GIH’s new roundup provides information on the latest grantmaking related to COVID-19. The list below includes announcements through May 15, 2020. Please send updates on grantmaking, new reports, awards, or transitions to bulletin@gih.org. 

Allegany Franciscan Ministries (Clearwater, FL)

The Tampa Bay Resiliency Fund is a new strategic collaboration of the Pinellas Community Foundation, Allegany Franciscan Ministries, Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg and United Way Suncoast with nearly $1 million of funding assistance available to nonprofits and governmental agencies.

All funds collected through this effort will be directed to address immediate and mid- to long-term needs through the provision of grants to select nonprofits. Distribution of funds will be overseen through a collaborative process by the funding partners above to ensure the funds are distributed fairly and equitably to address the community’s most serious needs. In addition to the nearly $1 million startup fund, the organizations will mutually collect donations and provide assistance through this resiliency initiative that will support organizations in Desoto, Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas and Sarasota, Florida counties.

By working together and pooling resources, these organizations are leveraging individual relationships and expertise to speed help to those who need it the most across our greater community. Pinellas Community Foundation is serving as the fiscal agent for this fund.

For more information, click here.

Contact: Eileen Coogan at 727.507.9668 or ecoogan@afmfl.org.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation (Boston, MA)

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation has awarded grants to three organizations to support new programs that address gaps in the behavioral health care system as it faces greater pressure due to the COVID-19 pandemic:

  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters ($50,000)
  • United Teen Equality Center (UTEC) ($50,000)
  • William James College ($50,000)

For more information, click here.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (Detroit, MI)

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) will provide $500,000 to support the efforts of community-based organizations to provide meals to vulnerable kids as Michigan schools close in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to support other efforts to protect seniors and other populations in need.

BCBSM provided financial support to the following organizations:

  • United Way of Southeastern Michigan
  • Father Fred Foundation
  • Food Bank of Eastern Michigan
  • Greater Lansing Area Food Bank
  • Kids Food Basket
  • Superior Health Foundation

BCBSM has long supported the Building Healthy Communities program, which provides competitive grants to local schools across Michigan to create sustainable programs to combat childhood obesity through school-based exercise and nutrition.

For more information, click here.

Blue Shield of California Foundation (San Francisco, CA)

Blue Shield of California Foundation announced $6.8 million in grants to help Californians who—due to economic insecurity, heightened risk of domestic violence, or fear due to immigration status—face the greatest health risks in the COVID-19 pandemic.

The grants will support 14 community foundations addressing specific needs in their communities, provide immediate flexibility for domestic violence shelters, and aid organizations in efforts to meet the needs of low-wage workers and help people get basic necessities. Grants will also support efforts to get accurate information to the most vulnerable communities, including immigrant and non-English-speaking communities.

Included in these grants is also $1 million to help launch the California Immigrant Resilience Fund, a new statewide fund to provide direct relief to undocumented immigrants during this crisis—and to encourage lasting solutions that protect health beyond this moment. As a seed funder, the foundation recognizes that undocumented immigrants who are ineligible for federal response assistance have been hit particularly hard by this crisis. The California Immigrant Resilience Fund will provide direct relief to families to help offset the health and economic risks they face due to COVID-19.

For more information, click here.

Contact: Marite Espinoza at 415.229.5583 or marite.espinoza@blueshieldcafoundation.org.

Cambia Health Foundation (Portland, OR)

Cambia Health Foundation announced philanthropic investments of more than $3 million to meet critical and emerging needs fueled by COVID-19. The new investments focus on meeting the urgent needs of underserved communities and front-line providers while strengthening the infrastructure of the entire health care system for future resilience.

Building off of $300,000 in previous grants into shared COVID-19 Emergency Relief Funds, the new funding will infuse capital into four community health associations that support the work of Federally Qualified Health Centers across Idaho, Oregon, Utah and, Washington.

The new funding will also support organizations that will build tools, information, and training for quicker COVID-19 symptom assessment and management, compassionate patient and family communications, and the rapid adoption of telehealth services.

For more information, click here.

Community Foundation of Howard County (Columbia, MD)

The Community Foundation of Howard County, Horizon Foundation, United Way of Central Maryland and Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County announced $407,500 in grants to 33 Howard County, Maryland nonprofits addressing COVID-19 needs.

Emergency funds have been awarded in the two round of grants, with the first $205,000 going to the following 13 nonprofit partners on the frontline of support assisting with food security, housing, child care, and health care:

  • CASA—for COVID-19 needs of immigrant, Latino, and working-class Howard County, Maryland residents, including information and referral hotline services, benefit and loan assistance, employment assistance, and advocacy support. ($10,000)
  • Chase Brexton Health Services—to provide urgent access to food and rental assistance to patients experiencing financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic. ($10,000)
  • Community Action Council of Howard County—to support the increased demand for services at the Howard County Food Bank. ($25,000)
  • Equity4HC—to support emergency relief efforts that support disadvantaged students, families, and seniors by providing healthy food, hygiene assistance, and essential supplies through a partnership with Columbia Community Care. ($25,000)
  • Foreign-born Information and Referral Network—to provide access to food, financial support, and culturally appropriate information to foreign-born Howard County, Maryland residents affected by COVID-19. ($15,000)
  • Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center—to support the increased need for crisis and homeless services in Howard County, Maryland as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. ($25,000)
  • Hope Works of Howard County—to assist in maintaining full operations of the 24/7 emergency shelter and crisis intervention support for survivors of domestic and sexual violence, including human trafficking. ($20,000)
  • Howard County Autism Society—to support individuals with autism and their families most in need through the financial assistance from the “Madhu Fund,” a fund providing one-time, emergency assistance to individuals with autism and/or their families who are experiencing an immediate need for financial assistance, and operational support for increased family navigator services. ($5,000)
  • Humanim—to provide food and supplies to homeless residents sheltering in local motels through the City Seeds program, a social enterprise that provides catering and job training skills for people facing employment barriers. ($25,000)
  • Just Living Advocacy—to support low-income families with support for child care costs and advocacy. ($5,000)
  • Korean Community Service Center of Greater Washington—to support food security needs with culturally sensitive food options for low- to moderate-income Korean and Chinese American residents. ($10,000)
  • Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland—to expand the Home Delivered Meal Program and Grocery Shopping Assistance Program serving low-income seniors. ($20,000)
  • Neighbor Ride—to support the food delivery program partnership implemented during the COVID-19 crisis with the Howard County Food Bank and Howard County Office on Aging & Independence Congregate Meal Program to support the food needs of vulnerable residents. ($10,000)

The second round of grants provided an additional $202,500 to 20 Howard County, Maryland nonprofits:

  • American Red Cross Greater Chesapeake Region—to support disaster-related efforts. ($10,000)
  • Asian American Healthcare Center Inc.—to support health care-related efforts for uninsured and/or low-income Asian residents. ($10,000)
  • Bridges to Housing Stability Inc.—to provide basic supplies, food and emergency financial assistance to households destabilized by COVID-19. ($5,000)
  • Bridgeway Community Church—to support the Bridgeway Community Cupboard emergency food distribution efforts. ($5,000)
  • Center for Children, Inc.—to provide telehealth services to 122 poverty-level families enrolled in its Care Coordination Program. ($18,000)
  • FISH of Howard County, Inc.—to address food, financial assistance, and other needs. ($5,000)
  • Fuel Fund of Maryland—to provide utility assistance to vulnerable households. ($5,000)
  • Howard Hospital Foundation—to provide staff and vulnerable discharged patients with essential food items, paper products and prepared meals. ($15,000)
  • Indian Cultural Association of Howard County—to support the Lentil Pop-Up food pantry and prescription assistance. ($15,000)
  • Korean Community Service Center of Greater Washington—to provide culturally sensitive food options for low- and moderate-income Korean and Chinese residents. ($5,000)
  • Laurel Advocacy & Referral Services, Inc.—for emergency assistance and supplies for Laurel-area residents. ($10,000)
  • National Family Resiliency Center—to provide free or low-cost mental health services for clients in crisis due to job loss or furlough. ($5,000)
  • Open Doors Food Pantry at Mount Zion United Methodist Church—to support emergency food distribution efforts. ($7,500)
  • The Arc of Howard County, Inc.—to purchase equipment and supplies to provide support services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. ($25,000)
  • The Salvation Army—$10,000 to provide emergency assistance, food and supplies.
  • Wilde Lake High School Parent Teacher Student Association—to purchase food and essential supplies for the Wilde Lake High School Teen Parenting program, Homewood School Food Pantry, and the efforts of Columbia Community Care. ($22,000)
  • Winter Growth, Inc.—to provide supplies and emergency support for seniors in the assisted living and adult daycare program. ($15,000)
  • Y in Central Maryland—to support food distribution events in partnership with Ridgley’s Run Community Center. ($15,000)

The rapid response effort is available because of the many donors who have supported this collective effort, including Cyndi and Ron Gula, the Kahlert Foundation, the Hittman Family Foundation, M&T Bank, Katherine Schulze, the Sierra Grace Giving Fund, and the Christopher P. Parr Charitable Fund.

For more information, click here.

Community Foundation for Northern Virginia (Oakton, VA)

Community Foundation for Northern Virginia announced round two grantees of the COVID-19 Response Fund for Northern Virginia.

Mindful that the coronavirus will have a disproportionate impact on people with the least ability to meet it, the Community Foundation directed round two funding to local organizations meeting basic needs and offering emergency financial assistance to the foundation’s most vulnerable neighbors. A total of $360,000 has been awarded to the following 28 organizations who continue to be on the front lines of the crisis:

  • ACCA Child Development Center—to support care for essential personnel and first-responders. ($15,000)
  • Arc of Loudoun—to provide emergency financial assistance and basic needs assistance for its clients, including food, rent, utilities, medical, dental, vision, prescription, transportation, and other basic needs. ($10,000)
  • Capital Caring—to help purchase and deliver food and supplies to financially burdened families and to defray costs related to home based medical care. ($10,000)
  • Carpenter’s Shelter—to help provide residents with food, cleaning supplies, food service supplies as well as some medical related supplies. ($10,000)
  • Catholic Charities—to serve those disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 in Loudoun County, Virginia with a shared database and single point of contact. ($25,000)
  • Dulles South Food Pantry—to support weekly food distribution and provides supplemental food to families eligible for free and reduced fee meals through Loudoun County Public Schools. ($5,000)
  • Ethiopian Community Development Council—to support emergency financial assistance for rent, food, and unreimbursed medical expenses for families in Fairfax, Prince William, and Loudoun Counties, Virginia. ($10,000)
  • FACETS—to support COVID-19 response efforts focused on shelter, food, medical outreach, emergency financial assistance, infection prevention, and education. ($10,000)
  • Fairfax Diapers—to purchase diapers. ($5,000)
  • Good Shepherd Housing—to provide emergency financial assistance for both residents and non-residents who have lost work and income as a result of COVID-19. ($10,000)
  • Herndon – Reston FISH—to continue as a 911 responder to local residents in financial crisis and provide emergency financial assistance for rent, utilities, and medical prescriptions. ($15,000)
  • Homestretch—to provide housing and supportive services for homeless families including food, home goods, and critical items such as baby formula and diapers. ($20,000)
  • House of Mercy—to provide food, clothing, household items, and other necessities to clients, and to purchase food to help with dwindling donations due to COVID-19. ($10,000)
  • Infant Toddler Family Day Care—to provide workforce development for low income and ESOL residents across Northern Virginia that helps individuals launch child care businesses and provide high quality child care across our community for essential workers during the COVID-19 crisis. ($10,000)
  • Lorton Community Action Center—to support food and financial assistance programs for South County Fairfax in the Lorton, Newington, and Fort Belvoir, Virginia communities as the organization sees a significant increase in requests for emergency financial assistance for rent, utilities, other necessities. ($25,000)
  • Medical Care for Children Partnership—to offer emergency dental care services to the most vulnerable members of the Fairfax County community, including low-income, uninsured or underinsured families who are not eligible for state or federal health insurance programs due to income requirements. ($10,000)
  • National Korean American Service & Education Consortium—to help provide direct emergency financial assistance for rent, groceries, and other medical and non-medical necessities. ($10,000)
  • New Hope Housing—to support its operation of three year-round homeless shelters in Northern Virginia that serve roughly 160 adults daily. ($10,000)
  • Operation Homefront—to help military families stay in their homes and put food on the table by covering rent and mortgage payments, grocery and utility bills, and more. ($10,000)
  • Rising Hope UMC—to support its food pantry, which provides more than 200,000 meals each year, and its Hypothermia Shelter, which operates during the winter months. ($20,000)
  • Rx Partnership—to provide medications to the Arlington Free Clinic, NovaScripts Central, the Loudoun Free Clinic, and the new Mother of Mercy site opening in Prince William County. ($5,000)
  • Second Story— to help provide housing for 50 homeless young people between 18 to 24 years of age who have no current support from a parent or guardian, as well as food and other necessities so their youth can remain safely housed. ($10,000)
  • Share—to help offer emergency financial assistance to neighbors in crisis for uninsured dental, medical prescription, rent, and utility bills. ($10,000)
  • Shelter House—to help sustain the organization’s mission to provide basic needs for those experiencing homelessness, with an emphasis on underserved communities who are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. ($10,000)
  • The House—to subsidize tuition assistance for their children. ($10,000)
  • United Community Ministries—to expand food distribution to 300 families weekly and promote the organization’s ability to open a second food distribution site. ($25,000)
  • Western Fairfax Christian Ministries—to support the emergency financial assistance program for rent and utilities. ($25,000)
  • YMCA of Metro Washington—to support the YMCA Reston, YMCA Arlington, YMCA Alexandria, and YMCA Loudoun County. ($15,000)

 

Connecticut Health Foundation (Hartford, CT)

Connecticut Health Foundation awarded $585,000 in grants in response to COVID-19 to help address basic needs for Connecticut residents facing hardships and to bolster access to health care.

This includes the following grant initiatives:

  • Connecticut United Ways COVID-19 Response Fund—to provide direct financial assistance to individuals who are struggling because of the pandemic. ($150,000)
  • Grassroots and faith-based organizations—in solicited grants to distribute money to those in need. ($270,000) Grants of $15,000 were awarded to:
    • Access Community Action Agency
    • Action for Bridgeport Community Development
    • African Caribbean American Parents of Children with Disabilities
    • Christian Community Action
    • Community Action Agency of New Haven
    • Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut
    • Greater Bridgeport Area Prevention Program
    • Hispanic Alliance of Southeastern Connecticut
    • Hispanic Health Council
    • Human Resources Agency of New Britain
    • IRIS – Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services
    • Khmer Health Advocates
    • Ministerial Health Fellowship
    • New London Homeless Hospitality Center
    • Partnership for Strong Communities
    • Person-to-Person
    • Phillips Metropolitan Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
    • Windham Area Interfaith Ministry
  • Community Health Center Association of Connecticut—to support health centers in expanding its capacity to deliver telehealth services and to meet immediate needs of patients. ($165,000)

For more information, click here.

Donate4Sacramento (Sacramento, CA)

Donate4Sacramento released a fifth round of funding in the amount of $134,000, enabling a total of $1,044,787 to reach individuals in crisis in the fund’s five-week existence.

United Way California Capital Region, one of the fund’s five intermediary partners, has provided fund relief directly to 448 of Sacramento’s most vulnerable families in the amount of $500 each using Donate4Sacramento dollars. These funds help cover rent, food, and other basic needs for families experiencing increased financial hardships due to unpaid leave, loss of wages, or care for a sick loved one.

Donate4Sacramento is also providing rapid and real impact for hundreds of minority-owned businesses, immigrants, social service organizations, homeless individuals and families in need:

Sacramento Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce and the Sacramento Inclusive Economic Development Coalition have given $1,000 grants to 49 minority-owned microbusinesses located along one of Sacramento County’s seven underserved business corridors. The Chamber is preparing a second round of $1,000 allocations to 67 more minority-owned small businesses, totaling 116 micro grants.

Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services was one of the first organizations to receive funds. $169,134 from Donate4Sacramento funds built up the food bank’s food reserves and capacity to distribute food supplies to families and individuals experiencing immediate consequences of lost wages, unstable finances or health, and other impacts of COVID-19.

The Sacramento Region Community Foundation directed dollars to organizations providing vital services in the Sacramento region such as emergency assistance, food security, health care, child care, and those facing severe operational challenges or non-recoverable expenses like Volunteers of America-Northern CA, Focus on Family Foundation, Neighborhood Wellness Foundation, Sacramento Native American Health Center, Assistance League of Sacramento, and ReIMAGINE Mack Road Foundation.

The Center at Sierra Health Foundation has provided $30,000 to Sacramento Area Congregations Together to disburse $500 grants to undocumented and migrant families. This week, $40,000 went to the Center for Workers’ Rights for its worker hotline, $20,000 to Voice of the Youth for its meal preparation and delivery program, and $15,000 to Hmong Youth and Parents United to support the area’s Southeast Asian communities. Another $15,000 went to First Steps Community to support some of the city’s most vulnerable, unhoused individuals with chronic medical conditions.

Sacramento Steps Forward has allocated up to $5,000 each to 16 separate organizations for meals, sanitation, survival gear, and hygiene supplies. It has also enabled Loaves and Fishes to prepare 200 meals a day Monday through Friday for delivery to homeless encampments.

The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, United Way California Capital Region, Sacramento Region Community Foundation, Sacramento Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce, and Sacramento Steps Forward serve as intermediary funding partners, each administering a rapid release of funds for supplies and support throughout Sacramento County, California. These organizations have established infrastructure to deploy funds quickly to trusted community organizations working directly with impacted communities.

The Sacramento COVID-19 Response Fund has raised $1,202,397 to date and has released $1,044,787 of it to the intermediary partners.

Donate4Sacramento has received contributions from more than 1,050 individual donors, with donations ranging from $5 to thousands. Corporate donors committing pledges in the last week include U.S. Bank ($25,000), Verizon ($20,000) and Sacramento Association of Realtors ($10,000).

To learn more, click here.

Contact: Samantha Garcia at 916.996.8987 or sgarcia@sierrahealth.org.

Episcopal Health Foundation (Houston, TX)

Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF) announced a $10 million plan to address the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, while also helping nonprofits and organizations continue business operations to serve at-risk communities across Texas.

EHF’s plan includes a COVID-19 grant program that helps the foundation’s grantees and partners across Texas continue business operations during the crisis. The program will prioritize partner organizations that are directly involved in COVID-19 response, serving populations likely to be disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, and sustaining financial losses due to that work. The first round of grants will be awarded in May and EHF expects to announce another round of COVID-19 funding later in 2020.

In addition to the grant program, EHF is establishing an emergency loan fund that offers two-year, zero-interest loans of up to $1 million to help grantees and partners that have additional mounting financial needs. The foundation also provided technical assistance to help organizations apply for the CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection Program earlier this month and will continue that support during a possible second round of federal funding for the program. EHF is also offering technical assistance to help partner organizations apply for COVID-19-related government aid programs and other funding opportunities.

Additionally, EHF will conduct an extensive research project related to COVID-19. The project’s goal will be to provide leaders working on relief efforts with reliable information about Texans’ needs and priorities for ongoing recovery. EHF is also working with partners across the state to develop a program to support those facing social isolation during this crisis by establishing a scalable program that connects volunteers electronically with seniors, nursing home residents, and others who have become even more isolated from others due to COVID-19.

EHF leaders believe this multi-approach strategy will provide a wide range of help to key organizations working to improve health, not just health care across Texas.

Contact: Brian Sasser at 832.795.9404 or bsasser@episcopalhealth.org.

Gates Foundation (Seattle, WA)

The Gates Foundation supported the launch of PowerOf, an online platform that connects people eager to make a difference with organizations addressing the impacts of COVID-19. People who want to donate time or money can use PowerOf to identify opportunities or organizations and give. PowerOf is supported by partners including GivingTuesday Volunteer Match, DonorsChoose, and Candid.

As part of the $250 million the Gates Foundation is allocating for COVID-19 response and research, the Philanthropy Partnerships team, which leads the PowerOf project, is making $10 million in grants to strengthen the nonprofit sector in the U.S. These grants are divided into four buckets: emergency funds; sector advocates; promoting equity; and digital infrastructure for volunteering.

For more information, click here. 

Ethel and James Flinn Foundation (Detroit, MI)

The Michigan Health Endowment Fund and several funding partners are coming together to provide $2.95 million to help 61 Michigan providers and safety net organizations ramp up telehealth efforts, which can help patients access critical care without putting themselves, their families, or their doctors at risk. While many providers have already planned for or begun offering telemedicine options, the pandemic has made this shift more urgent. The grants will help organizations implement new procedures, set up billing services, train or add staff, educate patients about telehealth, treat uninsured patients, and procure HIPAA compliant licenses or equipment.

In addition to the Michigan Health Endowment Fund (Health Fund), funders include the Ethel and James Flinn Foundation, the Metro Health Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation. Grantees include Federally Qualified Health Centers, behavioral health providers, human service agencies, PACE programs, Area Agencies on Aging, and other safety net providers.

Many of the grant recipients are located in the populous areas of Southeast Michigan and metropolitan Grand Rapids, which are also seeing the highest number of COVID-19 cases. For example, the Detroit Area Agency on Aging will use the funding to virtually support older adults impacted by COVID-19, as well as develop a sustainable telehealth program to address physical and mental health needs of older adults. Outside of population centers, Michigan’s rural communities tend to have fewer providers and gaps in transportation networks. Telehealth can help bridge these gaps, especially as in-person visits and transportation options are restricted. Northwest Michigan Health Services, Inc. will receive funds to provide medical, dental, and behavioral health treatment to residents across seven counties.

Here is the full list of grant awards:

  • All Well-Being Services ($50,000)
  • Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services ($48,705)
  • Arab-American and Chaldean Council ($30,000)
  • Arbor Circle ($50,000)
  • Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Michigan ($50,000)
  • Baldwin Family Health Care ($50,000)
  • Care Free Medical Inc. ($25,000)
  • Care Resources (PACE) ($49,909)
  • Catherine’s Health Center ($50,000)
  • Catholic Human Services, Inc. ($50,000)
  • Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw ($50,000)
  • The Children’s Center of Wayne County, Inc. ($50,000)
  • Central City Integrated Health ($50,000)
  • Cherry Health ($50,000)
  • Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan ($50,000)
  • Common Ground ($47,500)
  • Community Health and Social Services Center, Inc. ($50,000)
  • Covenant Community Care, Inc. ($50,000)
  • Cristo Rey Community Center ($50,000)
  • Detroit Area Agency on Aging ($50,000)
  • Development Centers, Inc. ($50,000)
  • East Jordan Family Health Center ($50,000)
  • Exalta Health ($50,000)
  • Family Medical Center of MI ($50,000)
  • Great Lakes Bay Health Centers ($50,000)
  • Great Lakes Recovery Centers, Inc. ($45,105)
  • Hackley Community Care Center ($50,000)
  • Health Emergency Lifeline Programs ($49,203)
  • Hope Network ($50,000)
  • Ingham County Health Department ($49,801)
  • InterCare Community Health Network ($50,000)
  • Isabella Citizens for Health ($39,230)
  • Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit ($50,000)
  • Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County ($50,000)
  • Judson Center ($48,500)
  • Lakeland Immediate Care Center ($50,000)
  • Luella Hannan Memorial Foundation ($41,550)
  • Northeast Integrated Health ($50,000)
  • Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Authority ($37,140)
  • Northwest Michigan Health Services Inc ($50,000)
  • Oakland Integrated Healthcare Network ($50,000)
  • PACE North ($49,812)
  • PACE of Southwest Michigan ($48,600)
  • PACE Southeast Michigan ($50,000)
  • Packard Health, Inc. ($50,000)
  • Presbyterian Villages of Michigan Foundation ($47,400)
  • Region II Commission on Services to the Aging ($50,000)
  • Reliance Community Care Partners ($47,200)
  • Ruth Ellis Center, Inc. ($50,000)
  • The Senior Alliance Area Agency on Aging 1-C ($50,000)
  • Senior Resources of West Michigan ($50,000)
  • Southwest Solutions Corporation ($50,000)
  • Starfish Family Services ($50,000)
  • Starr Commonwealth ($50,000)
  • Sterling Area Health Center ($50,000)
  • Thunder Bay Community Health Service, Inc. ($50,000)
  • Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition (d/b/a Traverse Health Clinic) ($45,498)
  • United Methodist Retirement Communities Foundation ($50,000)
  • Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center ($50,000)
  • Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions ($50,000)
  • Western Wayne Family Health Centers ($50,000)

 

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (Sebastopol, CA)

In partnership with California philanthropy, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) launched the California Immigrant Resilience Fund, seeking to raise $50 million to provide cash assistance to undocumented Californians and their families, who are ineligible for COVID-19 federal relief and state safety-net programs.

The Resilience Fund is seeded with more than $6 million in contributions. Led by Emerson Collective and Blue Shield of California Foundation, other supporters include The California Endowment, The James Irvine Foundation, Open Society Foundations, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, California Wellness Foundation, Sunlight Giving, the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, the Marin Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and the Akonadi Foundation. With the goal of raising an initial $50 million, the Resilience Fund will seek support from additional foundations, as well as corporate and major individual donors. It is also accepting online donations from the general public.

To learn more, click here.

Contact: 707.313.5367 or admin@gcir.org.

The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts (Worcester, MA)

In response to the coronavirus public health crisis, The Health Foundation of Central

Massachusetts has expedited $371,000 in supplemental funding to 27 nonprofits serving Central Massachusetts.

The following nonprofits were awarded funding:

  • Abby’s House
  • Ascentria Care Alliance
  • Community Legal Aid
  • Easter Seals of Massachusetts
  • Fitchburg State University
  • Friendly House
  • GAAMHA, Inc.
  • Health Care For All
  • Health Law Advocates
  • Jeremiah’s Inn
  • LUK, Inc.
  • Massachusetts Association for Community Action
  • Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center
  • Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance
  • Massachusetts Public Health Association
  • Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
  • Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts
  • Quaboag Valley Community Development Corporation
  • Quinsigamond Community College Foundation
  • RCAP Solutions
  • Riverside Community Care
  • Seven Hills Foundation
  • South Middlesex Opportunity Council
  • Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce
  • Worcester Regional Food Hub
  • World Farmers
  • YWCA of Central Massachusetts

Contact: Dr. Amie Shei at 508.438.0009 or ashei@hfcm.org.

Kansas Health Foundation (Wichita, KS)

The Kansas Health Foundation (KHF) approved $5.325 million in grant funding to support statewide COVID-19 efforts that provide access to health care, address food insecurity, and assist the United Way of the Plains with pandemic response. To date, KHF has authorized more than $16.3 million to support emergency COVID-19 response and recovery efforts across Kansas.

  • Health Clinics—for emergency core operating support to the 19 federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in Kansas. FQHCs are health clinics that connect low-income or uninsured Kansans to care. In the last month, between 50 to 75 percent of routine care visits and procedures that provide financial support for clinics were postponed, significantly reducing operating income. At the same time, these clinics are responding to emergent care needs related to the pandemic, which has increased costs. KHF believes safety net clinics provide vitally critical access to care for vulnerable Kansas populations; it is essential that these entities remain viable beyond the pandemic. ($2.825 million)
  • Food Insecurity—food banks in Kansas are experiencing a surge of requests for assistance and mandatory school closures have limited or denied meaningful food access for children who regularly receive and rely upon free- or reduced-price school-based meals. Funds will be allocated to food bank support and meal delivery for children. ($2 million)
  • United Way of the Plains—to provide focused support to Wichita/Sedgwick County, Kansas during this challenging time. United Way of the Plains is well-positioned to provide front-line support to more than 80 nonprofit programs, and to assist laid off workers and those affected by stay-at-home orders. KHF funding will also support 2-1-1, the United Way of the Plains’ statewide resource and referral system where Kansans can access information for health and social service programs, including child care, health and mental health care information, food assistance, and questions about COVID-19. ($500,000)

Contact: Kristi Zukovich at 316.491.8419 or kzukovich@khf.org.

Kresge Foundation (Troy, MI)

The Kresge Foundation announced a combined $2.6 million in grants in Detroit, Michigan, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Memphis, Tennessee in a round of funding in response to COVID-19. The foundation also announced that it is waiving all interest payments on its portfolio of program-related investments for six months, generating about $1 million in relief on 41 active loans.

Grants will be given to:

  • ArtsMemphis COVID-19 Artist Emergency Fund—to provide grants of up to $500 for artists who have lost income due to event cancellations and other lost opportunities. ($100,000)
  • Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan’s Health COVID-19 Relief Fund—to support urgent health-related needs in the areas of testing, lab processing, and tracking for health care entities and high-risk groups in southeast Michigan. ($200,000)
  • Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan’s Health—to support the Southeastern Michigan arts and culture sector. ($200,000)
  • COVID-19 Musician Relief Fund—to support Memphis, Tennessee musicians who have lost income due to the cancellation of scheduled gigs, contracts, and teaching engagements due to COVID-19. ($85,000)
  • Greater New Orleans Foundation: COVID-19 Response & Restoration Fund—to mobilize a network of nonprofit organizations directly serving individuals impacted by COVID-19, particularly people experiencing homelessness, senior populations, and low-wage workers. ($500,000)
  • Mid-South COVID-19 Regional Response Fund administered by the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis—to provide flexible, rapid-response funding to nonprofits serving people impacted by COVID-19 and its economic consequences as well as support the nonprofit sector’s recovery and resilience. ($300,000)
  • New Orleans Business Alliance’s Gig Economy Worker Relief Fund—to provide grants of $500 to $1,000 to New Orleanians with low incomes who work as rideshare drivers, musicians, arena workers, and festival production staff and are experiencing a loss of income because of cancelled cultural events. ($100,000)
  • United Way of Southeastern Michigan’s—to support the fund for emergency relief to families and individuals which supports community-based organizations helping seniors, children, and low-income families. ($1,025,000)
  • Wayne Metro Community Action Agency—for emergency residential plumbing repairs allowing water to be reconnected. ($125,000)

These new grants follow a commitment to increased flexibility for all existing grantees to help them weather the crisis. Last month, grantees were given the option to convert restricted funding to general operating support, and to retain and repurpose funding for events. Kresge also suspended grantee reporting requirements and site visits for the foreseeable future and committed to expediting grant approvals and amendments.

Contact: 248.643.9630.

Mat-Su Health Foundation (Wasilla, AK)

The Mat-Su Health Foundation (MSHF) recently made 11 new grant awards totaling $360,104 to local nonprofit service providers for COVID-19 prevention and response. This is in addition to another nine previously awarded grants bringing the total to $738,228 awarded under the Coronavirus Prevention and Response (CPR) grant program. The foundation’s CPR grant program was developed over the last few weeks and will continue offering grants throughout the pandemic.

The new grantees to receive funding under the CPR program include the following:

  • Blood-n-Fire Ministries of Alaska—to support the increase in staff hours and work-from-home capabilities, the purchase of quarantine and prevention supplies, as well as support operations which provide a critical safety net for housing and food needs during the pandemic. ($49,450)
  • Covenant House Alaska—to support Covenant House Alaska’s shelter services for homeless youth who are coming from the Mat-Su during the COVID-19 crisis. ($15,000)
  • Daybreak—for technology and operating expenses required to provide case management services and work remotely. ($35,784)
  • Family Centered Services of Alaska—for financial support to its Wasilla behavioral health client families so they can purchase food and other basic necessities. ($36,800)
  • Mat-Su Health Services, Inc.—to lessen the impact brought about by COVID-19 by providing supplemental funding for staff performing necessary patient care activities that are not reimbursable through traditional means due to the changes in delivery models demanded by the virus. ($50,000)
  • Partners for Progress—to support housing assistance, foster care needs, and phone cards, as well as incentives for participants in the Palmer Therapeutic Courts. ($23,070)
  • Set Free Alaska—to assist with loss of revenue and increased expenses for delivery of behavioral health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. ($25,000)
  • Valley Residential Services—to assist with unplanned expenses for response, maintenance, and administrative responsibilities needed to provide housing support during the COVID-19 pandemic. ($50,000)
  • Volunteers of America Alaska—to support COVID-19 related expenses for the VOA ARCH residential treatment program which serves Mat-Su youth. ($25,000)
  • Wasilla Area Seniors, Inc.—to purchase transportation to further support its Meals on Wheels program serving Mat-Su seniors which has expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic. ($50,000)

CPR grant applications receive expedited handling to help grantees experience limited disruption of service. CPR grant requests may be as high as $50,000 per grantee.

To learn more, click here.

Contact: Robin Minard at 907.250.6445 or rminard@healthymatsu.org.

Medica Foundation (Omaha, NE)

Medica will allocate $200,000 in emergency donations among nine Nebraska nonprofit organizations and community health centers that play important roles in addressing needs of the most vulnerable people in communities statewide, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding is being made available through the Medica Foundation.

Medica’s funding is targeted to support key focus areas including child and family support, clinics and shelters, food security, mental health/telehealth services, and general disaster relief.

United Way of the Midlands will receive $25,000 in general disaster relief. The United Way 211 system has been overwhelmed with calls and the funding will help support the organization’s crisis response effort.

Nebraska Farm Bureau will receive $10,000 for disaster relief. The funding is particularly critical as farmers and ranchers still are recovering from the 2019 floods. Nebraska Farm Bureau set up a disaster relief fund for farm, ranch, and rural families and are still making payments to flood victims. They also have established a COVID-19 resource center for rural Nebraskans and are putting training resources together to identify and treat stress factors facing rural Nebraskans.

Other organizations statewide that will receive funding include:

  • Charles Drew Health Center
  • Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska
  • Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska
  • Foodbank for the Heartland
  • HopeSpoke
  • OneWorld Community Health Center
  • Project Harmony

Contact: Greg Bury at 952.992.8437 or greg.bury@medica.com.

New York Community Trust (New York)

The NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund in the New York Community Trust announced that 276 New York City-based social services and arts and cultural nonprofits affected by the COVID-19 crisis have received support to date. These mainly small and mid-size nonprofits are receiving grants and interest-free loans totaling $44 million, with additional funding being issued to more organizations over the coming weeks. The support—which currently ranges from $8,000 to $250,000 given per grant and from $100,000 to $3 million per loan—is to help these vital community organizations across New York with the continuity of their daily operations and to help offset the lost revenue that has diminished their ability to pay rent, make payroll, and fulfill their public service missions.

A full list of the initial organizations receiving assistance through the NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund is here.

This initiative is providing grants and no-interest loans for needs including:

  • Unrestricted, flexible funding to support new and emergency needs and meet community demands, particularly for service offerings outside normal operations required to respond to social distancing, isolation and quarantine.
  • Technology to support remote work and services – laptops and remote calling capacity for staff, securing staffing and training to fulfill their mission.
  • Temporary staff support to cover for shortages caused by employees who are ill, may have to quarantine, or stay home to care for family members or children during school closures.
  • Equipment and supplies such as masks, hand sanitizer, gloves, and cleaning supplies.
  • Additional cleaning services to augment in-house operations.
  • Support to aid the loss of operational revenue from facility closings, cancelled programs, events, and other disruptions.

For more information, click here.

Contact: Marty Lipp at mbl@nyct-cfi.org.

New York State Health Foundation (New York)

New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) has shared its response to the pandemic:

  • Honoring all of its existing funding commitments.
  • Making additional grants to address the pandemic; it has committed an initial $2 million in funding for response and relief efforts throughout New York State.
  • Updating a COVID-19 resource page with information for nonprofits and community-based organizations about topics like food assistance, health insurance, mental health services, employment, housing, and health and safety.
  • Extending flexibility to grantees to adjust their project plans and timelines as needed.
  • Adapting how it works during an emergency, aiming to increase speed and lower burdens.
  • Planning a series of online conversations to share practical ideas for adapting during the pandemic.

Contact: David Sandman at info@nyshealth.org.

Open Society Foundations (New York, NY)

The Open Society Foundations are making an investment of $130 million to combat the devastation of COVID-19—focusing on communities too often left out and left back by government policy. The disease will require two distinct and large phased responses in 2020. The first phase is weighted toward the most intense current flash points. A second phase will be dominated by investments in the Global South that will focus on economic interventions and rule of law issues that are already surfacing.

Funding will fall into four buckets: efforts to support low-income workers—domestic workers, caregivers, the undocumented, those in the informal and gig economies; to protect refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers, who face new COVID-19–related risks with virtually no structural supports; to ensure that as treatments and vaccines emerge, they are available and accessible by all; and to counter populist narratives and authoritarian power grabs in response to this crisis at the expense of civil liberties and human rights.

The Open Society Foundations is investing $68 million in new funds in the United States, redoubling efforts to support the low-wage worker ecosystem, which is suffering profound shocks from the virus. It expects that the work it is supporting in New York will be mirrored in cities and states across the country, and will provide models for the relief response around the world. These measures include:

  • Funding to provide direct payments to immigrant workers and small business owners whose immigration status—many are undocumented—renders them unable to access federal stimulus funds
  • Support for a public-private partnership to help the city launch emergency centers and staff to help provide childcare for the young children of essential workers and first responders
  • Aid to organizations providing frontline support for vulnerable populations who face the greatest difficulty accessing essential services, especially the homeless.

The foundations are also investing in efforts to help ensure that vulnerable communities in emerging economies have equitable access to quality health care information and services, and that health care providers can get the equipment they need to adequately care for those communities. They has invested in efforts to rebuild following the devastation of COVID-19 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, and Italy. It is giving grants to frontline service providers in Johannesburg and London as well as helping to fund a global effort to reduce mandatory detention, encouraging the many governments moving to release detainees in the face of the coronavirus to rethink the policies that created mass incarceration in the first place.  

There is more in the works from its regional and national foundations around the world, from urgent assistance grants established by our foundations in Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine; meal delivery support for thousands of elderly, disabled, and chronically-ill in Armenia; meal delivery for vulnerable Roma across Europe; emergency funding to artists in Haiti; and more.

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust (Phoenix, AZ)

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust has awarded $2.51 million in emergency grants to help six hospitals and hospital systems in Maricopa County, Arizona respond to the COVID-19 health crisis. The Trust also contributed $350,000 to the new Arizona COVID-19 Community Response Fund and $50,000 to a collaborative effort to increase the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) in Arizona.

The emergency grants are part of the Trust’s ongoing commitment to be nimble and strategic in directing resources where needed to address challenges of COVID-19 and its unprecedented ripple effects in our communities. Since March 30, Piper Trust has awarded emergency grants totaling $9.2 million. These grants were awarded to scientific research-based organizations working to resolve mysteries about and find treatments for COVID-19, and to human services and arts and cultural nonprofits that are vitally important to our social and economic infrastructure.

Hospitals and hospital systems that received emergency grants for their critical COVID-19 work are:

  • Banner Health Foundation ($750,000)
  • Dignity Health Foundation ($500,000)
  • HonorHealth Foundation ($500,000)
  • Phoenix Children’s Hospital ($250,000)
  • Valleywise Health Foundation ($500,000)
  • Wickenburg Community Hospital Foundation ($10,000)

The unrestricted grants will help these hospitals and hospital systems adapt and respond directly to the pandemic, such as treating patients with a presumptive or confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis. Grant funds may also be used to support other hospital needs that have emerged due to the crisis, such as supplies, equipment, or services for health care professionals and staff.

Local philanthropies are collaborating to strengthen the state’s response to mitigate the novel coronavirus pandemic. In collaboration with Flinn Foundation and The Pakis Family Foundation, Piper Trust awarded $50,000 to the Arizona Apparel Foundation to support the work of its Fashion and Business Resource Innovation Center (FABRIC), which is investing in an industrial-level, computerized cutting machine and dozens of additional sewing machines to produce much-needed PPE. A newly designed, reusable gown is one of the items that FABRIC will produce. Dr. Ronald Gagliano of Dignity Health in Arizona is the creative mind behind the design of the gown.

Another collaborative effort underway is The Arizona COVID-19 Community Response Fund. This fund, established by the Arizona Community Foundation in partnership with a growing list of individuals, corporations, and foundations, supports nonprofit organizations across the state as they respond to the impact of COVID-19. Piper Trust contributed $350,000 to this fund.

Contact: Karen Leland at 480.556.7125 or kleland@pipertrust.org.

 

REACH Foundation (Farmington, CT)

REACH Foundation announced grants totaling $1.07 million to a group of 16 Federally Qualified Health Centers, Community Mental Health Centers, and a safety net dental clinic that are primary providers of health services in our service area. The grants awarded can be used to support staff needs, materials and supplies, and other operational expenses related to COVID-19 response.

The organizations receiving grants include:

Federally Qualified Health Centers

  • Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas
  • Health Care Coalition of Lafayette County
  • Health Partnership Clinic
  • KC CARE Health Center
  • Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center, Inc.
  • Vibrant Health-Neighborhood Clinics

Community Mental Health Centers

  • Compass Health, Inc.
  • Comprehensive Mental Health Services, Inc.
  • Johnson County Mental Health Center
  • ReDiscover
  • Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center
  • Tri-County Mental Health Services, Inc.
  • Wyandotte Center for Community Behavioral Healthcare

Other Critical Services

  • Cass Community Health Foundation on behalf of the Cass County Dental Clinic
  • Reconciliation Services

KC Regional COVID-19 Response and Recovery

  • Greater Kansas City Community Foundation COVID-19 Response Fund

Contact: 860.674.1261 or info@thereachfoundation.org.

The Rockefeller Foundation (New York, NY)

The Rockefeller Foundation, in consultation with leading economists, public health experts, and business leaders, released a new comprehensive National Covid-19 Testing Action Plan rooted in data and science and using testing and contact tracing to provide a roadmap for United States leaders to reopen the economy while safeguarding public health. The foundation is committing $15 million to the work, $10 million of which will support steps to operationalize in nearly 10 places.

As COVID-19 swept across the United States, leaders issued strict social distancing guidelines and shut down many parts of the economy and millions of Americans filed for unemployment. Government officials, business leaders, and many employees are anxious to restart the economy, but with no vaccine available and limited testing capacity, it has been unclear how to achieve this without causing a second wave of infections that would further devastate communities and the economy. The Rockefeller Foundation’s Treatment Action Plan will require extensive investment and the largest public health testing program in United States history, including:

  • Launching the largest public health testing system to monitor infections and future infection waves
  • Expanding the capacities and resources of thousands of small laboratories around the country to provide much of the expanded testing
  • Establishing a medical reserve corps to distribute and oversee testing
  • Hiring as many as 300,000 people to undertake a rigorous campaign of contact tracing
  • Developing coordinated computer systems and a digital platform for information sharing and infection tracking
  • Addressing the significant challenges around medical privacy and other ethical issues
  • Creating a Pandemic Testing Board to oversee the testing scale-up and coordination between federal, state, and local jurisdictions.

The Rockefeller Foundation hired Dr. Jonathan Quick to lead its pandemic response. Dr. Quick has extensive experience in international public health with the World Health Organization, Management Sciences for Health, and the Duke Global Health Institute among others. He is the author of The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It and an often sought adviser on managing pandemics.

Implementing the recommendations in the Action Plan could cost as much as $3 billion a day, or $90 billion a month. However, with widespread business closures costing the country $350 billion to $400 billion each month, a testing regimen that could sustain a partial reopening of the economy until a vaccine is widely available would pay for itself within the first month.

To drive action and implementation, the foundation is building a coalition called the Testing Solutions Group. Participating cities and states will be able to repeatedly and consistently test their citizens for Covid-19 from June 2020 through early 2021, learn from each other, and share best practices. To achieve this vision, the coalition has four objectives:

  • Provide immediate support to mayors to enhance their testing and data capabilities—with a focus on the most vulnerable citizens. This may include direct funding as well as technical assistance to strengthen policies and strategies.
  • Drive collaboration across cities to share and implement best practices.
  • Bring together expertise from industry and academia to develop strategy and policy recommendations that support mayors and their leadership teams.
  • Collect real-time data, evidence, and feedback from mayors implementing testing strategies.

There are significant challenges involved in implementing this Treatment Action Plan, including expanding critical lab supplies, hiring and training 100,000 to 300,000 community health workers to manage the extensive contact tracing needs, and balancing medical privacy issues with public health needs. All are needed to ensure that as people return to work, they do not put others and themselves at risk of infection. Finding solutions to these challenges will require participation, coordination, and collaboration across all sectors of society.

Contact: Ashley Chang at 917.373.9530 or achang@rockfound.org.

San Joaquin Valley Health Fund (Sacramento, CA)

The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, through the San Joaquin Valley Health Fund (SJVHF), announced that pledges to the SJVHF COVID-19 Response Cluster fund have reached $2,500,000. The rapid response fund was launched to provide immediate assistance to populations and communities most impacted by COVID-19. Donations to the fund make it possible to release initial disbursements totaling $450,000 to nine community-based nonprofit organizations providing direct support to farmworkers, undocumented individuals, immigrants, families, unhoused community members, formerly incarcerated individuals, and other particularly vulnerable populations throughout the San Joaquin Valley.

The nine organizations receiving initial grant awards from the fund are California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Californians for Pesticide Reform, Center on Race Poverty and the Environment, Faith in the Valley, Fathers and Families of San Joaquin, Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM), Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, Radio Bilingue, and United Farm Workers Foundation.

Early commitments to the SJVHF COVID-19 Response Cluster have come from Sierra Health Foundation, The California Endowment, The California Wellness Foundation, Werner-Kohnstamm Family Giving Fund, an anonymous East Coast family foundation, the Grove Foundation, 11th Hour Fund—a program of the Schmidt Family Foundation, and numerous online individual donors. Additionally, an anonymous donor contributed more than $1.3 million to help the fund reach its initial fundraising goal of $2.5 million.

Grants will be issued to provide immediate relief like rental, food and utility assistance, essential supplies like toiletries, drinking water, over-the-counter medicine and toilet paper, and PPE essential for vulnerable farmworkers and immigrant service workers. Funds will also support the dissemination of accurate health information, and navigation and legal assistance for vulnerable community members so they can access other resources and supports.

In addition, The Center at Sierra Health Foundation is providing five federally qualified health centers with 1,300 plastic ponchos for their health providers’ use as disposable PPE.

To make a donation, click here.

Contact: Samantha Garcia at 916.922.4755 x3104 or sgarcia@sierrahealth.org.  

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation (Owings Mills, MD)

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation’s COVID-19 emergency support to organizations providing direct services for people experiencing poverty now exceeds $10.5 million.

The foundation committed an additional $6.5 million in emergency grant funding to nonprofits in all of its priority communities as part of its round two response to the COVID-19 public health crisis. This includes $4.5 million set aside for anticipated COVID response grants in Chicago, Illinois, Hawaii, New York, New York, Northeastern Pennsylvania, and San Francisco, California; $1 million to the newly formed COVID-19 Response Funding Collaborative of Greater Baltimore; and $1 million to nonprofits in Israel through a partnership with The Foundations of Bituach Le’umi, Israel’s National Insurance Institute. In addition, the foundation accelerated grant payments to existing grantees in the United States and Israel. In Israel, accelerated grant payments total more than $500,000, and in the United States grant payments total more than $2.8 million.

The Collaborative will fund nonprofits that are providing vital services to people experiencing poverty, while continuing to face severe operational challenges as a result of this pandemic. Grants will focus primarily on emergency essentials, including food access and health care, as well as nonprofit sustainability.

Current participating funders include Abell Foundation, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore Community Foundation, The Bernard Family, Clayton Baker Trust, France-Merrick Foundation, Goldseker Foundation, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds, Leonard & Helen R. Stulman Charitable Foundation, The Lerner Family, Lockhart Vaughan Foundation, Rauch Foundation, and United Way of Central Maryland. To date, the Collaborative, managed by Baltimore’s Promise, has committed more than $3.9 million.

To learn more, click here.

Contact: 410.654.8500. 

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