativity, and inclusivity at the heart of our mission.
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2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Family Resources, Inc.

Donate Today to Support Child and Adult Survivors of Violence

Your support will have a huge impact for a survivor in need. $50 provides a rape kit (sweat suit, undergarments and sandals) to a survivor leaving the hospital. $22 provides a monthly bus pass for therapy and doctor’s appointments, court proceedings, etc. Donate today and turn tragedy into recovery.
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2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Figge Art Museum

Provide Art Supplies for Interactive Maker Spaces at the Figge

Your donation helps keep our maker spaces stocked with art supplies, sparking creativity for all ages! Your support provides materials for the Family Activity Center, Art Cart, and sketching areas in the Wintergarden and Community Gallery, ensuring fresh supplies for a year of hands-on experiences.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Fulton Association for Community Enrichment (FACE)

FACE Community Impact Endowment (Fulton)

Because the Community Impact Endowment is the all-purpose fund that can provide grants to any of the charitable organizations and services supporting Fulton, IL, your donation to this fund can help EVERYONE in town in some way. Thank you so much for your gift and your interest in seeing great things happen in Fulton!
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Geneseo Is For Tomorrow Foundation (GIFT)

GIFT Community Impact Fund

Your gift will be joined with others to support the most pressing needs and promising opportunities in Geneseo, IL.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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German American Heritage Center and Museum

Celebrating German immigrant history, culture, and contributions

Help us preserve and celebrate the German immigrant legacy through our Kaffee und Kuchen program, where coffee, cake, and conversation bring communities together. Your support of $125 per session, or $2,500 for 20 sessions, helps us keep this vital tradition thriving. Join us in fostering cultural connection and learning.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
50.00
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Gigi's Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center - Quad Cities

Literacy, math, and speech, oh my!!

GiGi’s offers free one-on-one literacy and math tutoring, and speech and language therapy for individuals with Down syndrome of all ages. You can help individuals learn to read, strengthen their math skills, and/or overcome communication barriers by donating today!
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2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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HAVlife™ Foundation

Positively impact at-risk youth between the ages of 10 to 15

The HAVlife™ Foundation mission to prevent lost potential in today's youth through sponsoring student participation scholarships in the areas of music, arts and athletic programs. This time in a when the dreams and ambitions of childhood develop into the achievements of adulthood.
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1,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Hills & Dales Child Development Center

CPR/First Aid Equipment Replacement to Aid Staff Training

Hills & Dales supports adults with disabilities living in the Quad Cities, and their health and safety is a significant priority. New CPR/First Aid Equipment used for staff training is needed as the current equipment is outdated and not fully functional.
Requested
1,775.00
Funded
0.00
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Humility Homes and Services, Inc.

Underwear for the Unhoused

Humility Homes and Services fights homelessness in the Quad Cities with housing and support. In 2024, we aided 600+ people and made 3,000+ touchpoints at our donation center. Donate today to provide new underwear for someone in need.
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2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Lead(h)er

Give the gift of mentorship for QC women

The Lead(h)er Strike A Match Mentoring Program fuels career and community engagement for QC women in the workforce! Each gift enables us to personally match a woman with a mentor, empowering her to achieve her professional goals. Donate today!
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Martin Luther King Jr. Center, Inc.

Menstrual Hygiene Products + Diapers

The people that we work with are always in need of basic items that are not EBT-eligible. $40 provides diapers for an infant for a month. $60 provides menstrual hygiene products for a person for a year. Best of all, you’ll remind families in need that they live in a community that cares about them.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Morrison Area Community Foundation

Morrison Area Community Foundation Community Impact Fund

Your gift will help us enhance and improve the educational, cultural, recreational, and economic environment of the City of Morrison (IL) and surrounding areas.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Mount Carroll Community Foundation

Mount Carroll Community Foundation Community Impact Endowment

Your gift will be joined with others to support the most pressing needs and promising opportunities in Mount Carroll, IL.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Nahant Marsh Education Center

Celebrating Nahant Marsh's 25th Anniversary - Be a part of it!

Nahant Marsh Education Center is celebrating its 25th Anniversary and we have big plans! Here's how you can help: $2,500 will help support our 2025 projects, all aimed to enhance educational programming and visitor experience at Nahant.
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2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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One Eighty

Give someone the Freedom to Thrive

Your gift of $1000 will set an adult overcoming addiction, homelessness and crisis on the road to a new life. Your gift provides one month of housing, basic needs, mentoring, career training, financial coaching and spiritual formation so they can be restored to their families and live financially independent lives.
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1,000.00
Funded
0.00
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Palomares Social Justice Center

Your $100 Feeds 40 People – How Many Can You Help Today?

Every Sunday night from 4:00-5:30 PM, Palomares Social Justice Center provides a warm, welcoming space for our community. We serve a free nutritious meal to anyone, while also offering toiletries, clothing, and a small food pantry to help our neighbors.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Quad Cities Community Foundation

Quad Cities Community Impact Fund

The Quad Cities Community Impact Fund grants to the most pressing needs and promising opportunities in Scott (IA) and Rock Island (IL) counties as they arise and change from year to year. Through this fund, donors join together to accomplish what no one person or organization can achieve alone.
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2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Quad City Animal Welfare Center

Providing Critical Spay/Neuter Services for Shelter Animals

The Quad City Animal Welfare Center seeks $2,500 to fund spay/neuter procedures for shelter animals, ensuring they are healthy for adoption. This helps reduce overpopulation and promotes responsible pet ownership. Funds will cover 10 cat neuters, 10 cat spays, 8 dog neuters, and 8 dog spays.
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2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Quad City Botanical Center

Give 500 students access to our Plant Discovery Bus

Our Plant Discovery Bus, a new mobile educational unit on wheels, is live at schools throughout the QC. By allowing us to take high quality programming to the students, we have opened access to learners who have experienced challenges coming onsite for a field trip.
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2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Quad City Symphony Orchestra

Provide financial aid for instrumental music lesson students

Your donation helps provide access to musical instrument instruction for students-in-need and provides financial assistance on a sliding scale to participate in our Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles and Private Lesson Program taught by professional QCSO musicians.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Rock Island County Children's Advocacy Center

Advocacy for Child Victims of Abuse

$50.00 provides one hour of advocacy. Your $50.00 donation provides support, resources and guidance for child victims and their family. The Advocate manages the caseload and ensures linkage and coordination with other agencies and service providers for the duration of the case.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Schuetzenpark Gilde

Trees for the Future

Each $100 will plant a tree. This includes the cost of the tree as well as the posts and caging to protect the new trees from deer, etc. Volunteers will tend to the tree for a two-year transition period. These trees are being planted to benefit future generations.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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Spring Forward Learning Center

Swimming Lessons for Underserved Rock Island Students

Spring Forward will offer no-cost swim lessons at Rock Island Fitness and Activity Center during out-of-school programs, in partnership with RI Parks and Recreation and Rock Island-Milan School District. Over 375 students have benefited from this lifesaving program.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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The Arc of the Quad Cities Area

Help individuals in need offset expenses for Hygiene supplies

Individuals living in group homes only have $60 left for out-of-pocket expenses. This leaves little left for items needed such as clothes, shoes, hygiene supplies and entertainment. I ask you to please consider helping alleviate this expense. We serve 400 individuals annually and 145 of them 24/7.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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United Way of Whiteside County

Take Action Against Summer Hunger in Whiteside County.

For the past 24 years, United Way has served free summer meals to kids at 20 sites in the county. The program served over 42,000 meals last year, a 178% increase from 2021. UWWC seeks support to meet the surging community needs. We seek vital support through volunteers, food drives, and monetary donations.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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World Relief Quad Cities

World Relief QC is a global Christian humanitarian organization

At World Relief QC, we come alongside refugees in vulnerable situations as they rebuild their lives in the US. WRQC asks for $2,500 for diapers, wipes, and baby items for single refugee moms. This amount will support 25-30 single mothers in the QC at about $75-$100 per family.
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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WVIK Quad Cities NPR

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR: Connecting Community Through Public Radio

At WVIK, Quad Cities NPR, we deliver trusted news, arts, culture, and classical music to our community. As listener-supported radio, we rely on donations to continue this work. Your gift fuels local partnerships, civic engagement, and quality programming. Donate today to support our mission!
Requested
2,500.00
Funded
0.00
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