Moline Foundation

MOLINE FOUNDATION ELECTS JON TUNBERG CHAIRMAN
Officers have recently been elected by the Moline Foundation Board to lead the local community foundation in their grantmaking and community activities.

Jon Tunberg, Moline, Co-Owner Whitey’s Ice Cream, has been elected Chairman of The Moline Foundation.

Dr. Paula Arnell, Rock Island, Pathologist, Laboratory Director of Metropolitan Medical Laboratory, has been elected Vice Chairman.

Jim McLaughlin, Moline, Vice President, Southeast National Bank, has been elected Secretary.

The other members of the Moline Foundation Board include Peter Benson, Moline, Attorney, Lane & Waterman; Gene Blanc, Moline, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Midland Information Resources; Dennis Fox, Attorney, Califf & Harper; Sandra Kramer, Moline, Community Volunteer; Mary Lagerblade, Rock Island, Community Volunteer; and Dennis Schwartz, , Vice-President, Pension Investments, Deere & Company.

The Moline Foundation, founded in 1953, is a community foundation and non-profit organization which provides grants to health, human services, education, community development, the arts and other charitable organizations which benefit the citizens of Moline and the surrounding area. The Moline Foundation receives and administers charitable gifts and has a current endowment of over $13 million. For more information, please refer to The Moline Foundation’s web site at www. molinefoundation.org

The Moline Community Foundation offices are located at the Deere-Wiman House, 817 11th Avenue, Moline.

Over 300 people have attended public forums held throughout Rock Island County to discuss a new program for the county and its residents. CommunityWorks is a unique opportunity presented by the Grand Victoria Foundation, Chicago.
            They issued a challenge with matching funds available to start a quality of life endowment fund to benefit communities and citizens in Rock Island County. The fund now totals over $575,000 with gifts still being accepted to further grow this exciting initiative.
            With the assistance of a steering committee, a Strategic Impact Plan has now been written to guide grant making for $50,000 in grants to be given in the fall of 2007. Funds are available for non-profit organizations who propose work in Rock Island County in the areas of Land use and Protection, Child Care and Workforce Development.
            Action items within the Impact Plan were developed after evaluating input from the public forums held specifically for CommunityWorks ideas. Rock Island County’s quality of life will be directly affected by this Impact Plan in the future.

For further information and to view a copy of the CommunityWorks Impact Plan, please click on one of the link below:

[CommunityWorks Impact Plan Report]