Support
The purpose of the Family Museum Foundation is to provide a vehicle to encourage private gifts and contributions in support of the programs and services presented in and to the Quad City regional community by the Family Museum.
Charitable giving to the Family Museum Foundation is crucial to providing for the Museum's future and the generations to come. All gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.
Recent Donations to the Family Museum Foundation
(January 1, 2010 - August 1, 2010)
The Family Credit Union Mr. Jim Anderson
Sally Wordon Birdies for Charity
Riverboat Development Authority Todd & Janice Boekhoff
Scott County Regional Authority Henry Family Foundation
DHCU Community Credit Union Salzman International Inc.
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Thomas Terronez
Valley Bank Paul & Donna VanDuyne
Tri-City Electric Internal Medicine Assoc.
Robert Gentry Byrum Family Dentistry
Walid & Mindy AlSheikha Joe & Marcia Bannon
Bettendorf Home Repair Eric & Missy Dippel
Rita Engelmann Don & Nancy Evans
Philip & Carol Gehrmann Christine Grisham
Group Services Mary Hanson
Carol Magruder Gale McClean
MidAmerican Energy Foundation Connie Mohr-Wright
Michael Peterson Warren Power
Teresa Reinartz Jim & Julie Ross
David Schumacher Carolyn Scott
Nancy Senn Amy Simper
Laurie Simpson Dean Stichnoth
Wade & Barb Webster Wells Fargo Bank
First Place for First Grade
Currently, the Family Museum Foundation is in the midst of its First Place for First Grade Annual Campaign. All online gifts received right now will help the Museum's initiative to provide free transportation and admission to every first grade student in the Quad Cities.
"First Place for First Grade is designed to underwrite the cost of field trips to the Family Museum for first-grade students in the Quad Cities," explains Mike Laas, Foundation board member. "The Family Museum Foundations understands the challenges teachers have in providing opportunities for their students outside the classroom. We are working to alleviate one of those challenges by establishing a fund which will cover the admission and transportation costs for a visit to the Family Museum for first graders."
Access Assistance
The Family Museum is able to award a limited number of scholarships to eligible families to support Museum membership or enrollment in our dance classes. Access Assistance is generously supported by the Family Museum Foundation.
To apply, please fill out the application form and return with the required documentation. Applications are typically processed within two weeks. You will be notified by mail of your award status.
Access Assistance awards are based up on the Federal Government's Free and Reduced School Meals program guidelines. Families that are eligible for reduced price school meals may be awarded up to 50% of a program fee; families that qualify for free meals can receive up to 90% support. To view the eligibility guidelines for the current year, please visit the USDA School Meals program webpage at http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Governance/notices/iegs/IEGs.htm. Your child does not have to be enrolled in public school to qualify for assistance; we simply use these guidelines as a determination of need.
Questions regarding your application may be directed to Rachel DeMaris at any time. She can be reached by telephone at 563-344-4166 or by e-mail at rdemaris@bettendorf.org.
Planned and Sustained Giving
If you would like to discuss a planned gift or a sustained giving plan, please feel free to contact Tracey Kuehl, Museum Director at (563) 344-4161, or Jeff Reiter, Business Development Manager at (563) 344-4168. They will be happy to meet with and assist you with your interest in giving to the Family Museum Foundation.
How to Donate
Donations can be made to:
Family Museum Foundation
2900 Learning Campus Drive
Bettendorf, IA 52722
Donors are acknowledged in a number of ways, or if you choose, your gift can remain anonymous. Thank you for your consideration of a gift to the Family Museum Foundation!
