· Private foundation
The Rock Island Community Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k54 grants · $107k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $126k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHRISTIAN CARE CENTER OF ROCK ISLAND | $21,000 |
| FRIENDSHIP MANOR | $18,500 |
| ROCK ISLAND PARKS DEPARTMENT | $17,500 |
| ROCK ISLAND LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $16,000 |
| YWCA OF THE QUAD CITIES | $16,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $13,000 |
| QUAD CITY BOTANICAL CENTER | $12,084 |
| Individual grant recipient | $11,523 |
| ROCK ISLAND - MILAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
| QUAD CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $4,500 |
| MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER | $4,500 |
| CF YOUTH HOPE | $4,000 |
| HUMILITY HOMES AND SERVICES | $4,000 |
| YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF ROCK ISAND COUNTY | $3,500 |
| GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $130k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
102 repeat relationships: 52 still active in FY2025, 50 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YOYWCA OF THE QUAD CITIES7× · 2017–2025 · $81k · revenue +292%
- RIROCK ISLAND-MILAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION6× · 2020–2025 · $50k · revenue +92%
- CCCHRISTIAN CARE7× · 2017–2023 · $46k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- MFMOLINE FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +25%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $8k
- LILIFELINE INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue +244%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Qci is a community of people living out our faith and values collectively to transform our society and bring about justice and human dignity locally and regionally. qci exists to empower ordinary people to effectively participate in the…
The trust shall be exclusively for the charitable, cultural, literary, scientific, and educational purposes necessary to provide support to irc sec 501(c)(3) organizations located in davenport, iowa and rock island, illinois.
The organization supports the general prosperity of rock island county, illinois and the surrounding illinois quad cities area.
To secure equal opportunities for all disadvantaged persons and people of color, including African Americans, women and persons with disabilities and advocating and establishing programs that facilitate the social and economic growth of…
The project of the quad cities, inc mission is to enhance the quality of life in our communities and reduce health disparities by providing a full spectrum of services including advocacy, care, testing, education, counseling, referrals and…
The quad cities open network (qcon) is a collaboration of public service organizations working together to increse community well-being through a strong human services sector.
To empower people with disabilities to believe in their own unique abilities and achieve their full potential by providing quality, innovative services that focus on advocacy, inclusion, independence, employment, meaningful community life…
The king center inspires greatness in the quad cities through community- building, service and education. our vision is a thriving beloved community rooted in equity, justice and respect for one another.
The purpose of the organization is to advance the general welfare and prosperity of scott county, iowa and the surrounding iowa quad cities area.
To enrich the quality of life within the diverse population of northwest rockford.
Together Making a Better Community is the hub for resources, professional services, programs and events for the community in the Quad Cities.
The quad cities region is comprised of multiple municipalities located in illinois and iowa. having multiple jurisdictions and oversight entities has resulted in fragmented and duplicative use of scarce resources diminishing regional…
How this is measured
78 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 78 of the 164 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds YWCA OF THE QUAD CITIES ↗
- Who funds QUAD CITY BOTANICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ROCK ISLAND-MILAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN CARE ↗
- Who funds YOUTHHOPE ↗
- Who funds FRIENDSHIP MANOR INC ↗
- Who funds Two Rivers YMCA Inc ↗
- Who funds QUAD CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds BALLET QUAD CITIES ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL IOWA ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S THERAPY CENTER OF THE QUAD CITIES NFP ↗
- Who funds BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES ↗
- Who funds QUAD CITY ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds RIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR ↗
- Who funds EVERYCHILD ↗
- Who funds PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds FIGGE ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds AUGUSTANA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF ROCK ISLAND CO ↗
- Who funds ROCK ISLAND COUNTY CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
- Who funds SPRING FORWARD LEARNING CENTER ↗
- Who funds Heart of Hope Ministries ↗
- Who funds PUTNAM MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds MOLINE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE ROBERT YOUNG CENTER FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Quad Cities Community Foundation · Rauch Family Foundation I Inc · Doris & Victor Day Foundation Inc · Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation · Moline Foundation · United Way Quad Cities · Scott County Regional Authority · Grant & Virginia Brissman Foundation Nfp · Harold R Bechtel Charitable Trust · Hubbell-Waterman Fndn · Marie H Bechtel Charitable Trust · Modern Woodmen of America
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Rock Island Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rock Island Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
How this is measured
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