The Rock Island Community Foundation awarded a total of $99,100 in grants to 58 Quad Cities organizations in 2024, the foundation announced this week in a news release.
Recipients included programs that serve children, teens, families, and the elderly; education and mentoring programs; health care; and the arts. The foundation’s nine-member board of directors reviewed and approved the grant applications.
“Grants must be consistent with our mission, which is ‘To enhance the lives of the citizens of Rock Island,” Executive Director Gary Rowe said in the release.
“We are grateful to the many generous individuals and organizations who have contributed to programs that serve so many in Rock Island,” Mr. Rowe said.
Grant recipients
The list of 2024 grant awards follows:
- Augustana College, $1,000.
- Ballet Quad Cities, $2,000.
- Bethany for Children & Families, $2,500.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mississippi Valley, $2,000.
- Black Hawk College Foundation, $1,000.
- Every Child (Child Abuse Council), $2,000.
- Children’s Therapy Center of the Quad Cities, $2,500.
- Church of Peace Food Pantry, $2,000.
- Christian Friendliness, YouthHope, $3,000
- Clock, Inc., $1,000.
- Community Caring Conference, $1,000.
- Community Home Partners, $900.
- Figge Art Museum, $2,000.
- Fresh Films, $1,500.
- Friends of Douglas Park, $1,500.
- Friends of Hauberg Civic Center Foundation, $1,000.
- Friendship Manor, $1,500.
- Genesius Theatre Foundation, $1,500.
- Gilda’s Club Quad Cities, $1,500.
- Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa & Western Illinois, $2,500.
- Heart of Hope Ministries, $2,000.
- Immanuel’s Grace Ministries, $1,000.
- Jordan Catholic Schools, $1,500.
- Lead(h)er, $1,000.
- Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, $2,000.
- Marriage & Family Counseling Services, $2,000.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, $4,000.
- NAMI, $2,000.
- NEST Café, $2,250.
- Norma Leah Ovarian Cancer Institute, $2,500.
- Palomares Social Justice Center, $1,500.
- Planting Books — Seeds 4 a Better Future, $1,000.
- Prairie State Legal Services, $2,000.
- Pregnancy Resources, $2,000.
- Project NOW, $1,250.
- Putnam Museum & Science Center, $2,000
- Quad City Arts, $2,000.
- QC Community Broadcasting Group, $1,000
- Quad City Symphony Orchestra, $2,000.
- Rock Island County Children’s Advocacy Center, $1,500.
- Rock Island County Extension/4-H Education Foundation, $1,000.
- Rocky Resource Room, $2,000.
- Rock Island-Milan Little League, $1,000.
- Safer Foundation, $2,000.
- SBC Music Academy, $2,000.
- Soles for Children, $1,000,
- Special Olympics Illinois, $750.
- Spring Forward Learning Center, $2,400.
- STEAM on Wheels, $2,300.
- Tapestry Farms, $1,500.
- Testimonies of Hope/Argrow’s House, $1,000.
- The ARC of the Quad Cities, $1,000.
- Two Rivers YMCA, $2,000.
- Underwear Because We Care, $1,000.
- WIU Foundation/WQPT Public Television, $1,000.
- World Relief, $2,000.
- WVIK Quad Cities NPR, $1,250.
- Youth Service Bureau of Rock island County, $3,500.
About the foundation
The Rock Island Community Foundation was founded in 1967 by eight community leaders who each contributed $20 to start an organization that would benefit Rock Island.
The Foundation made its first and only grant in 1968, for $125. Today, with assets of more than $4 million, the Rock Island Community Foundation has made grants totaling more than $2.8 million to 221 different organizations.
For more information, visit the Foundation’s website at www.rockislandcommunity foundation.org.
