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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.
 
Supporters
 
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
 
Or Donate online.
 
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!

 

Family Museum Summer Hours:
Mon - Sat: 9am-5pm
Sun: Noon-5pm
Family Museum Regular Hours:
(Labor Day-Memorial Day)

Mon - Thurs: 9am-8pm
Fri - Sat: 9am - 5pm
Sun: Noon-5pm

tel. 563.344.4106
fax. 563.344.4164
familymuseum@bettendorf.org
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