ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) – A Quad-Cities public radio station is getting a community grant months after they found out they lost a big source of funding.

Quad Cities Community Foundation awarded $629,000 to 36 local nonprofits.

The $15,000 WVIK will receive comes at a crucial time after federal funding cuts, said Jared Johnson, the general manager of the Rock Island station.

“So that kind of support, for what we do in the community, and how important it is [and] encouraging in what could otherwise be a very difficult time,” Johnson said.

The House passed a bill July 17 to cut more than $1 billion to the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, which in turn subsidizes about 1,500 locally owned PBS and NPR stations across the country.

Johnson said the money lost was 13% of their planned annual budget.

“I know that there were a couple other [local public radio] media organizations that were also awarded grants,” said Johnson.

Also receiving $15,000 each:

WQPT Public Television – Western Illinois University Foundation
WGVV Quad Cities Community Radio

The foundation announced its operations and program grants Monday, calling it the largest competitive grantmaking cycle of the year. The money is designed to provide nonprofits with stable operational funding and program support so they can expand services sustainably.

This year’s recipients represent nearly every corner of community life, from housing and healthcare to childcare, the arts, and public broadcasting, the community foundation said.

Grants ranged from $5,000 to $40,000 and were made possible by donations to the Community Impact Fund and other endowments.

Full list of Operations and Programs Grant recipients:

AFP – IL QC Chapter—$5,900
Babembe Babondo QC—$8,600
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mississippi Valley—$10,000
Cafe On Vine—$10,000
Child Protection Response Center—$20,000
Christian Care—$40,000
Clock, Inc.—$23,000
Community Health Care, Inc.—$20,000
Family Resources, Inc.—$15,000
Friendly House—$20,000
Great Sounds Promotion—$7,950
Her Voice Media—$10,000
Hope at the BRICK House, Inc.—$5,000
Humility Homes and Services, Inc.—$20,000
Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates – iJAG—$9,869
LivWell CARES—$20,000
Mercado on Fifth, Inc.—$7,000
NAMI Greater Mississippi Valley—$22,500
NEST Cafe—$15,000
Prairie State Legal Service, Inc—$20,000
Project NOW, Inc.—$40,000
Quad City Arts—$20,000
River Bend Food Bank—$20,000
Rock Island County Children’s Advocacy Center—$10,000
Salvation Army – Quad Cities—$40,000
Spring Forward Learning Center—$25,000
Testimonies of Hope—$10,000
The Gray Matters Collective—$20,000
The Project of the Quad Cities, Inc.—$30,000
Together Making A Better Community (TMBC)—$10,000
Two Rivers YMCA—$10,000
Well Suited—$20,000
WGVV – Quad Cities Community Broadcasting Group Inc—$15,000
World Relief Quad Cities—$20,000
WQPT – QC Public TV / Western Illinois University Foundation—$15,000
WVIK Quad Cities NPR—$15,000

For more information, visit QCCommunityFoundation.org.