Jordan Kirkbride
Grants Specialist

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Fundraising Planning & Implementation

• Grant Writing

Quad Cities native Jordan Kirkbride graduated from Augustana College with degrees in Art History and French. She previously served as the Executive Director of Living Proof Exhibit, a Quad Cities nonprofit that provides the therapeutic benefits of the arts to people impacted by cancer. Currently completing a Certificate in Fundraising Management from the University of Indiana’s Lilly School in Fundraising, Jordan has also attended numerous leadership and development training courses through the Association of Fundraising Professionals Quad Cities Chapter.

A lifelong lover of art, Jordan enjoys volunteering with Gilda’s Club’s Noogieland to create kid-friendly art projects and working with Skeleton Key Art and Antiques to present their summer Artists’ Market. Outside of her work with Living Proof Exhibit, Jordan’s nonprofit involvement includes work with Black Hawk State Park in Rock Island and the Colonel Davenport House on Arsenal Island.

Jordan lives on a small farm outside of the Quad Cities with her husband, 7-year-old daughter, 3 cats, and 2 dogs.