Hubbell-Waterman Foundation announces 2019 grantees

In 2019, the Hubbell Waterman Foundation awarded more than $1.35 million to 35 Quad Cities-area nonprofits in one-time and multi-year grants. The grants were awarded to organizations focusing on culture and the arts, education, and social welfare support services.

Culture and the Arts

• Ballet Quad Cities: Using Ballet to Improve Arts Learning, Literacy, and Character Education in the Quad Cities—$30,000

• Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society: Bix Fest Lives—$5,000

• Figge Art Museum: Figge Art Museum Education Program—$55,000

• German American Heritage Center: Immigrant Passport Experience—$15,000

• Quad City Arts: Arts Dollars 2020—$80,000

• River Music Experience: Breaking the Cycle: Growing Capacity to Increase Impact—$30,000

Education

• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Mississippi Valley: Operational Support for After School Program for Youth Aged 6-18—$20,000

• Clock, Inc.: LGBT+ Community Foundation—$45,000.00 (3-year grant)

• Fresh Films: Summer Film Program for At-Risk Quad City Teens—$8,250

• Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois: Bringing Girl Scouts to Underserved Quad City Girls—$20,000

• Hope At The Brick House, Inc.: Enhancing Learning for Children and Youth—$10,000

• Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates (iJAG): Bridging the Gap Between School and Careers—$105,000 (3-year grant)

• Junior Achievement of the Heartland: JA BizTown and JA Finance Park Financial Literacy and Work Readiness Initiative—$18,000

• Nahant Marsh Education Center: Capital Campaign / Nahant FREE Program—$100,000 (3-year grant)

• Putnam Museum and Science Center: Bridge Funding—$95,000.

• United Way of the Quad Cities Area: Impact United—$10,000

• WQPT Quad Cities PBS-WIU Foundation: WQPT Education and Outreach Services—$50,000

• YMCA of the Iowa Mississippi Valley: Camping Counts / Chance for Success—$25,000

Social Welfare

• Alternatives: QCON Hub—$25,000

• Bethany for Children and Families: Providing Mental and Behavioral Health Therapy to Children in the Quad Cities Region—$75,000

• Cafe On Vine: Daily Readiness Program—$5,000

• Child Abuse Council: Child Abuse Prevention and Community Education—$10,000

• Children's Therapy Center of the Quad Cities: NFP Assistance with Future Operations Expenses Related to our New Clinic Located in Davenport—$10,000

• Christian Care: Operational Support—$45,000 (3-year grant)

• Dress for Success Quad Cities: Empowering Women's Economic Independence—$75,000 (3-year grant)

• Friends of Iowa CASA & ICFCRB: CASA Assistant for Scott County—$10,000

• Habitat for Humanity Quad Cities: Neighborhood Revitalization and Repairs—$20,000

• Hand in Hand: Capacity Building at Hand-in-Hand / Enhancing Programs for the Future—$18,000

• Humility Homes and Services, Inc.: Operating Support—$150,000 (3-year grant)

• Iowa Legal Aid: Opening a Legal Clinic in Davenport Community Schools for At-Risk Students and Their Families—$82,500 (3-year grant)

• One Eighty: Transportation to Improve Workforce Training for At-Risk Davenport Residents—$15,000

• Project Renewal of Davenport: Summer Youth Program 2021—$17,000 (2-year grant)

• River Bend Foodbank: Backpack Program/Student Hunger Drive—$60,000

• Supplemental Emergency Assistance Program: Operating Support—$15,000

• Unity House: Transitional Housing for Quad City Men Recovering from Addiction—$5,000