Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

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Eligible organizations

  • Homelessness: Organizations providing support for individuals who are currently homeless or housing-insecure
  • Domestic Violence and Abuse Support and Prevention: Organizations providing support for individuals who have experienced Domestic Violence and Abuse or organizations that provide prevention services
  • Food Insecurity: Organizations providing access to food and/or meals for individuals and families

Geography

  • Located in and serving residents of Rock Island County, Illinois and/or Scott County, Iowa
  • Potential programs include empowerment and mentoring programs, mental health and healthcare services, shelter, and support for survivors of domestic violence and abuse

Required status

  • 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status

Other requirements

  • _You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's [website](https://www.qccommunityfoundation.org/teensfortomorrowgrants)._
  • Grant applications addresses one of the following issues in our community
  • Immigration Support: Organizations directly supporting access to basic needs for immigrant families
  • Organizations must comply with our Diversity and Non-Discrimination Policy

Not eligible / not funded

  • Not eligible: Funding may not be used for the following
  • Not eligible: Advertising or marketing campaigns
  • Not eligible: Deficit funding or debt retirement
  • Not eligible: Direct financial support to individuals
  • Not eligible: Endowments (unless otherwise state by grant criteria)
  • Not eligible: Fundraising activities or events
  • Not eligible: Political or lobbying activities
  • Not eligible: Projects that are not for a charitable purpose
  • Not eligible: Projects or events that have already been completed
  • Not eligible: Religious or sectarian activities that attempt to convert a person to a particular faith or perspective, or social service activities that require participation in such
  • Not eligible: Organizations or activities which do not comply with our Diversity and Non-Discrimination Policy

Overview

Purpose

Teens for Tomorrow (T4T) is a youth philanthropy group made up of high school students from Rock Island County in Illinois and Scott County in Iowa. These young leaders become philanthropists by learning about community needs, developing a grant opportunity, evaluating applications, making site visits, and awarding grants. Each year, T4T awards a total of $10,000 to nonprofits meeting a variety of needs in the Quad City Area.

Teens for Tomorrow grants will provide operational and program support to organizations that improve the lives of Quad Cities residents through services related to Domestic Violence and Abuse Support and Prevention, Homelessness, Immigration Support, and Food Insecurity.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

  • Eligible 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations:
  • Are located in and serving residents of Rock Island County, Illinois and/or Scott County, Iowa.
  • Grant applications addresses one of the following issues in our community:
    • Immigration Support: Organizations directly supporting access to basic needs for immigrant families
    • Homelessness: Organizations providing support for individuals who are currently homeless or housing-insecure
    • Domestic Violence and Abuse Support and Prevention: Organizations providing support for individuals who have experienced Domestic Violence and Abuse or organizations that provide prevention services. Potential programs include empowerment and mentoring programs, mental health and healthcare services, shelter, and support for survivors of domestic violence and abuse.
    • Food Insecurity: Organizations providing access to food and/or meals for individuals and families
  • Organizations must comply with our Diversity and Non-Discrimination Policy.

Ineligibility

  • Funding may not be used for the following:
    • Advertising or marketing campaigns
    • Deficit funding or debt retirement
    • Direct financial support to individuals
    • Endowments (unless otherwise state by grant criteria)
    • Fundraising activities or events
    • Political or lobbying activities
    • Projects that are not for a charitable purpose
    • Projects or events that have already been completed
    • Religious or sectarian activities that attempt to convert a person to a particular faith or perspective, or social service activities that require participation in such
    • Organizations or activities which do not comply with our Diversity and Non-Discrimination Policy.

What Quad Cities Community Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024
263
Total given
$7.55M
Median grant
$15K
Range
$5,100–$602K
  • By dollars: Iowa 62%, Illinois 33%, Michigan <1%. Top recipient cities: Davenport, IA; Rock Island, IL; Bettendorf, IA.
  • 16% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 20% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • Imagine the Possibilities Inc · Maquoketa, IA

    Support for learning disabled and handicapped children and adults, present or future…

    $602K

  • Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation · East Moline, IL

    Mission support, birdies for charity

    $301K

  • Family Resources Inc · Davenport, IA

    Mission support, domestic violence programs, braking traffic, youth and out of home…

    $275K

  • Martin Luther King Jr Center Inc · Rock Island, IL

    Mission, projects and operating support, revitalization initiative

    $269K

  • United Way Quad Cities · Bettendorf, IA

    Mission and operating support, emerging leaders, imagination library, senior citizen…

    $211K

IRS Form 990, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Nonprofits
  • Domestic violence
  • Homeless
  • Immigration
  • Food security

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