In the News

Grant Applications Being Accepted
CF Release - April 28, 2008

The Community Foundation of the Quincy Area is accepting applications for its 2008 Competitive Grant Programs. Nonprofit organizations must have IRS 501(c)(3) status classification to apply. Applications are due June 1.

Groups, programs get Samantha Otte Youth Opportunity Fund grants
Media Release - January 24, 2008

One of Quincy's biggest and best fundraising groups celebrated this morning: The Samantha Otte Youth Opportunity Fund handed out nearly $20,000 in grants to local organizations.

Acorn Funds 'Planted' in Knox & Lewis Counties
CF Release - January 22, 2008

Libby Davis said, It was great! growing up in Knox County, Missouri. She played basketball and softball and went swimming every Saturday at Baring Country Club. She was in band and Girl Scouts and spent much of her time riding horses.

It's for the children
CF Release - November 29, 2007

Today, the Community Foundation awarded $25,000 -- its first Communityworks Fund grant -- to the West Central Child Care Connection (WCCCC) for a project that meets shared goals.

Arts, health, and human service areas receive fund
CF Release - November 14, 2007

Once again, charitable causes are getting a boost from the Community Foundation of the Quincy Area. Grants from the Katherine Broemmel Endowment for the Arts and the Paul H. & Anne B. Gardner Memorial Trust will affect hundreds of lives served by seven nonprofit organizations.

Promises kept
Other Sources - November 6, 2007

PROMISES made 10 years ago by the Community Foundation of the Quincy Area have been more than fulfilled.