Davenport-Area Groups Awarded $1.35 Million In Grants

DAVENPORT, IA — Groups representing human services, arts and entertainment, cultural heritage and economic development are among the 61 community agencies and organizations awarded more than $1.3 million in grants this week by the Regional Development Authority.

The board awarded 51 percent of this round of grants to human service organizations; 38 percent to arts, cultural and educational organizations; and 11 percent to economic development groups.

A total of $1,350,364 was awarded. Grant recipients, project names or specified uses if applicable, and award amounts are:

• 100 Black Men Quad Cities Inc., Stanley Moore Mentoring Program, $ 8,000
• Association of Fundraising Professionals, $4,000
• Ballet Quad Cities, premier Alice in Wonderland, $25,000
• Bethany for Children & Families, dental service for uninsured children, $30,000
• Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society, Bix Jazz Festival, $10,000
• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Mississippi Valley, new 15-passenger van, $13,000
• Center for Active Seniors, Inc., senior enrichment, $50,000
• Center for Alcohol & Drug Services Inc., technology enhancement to support RYCCADS affiliation, $40,000
• Child Abuse Counciltherapy for children up to age 5, $5,000
• Child Protection Response Center, expansion of the Child Protection Response, $26,188
• Churches United of the Quad City Area, feeding the hungry, $10,000
• City of Davenport, 2018 Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative, $15,000
• Community Action of Eastern Iowa, refurbished computers for families, $4,246
• Community Foundation of the Great River Bend, Edmund Gaines Group streetscaping project, $7,500
• Davenport Community Schools, Creative Arts Academy, $50,000
• Dress for Success, $20,000
• Eastern Iowa Community Colleges, Urban Campus, $50,000
• Family Museum, Reaching New Heights, $10,000
• Family Resources Inc., TotalChild, $35,000
• Figge Art Museum, long-term financial sustainability project (multi-cycle award), $60,000
• Fresh Films, teaching STEM skills through a 6-day spring break filmmaking, $26,962
• Friendly House, air conditioning, $25,000
• Friends of the Quad Cities, Quad Cities Bid Fund, $35,000
• German American Heritage Center, "Sharing, Saving, and Storytelling: Our Community's Past Preserved," $15,000
• GiGi's Playhouse, Quad Cities 2018 “I have a voice” gala, $4,000
• Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois, Camp Conestoga renovations, $30,000
• Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois, leadership program for underrepresented girls, $10,000
• Great River Revelry, Great River Revelry Show Choir Invitational at Adler Theatre & River Center, $11,000
• Great Sounds Promotions, Smooth Jazz Fall Festival/youth education workshop, $7,500
• Grow Quad City Fund, Iowa Red, White & Boom and Alternating Currents festivals, $50,000
• Hand In Hand, Camp Hand In Hand programs for people with disabilities, $8,300
• Healthy Happy Families Foundation, "The Dangers They Face: Empowering Children to Overcome Modern-Day Dangers," $30,000
• Hilltop Campus Village Corporation, streetlights on 6th and Perry streets, $7,500
• Iowa Legal Aid, civil aid to individuals and families, $35,000
• Junior Achievement of the Heartland, financial literacy and work-readiness initiative, $10,000
• LeadHer, mentor recruitment and match education, $15,000
• Living Proof, exhibit bringing the Healing Power of the Arts to Quad Citizens Touched by Cancer, $7,500
• Midwest Writing Center, "Reading, Writing, and Living with Greater Attention," $5,000
• Mississippi Valley Blues Society, blues education in Area schools through performance and workshops, $7,500
• Normaleah Ovarian Cancer Initiative, technology upgrades, $13,525
• Our Lady of the River Catholic Church, Tim Tebow "Night to Shine" Prom Event, $5,000
• Project 15:12 Love One Another, support for single income households in the Quad Cities, $15,000
• Putnam Museum and Science Center, Gridiron Glory, $50,000
• QC CommUniversity, $2,000
• Quad Cities Jazz Festival, Polyrhythms Third Sunday Jazz Series and Jazz & Heritage Festival, $10,000
• Quad City Arts, 2017-8 Visiting Artist Series, $20,000
• Quad City Botanical Center, infrastructure repair campaign, $40,000
• Quad City Symphony, Masterworks concerts, $30,000
• Riverbend Food Bank, Plan to End Hunger, $50,000
• River Music Experience, Arts Build Communities - Phase 1, $30,000
• Robert Young Center for Community Mental Health, expanding child and adolescent mental health services at the Robert Young Center, $50,000
• Supplemental Emergency Assistance Program, emergency assistance to Scott County households, $28,000
• Transitions Mental Health Services, Transitions Scott County Tele-psych Engagement Project, $35,643
• Underwear Because We Care, $3,000
• United Neighbors, family financial literacy and empowerment, $17,000
• Up With Families, annual weekend retreat, $7,000
• USO of Illinois, USO Rock Island Center and programs, $20,000
• Vera French Foundation, peer services expansion, $35,000
• Vietnamese Community of the Quad Cities, Vietnamese New Year, $6,000
• Walcott Hearts & Hands Foundation, Main Street entrance signs, $5,000
• WVIK Quad Cities NPR, Challenger's Circle incentive match, $25,000

Continued funding also was made on five multi-cycle commitments that make it possible to contribute to larger, longer-term projects. Those projects are: Eastern Iowa Community Colleges for the Urban Campus project; River Bend Food Bank for an “End Hunger” initiative; Davenport Schools for the Creative Arts Academy; Quad City Symphony for their Masterworks Concerts; and Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois for Camp Conestoga renovations. Multi-cycle awards.

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