What is a Community Foundation?
The Moline Community Foundation, serving the community of
Moline and the surrounding area known as the Quad Cities, is one
of approximately 600 community foundations across the country
and around the world. They are set up by people, corporations
and families that are dedicated to improving the quality of life
in a specific region.
It is a tax-exempt public charity that allows people to
establish permanent endowment funds within one
large foundation, and offers an inexpensive, value-added way to
establish a named family foundation. The income from these
separate funds - and the principal if the donor desires - is
available to respond to emerging problems and opportunities in
our community.
The Moline Community Foundation was
established in 1953 to encourage philanthropy and create
opportunities to improve the quality of life for present and
future generations in Moline, Rock Island County, and the Quad
Cities area. Our primary work is to make grants to community
groups working in the areas of arts and culture, community development,
education, scholarship, health care, and human services. We've
given more than $8 million since we made our first grants in
1954 to qualified nonprofit organizations serving the citizens
of Moline and the surrounding area. The Moline Foundation also
provides support to community groups with the ability to
establish endowment funds . Finally, the Moline Community
Foundation provides philanthropic leadership in the community by
convening leaders to solve problems and develop projects that
benefit the entire area or address a specific issue of concern.
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