United Way Quad Cities

At United Way Quad Cities, our mission is to mobilize people and resources to improve the Quad Cities by advancing equity and ensuring all our neighbors have access to education, income and health – the building blocks of opportunity that every person and community need to thrive. With the help of local partners and generous supporters, we work together to ensure that all Quad Citizens, regardless of race or zip code, have the opportunity to develop their full potential.
By 2030, we are working on achieving three overarching goals in each of our strategy areas. In education, we are working to increase to 90% the number of students reading on grade level by third grade to help ensure success later in life. Within our income strategy, we are working to increase by 20% the number of young adults earning living wages, adding $116M in wages per year to the economy. Within our health strategy, we are working to increase to 95% the percent of Quad Citizens reporting having routine health care. With this funding, we can move the needle on these education, income, and health goals and ensure that every Quad Citizen has the opportunity to thrive.

At United Way Quad Cities, we find and fund solutions to our community’s biggest challenges. With our local network and position in the community, we have a 30,000-foot view of the resources and gaps in the Quad Cities. We study and step into these gaps, bringing together the best people and ideas to build and fund initiatives that address social challenges by filling these needs and creating opportunity where it didn’t exist before.

As one of the largest social impact nonprofit funders in the Quad Cities, we are responsible for private investments into efforts that improve education, income and health and advance equity. Each year, we invest millions of dollars in our community through our strategic investment grants to deliver measurable impact in all three of our focus areas. We fund programs that help more students get the education they need to succeed, more families reach economic self sufficiency, and more neighbors get access to the physical and mental health services they need to thrive, regardless of race or zip code.