Request For Funding

The 2025 Grant Cycle will be open February 24th-April 11th. We are excited to announce that we are partnering with the Moline Regional Community Foundation for grant applications!

Donation Request Guidelines

The Junior Board of Rock Island has set forth guidelines for community donations in an attempt to concentrate on areas of need of Children within our community (the greater Quad City Area). Donation requests should fall within the following areas of interest:

Children at Risk
Children and Literacy
Poverty and Hunger - Children
Environment - Children
Education/School Events
Anti-Violence/Community Safety - Children

In an attempt to maximize our exposure and the usage of funds, the following requests will not be considered:

Political Fundraising
Salaries, benefits or administrative costs of start-up programming
Fundraising events that benefit individuals

Deadlines:

All requests should be made prior to the deadline of April 11, 2025. Proposals will be reviewed annually in late April-early May. Your Agency/Organization will be notified in writing of the grant decision mid-May 2025.

Proposals:

Proposals should include the following items:

Mission Statement of your Agency/Organization
Narrative to include the history of your Agency/Organization, how you serve the community, demographics of persons served, number of persons served, and how the funds will be used.
Any relationship on the part of any committee member or Board member of Junior Board of Rock Island to the Agency/Organization to be funded must be disclosed. Such a relationship shall preclude the committee or board member from voting on the request.
List of current board members and their affiliations, if applicable
Annual Report, if available
A current Agency/Organization budget/project budget, if available