EM Community Fund grants $23,000 to 18 local nonprofits

The East Moline Community Fund awarded $23,000 to 18 local nonprofits through its fall grant cycle, according to a news release from the Moline Regional Community Foundation. 

The East Moline Community Fund, founded in 2011 as a non-profit group, was created to build charitable resources dedicated to strengthening the community. The fund receives and administers charitable gifts and works with residents to achieve their goals to improve the community.

Grant recipients are: 

• Alternatives for Older Adults – $1,000.
• Augustana College  –  $1,000.  
• Ballet Quad Cities – $800. 
• Children’s Therapy Center of the Quad Cities, NFP – $2,000. 
• Christ United Methodist Church of the Illinois Quad Cities, Inc. – $2,000. 
• EveryChild – $1,500. 
• Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois – $1,600. 
• Humility Homes & Services, Inc. – $500. 
• Illowa Council, Inc. Boy Scouts of America – $1,000. 
• Junior Achievement of the Heartland – $500.
• Pregnancy Resources –  $1,525.
• Soles For Children Inc – $1,300. 
• Spring Forward – $2,000. 
• STEAM On Wheels – $1,275. 
• Two Rivers YMCA – $1,000.
• Western Illinois University Foundation on behalf of WQPT PBS – $1,000.
• World Relief Quad Cities – $1,000.
• YouthHope – $2,000.