Income

Empower more Quad Citizens with the skills and tools to achieve financial stability.

Financial stability is a key ingredient of a steady, successful life. Along with education and health, it’s one of the building blocks of opportunity. That’s why we create, partner and invest in programs that help Quad Citizens find and keep better jobs, establish savings and hold on to more of what they earn.

We’ve collaborated with a broad spectrum of community partners to develop a set of 10-year goals to drive transformative change and advance racial equity in the areas of education, income and health in the Quad Cities. Together, we can ensure all Quad Citizens, regardless of race or ZIP code, have the opportunity and access to achieve their full potential.

To make that aspiration a reality, this is our key lever in the area of Income:

It will take all of us working together to ensure all Quad Citizens can find and maintain work that enables financial stability. Can we count you in?

How We Create Opportunity

Without stable income or sufficient savings, families get derailed by unexpected expenses, develop credit issues and fall prey to predatory lenders. We partner and invest in a range of programs that put residents on new career pathways, giving them the skills and resources to improve their economic mobility and providing them with basic necessities in emergency situations. By investing in our residents’ financial stability today, we’re affecting our community for generations.

Stabilization Services/Basic Needs

Stabilizing people who are facing hunger, homelessness or financial crisis is a top priority. We fund efforts that provide access to hunger relief, emergency shelter, help low-income individuals/families obtain and maintain safe, affordable, stable housing and provide emergency financial assistance.

Career Pathways

We put hardworking Quad Citizens on career pathways by connecting them with the skills and support needed to get and keep good jobs. We aid in such areas as career development, job training and supportive services.

Economic Mobility

We help residents improve their abilities to budget, reduce debt, create savings and improve their credit, help families get, manage and keep more of their hard-earned money.