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

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.

To learn more, click here.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation (Baton Rouge, LA)

In response to COVID-19, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana have:

  • Made an initial $2 million in community grants available.
  • Committed $100,000 to employee relief, with more available as needed.
  • Directed $30,000 in donation plus roughly 100,000 meals packed to food banks across the state for a total of 200,000 meals.
  • Directed employee donations to various relief funds, matching most one-one.
  • Encouraged blood donations and/or PPE donations.
  • Worked on a statewide approach to skilled volunteering so that people working from home can support nonprofits in a new way during this time of need.

For more details, click here.

Contact: Michael Tipton at 225.297.2849.

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation (Eagan, MN)

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation has created a $750,000 COVID-19 rapid response fund. The foundation invites applications for grants between $5,000–$25,000 aimed at addressing immediate needs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Grants are for a six-month period from the date funding is awarded. Applications will be reviewed and funded every two weeks until available funds are depleted.

Priority focus areas include, but are not limited to:

  • Child care for health care workers, emergency workers, and other priority populations
  • Emergency food shelf and food delivery for vulnerable people
  • Support for people experiencing economic insecurity
  • Anti-xenophobia and anti-bias efforts related to COVID-19
  • Homelessness or housing insecurity exacerbated by the crisis.

Priority applicants include current foundation grantees and nonprofit partners of the Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. Other nonprofits with unique capabilities to serve vulnerable populations may also apply. Vulnerable populations include older adults, people who are immunocompromised, indigenous and people of color, LGBTQ, and persons with differing abilities.

Applications are due April 22 and May 6, 2020 at noon Central Time, through the online application system.

Contact: Janet Jablonske at 651.662.7417 or janet.jablonske@bluecrossmnfoundation.org.

 

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation (Chattanooga, TN)

The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation donated $3.25 million to multiple food banks across the state. The financial gift will help Tennessee food banks meet the needs of the communities affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The BlueCross Foundation will distribute food relief funds to the following organizations:

  • Chattanooga Area Food Bank. ($500,000)
  • Mid-South Food Bank. ($750,000)
  • Regional Inter-Faith Association. ($250,000)
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee. ($500,000)
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. ($750,000)
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee. ($500,000)

For more on how BlueCross is responding to COVID-19, click here.

Contact: 800.565.9140. 

Boston Foundation (Boston, MA)

The COVID-19 Response Fund has been established by a coalition of business, government and philanthropic partners to rapidly deploy flexible resources to organizations in Greater Boston, Massachusetts that are working with communities that are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Hosted by the Boston Foundation, The COVID-19 Response Fund will award one-time operating grants on a rolling basis to non-profits whose operations in support of seniors, children, immigrants, workers, and other vulnerable populations have been stressed by the outbreak. The fund is designed to be adaptable in its goals and focus, which will evolve as community members and nonprofits in the region share their needs.

The most recent round of grantees from the COVID-19 Response Fund included: Advocates, Inc., Bowdoin Geneva Main Streets, The Centre for Faith, Art and Justice, The Chelsea Collaborative, Codman Square Health Center, The Dimock Center, Doc Wayne Youth Services, FamilyAid Boston, Healthy Waltham, Hebrew SeniorLife, Interfaith Social Services, JFS of Metrowest, MAB Community Services/Mass. Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, MissionSAFE: A New Beginning, Inc., Mystic Valley Elder Services, New England Center for Arts and Technology, Voice of Tabernacle Multiservice Center, and Women Encouraging Empowerment, Inc.

For more details, click here.

Contact: 617.338.1700.

Brandywine Health Foundation (Coatesville, PA)

The Brandywine Health Foundation created the Healthcare and Economic Relief Fund to provide flexible resources to nonprofit organizations in the City of Coatesville, Boroughs of Modena and South Coatesville and Townships of Caln, East Fallowfield, Sadsbury, Valley, West Brandywine and West Caln in Pennsylvania in the face of COVID-19.

The fund will target communities that are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and the economic, health, and social consequences of this outbreak. The Healthcare and Economic Relief Fund creates a pathway providing rapid identification of community needs that support basic health, safety, and sanitation supplies and equipment. It will also support community-based organizations providing basic need services such as rental, utility, and food assistance. The fund will support new ways to deliver social and behavioral health services.

The first phase of funds will be released on a rolling basis as fundraising continues throughout the outbreak, followed by another phase to support the recovery and stabilization periods of the crisis in order to adapt to evolving needs. The foundation will administer grants from the fund in close collaboration with the Chester County Health Department, Health and Human Services and Community Economic Development Departments, and other local and regional funders to ensure it targets unmet community needs.

For more details, click here.

Contact: Kimberly Daye-Hardy at kdayehardy@brandywinefoundation.org.

Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation (New York, NY)

The Bristol Myers Squibb Company and the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation have provided more than $5 million in financial support and needed products to relief efforts in affected areas around the world, including the United States, Wuhan city and Hubei Province, China, and the Lombardy region in Italy.

The BMS Foundation joined with MAP International and Project HOPE for a coordinated and swift international response to COVID-19, obtained and delivered urgently needed medical supplies from the United States, including 220,000 medical N95 masks, 280,000 pairs of protective gloves, and 10,758 protective suits, and distributed them to six key hospitals in Wuhan through the Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The BMS Foundation has also provided additional supplement COVID grants to current BMS Foundation grantees working with vulnerable populations to respond to their community’s needs.

Contact: Priscilla Ko at priscilla.ko@bms.com.

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation (Washington, DC)

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation issued a $1 million grant to support the Greater Washington Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund.

 

The California Endowment (Los Angeles, CA)

The California Endowment announced grants totaling $5 million to support public health efforts and the immediate social and health services needs of highly vulnerable Californians, including farm workers/day laborers, the homeless, and undocumented individuals in response to COVID-19.

In addition to supporting community clinics serving the most vulnerable on the front lines of this epidemic, funding will be provided to regional community partner foundations which will deploy the resources to local nonprofit organizations that provide essential social and health services to vulnerable Californians and to statewide networks and associations focused on health care delivery and public health systems. Additional funding will target those most likely to be severely impacted by COVID-19 due to lack of awareness, language barriers, and lack of access to health care, including the homeless, low-wage earners such as farm workers and day laborers, and undocumented Californians.

The California Endowment anticipates a second phase of funding and will work closely with current grantees, local communities, state and local governments, the private sector, and philanthropic partners to determine how to best target and leverage resources for maximum effect against this pandemic.

To learn more, click here.

Contact: Jeff Okey at 213.928.8622.

The California Wellness Foundation (Oakland, CA)

The California Wellness Foundation announced nearly $4 million in grants to combat the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Grants support the most vulnerable communities and people in the state: frontline health workers, economically disadvantaged people, immigrants, seniors, and Asian Americans experiencing race-based harassment and assaults, among others. Core support grants are also given to some current grantee partners who are experiencing significant disruptions to their work. Another $1 million will go to community clinics and the associations that advocate for them.

To learn more, click here.

Contact: info@calwellness.org.

Caring for Denver Foundation (Denver, CO)

Caring for Denver Foundation has designated a Colorado COVID-19 Support Fund including grants and staff support in three specific areas:

  • An emergency childcare program for children of the providers in Denver, Colorado supporting critically at-risk populations.
  • Funding to support self-care including crisis intervention for support and access to behavioral health for those on the frontlines caring for the critically ill and homeless populations.
  • Flexible and responsive funds to those providers working on mental health and substance misuse issues so they can continue to serve at-risk populations.

The foundation will provide funding to ensure the following organizations have the operational resources necessary to meet the community’s ongoing needs:

  • Servicios de la Raza
  • The Harm Reduction Center
  • The Center for Trauma & Resiliency
  • Life-Line Colorado
  • Element of Discovery – Therapist of Color
  • Tribe Recovery Homes
  • Sobriety House
  • The Center
  • The Empowerment Program
  • The Rose Andom Center
  • Friends of the Haven
  • CHARG Resource Center

The foundation will provide self-care dollars for staff supporting critically at-risk homeless populations:

  • The Gathering Place
  • Urban Peak
  • Denver Rescue Mission
  • Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
  • Volunteers of America
  • The Salvation Army
  • The Delores Project
  • Catholic Charities
  • Francis Center

For more information, click here.

Contact: Lorez Meinhold at 720.647.6376 or lorez@caring4denver.org.

 

Colorado Health Foundation (Denver, CO)

Colorado’s nonprofits are experiencing immense strain from the far-reaching economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. Currently, the Colorado Health Foundation has contributed to two statewide emergency funding efforts:

  • Colorado COVID Relief Fund—joining Gov. Polis and funders across the state, to provide emergency funding for community-based organizations working to support unmet prevention, impact and recovery needs. ($700,000)
  • COVID-19 Emergency Hunger Relief Fund—to provide flexible resources to entities working to support the food and nutritional needs of communities at greater risk of the economic consequences of the outbreak. Funding may be used to cover operating costs, including food, staff, packaging, safety supplies, food transportation, client communications, and more. Learn more and apply. ($550,000)

To date, the foundation has given $13.5 million to relief efforts and related challenges across Colorado, including:

  • Ayuda Fund at the Latino Community Foundation. ($500,000)
  • Colorado COVID Relief Fund to provide grants to nonprofits working in prevention, impact, and recovery with disproportionately affected populations. ($1.2 million)
  • Federally qualified health centers and other community safety net clinics. ($1.5 million)
  • Food access and security efforts, including Feeding Colorado food banks and the Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger’s COVID-19 Hunger Relief Fund. ($1 million)
  • Health care for personal protective equipment production and procurement, and to support public health planning efforts. ($2 million)
  • Housing supports for organizations serving people experiencing homelessness and homeless encampments. ($960,000)
  • Small, community-based nonprofits aligned with its cornerstones and serving populations disproportionately affected by the crisis. ($3.8 million)
  • The Women’s Foundation of Colorado. ($500,000)

The foundation has also compiled a variety of resources to help Colorado-based nonprofits and funders navigate the rapidly evolving context and business implications of this crisis:

  • Resource webpage—for Emergency Funding, Government Response, Crisis Communications Aids, Business Operations Aids, and Equity and Justice (Population- and Issue-Specific Resources)
  • FAQs for grantees—for Flexibility for Current Grant Funds, Milestones and Reporting for Current Grants, Impacts on Grant Applications, and Emergency Response Funding and Other Resources
  • Extended the application deadline for the Nonprofit Sabbatical Program: Monday, June 1.

Contact: 303.953.3600 or info@coloradohealth.org.

Community Foundation of North Central Washington (Wenatchee, WA)

The Community Foundation of NCW has awarded $89,750 to 24 nonprofits across the region who have been significantly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The funds come from the Helping Hands Grant, the Board of Trustees Fund, and donations from the public.

To learn more, click here.

Community Foundation Public Awareness Initiative (Nationwide)

More than 200 United States community foundations in 49 states, plus the District of Columbia, have created relief funds to support those affected by COVID-19, directing critical relief to local nonprofits and partnering with local governments and health organizations to help contain its spread. As of April 1 these efforts have already mobilized $312 million to help those in need in every corner of the country.

The effort began in Seattle, Washington. There, the Seattle Foundation has spearheaded The COVID-19 Response Fund, an effort that includes an array of partners including United Way of King County, the City of Seattle, and in addition generous support from Philanthropy Northwest, Satterberg Foundation, and Social Venture Partners Seattle. To date, the fund has raised more than $15.7 million and provided $10 million in rapid-response grants to help those in need.

Since then, community foundations have also created funds in support of those affected by COVID-19 in their communities.

To see the current list by state, click here.

Contact: Jeff Hamond at jhamond@vsadc.org.

 

Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (Tucson, AZ)

The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (CFSA), in collaboration with donors and community partners, has granted over $2.1 million to provide immediate relief to our nonprofit partners during this crisis. COVID-19 relief funds were awarded to the following organizations:

  • Arivaca Helping Hearts
  • Boys & Girls Club of Santa Cruz County
  • Boys & Girls Club of Tucson
  • Equality Arizona (via the LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund)
  • Catholic Community Services
  • Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona
  • Greater Tucson Leadership (via Barrio Brewing Foundation Fund)
  • Patagonia Youth Enrichment Center
  • Primavera Foundation
  • Southern Arizona Law Enforcement Foundation
  • Southern Arizona Network for Down Syndrome
  • Step Up to Justice

To learn more, click here.

 

Delta Dental Community Care Foundation (San Francisco, CA)

Delta Dental Community Care Foundation has given $5 million to organizations across its 15-state service area that are supporting coronavirus-response efforts for at-risk populations. Of the total, $3.5 million will support increasing access to care across the foundation’s 15-state area. The majority will be provided to federally qualified health centers. The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation will make $1 million of this funding available to organizations responding to the unparalleled public health emergency and to current partners experiencing significant increases in expenses and/or budget shortfalls as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Finally, as a California-based organization, the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation will be providing $500,000 in disaster response funding to California organizations that provide assistance to seniors, those living with food insecurity, those experiencing homelessness and homebound individuals.

For more information, click here.

Dogwood Health Trust (Ashville, NC)

Dogwood Health Trust (DHT) has committed $10 million to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Western North Carolina. The Trust is focusing on flattening the curve, preparing for the worst-case scenario, and mitigating the social impact this virus will have on communities. It is partnering with local health departments to increase the number of testing kits available or by sourcing new testing capabilities. It also has funded a large-scale food organization to prepare in advance 150,000 meal kits that could be deployed to high risk populations when needed and has partnered with the Community Foundation of WNC to put together an emergency fund for those impacted by the virus.

For more information, click here.

Contact: info@dht.org.

Endowment for Health (Concord, NH)

The Endowment for Health approved emergency grants to support New Hampshire communities through the COVID-19 crisis. A total of $200,000 will be distributed to four New Hampshire United Way agencies: Granite United Way, United Way of Greater Nashua, United Way of the Greater Seacoast, and Monadnock United Way.

To learn more, click here.

Contact: 603.228.2448 or info@endowmentforhealth.org.

Episcopal Health Foundation (Houston, TX)

In response to COVID-19, Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF) is offering immediate technical assistance to current grantees and partners interested in applying for federal government aid programs. EHF will provide consultants who can help organizations navigate the application process for available federal funds. This specialized assistance will help organizations identify and apply for relevant programs in hopes it’ll limit the burden and stress organizations face when requesting these resources.

EHF is also considering additional COVID-19 relief programs for current grantees and partners including grant and loan programs. In addition to providing financial resources, EHF is establishing projects to help our communities respond to the ongoing COVID-19 situation.

To learn more, click here.

Ford Foundation, Schmidt Futures, Open Society Foundations, The JPB Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Amalgamated Foundation (Multiple)

The Ford Foundation, Schmidt Futures, Open Society Foundations, The JPB Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Amalgamated Foundation launched the Families and Workers Fund, dedicated to serving the workers, families, and communities most devastated by the economic and health crises resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

With an aim to raise $20 million, and initial commitment of $7.1 million, the fund will provide flexible funding to organizations working to prevent workers and families from sinking deeper into poverty during the initial months of the pandemic, and to support policy and advocacy efforts that center workers and families in long-term economic recovery. The fund works to ensure responses to the pandemic are both fast acting, long lasting, and informed by the people most affected.

To learn more, click here.

Gilead Sciences (Foster City, CA)

Gilead Sciences, Inc. created the global Gilead CARES (COVID-19 Acute Relief and Emergency Support) Grantee Fund to provide financial support to current grantees facing an imminent closure or termination of vital services due to losses attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund will provide up to $20 million in donations to these nonprofit groups.

Gilead will also make two significant community donations: $1 million to the San Mateo County Strong Fund, which is providing financial support to individuals, small businesses and nonprofit organizations in San Mateo County where Gilead is based, and $1 million to the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, which is providing support for families and small businesses, relief for healthcare workers and other services in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

To learn more, click here.

Greater Washington Community Foundation (Washington, DC)

The Greater Washington Community Foundation launched the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund to support emergency preparedness and response efforts to help mitigate the impact on disproportionately affected communities in its region. It is addressing lost wages, relief for small businesses and gig economy workers, expanding access to medical services, and meeting the unique needs of people experiencing homelessness, among other issues. In addition to the foundation’s initial commitment of $150,000 to seed the fund, more than $4.3 million in contribution for this effort has come from several individual, philanthropic, and corporate partners:

  • Amazon. ($350,000)
  • Booz Allen Hamilton and Comcast. ($25,000)
  • The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation—grants of $750,000 outright and $250,000 as a 1:1 match. ($1 million)
  • The Community Foundation’s donors and community members—individual contributions ranging in size from $10 – $5,000. ($725,000)
  • Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation. ($250,000)
  • Horizon Therapeutics. ($75,000)
  • International Monetary Fund Giving Together. ($60,000)
  • James & Alice B. Clark Foundation—contributions to this fund will be matched up to $500,000.
  • Lois and Richard England Family Foundation, Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, Prince Charitable Trusts, Washington AIDS Partnership, Weissberg Foundation, and World Bank Group Community Connections Fund. ($50,000)
  • Philip L. Graham Fund, Richard E. and Nancy P. Marriott Foundation, The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, and ($100,000)
  • Pivotal Ventures, a Melinda Gates company, and Wells Fargo Foundation. ($150,000)
  • Public Welfare Foundation. ($200,000)
  • United Solutions. ($10,000)

The foundation will administer grants in cooperation with the local government advisors and philanthropic partners. Funds will be released on a rolling basis throughout the outbreak and recovery phases of this crisis, making it possible to adapt to evolving needs in subsequent funding rounds.

For more information, click here.

Contact: Sarah Hashmall at 202.223.3100.

Group Health Foundation (Seattle, WA)

In the early days of COVID-19, Group Health Foundation established an Equitable Response and Recovery Fund and deployed $5 million in direct and flexible funding to more than 75 organizations. In April, the foundation committed nearly $9 million in multiyear, general operating funds to an additional 45 organizations the foundation was unable to fund in 2019. 

As the foundation adapts to a new future, it is committing at least $20 million in additional grants this year to continue supporting the same nonprofits it always has: those whose leadership and board are reflective of the communities they serve. The foundation is also offering funds for flexible, general operating support.

To learn more, click here.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation (Wellesley, MA)

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation will give more than $3 million for COVID-19 relief efforts by supporting community and nonprofit organizations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation has committed dedicated resources to community-focused initiatives including the engagement of select restaurants throughout the region to provide and deliver take-out meals to families in need and helping to put people back to work. Additionally, these resources will assist communities in facilitating access to COVID-19 testing. Details will be shared on these initiatives in the near future.

Harvard Pilgrim Foundation’s support includes:

  • COVID-19 Assistance Fund. Two expedited grant programs, totaling $1.5 million. A total of $500,000 will be awarded to local nonprofit organizations that assist older adults in Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire impacted by COVID-19. A total of $1 million will be awarded to local nonprofit community service organizations helping people respond to the impact of COVID-19 in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire. Grants are available up to $10,000 each.
  • Pandemic Local Relief Grants. A total of $1 million in grants is being awarded to leading nonprofits in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire to help provide food, transportation assistance, and other support services in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Community Spirit Mini Grants. Harvard Pilgrim’s mini-grant program, which enables every Harvard Pilgrim Health Care employee to award $500 annually to the charity of their choice, has been extended so that colleagues can support local nonprofits on the front lines of the crisis, meeting specific community needs related to COVID-19.

The foundation will also continue to work closely with nonprofit organizations, community leaders, and government stakeholders to support their efforts in addressing the COVID-19 crisis.

For more information, click here.

Contact: Kim Winn at 603.315.4426 or kimberly_winn@harvardpilgrim.org.

Health Forward Foundation (Kansas City, MO)

In response to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and the unanticipated impact of the pandemic, Health Forward Foundation is reserving up to $3.7 million of its 2020 grantmaking budget to support the resiliency of its community, grantees, and partners.

To learn more, click here.

Health Foundation for Western and Central New York (Buffalo, NY)

The Western New York COVID-19 Community Response Fund coordinated by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Health Foundation for Western & Central New York, The John R. Oishei Foundation and the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County granted $4.5 million to 74 organizations in less than two weeks after the fund was announced. The following organizations received grants:

  • Allegany County Community Opportunities and Rural Development
  • Arc of Genesee Orleans (Meals on Wheels)
  • BestSelf Behavioral Health
  • Boys & Girls Clubs Collaborative
  • Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network
  • Buffalo Urban League
  • CAO of Western New York
  • Cattaraugus and Wyoming Counties Project Head Start
  • Cattaraugus Community Action
  • Cattaraugus County Dept. of Aging (Meals on Wheels Fund)
  • Cazenovia Recovery Systems
  • CCNY
  • Child & Family Services of Erie County
  • Child Care Coalition of the Niagara Frontier
  • Christ Church Community Kitchen
  • City Mission Society, Inc.
  • Community Action of Orleans & Genesee
  • Community Health Center of Buffalo
  • Community Missions of Niagara Frontier
  • CoNECT (Community Health Worker Network of Buffalo)
  • Crisis Services
  • Cuba Cultural Center
  • Directions in Independent Living
  • Empower (United Cerebral Palsy Assoc. of Niagara County)
  • Erie Regional Housing Develop. (Belle Center)
  • Evergreen Health
  • Every Bottom Covered
  • Family Help Center
  • Feed Buffalo
  • FeedMore WNY
  • Friends of Night People
  • Genesee Orleans Ministry of Concern, Inc.
  • Harvest House of South Buffalo
  • Health Association of Niagara County
  • Healthy Community Alliance
  • Heart Love & Soul
  • Hearts and Hands: Faith in Action, Inc.
  • Horizon Health Services
  • Jericho Road Community Health Center
  • Jewish Family Service of Buffalo & Erie County
  • Journey’s End Refugee Services
  • Kendall Community Food Cupboard Corp.
  • Learning Disabilities Association of WNY
  • Life Impact (Resurrection Life Food Pantry)
  • Matt Urban HSC of WNY
  • Metro Community Develop. Corp.
  • Mid-Erie Mental Health Services (Endeavor Health Services)
  • Native American Community Services
  • Neighborhood Health Center
  • Niagara Community Action Program, Inc.
  • Northpointe Council
  • NYS Network for Youth Success
  • Olmsted Center for Sight
  • Open Buffalo (Seeding Resilience Initiative)
  • Parkside Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • PUSH Buffalo
  • Restoration Society
  • Safety-Net Assoc. of Primary Care Affiliated Providers
  • Save the Michaels of the World
  • Say Yes Buffalo
  • Spectrum Health and Human Services
  • The Dale Association
  • The Rural Outreach Center
  • The Salvation Army – Olean Corps.
  • The Salvation Army (Erie County)
  • The Salvation Army (Niagara County)
  • Valley Community Assoc.
  • Western New York Independent Living
  • Westminster Economic Development Initiative
  • YMCA Buffalo Niagara
  • YMCA of the Twin Tiers
  • Youth Mentoring Services
  • YWCA Niagara Frontier
  • YWCA Western New York

To learn more, click here.

Healthy Communities Foundation (Riverside, IL)

Healthy Communities Foundation contributed to the Chicago Community COVID-19 Response Fund, which has given out more than $8.8 million in two rounds of funding, and has put together a page regarding the foundation’s response and resources for grantees.

To learn more, click here.

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (Westlake Village, CA)

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced $10 million in additional funding toward relief efforts and support for vulnerable communities impacted by COVID-19 here in its community, and abroad. Of the $10 million, about half will go toward protecting the homeless population in Los Angeles, with the other half focused on helping African countries prepare for a pending outbreak.

To learn more, click here.

Horizon Foundation (Columbia, MD)

Moving aggressively to fulfill its mission to improve the health of Howard County residents, the Horizon Foundation announced that it will dedicate an additional $1 million to meet emergency health needs caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The $1 million in grants will go toward the following:

  • The Arc of Howard County—to support safe distancing for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities in residential programs and to provide personal protective equipment for staff. ($50,000)
  • Chase Brexton Health Care—to provide technology to support telecommuting and telehealth opportunities and to provide protective equipment and cleaning supplies at the county’s only federally qualified health care center, which provides affordable services to patients, including those who are uninsured. ($50,000)
  • Gilchrist Hospice—to provide protective equipment and cleaning supplies and to provide technology for patients to better engage with loved ones who cannot visit during the state of emergency. ($50,000)
  • Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center—to provide temporary housing to homeless individuals and families to enable safe physical distancing and better protection from COVID-19 spread and to provide protective equipment and cleaning supplies for staff. ($50,000)
  • Howard County General Hospital—to keep front line health care workers safe, housed, and fed as they fight the pandemic and to provide technology to support patients’ communication with loved ones who cannot visit during the state of emergency. ($500,000)
  • Health Facilities Association of Maryland—to provide personal protective equipment, food, and temporary housing for front line health care workers at 25 assisted living, skilled nursing, and other alternative living facilities in Howard County, Maryland and provide technology for patients to better engage with loved ones who cannot visit during the state of emergency. ($125,000)
  • Humanim—to support safe distancing for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities in residential programs, to provide personal protective equipment for staff, and to provide food for front line health care workers. ($75,000)
  • Mental Health—to various organizations to support mental health needs during the pandemic. ($100,000)

The Horizon Foundation’s new grants build upon previous funding commitments to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. Last month, Horizon collaborated with the Community Foundation of Howard County, United Way of Central Maryland and Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County to pool resources and create HoCoRespond.com—a joint platform to raise funds and make grants to nonprofits. That effort has already generated more than $100,000 to support local emergency relief efforts, focusing on assisting with food security, housing, childcare and health. Horizon contributed $40,000 to jump-start the emergency funds and also contributed $20,000 to the Community Action Council of Howard County to provide food for Head Start families and the Food Bank.

For more information, click here.

Contact: Kerry Darragh at 443.766.1228 or kdarragh@thehorizonfoundation.org.

Humana Foundation (Louisville, KY)

The Humana Foundation will provide $500,000 in support of COVID-19 relief and recovery efforts, partnering with three organizations to help those affected by the pandemic.

To address urgent and immediate needs, The Humana Foundation will donate $450,000 to Feeding America’s COVID-19 response fund. Of that total, $325,000 will support communities most in need of food and nutritional support as identified by Feeding America, along with Humana’s Bold Goal communities including Kentucky, Florida and Louisiana where the company is working to create more Healthy Days and greater health equity for all. Additionally, $125,000 will support those affected by the virus financially, including SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) application outreach, support for Medicaid members and utility assistance.

The foundation allocated an additional $50,000 to a collaborative partnership with the Community Foundation of Louisville and Norton Healthcare Foundation, helping reduce the virus spread and treat those affected by it in the greater Louisville, Kentucky area. The funds will expand a care center for those requiring acute care, add additional telemedicine capabilities across the region, and, in coordination with the Kentucky governor’s office, create more places for residents to receive COVID-19 screening tests, including a mobile location.

Contact: Kate Marx at 502.271.9288 or kmarx1@humana.com.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, NJ)

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) will provide $50 million in immediate short-term relief to several national and community organizations to help some of the families and communities feeling the greatest strain under the COVID-19 health emergency. This includes $5 million for relief efforts in RWJF’s home state of New Jersey, hit particularly hard by the virus.

The national organizations and projects include:

  • Catholic Charities—for short-term economic relief and advocacy for social services at the community level, regardless of religion, for individuals unlikely to qualify for federal stimulus dollars.
  • Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition—to prioritize the shelter and housing needs of the lowest income people in impacted areas.
  • Feeding America—to provide healthy food to food banks and pantries across the nation.
  • Meals on Wheels—to deliver meals and check in on 2.2 million seniors, people with disabilities, and other isolated individuals across the nation.
  • National Day Laborers Organizing Network—financial support and safety-net resources for farm workers and other day laborers, many of whom are immigrants.
  • National Domestic Workers Alliance—for emergency assistance for qualifying home health care workers, nannies, and house cleaners currently facing financial hardship.
  • NDN Collective—to distribute resources to groups providing essential services to Native American communities disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 crisis because of inadequate health care infrastructures and historically deficient economic support.
  • One Fair Wage—for cash assistance to tipped workers, gig workers, lower-wage health aides, and service workers who may have lost their jobs, have had shifts cut, or must stay home for safety.

In RWJF’s home state of New Jersey, funds will support:

  • Fair Share Housing Center—to organize a diverse coalition to monitor COVID-19 relief funding, and addressing discriminatory practices that deny low-income families access to safe, decent, and sanitary housing.
  • Investments in several locally-based community philanthropies managing pandemic relief funds. These include the Community Foundation of South Jersey, the Princeton Area Community Foundation, the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation, the United Way of Greater Newark, and the United Way of Northern New Jersey.
  • Mental Health Association in New Jersey—for remote counseling services and advocating for mental wellness policies.
  • New Jersey Health Initiatives—to support responses in small New Jersey communities and portions of the state with less access to charitable funds.
  • The New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund—to address the medical, social, and economic impact of COVID-19 on New Jersey’s most vulnerable people, supporting organizations that provide essential services and aid to those on the front line of the pandemic.
  • New Jersey YMCA Alliance—to advocate for the needs of the childcare workforce serving the children of health care and other frontline workers.

To learn more, click here.

Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation (Lewiston, ID)

The Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation increased the grant size for its “Fast Track” non-competitive grants geared to smaller communities and donated to a pooled COVID Community Response Fund managed by Innovia, its community fund partner.

To learn more, click here.

Contact: John Rusche at jmrusche@gmail.com.

Mat-Su Health Foundation (Wasilla, AK)

The Mat-Su Health Foundation (MSHF) made nine grant awards totaling $378,124 to local nonprofit service providers for COVID-19 prevention and response. The foundation’s Coronavirus Prevention and Response (CPR) grant program was developed over the last two weeks and will continue offering grants throughout the pandemic. The first organizations to receive funding under the CPR program include the following:

  • The Children’s Place—to provide services to emergency child abuse cases during the COVID-19 pandemic by developing ways to respond safely using personal protective equipment. ($50,000)
  • CODI—to help mitigate the effects of federal and state social distancing protocols while delivering essential behavioral mental health services. ($50,000)
  • Frontline Mission—to provide emergency food assistance to those in need. ($50,000)
  • Kids Kupboard—to support expanded youth meal services via mobile route distribution and home delivery. ($50,000)      
  • Santa Cop & Heroes—to support a coordinated effort to supply a biweekly food box to seniors in need, as well as medication delivery. ($50,000)
  • True North Recovery—to support its payroll needs and to invest in developing telehealth expansion. ($50,000)
  • Upper Susitna Food Pantry—to support a stable supply of much needed commodities in its rural food pantry. ($42,587)
  • Valley Charities—to cover missed wages for staff and fixed expenses related to the closure of its thrift store. ($29,536)
  • HeartReach Center—to provide emergency supplies for families served. ($6,000)

In addition to offering the CPR grant program, the foundation has taken other steps to support nonprofits during this tumultuous time, including easing reporting requirements for grant recipients, and allowing for repurposing of previously awarded grants if the money is needed for coronavirus response. Foundation staff are also working alongside Mat-Su food and homelessness/housing coalitions to assist in managing a coordinated response to meeting the basic needs of Mat-Su residents during the pandemic. In addition, the MSHF worked with Mat-Su mayors and other government officials to develop an advertising campaign to amplify the health mandates issued by the state of Alaska.

For more information, click here.

Contact: Robin Minard at 907.352.2892 or rminard@healthymatsu.org.

Medica Foundation (Minneapolis, MN)

Medica Foundation made $1 million in emergency donations among 18 Minnesota nonprofit organizations that play important roles in addressing health needs of the most vulnerable people in communities statewide, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.

Mental Health Resources will receive $100,000 to help offset the impact of the health crisis on Minnesotans who already face significant mental and physical health challenges. Washburn Center for Children will receive $100,000 to advance their telehealth capabilities and meet the urgent mental health needs for children with social, emotional and behavioral problems and their families. Other organizations that will receive funding include the Greater Twin Cities United Way, People Serving People, YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities as well as several other social service organizations in Minnesota.

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

Missouri Foundation for Health (St. Louis, MO)

The Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) has committed $15 million to statewide COVID-19 health and prevention efforts. Given their critical nature to the health safety net, the foundation has provided an initial $7 million in support to federally qualified health centers and community mental health centers across Missouri. Additionally, MFH has partnered with Missouri food banks to bridge a workforce gap in the packaging and distribution of food by bringing in local chambers of commerce to facilitate temporary employment of available food-service professionals.

An important component of the MFH response has also been the coordination of communications activities with state and local officials to develop consistent public messaging that will protect health and save lives. Public messaging campaigns are in development for communities across Missouri, including specific activities geared toward educating foreign-born and disenfranchised populations. MFH also created a social media toolkit that is being used and disseminated by local public health agencies and other public health entities in rural communities.

While MFH focuses on the statewide, public health response, other philanthropic organizations, including the St. Louis Community Foundation and the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, are supporting the nonprofit sector as they face a significant increase in needs of their clients as a result of COVID-19. MFH has also contributed financial resources to the efforts of several of these institutions to support vulnerable populations such as seniors, those with disabilities, and rural residents who lack access to care.

To learn more, click here.

Contact: Courtney Stewart at 314.345.5505 or cstewart@mffh.org.

Montana Healthcare Foundation (Bozeman, MT)

Montana Healthcare Foundation is supporting its partners and Montana communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • The foundation provided a $500,000 grant to the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services’ Public Health and Safety Division to strengthen local and tribal public health departments.
  • The foundation is ready to help organizations apply for federal funding as it becomes available.
  • The foundation is working with tribal, behavioral health, and rural health care partners to provide technical assistance on implementing new state and federal health care regulations.
  • The foundation is offering grantees flexible reporting deadlines, no-cost grant extensions, and regular funding schedules.

Contact: 406.451.7060 or info@mthcf.org.

New York Community Trust (New York, NY)

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Joan Ganz Cooney & Holly Peterson Fund, Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund, The JPB Foundation, The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The New York Community Trust, Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros, Jon Stryker and Slobodan Randjelović, Charles H. Revson Foundation, Robin Hood, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, UJA-Federation of New York, and Wells Fargo Foundation launched the NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund to support New York City-based social services and arts and cultural organizations that have been affected by the current coronavirus public health crisis.

The new $75 million fund will provide grants and interest-free loans to small and mid-size nonprofits to help them respond to emerging needs, cover losses associated with the disruption of their operations, and help them continue their critical work.

The NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund will be administered by the New York Community Trust and will provide grants and interest-free loans. Among social services groups, priority will be given to direct service providers, such as those supporting essential health care and food insecurity.

Recognizing best practice from past experience working through crises, this initiative will provide 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, and events.

An advisory committee of leaders in public health, community development, and the arts will help guide the efforts of the new fund. The New York Community Trust will continue to solicit donations from foundations, corporate partners, and individuals committed to the health and well-being of New York, New York. The donors to the fund are committed to an expedited process for decisions and payment of funds to recipient organizations.

For more information, click here.

Contact: Amy Wolf at 646.214.1004 or aw@nyct-cfi.org.

New York State Health Foundation (New York, NY)

The New York State Health Foundation has committed $2 million in funding to support COVID-19 response and relief efforts throughout New York State. Grants will include contributions to numerous regional response funds, as well as support for statewide and local efforts to address emerging health care and public health needs in the wake of the pandemic.

As part of its commitment, the Foundation will contribute to pooled response funds in regions throughout New York State that will provide coordinated and timely support to meet the emerging needs of local communities and organizations. In addition, NYSHealth will provide targeted grants that will, for example, ensure seamless access to WIC and SNAP benefits, expand telehealth capabilities, help New Yorkers enroll in health insurance coverage, deliver health care and services to immigrant New Yorkers, and provide targeted services to veterans in need.

The Foundation is also working with current grantees to adjust their project scopes, timelines, and deliverables as needed in the wake of the crisis. For example, projects focused on physical activity and healthy eating may be moving to virtual models. With schools closed, one grantee working with young people to be more physically active has provided students with jump ropes, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, hula hoops, and healthy snacks so they can still be active while sheltering in place.

To learn more, click here.

Contact: info@nyshealth.org.

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, CA)

The Packard Foundation is adjusting its grantmaking processes to be as flexible as possible as COVID-19 impacts its grantee partners’ operations. It committed to leave intact the foundation’s approved 2020 program grantmaking budgets even after the financial downturn of these past few months.

In addition to the ongoing support of it grantee partners, it approved $5 million to specifically address COVID-19 across four areas:

  • Grants to 19 local area organizations that are serving people without homes or who are unemployed, uninsured, or living with low incomes. Organizations include the Community Food Bank for San Benito County, LifeMoves, Samaritan House, Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, and Community Homeless Solutions. In addition, we are supporting community relief funds, which can align regional giving and have broad outreach to communities. ($1.4 million)
  • Global and domestic public health responses. In the United States, it is funding the CDC Foundation in its work to support gaps in government funding and action, such as covering the costs of isolation and quarantine for individuals and families, the development of technology and disease surveillance tools, and culturally appropriate communications. In Ethiopia it is supporting the Ethiopian Public Health Association’s national preparedness and response plan. It is providing funds to CARE’s COVID-19 Response Fund to increase access to water, sanitation, health and reproductive health services, support risk communication, and promote preventive practices as well as support livelihoods and education in more than 50 countries worldwide. ($1.35 million)
  • Research and data about how many people are infected, how the virus spreads, and its impact on people and communities beyond the direct medical impacts. Oregon State University researchers will gather data through rapid, near-real-time population monitoring of the virus SARS-CoV-2, providing a deep dive into a single community to provide information on the nature of the spread of COVID-19 that can inform public health policies. The Data Foundation will lead a national survey of physical health, mental health, and economic impacts related to COVID-19 that allows researchers and policymakers to better understand and effectively respond to the big picture of the outbreak and its impacts. ($1.25 million)
  • Augmenting the foundation’s ongoing efforts to support a national paid family leave policy. The COVID-19 pandemic is shining a light on the inequities that have resulted from the lack of a comprehensive national family leave policy, and the disproportionate impacts on families with low income. ($1 million)

To learn more, click here.

Contact: feedback@packard.org.

PATH Foundation (Warrenton, VA)

The PATH Foundation announced $485,000 in immediate grant funding to respond to COVID-19 in Fauquier and Rappahannock, Virginia counties. This funding is in addition to $125,000 granted in mid March in anticipation of community needs, for a total of $610,000 to help the community cope with the wake of the pandemic.

To learn more, click here.

 

Pfizer and Pfizer Foundation (New York, NY)

Pfizer Inc. and The Pfizer Foundation committed $40 million in medical and charitable grants to help combat the global health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and around the world. The donation addresses the urgent needs of partners who are working to slow the spread of the virus within communities and strengthen vulnerable health care systems against future public health threats. Pfizer is also evolving its U.S. Patient Assistance Program and donating additional critical medicines and vaccines in the United States and around the world.

In states with high COVID-19 burden, emergency relief funds will be provided to government public health organizations to help address local needs, as well as nonprofit community health organizations. Grant funding will also be provided to charitable community health clinics for immediate and longer-term needs of frontline health care workers addressing infectious disease priorities and the COVID-19 response.

Funding will be provided to international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) and partners that support direct COVID-19 relief and longer-term health systems strengthening. More than $1 million in grant funding has been provided to established partners, including Direct Relief, Project HOPE and International Medical Corps, to support the provision of urgently needed supplies to frontline health care workers and to aid in global recovery efforts.

Through its Global Medical Grants program, Pfizer will provide $5 million to support meritorious educational and research proposals that seek to improve the recognition, diagnosis, treatment, and overall management of COVID-19 patients. Quality Improvement grant funding is available for medical centers, hospitals, and clinics to improve the management and outcome of COVID-19 patients.

To help address the evolving needs of patients and provide uninterrupted access to their medicines, Pfizer has also quickly adapted elements of its U.S. Patient Assistance Program to accommodate the challenges eligible patients are facing by increasing medication supply during the quarantine, accepting telehealth prescriptions, and other efforts. Pfizer has also worked to donate and distribute essential medications and vaccines.

Pfizer created a new Global COVID-19 Medical Service Program that empowers medical colleagues to provide diagnostic, treatment, and public health support in the battle against COVID-19. Licensed medical professionals who feel duty-bound to provide their services during this crisis will now have a way to engage in the fight. Colleagues will continue to receive their full pay, benefits, and be able to return to their position upon completion of service. In addition, many Pfizer colleagues are donating their time and skills through virtual and other safe volunteer activities to address urgent COVID-19 related health needs at the community level. The Pfizer Foundation is matching colleague donations to local, national, and global charitable organizations.

For more information, click here.

Contact: Sally Beatty at 347.330.7867 or Sally.Beatty@Pfizer.com.  

 

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust (Phoenix, AZ)

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust has awarded $6,340,000 in emergency grants to support Maricopa County, Arizona nonprofits during the unprecedented economic crisis caused by COVID-19.

Two-thirds, or $4.3 million of the Trust’s emergency grant funding, will go to support human services and arts and cultural nonprofits that are facing myriad threats from the COVID-19 outbreak and its economic fallout, such as staggering revenue losses from event cancellations and declining donations. Human services organizations are handling a dramatic increase in community need for their services while workforces shrink, as many volunteers must shelter in place.

Arizona State University’s (ASU) Biodesign Institute will receive a $2 million grant to expand its automated, rapid diagnostic testing to mitigate the viral spread and potential reoccurrence of COVID-19.

Piper Trust also awarded $100,000 to the Translational Genomics Research Institute(TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope to support the use of advanced biomedical technologies for testing and state-of-the-art genomic analysis of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Additional grantee recipients of $4.2 million in COVID-19 emergency grant awards are:

Human Services Organizations

  • About Care, Inc. ($20,000)
  • André House of Arizona, Inc. ($50,000)
  • Association of Arizona Food Banks. ($250,000)
  • Aster Aging, Inc. ($20,000)
  • Benevilla. ($100,000)
  • Catholic Charities Community Services. ($100,000)
  • Central Arizona Shelter Services. ($50,000)
  • Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. ($100,000)
  • Chrysalis Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence, Inc. ($20,000)
  • Duet: Partners in Health & Aging.
  • Esperança, Inc. ($20,000)
  • Family Promise-Greater Phoenix. ($20,000)
  • Foundation for Senior Living. ($100,000)
  • Human Services Campus, Inc. ($100,000)
  • ICM Food and Clothing Bank. ($50,000)
  • Maggie’s Place. ($20,000)
  • Native American Connections, Inc. ($100,000)
  • Neighbors Who Care, Inc. ($20,000)
  • New Life Center. ($20,000)
  • one∙n∙ten. ($20,000)
  • Paz de Cristo Community Center. ($50,000)
  • Phoenix Rescue Mission. ($100,000)
  • The Salvation Army. ($250,000)
  • Save the Family Foundation of Arizona. ($20,000)
  • The Society of St. Vincent de Paul. ($250,000)
  • Sojourner Center. ($20,000)
  • Southwest Human Development. ($100,000)
  • Wesley Community and Health Center. ($50,000)

Arts and Cultural Organizations

  • Act One. ($10,000)
  • Artlink, Inc. ($5,000)
  • Arizona Jewish Historical Society. ($10,000)
  • Arizona Musicfest. ($50,000)
  • Arizona Opera. ($100,000)
  • Arizona Science Center. ($150,000)
  • Arizona Theatre Company. ($100,000)
  • Ballet Arizona. ($100,000)
  • Black Theatre Troupe, Inc. ($10,000)
  • CALA Alliance. ($5,000)
  • Chandler Cultural Foundation. ($50,000)
  • Children’s Museum of Phoenix. ($75,000)
  • Childsplay, Inc. ($75,000)
  • Desert Botanical Garden. ($150,000)
  • Fountain Hills Theatre, Inc. ($10,000)
  • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. ($100,000)
  • Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona. ($25,000)
  • Greasepaint Youtheatre. ($5,000)
  • Heard Museum. ($150,000)
  • Herberger Theater Center. ($25,000)
  • d.e.a. Museum. ($25,000)
  • iTheater Collaborative. ($5,000)
  • Jazz in Arizona, Inc. ($10,000)
  • Mesa Arts Center Foundation. ($10,000)
  • Musical Theatre of Anthem. ($5,000)
  • Phoenix Art Museum. ($150,000)
  • Phoenix Boys Choir. ($25,000)
  • Phoenix Center for the Arts. ($25,000)
  • Phoenix Chamber Music Society. ($5,000)
  • Phoenix Chorale. ($5,000)
  • Phoenix Conservatory of Music. ($10,000)
  • Phoenix Girls Chorus, Inc. ($10,000)
  • The Phoenix Symphony. ($150,000)
  • Phoenix Theatre. ($100,000)
  • Phoenix Zoo. ($150,000)
  • Rosie’s House: A Music Academy for Children. ($10,000)
  • Scottsdale Arts. ($150,000)
  • SOUNDS Academy. ($5,000)
  • Southwest Shakespeare Company. ($10,000)
  • Theater Works. ($25,000)
  • Valley Youth Theatre. ($25,000)
  • Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West. ($75,000)
  • West Valley Arts Council. ($5,000)
  • Xico, Inc. ($5,000)

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

The REACH Foundation (Overland Park, KS)

The REACH Foundation announced grants totaling $399,000 to nine organizations that use care connector services to help low-income and medically underserved individuals secure the care they need. To simplify grant application and decision processes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, REACH awarded the 12-month grants based on the organizations’ prior work in delivering essential services to populations that frequently face barriers to health care. The nine organizations had received care connector grants in 2019, and were given the flexibility of using the funds for their care connector services or to deploy them in other areas to meet new health care demands.

Grants were awarded to the following organizations:

  • Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas. ($45,000)
  • El Centro, Inc. ($45,000)
  • Health Care Coalition of Lafayette County. ($45,000)
  • Jewish Vocational Service, Inc. ($45,000)
  • KidsTLC, Inc. ($45,000)
  • Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund. ($45,000)
  • ReDiscover, Inc. ($40,000)
  • reStart, Inc. ($44,000)
  • Synergy Services, Inc. ($45,000)

Contact: 913.432.4196 or info@reachhealth.org.

Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust (Winston-Salem, NC)

The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust announced $1.5 million in immediate, flexible funding to respond to COVID-19 in North Carolina. Working closely with its trustee, Wells Fargo, the Trust released $1.5 million in grant funding immediately to help North Carolina residents and communities.

The Trust granted $500,000 to the COVID-19 Response Fund for Forsyth County established by The Winston-Salem Foundation, the city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina Forsyth County, United Way of Forsyth County, and Community Organizations Active in Disaster. The fund will provide flexible resources for immediate, emerging, and long-term needs to organizations working with communities who are disproportionately impacted by coronavirus and the economic consequences of the outbreak, and will complement the work of government and public health officials to address all aspects of the outbreak in Forsyth County, North Carolina.

The Trust also granted $1 million to the North Carolina Healthcare Association Foundation (NCHA), a membership organization of hospitals, health systems, and clinics, which is taking a lead role in responding to COVID-19 while helping other safety net providers stay abreast of developments at the state and national levels. It will receive $500,000 for hospitals, $250,000 for the North Carolina Free and Charitable Clinics, and $250,000 for the North Carolina Community Health Center Association. These funds are for medical supplies, personal protective equipment, testing kits, telehealth solutions, and more.

To learn more, click here.

Contact: 336-397-5500.

 

Rose Community Foundation (Glendale, CO)

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rose Community Foundation awarded over 120 grants totaling $1,566,754. The foundation’s grants were directed to nonprofit organizations and government agencies on the front lines of COVID-19 prevention, containment, and response and are specifically aimed at supporting the Greater Denver, Colorado region’s most vulnerable and impacted populations.

Grants were made to organizations serving people whose health and safety are especially impacted by this public health crisis, including older adults, those who are medically vulnerable, domestically at-risk, food insecure, homeless or housing insecure, or students entering remote learning environments without adequate support. The grantees include a combination of longstanding foundation partners and organizations it has not previously funded. They are varied in type, size and scope, but together, they share a collective commitment to the foundation’s values of empathy, equity, justice, and generosity. The grants represent the first of its three anticipated COVID-19 grantmaking phases.

To learn more, click here.

Contact: Sarah Kurz at 303.818.3347 or skurz@rcfdenver.org.

Saint Luke’s Foundation (Cleveland, OH)

Saint Luke’s Foundation has made some temporary administrative changes intended to support its grantees.

For the foreseeable future:

  • Grantees will not need to complete final reports for discretionary grants.
  • Final reports for board grants can be done with a phone call to a program officer.
  • Grant extensions can be made pending a conversation with a program officer.
  • It will enable flexibility with the use of current grant funds for needs now present because of COVID-19.
  • It will understand service interruptions and recognize that goals and plans set during the grant application process may not be achievable due to unforeseen circumstances. It will be understanding in reviewing planned outcomes and will adjust expectations accordingly.

The foundation’s regular grant cycles continue. Finally, it joined forces with 18 philanthropic partners to form the Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Fund. This fund, being launched with $3.95 million, brings together funders across Northeast Ohio to distribute grants to nonprofit organizations serving on the front lines of the pandemic.

For more information, click here.

Contact: Heather Torok at htorok@stlukesfdn.org.

San Francisco Foundation (San Francisco, CA)

The San Francisco Foundation (SFF) set up the SFF COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund to make a limited number of one-time grants ($3,000 – $25,000) to nonprofits addressing the following four issue areas: racial bias, worker protection, homelessness and renter protection/housing security, and food security. SFF believes the needs of low-income communities, particularly the impacts for communities of color, related to COVID-19 will continue to evolve and grow over time. As a result, it anticipates having multiple waves of funding over the next several months to meet these needs.

Less than two weeks after announcing the fund’s creation, the San Francisco Foundation authorized funding totaling $200,000 to thirty-two organizations working on tenant protections, food distribution, worker protections, and support for unhoused people, among other areas. The donor community responded quickly as well—with individual and corporate donors committing to support the fund immediately. Organizations receiving funding in the first round of grantmaking included:

  • API Equality – Northern California
  • Ariel Outreach & Mission Ministries
  • Building Skills Partnership
  • California Food Policy Advocates
  • Center for Employment Opportunities
  • City Church of San Francisco
  • Code Tenderloin
  • East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
  • Empowerment Cathedral Church
  • Family Violence Law Center
  • First Presbyterian Church of Hayward
  • Fresh Approach
  • Fresh Life Foundation
  • House of Loving Hands, Inc.
  • LIFE Eldercare, Inc.
  • Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen
  • Local Agency Formation Commission, City of San Francisco
  • Love-A-Child Missions
  • McGee Avenue Baptist Church
  • Narika
  • New Breath Foundation
  • New Haven Unified School District – Union City Family Center
  • Night Ministry
  • Oakland Citizens Committee for Urban Renewal (OCCUR)
  • Performing Stars of Marin
  • Planting Justice
  • Project WeHOPE
  • Richmond Main Street Initiative, Inc
  • Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa County
  • Tenants Together
  • United Council of Human Services
  • Urban Sprouts
  • Urban Tilth

For more details on funding priorities and how to apply, click here.

Contact: 415.733.8500 or info@sff.org.

 

Sierra Health Foundation (Fresno, CA)

Sierra Health Foundation and Sierra Health Foundation: Center for Health Program Management launched three regional response funds alongside many dedicated partners to raise awareness of the COVID-19 crisis. The foundation invites private and philanthropic contributors to support nonprofit organizations, small businesses, and vulnerable populations by contributing to these funds:

  • Donate4Sacramento COVID-19 Regional Response Fund—public, private, labor, and nonprofit leaders throughout the Sacramento, California Region have joined forces to raise awareness of what the community is confronting due to COVID-19 and of resources that will be dedicated to help vulnerable populations and small businesses. Learn more and donate.
  • Northern California COVID-19 Response Fund—the foundation partnered with funders, community organizations and private contributors to raise funds to support nonprofits that work directly with vulnerable community members in the counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo and Yuba, California. Learn more and donate.
  • San Joaquin Valley Health Fund (SJVHF) COVID-19 Response Cluster—Sierra Health Foundation and The California Endowment teamed up to seed the SJVHF COVID-19 Response Cluster with contributions of nearly $500,000. Learn more and donate.

Contact: Ellen Braff-Guajardo at 916.396.5227 or ebraff-guajardo@sierrahealth.org.

Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland (Cleveland, OH)

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland (SOCF) is supporting its partners, grantees, and neighbors at the front lines of this crisis, by ensuring flexible funding within its community. The foundation has several mechanisms in place that allow is to be responsive to the community:

  • SOCF is a founding partner in the Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund, a $3.95 million fund that supports the capacity of the community to respond to COVID-19-related needs through funding to nonprofit organizations.
  • Grantees with active grant dollars may request unused funds be reallocated for emergency needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Grantees with open applications will proceed, with the option to apply for funding for emergency needs related to COVID-19. Grantees with open applications for second quarter 2020 will hear from their SOCF program officer about this opportunity.
  • Standard reporting requirements for grantees will be waived so organizations may instead concentrate on their immediate work and the needs of their employees.
  • SOCF’s Good Samaritan grants program for basic needs support will expedite its processes for applications and approval. Applications opened April 1.
  • The foundation postponed the application process for The Innovation Mission. Grants will be distributed on a rolling basis.

Contact: Susanna H. Krey at 216.241.9300.

Stupski Foundation (San Francisco, CA)

The Stupski Foundation has invested over $2 million in local COVID-19 response funds in the San Francisco Bay Area in California and Hawaii. As a spend down foundation focused on end of life care, early brain development, postsecondary success, and food security, COVID-19 is impacting every aspect of its grantees’ work. A significant portion of its immediate relief funds has gone to its local health systems. As shelter-in-place went into effect across California, it asked its health system grantees what they saw as critical needs. They identified these areas of support and the foundation funded all of them:

  • A Chinese Hospital—to fund the first month of a pop-up mobile clinic focused on triage for the 2,000 frail seniors living in single room occupancy quarters with shared kitchens and bathrooms in Chinatown. ($250,000)
  • Resolution Care in Highland Hospital—to provide a mobile, tablet-enabled tele-palliative care service. ($275,000)
  • Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation—to purchase 51 iPads and rolling stands for an inpatient service that allows patients to still have family meetings and goals of care conversations with loved ones despite the Bay Area-wide ban on visitation in hospitals. ($225,000)

 To learn more, click here.

Contact: Claire Callahan at 415.655.4405 or claire@stupski.org.

Tufts Health Plan Foundation (Watertown, MA)

Tufts Health Plan Foundation made an additional $1 million available to efforts driven by community and nonprofit organizations supporting older people affected by COVID-19 in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. The most recent round of grantees included:

  • 2Life Communities ($15,000)
  • Berkshires Tomorrow ($10,000)
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless ($50,000)
  • Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell ($10,000)
  • Catholic Charities, Institute for the Hispanic Family ($20,000)
  • Essex County Community Foundation, COVID-19 Response Fund ($25,000)
  • Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center ($20,000)
  • Greater Worcester Community Foundation, Worcester Together: Central Mass COVID-19 Fund ($25,000)
  • Hispanic Alliance of Connecticut ($15,000)
  • Homeowners Rehab Inc. ($20,000)
  • House of Hope Community Development Corporation ($20,000)
  • House of Hope Community Development Corporation ($20,000)
  • International Institute of New England ($10,000)
  • Pine Street Inn ($25,000)
  • Project Bread ($10,000)
  • Quincy Asian Resources Inc. ($20,000)
  • United Way of Greater Fall River, United We Help Greater Fall River COVID-19 Relief Fund: ($15,000)
  • Saint Elizabeth Community ($10,000)
  • Tri-County Community Action Program ($25,000)

The first 21 organizations to receive support from the $1 million were:

  • Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut ($10,000)
  • The Boston Foundation, COVID-19 Response Fund ($25,000)
  • Connecticut Food Bank ($50,000)
  • The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts ($25,000)
  • Granite United Way, COVID-19 Relief Fund ($15,000)
  • The Greater Boston Food Bank ($50,000)
  • Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island ($25,000)
  • Monadnock United Way, COVID-19 Relief Fund ($15,000)
  • The New Hampshire Food Bank ($50,000)
  • North Central Area Agency on Aging ($10,000)
  • Rhode Island Community Food Bank ($50,000)
  • Senior Resources Agency on Aging ($10,000)
  • Southwestern CT Agency on Aging and Independent Living ($10,000)
  • Union Capital Boston, COVID-19 Fund ($15,000)
  • United Way of Greater Nashua, COVID-19 Emergent Needs Response Fund ($15,000)
  • United Way of the Greater Seacoast, COVID-19 Family Fund ($15,000)
  • United Way of Rhode Island, Rhode Island COVID-19 Response Fund ($50,000)
  • Watertown Community Foundation, Community Resilience Fund ($5,000)
  • Watertown Food Pantry (via Watertown Council on Aging) ($5,000)
  • Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging ($10,000)
  • Worcester County Food Bank ($25,000)

To learn more, click here.

Contact: Alrie McNiff Daniels 857.304.3338 or alrie_daniels@tufts-health.com.

UniHealth Foundation (Los Angeles, CA)

UniHealth Foundation announced a commitment of $1 million in emergency response funding to the COVID-19 pandemic. These dollars will be distributed through pooled funds, primarily in collaboration with the foundation’s philanthropic partners throughout the Southern California region.

To learn more, click here.

 

Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation (Owings Mills, MD)

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announced $4 million in emergency grant funding as an initial response to COVID-19. This funding will support current grantees providing vital services within their communities while facing severe operational challenges as a result of this pandemic.

The $4 million includes $2.57 million in emergency funding to 55 nonprofits operating within the foundation’s priority communities throughout the United States and Israel, as well as an additional $1.5 million of funding available for emergency needs that will be identified in the coming weeks and months. The Foundation is also accelerating payment of several previously approved grants to ensure that organizations have use of those funds as quickly as possible.

To learn more, click here.

Contact: 410.654.8500.

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