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State and Local Private Funding Resources for Childcare Providers in Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak

Published Date: 04/01/20

During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, childcare providers are struggling to keep their businesses. While some relief came in the CARES Act, the federal economic stimulus package to mitigate damages from COVID-19 to childcare providers and other small businesses, largely, they haven’t received the support they need to avoid bankruptcy. Small Business Association loans are being offered with some loan forgiveness to cover a portion of basic operating expenses, including rent or mortgage, utilities, and payroll, those are short-term solutions and many providers will not be able to repay the balance.

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We’ve covered national private funding sources that childcare providers can tap into, and have also compiled this list of city, state, and local private funding sources available. While most of these focus on grants to nonprofits, there are resources here that are assisting for-profit small businesses in their coronavirus relief efforts. If you know of additional resources, email us at [email protected] so we can add them to our list.  

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City, State & County Private Funding Sources

Community Foundations Nationwide
In 49 states and the District of Columbia, nearly 190 U.S. community foundations have mobilized to create relief funds in the amount of $289 million so far. Critical aid is being directed to nonprofits the foundations are working with local governments and health organizations. We’ve posted the ones we’re aware of that may have funds to help childcare providers, but the list is being updated frequently here.

Alabama

The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
The Birmingham Strong Fund was opened by The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham in partnership with the city of Birmingham to aid small businesses affected by the outbreak. It has also launched its COVID-19 Response Fund.

Community Foundation of South Alabama
Mobile Area Disaster Relief Fund will provide resources and basic needs with the goal of addressing any demands for help from those in the Mobile community effected by COVID-19. The goal is to support community needs including childcare.

Alaska

Community Foundation for South Alaska
The Alaska Community Foundation has launched the Alaska COVID-19 Response Fund to support nonprofits serving people affected by this pandemic.

Arizona

Arizona Community Foundation: COVID-19 Community Response Fund
The Arizona COVID-19 Community Response Fund will provide flexible resources to organizations in Arizona working with communities who are impacted by COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus. One hundred percent of contributions to this fund will be distributed to nonprofit organizations swiftly as needs arise. ACF has intentionally established this fund with flexibility in mind to ensure that these resources may support communities as conditions, circumstances, and needs change throughout this crisis.

Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona established the COVID-19 Community Support Fund in order to provide additional support to those nonprofit organizations tackling the challenges posed by the Coronavirus outbreak in Southern Arizona.

Arkansas

Arkansas Community Foundation
The Arkansas Community Foundation has established a statewide COVID-19 Relief Fund. Short-term grants will be to nonprofits working on the front lines. Longer-term funding will focus on addressing the needs of Arkansans affected by the pandemic.

California

California Community Foundation
California Community Foundation (CCF) launched the COVID-19 LA County Response Fund to address the immediate and emerging needs of our region’s most vulnerable residents—from hardship relief to long-term recovery. The first round of 70 grants focuses on the needs of youth, homeless, immigrants, uninsured and under insured. CCF continues to monitor the developments related to the rapidly changing COVID-19 pandemic while gathering input from community partners on the frontlines. This information will inform our next round of grants.

Central Valley Community Foundation
Due to the rising impact of the COVID-19 virus, the Central Valley Community Foundation (CVCF) has launched an Emergency Response Fund to help our region meet the developing challenges linked with this virus.

Community Foundation for Monterey County
The Community Foundation for Monterey County COVID-19 Relief Fund will support community needs identified by our nonprofit partners in human services, health, housing and education, and will make grants to nonprofits providing aid to impacted individuals and families in Monterey County.

Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County
Donations towards this response fund will help support seniors, low wage workers, and others impacted by the virus. The fund will accept and strategically disburse grants to address COVID-19 emergency response and relief efforts in Santa Cruz County.

Community Foundation Sonoma County
The Sonoma County Resilience Fund is the largest long-term disaster recovery fund in Sonoma County. We are supporting our community's recovery from disaster—including the 2017 and 2019 wildfires, and the Coronavirus pandemic—by making grants to nonprofit organizations that help individuals impacted by disaster, heal the long-term effects of trauma, and create housing solutions for our community.

Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego
Donations from this fund will go towards supporting a variety of actions taken in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Support will be provided to local organizations serving vulnerable populations, Jewish community needs, and public health.

East Bay Community Foundation
COVID-19: A Just East Bay Response Fund, will provide one-time general operating grants to organizations that provide critical services around economic security to the most vulnerable populations in the East Bay. These organizations are focused on providing immediate, mid-term, and long-term support related to: Loss of employment and decreased hourly work, resulting in reduced income; Closures of schools and childcare centers (resulting in lost earnings as parents must take time off to care for children); Increased health care costs for testing and treatment, and loss of income as individuals are forced to take time off for self-care and to care for family members; Food insecurity resulting from lower individual and family income; Reduced access to a range of social services and programs, in response to social distancing requirements.

Donate4Sacramento
Donate4Sacramento is a joint force of public, private, labor and nonprofit leaders throughout the Sacramento region to raise both awareness of what we as a community are confronting and resources that will be dedicated to help vulnerable populations and small businesses. The goal is to raise $1.5 million in private contributions.

Inland Empire Community Foundation
The IE COVID-19 Resilience Fund was established in 2020 to support programs assisting IE residents impacted by Coronavirus  COVID-19.

Kern Community Foundation
One hundred percent of the fund will be used for grantmaking to Kern County nonprofit organizations serving vulnerable populations and/or those who can present a clear case of direct impact due to the medical or economic effects of the pandemic.

Kinkade Family Foundation
The Kinkade Family Foundation is providing new Emergency Grants for humanitarian non-profits that are supporting women, children, families or art initiatives. The Emergency Grants provide funding to support Greater San Francisco-based organizations that are greatly impacted by the challenges we are facing due to COVID-19.

Los Altos Community Foundation
The LACF 2020 Nonprofit Relief Fund provides needed support to LACF grantees that are established local organizations affected by the impact of the coronavirus. Funds raised for these nonprofits will be used to meet the most critical needs facing our local community.

Marin Community Foundation
This quick-response Fund will be dedicated to directing financial support to nonprofit organizations serving those individuals and families most in need. Due to the ever-changing nature of this emergency, we feel that this is an effective and flexible method of response. In addition, those that work in lower-paying and hourly jobs - in hospitality, retail, services and the like - are forgoing pay during closures, placing enormous pressure on already challenging circumstances.

Napa Valley Community Foundation
The Emergency Financial Assistance (EFA) program is available for workers who live in Napa County, whose household income is at or below 120% of Area Median Income, and who do not qualify for government-sponsored unemployment or paid family leave benefits.

North Valley Community Foundation
The North Valley Community Foundation has established the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Rapid Response Fund for Local Nonprofits and Agencies grant program to help local nonprofit organizations and government agencies on the front lines prepare, rapidly respond to and deploy resources for coronavirus response in Butte, Glenn, Tehama and Colusa counties.

OC Community Resilience Fund
The OC Community Resilience Fund is a collaborative philanthropic response by Orange County donors and foundations seeking to strengthen and support community-based organizations and clinics who serve vulnerable communities most impacted by COVID-19 pandemic. The OC Community Resilience Fund will provide three types of grants to community providers: Funding to support community clinic operations for the purpose of providing preventative and medical services to those affected by COVID-19; Funding to support emergency grants to individuals affected by COVID-19 due to quarantine, business closures and/or lay-offs, school or other community program closures and/or lay-off; Funding to support community-based organization operations for nonprofits serving vulnerable populations and who can present a clear case of direct impact due to the medical or economic effects of the pandemic.

Pasadena Community Foundation
The PCF COVID-19 Response Fund provides flexible resources to Pasadena-based organizations as they respond to the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus and quarantines. PCF has made an initial commitment of $100,000 to provide local relief, and donors may make charitable gifts to the fund that will benefit both urgent and long-term community needs.

Sacramento Region Community Foundation (SRCF)
Sacramento Region Community Foundation activated its Sacramento Region Disaster Fund to help address challenges facing local non-profit organizations due to COVID-19.

San Diego COVID-19 Community Response Fund
A coalition of philanthropy, government and business partners has joined together to create the San Diego COVID-19 Community Response Fund to rapidly deploy flexible resources to community-based organizations at the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak in San Diego County.

Sempra Energy COVID-19 Nonprofit Hardship Fund
Sempra Energy is providing grants to small and medium-sized nonprofits organizations serving people and families significantly affected by COVID-19. Available in the areas of the U.S. where Sempra Energy and its family of companies operate, including California, Texas and Louisiana.

Silicon Valley Community Foundation
As a community foundation, SVCF is positioned to meet the ongoing needs of our local communities and take on unexpected challenges, including response to the alarming spread of COVID-19.

Colorado

Community Foundation of Northern Colorado
The Community Foundation of Northern Colorado and the United Way of Larimer County partnered to establish the Northern Colorado COVID-19 Response Fund. As with other disaster response initiatives, the objective is to provide leadership and collaborative funding to support those who face the greatest need.

Chaffee County Community Foundation
This fund is designed to fill in gaps in public assistance for individuals, families, organizations, and businesses who are being affected adversely by the public health decisions being made to control the spread of COVID-19.

The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies
The new COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund is designed to quickly provide financial resources to organizations meeting the community’s critical and changing needs, such as health, human services, and economic challenges. Separately, the organization issued Early Childhood Education grants in 2019. As of now we don't know if 2020 ECE grants will be offered.

Connecticut

Fairfield County’s Community Foundation
The new Fund will rapidly deploy resources to trusted, frontline community organizations that meet the basic needs of local residents in Fairfield County. The Fund’s purpose is to help alleviate the social and economic consequences of this global pandemic and to prevent the widening of disparities in education, employment, housing, and health.

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
The COVID-19 Response Fund will provide flexible resources to organizations throughout the region that serve residents who are disproportionately impacted by coronavirus and the economic consequences of the outbreak. The Fund is designed to complement the work of federal, state and municipal government efforts and expand local capacity to address all aspects of the outbreak as efficiently as possible.

District of Columbia

The Greater Washington Community Foundation
The Community Foundation established the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund to support emergency preparedness and response efforts that will help mitigate the impact on disproportionately affected communities in our region. Through this fund, we are focused on addressing lost wages, providing relief for small businesses and gig economy workers, expanding access to medical services, and meeting the unique needs of people experiencing homelessness, among other needs.

Florida

Brevard Relief Fund
As a response to COVID-19 the Community Foundation for Brevard has activated the Brevard Relief Fund in order to provide flexible resources to organizations in our region who are disproportionately impacted by coronavirus and the economic consequences of this outbreak. We will be working in close collaboration with community leaders to proactively identify potential grantees and be able to adapt to evolving needs.

The Central Florida Foundation
The Central Florida Foundation has created the ALICE Recovery Fund. The focus of the fund is to support the ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) population experiencing hardship due to decreased hours or unpaid leave.

Collier Comes Together Fund
The Collier Comes Together Fund is designed to complement the work of public health officials and expand local capacity to address the outbreak as effectively as possible. Donations to this fund will help rapidly deploy resources to basic needs and healthcare nonprofit organizations to support their programs as well as their staff at the front lines of our community’s coronavirus outbreak. This will help us address urgent needs such as food, medical expenses, rent, and lost income

Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties
The COVID-19 Response Fund will strategically deploy resources to community-based organizations that are working with communities disproportionately impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic.

Community Foundation of Tampa Bay
Money from the fund can be deployed without delay to community-based organizations at the frontlines of an emergency or natural disaster. In any crisis, the nonprofit organizations most immediately impacted are those who work with our area’s most vulnerable people and families. Those include: food pantries and food distribution agencies, services to the elderly, community health centers, homeless shelters, and child-care providers.

Community Recovery Fund
In the wake of massive efforts to lessen the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus, local nonprofit organizations have had to cancel revenue-generating events, absorb unexpected costs and shut their doors to clients, eliminating much-needed fees for their services. The Miami Foundation has responded by establishing The Community Recovery Fund, providing critical help to Miami-Dade nonprofits whose operations are severely impacted, and supporting their long-term recovery, resilience and financial stability. The Miami Foundation has seeded the Fund with a $300,000 contribution.

Florida’s First Coast Relief Fund
Florida’s First Coast Relief Fund was created in 2016 to help nonprofit organizations serve individuals and families in need during a community crisis. The Relief Fund for COVID-19 will provide much-needed resources to struggling families by supporting local organizations who deliver essential human services to residents disproportionately burdened by this public health crisis.

Georgia

Athens Area Community Foundation: COVID-19 Community Response Fund
The COVID-19 Community Response Fund at the Athens Area Community Foundation has been established to support local nonprofit organizations as they work to respond to the spread of COVID-19. Donations will be distributed to nonprofits meeting pressing needs associated with the pandemic across 12 counties in Northeast Georgia.

Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative
The Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative is leading a coordinated, inclusive effort to understand the challenges and opportunities businesses are experiencing, even beyond the immediate and typical, as a result of the COVID-19 Virus. The purpose of these efforts is to strategically and quickly respond, while limiting long-term mitigating factors to ensure small businesses, especially people of color owned businesses, do not fail as a result of COVID-19. They’ve compiled the Small Business COVID-19 Resource List for Atlanta-based childcare providers and small businesses.

Cobb Community Foundation
The Cobb County community and Cobb Community Foundation are working together to support our business community and non-profit agencies serving families in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two funds have been created to help make an immediate impact.

Community Foundation of Central Georgia
During this unprecedented time in our nation, the Community Foundation of Central Georgia and the United Way would like to help by identifying gaps in service, pressing needs, and then disseminating that information to the broader community. This is a difficult time and people want to know what is going on, how to help, and next steps. Things change rapidly. We also realize that this situation will continue for a while and have lasting impact. There will be a need for immediate, interim, and long term help.

Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund
The Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund will provide immediate support to those most vulnerable to the economic and health-related issues caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic. 

North Georgia Community Foundation
The North Georgia Community Foundation's NGCF Coronavirus Relief Fund will make strategic grants to nonprofits impacted by and serving those who are affected by the coronavirus.

Hawai'i

Hawai‘i Resilience Fund
The Hawai‘i Resilience Fund was created to address the growing impacts of the coronavirus in the Aloha state. The first round of grants will be deployed rapidly to the public health sector and community-based nonprofits to implement actions targeted at reducing the spread of the Coronavirus disease. This includes expanding regional test sites and screenings, and supporting self-quarantine measures, such as home visits and distribution of food supplies to populations disproportionately impacted by the outbreak. As fundraising continues, additional grants will be awarded on a rolling basis, making it possible to quickly adapt to evolving needs.

Idaho

Idaho Community Foundation
Funding for the early rounds of grantmaking from the COVID-19 Fund for Idaho will be given to organizations that work with people experiencing housing instability and food insecurity, those who need physical or mental healthcare, and/or that provide domestic violence support and childcare.

The Innovia Foundation
Local philanthropic, government, and business partners have joined together to create 2 COVID-19 Response and Recovery Funds that will rapidly deploy resources to community-based organizations at the frontlines of the region’s coronavirus outbreak in Eastern Washington and North Idaho. The funds are designed to complement the work of public health officials, medical providers, businesses and governments to expand regional capacity addressing the outbreak as effectively as possible.

Illinois

Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln
The Fund has been established in coordination with Sangamon County Office of Emergency Management and Sangamon County Department of Public Health. It is designed to complement the work of public health officials and expand local capacity to address all aspects of the outbreak as efficiently as possible. It support community-based organizations in Illinois' greater capital region that have experience providing essential services and support to local residents.

Community Foundation of Grundy County
The Grundy County Disaster Fund is serving area nonprofits affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Indiana

The Community Foundation Alliance
The rapid response grants will quickly deploy flexible resources in the form of one-time grants (ranging from $250 to $5,000) to organizations that are impacted by COVID-19.  Prioritization will be made to the following requests: analyzing and planning for financial challenges resulting from COVID-19; adjusting to alternative work strategies resulting from social distancing; scaling up to meet increased demand for services as a result of COVID-19; overcoming lost income and sunk costs from fundraisers scheduled in March, April, or May that have been cancelled; and/or, purchasing services or supplies necessitated by COVID-19.

Community Foundation of Boone County
With the recent escalation of COVID-19, Boone County residents are pooling together looking for ways to help. As the foundation, we are positioned to bring together people to support the nonprofits who are working daily to address the needs as they arise.

Community Foundation of Elkhart County
The Community Foundation of Elkhart County Disaster Relief Fund was created in response to the Nappanee tornadoes and again used to help respond to widespread flooding in 2018. It will be deployed in the coming weeks and months to respond to needs that arise from this outbreak.

Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County
Emergency Response Grants are funded through The Unrestricted Fund of the Community Foundation. Because of our history of unrestricted donor support, we are able to flexibly respond to unexpected and changing needs in the community. The Community Foundation will continue to assess our community’s needs and respond appropriately.

Community Foundation of Southern Indiana
The Community Foundation is also opening our Disaster Relief Fund to provide for community needs which arise from COVID-19. 100% of the donations will be used to address community needs related to this pandemic.

Dubois County Community Foundation
For nearly 25 years, Dubois County Community Foundation has provided grant dollars to support vital efforts in our community. We have worked with partners across the county to improve healthcare, to support education, and to advance quality of life efforts. We care deeply for the people of this community. It is with this sense of responsibility to those who work on the ground every day providing vital—even life-saving—services, that Dubois County Community Foundation issues the following response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hamilton County Crisis Response Fund
A flexible fund to provide resources to not-for-profit organizations that are responding to those impacted by COVID-19 and experiencing financial challenges. Operating grants will provide support to community-based organizations that work with seniors, youth and economically vulnerable populations

The Huntington County Community Foundation
The Huntington County Community Foundation and United Way of Huntington County have teamed up to commit $25,000 each towards the creation of the Huntington County Emergency Relief Fund to help support those in our community that will be most affected by the health and economic effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

LaGrange County Community Foundation
In collaboration with the United Way of Elkhart & LaGrange Counties we are combining efforts to respond to needs that arise from COVID-19. Priority will be given to organizations providing basic needs services to people who are immediately suffering from the crisis, including those who address the physical and emotional well-being of children and youth.

Neighbor Relief Fund for Marion County
The Neighbor Relief Fund for Marion County, seeded with $250,000 from The Indianapolis Foundation, will provide resources and support to grassroots and neighborhood organizations working directly to support seniors, residents without health insurance or sick days, those with limited English proficiency, health care workers, hourly employees who have lost work, communities of color and economically vulnerable populations, during the pandemic.

Wabash Valley Community Foundation
The purpose of this fund is to quickly and effectively grant resources to community-based organizations best positioned to meet the emerging needs resulting from this crisis. The funds will go to any organization including healthcare, education, business or non-profit, that understand the need and can support local residents and families who are most affected by emerging health, economic, and social impacts of the COVID-19 virus.

Iowa

Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
On behalf of Greater Des Moines, the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines is activating the Disaster Recovery Fund (DRF). The DRF was created in partnership with disaster response and philanthropic organizations in Greater Des Moines to develop a collective strategy for charitable giving during times of disaster. This program is not designed to provide funding for rent, lost revenue or salaries.

Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
As our community and its most vulnerable populations are facing the effects of COVID-19, the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque fund provides an opportunity for the public to give with the reassurance their donations will be deployed where they are most needed and to adapt to evolving needs. The flexibility of the fund will ensure that the community will respond to needs that are not being met by existing nonprofit, local, state and federal programs.

Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine
This fund has been established to support the immediate needs of our neighbors in Muscatine County created by interruptions in services; potential shortages; and gaps in nutrition for food-insecure children, families, and seniors in Muscatine County caused by coronavirus containment efforts.

The Community Foundation of Johnson County
The Community Foundation of Johnson County Emergency Response Grants Program will support nonprofit organizations, schools, or units of government serving Johnson County residents who are experiencing increased demand for their services and/or have had their operations adversely impacted by the COVID-19 (corona virus) pandemic.  Given the unique nature of this unprecedented event, grant applications that focus on immediate needs will be prioritized.

Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
Resources will be directed to where the need is most pressing. Initially, this fund will provide economic and health support for those disproportionately affected by COVID-19 and related closures. In the long term, the fund will respond to the additional needs that are sure to arise.

Kansas

Wichita Community Foundation
As a community supporter, the Wichita Community Foundation is deeply committed to the health and well-being of all of our stakeholders, partners and the broader community. The Stand with Wichita Fund has been activated with The Salvation Army in response to the COVID-19 virus.

Kentucky

One Louisville: COVID-19 Response Fund
The goal of this fund is to attract and provide flexible funding resources to help communities, individuals and businesses who are disproportionately impacted by the virus and its economic consequences. Funds will be used to complement the work of public health officials and will be distributed in the most equitable and transparent manner considering relevant and emerging data on our community's needs.

Louisiana

Baton Rouge Area Foundation
Our region’s nonprofits are experiencing a surge in demand for services, particularly from people who are most vulnerable. To assist them, the Foundation has established the emergency relief fund.

Bayou Community Foundation
Bayou Community Foundation has activated the Bayou Recovery Fund to accept gifts and provide grants to Terrebonne, Lafourche and Grand Isle nonprofits and agencies providing emergency help to residents impacted the greatest by the COVID-19 crisis.

Community Foundation of North Louisiana
Community Foundation of North Louisiana has created the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund to assist nonprofit organizations that are directly responding to the coronavirus pandemic.

Greater New Orleans Foundation Disaster Response and Restoration Fund
Through the Greater New Orleans Foundation Disaster Response and Restoration Fund, we mobilize and support a network of voluntary and community organizations active in disasters (VOADS and COADS) whose expertise is deployed locally, nationally and internationally. We also honor the tradition of “paying it forward” by coordinating with a network of community foundations when disaster strikes other communities to get immediate support to the most vulnerable citizens. Our Response and Restoration Fund provides immediate relief as well as long-term rebuilding support.

Sempra Energy COVID-19 Nonprofit Hardship Fund
Sempra Energy is providing grants to small and medium-sized nonprofits organizations serving people and families significantly affected by COVID-19. Available in the areas of the U.S. where Sempra Energy and its family of companies operate, including California, Texas and Louisiana.

Maine

The Maine Community Foundation
MaineCF has created this fund (COVID-19 Fund) to support community-based organizations working with the COVID-19 outbreak and its consequences here in Maine. This fund will be used to support nonprofit organizations that are involved in frontline efforts to serve the needs of those most affected by the virus and contain the spread of COVID-19.

Maryland

Baltimore Community Foundation: COVID-19 Evolving Community Needs Fund
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic BCF is establishing the COVID-19 Evolving Community Needs Fund to enable rapid response to mitigate the effects of the public health emergency the region is facing. One hundred percent of all donated funds will go directly to address the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the region’s communities, workforce, and vulnerable populations.

The Community Foundation of Howard County
As the Community Foundation of Howard County navigates through this health care emergency, we will collaborate with other funders and will develop a fair and well-managed process to support the nonprofit sector which delivers frontline services to the community via the HoCo Response Fund.

Massachusetts

Boston Resiliency Fund
the The Boston Resiliency Fund is helping organizations who provide support to first responders and healthcare workers so they can effectively do their job as one of its priorities. See if your city or state has a relief program.

Foundation for MetroWest
At this time, the Foundation will prioritize organizations who are providing emergency basic needs to our most vulnerable residents, families and youth across our region.

Greater Worcester Community Foundation
The Worcester Together: Central Mass COVID-19 Fund has been established by the Foundation, the United Way of Central Massachusetts (UWCM), the City of Worcester and a coalition of generous donors to rapidly deploy flexible resources. The Fund aims to support organizations in Worcester County that are working with communities disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Michigan

Community Foundation of Greater Flint
The Greater Flint Urgent Relief Fund will award grants on a regular basis to nonprofits that are addressing the gaps that are surfacing in key services for our most vulnerable community members. The three priorities are: Assisting with immediate and anticipated direct service needs/gaps; Maintaining or expanding internal operations and infrastructure for critical nonprofits; and Support costs associated with additional volunteer capacity as needed in this time of crisis.

Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
As this global crisis rapidly evolves, the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan continues to learn new information about the effect of the virus on our cities, towns, and neighborhoods. In response, we are working as quickly as possible to ensure the health and safety of our community by determining how we, as a regional philanthropic partner, can help most effectively.

Fremont Area Community Foundation
The fund will provide quick help to organizations serving vulnerable populations impacted by COVID-19 and will give generous community members an easy way to support them.

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation
The goal of this fund is to help ensure organizations across our five-county region that working with the people and families who are most vulnerable and disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus and economic consequences of the outbreak are supported. Grant funding is currently prioritizing support for nonprofits who are providing immediate relief services; we hope to also support long-term recovery efforts in the coming months as funding allows.

Lenawee Community Foundation
Times like this remind us about what matters the most – our families, friends and co-workers; our compassion for others; and our love for our community. Funds will be provided to help local nonprofits provide for the basic needs of people in our community.

Saginaw Community Foundation
A fund was established to help relief efforts around COVID-19.

TechTown
TechTown is launching the Detroit Small Business Stabilization Fund to support the needs of small businesses impacted by COVID-19. In an effort to accelerate access to capital for Detroit’s most vulnerable businesses, TechTown — in partnership with the City of Detroit, the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC), and Invest Detroit — will administer working capital grants in amounts of up to $5,000 to qualifying small businesses.

Minnesota

Alexandria Area Community Foundation
These funds will be available for local donors and others to contribute and support relief efforts to support those impacted by COVID-19. Grants from these funds will be made to nonprofit and/or governmental entities that are responding to the needs of the local community.

Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation
These funds will be available for local donors and others to contribute and support relief efforts to support those impacted by COVID-19. Grants from these funds will be made to nonprofit and/or governmental entities that are responding to the needs of the local community.

Carver County Response Fund
These funds will be available for local donors and others to contribute and support relief efforts to support those impacted by COVID-19. Grants from these funds will be made to nonprofit and/or governmental entities that are responding to the needs of the local community.

Central Minnesota Response Fund
These funds will be available for local donors and others to contribute and support relief efforts to support those impacted by COVID-19. Grants from these funds will be made to nonprofit and/or governmental entities that are responding to the needs of the local community.

The Entrepreneur Fund
The Entrepreneur Fund has developed the Small Business Relief Fund to support businesses in our region hard hit by the Coronavirus pandemic. Funding will allow EF to provide financial grant assistance to business owners who are facing significant challenges, but do not qualify for local, state or federal relief.

Foley Area Response Fund
These funds will be available for local donors and others to contribute and support relief efforts to support those impacted by COVID-19. Grants from these funds will be made to nonprofit and/or governmental entities that are responding to the needs of the local community.

Headwaters Foundation for Justice
Donations to the Communities First Fund will allow the network of BIPOC-led grantee organizations across the state of Minnesota help their communities address the social, political, and economic consequences imposed by the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Initiative Foundation
Without our child care providers, many in Central Minnesota's workforce could not perform day-to-day duties that are essential to keeping our communities safe, especially health care and emergency personnel, during this COVID-19 pandemic. The Initiative Foundation’s Emergency Child Care Grant program will help these providers.

Paynesville Area Response Fund
These funds will be available for local donors and others to contribute and support relief efforts to support those impacted by COVID-19. Grants from these funds will be made to nonprofit and/or governmental entities that are responding to the needs of the local community.

ROCORI Area Response Fund
These funds will be available for local donors and others to contribute and support relief efforts to support those impacted by COVID-19. Grants from these funds will be made to nonprofit and/or governmental entities that are responding to the needs of the local community.

Sauk Centre Area Response Fund
These funds will be available for local donors and others to contribute and support relief efforts to support those impacted by COVID-19. Grants from these funds will be made to nonprofit and/or governmental entities that are responding to the needs of the local community.

The Staples Motley Area Community Foundation
The Staples Motley Area Community Foundation (SMACF) is now accepting applications to its newly formed Emergency Relief and Response Fund. The purpose of the fund is to give grants to small businesses, organizations, and individuals who have been  negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Minnesota Disaster Recovery Fund for Coronavirus
The MDRF funds both short and long-term needs that arise within communities, due to coronavirus or future disasters that occur within the state of Minnesota. Funds will be raised through philanthropic entities. To date, $6 million has been raised for this fund.

The Minneapolis Foundation
The OneMPLS Fund is a collective impact fund designed to be nimble and responsive, expanding on our community equity investments by making more resources available to address emerging issues.

Willmar Area Response Fund
These funds will be available for local donors and others to contribute and support relief efforts to support those impacted by COVID-19. Grants from these funds will be made to nonprofit and/or governmental entities that are responding to the needs of the local community.

Missouri

Carthage Community Foundation
The foundation will award grants to Carthage nonprofits for operational expenses as well as for one-time projects or purchases.

Community Foundation of the Ozarks
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks, Community Partnership of the Ozarks and United Way of the Ozarks are working together to convene nonprofit agency partners and coordinate the nonprofit community’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Springfield and Greene County.

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, United Way of Greater Kansas City, LISC Greater Kansas City (Local Initiatives Support Corporation), and the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) are co-leading the coalition. The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation is housing the Kansas City Regional COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund, which will collect donations to make grants to nonprofit organizations that have experience supporting impacted communities – particularly those that are disproportionately affected by this global pandemic and its economic consequences.

St. Louis Community Foundation
The Gateway Resilience Fund makes grants to support employees, essential contractors, and owners of small businesses in the St. Louis region who are experiencing a financial burden due to a disaster or other extreme situation.

Nebraska

The Omaha Community Foundation
Together with several local foundations, the Omaha Community Foundation has launched the COVID-19 Response Fund to provide flexible resources to organizations in the metro area working with communities who are disproportionately impacted by coronavirus and the economic consequences of this outbreak.

The Lincoln Community Foundation
The Lincoln COVID-19 Response Fund has been established by the City of Lincoln, businesses, and philanthropic partners to rapidly deploy flexible resources to nonprofit organizations in Lincoln that are working with communities disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Nevada

Community Foundation of Western Nevada
In cooperation with the City of Reno, the City of Sparks, and Washoe County, the Community Foundation has established a charitable relief fund to help address needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic in northern Nevada.

Nevada Community Foundation
The COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund was established to assist in the COVID-19 response, relief and recovery efforts.

Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation
Tahoe Together Community Support Fund is designed to help protect our community by providing funding directly to our nonprofit organizations to address the needs and vulnerabilities of the Tahoe region.

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
This fund will support community-based organizations that are directly supporting families and residents including: Immediate unrestricted grants to scores of nonprofits working on the front lines to reduce the pain and hardship from COVID-19 for our most vulnerable neighbors — food for hungry kids and seniors, shelter for homeless people and families, transportation, whatever assistance is needed wherever it is needed; Strategic grants to help reduce the longer-term impact of COVID-19 on critical systems such as health care, emergency response, child care and food security — especially for marginalized children and families. These grants will complement and amplify other funding sources, including public appropriations; Support for local emergency funds being set up by United Ways and other grassroots funders to get assistance directly to individuals and families who need it most.

New Jersey

The Princeton Area Community Foundation
People in our region, particularly our low-income children, families, and seniors, will face increased struggles because of reduced or lost income, food and housing insecurity, health needs and childcare needs related to school closures. We will partner with our nonprofit community to address the immediate and long-term needs of our region.

New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund
NJPRF will provide grants to existing organizations with a demonstrated track record of caring for vulnerable communities. One hundred percent of donations received online by NJPRF will be used to fight the medical, social, and economic impact of COVID-19 on New Jersey’s most vulnerable, supporting organizations that provide essential services, and aiding those on the front line of the pandemic.

New Mexico

Albuquerque Community Foundation: Emergency Action Fund
The Albuquerque Community Foundation and the United Way of Central New Mexico have teamed up on a joint venture to deploy an Emergency Action Fund. This Fund will provide short-term, unrestricted funding to support operations of organizations that are struggling with immediate lost revenue and non-recoverable expenses due to COVID-19. We will be making grants immediately and on an ongoing basis, as funds are available, to increase funding to organizations in crisis.

Santa Fe Community Foundation
The COVID-19 Response Fund will support a diverse array of needs during the crises. At the outset, we will be prioritizing support for nonprofits focusing on health/wellbeing and food insecurity.  As more funding becomes available, we will consider making support available to nonprofits providing other kinds of services.

New York

Adirondack Foundation
Adirondack Foundation has re-activated its Special and Urgent Needs Fund (SUN Fund). The team is prioritizing support of agencies providing food, organizations assisting the elderly and providing childcare, and efforts to help the growing ranks of low wage unemployed.

Brooklyn Community Foundation: COVID-19 Response Fund
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to intensify locally, it will have vastly disproportionate health, economic, and social impacts on communities of color—especially older adults, people with compromised immune systems, low-wage workers, and people who are unhoused. As a first step, the Brooklyn Community Foundation’s fund will issue grants to front-line service organizations that provide lifelines for vulnerable populations, meal delivery and daily living needs for homebound neighbors, support for low-wage workers who may experience food insecurity, loss of wages, and limited access to healthcare and paid sick leave, as well as other emerging needs.

CAPITAL REGION COMMUNITY COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND
Co-led by the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region and the United Way of the Greater Capital Region, The Capital Region Community COVID-19 Response Fund has been established to provide flexible resources to 501c3 organizations working with local communities who are disproportionately impacted by coronavirus and the economic consequences of this outbreak.

Central New York Community Foundation: COVID-19 Community Support Fund
The Central New York Community Foundation established a COVID-19 Community Support Fund to support nonprofit organizations working with communities who are disproportionately impacted by economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. The fund is designed to rapidly deploy flexible resources in the form of one-time operating grants on a rolling basis to nonprofits whose operations support vulnerable populations stressed by the outbreak.

Community Foundation for South Central New York
The COVID-19 Community Response Fund has been established with the Community Foundation for South Central NY and the Conrad & Virginia Klee Foundation to rapidly deploy resources to community-based organizations on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak in Broome County.

Community Foundation of Tompkins County
The COVID-19 Response Fund will provide flexible resources to basic needs nonprofit organizations in our region working with our communities to address how they and their participants are impacted by this crisis.

New York City
The New York State Youth Leadership Council has compiled a working document with COVID-19 resource. The list is being updated periodically.

Rochester (NY) Area Community Foundation
Established by United Way of Greater Rochester and the Community Foundation to rapidly deploy flexible resources to community-based organizations that are disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic consequences of the outbreak, community and organizational recovery, and future community emergencies.

Westchester Community Foundation
The Westchester Community Foundation has announced the Westchester COVID-19 Response Fund to deploy resources to established, frontline community organizations meeting the basic needs of local residents in the wake of this global pandemic. The Fund’s purpose is to minimize social and economic consequences going forward, and its resources will be directed to organizations serving high-need, vulnerable populations.

North Carolina

CharMeck Responds Coalition
In partnership with Mecklenburg County, the City of Charlotte, corporations, houses of faith and others, the COVID-19 Response Fund helps those most in need  through support to nonprofit organizations. The Fund will retain flexibility to respond to evolving and emerging needs. Over $13 millions has been raised so far, with Lending Tree and The Coca-Cola Consolidated Charitable Giving Fund each donating $1 million.

Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
This fund is designed to support local nonprofits in our community who are serving those who will be most in need due to the precautionary steps to slow the path of the virus.

Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
The purpose of the Emergency and Disaster Response Fund (EDRF) is to provide funding for human service organizations in addressing basic needs that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The intent of the fund is to respond to immediate/urgent needs not covered by other sources.

Foundation for the Carolina
The COVID-19 Response Fund will support a range of nonprofits assisting the people most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Importantly, this fund will help not just those who get sick but also those who are economically impacted.

Outer Banks Community Foundation
The Outer Banks Community Foundation is now accepting grant applications from nonprofit organizations to provide vital services to the Outer Banks through the Coronavirus crisis. Those services could include child care, elder care, patient care, emergency response services, financial assistance to people out of work, nutritional assistance, and beyond.

Winston Salem Foundation
Flexible resources will be provided 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. The fund is designed to complement the work of government and public health officials to address all aspects of the outbreak in Forsyth County.

North Dakota

Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation
Grants from the fund will be awarded to qualified organizations affected by the pandemic and serving vulnerable populations in our community.

Ohio

Akron Community Foundation: Community Response Fund
With an initial $100,000, Akron Community Foundation has established the Community Response Fund for Nonprofits to help address emergency needs that arise in Summit and Medina counties related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Community Foundation of Lorain County
A group of seven local foundations and community partners have joined forces in creating the Lorain County Cares COVID-19 Response Fund to deploy much-needed resources to organizations that work with people and communities that may be most adversely impacted by COVID-19.

Community Foundation of Shelby County
The Community Foundation of Shelby County (Ohio) and the Shelby County United Way, along with other funders, have created a charitable fund to assist with local needs as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Columbus Foundation
The Columbus Foundation established an Emergency Response Fund to support Franklin County nonprofit organizations as they assist in responding to the spread of COVID-19 in the community and experience financial challenges in doing so.

Dayton Foundation
Grants from the fund will complement the work of public health officials and expand the community’s capacity to respond and assist effectively and efficiently in the outbreak. Grants will be awarded to vetted community-based and 501(c)(3) charitable organizations that are focused on: Immediate, basic human needs (food, shelter, safety, etc.); Mental health services; and Addressing the economic impact on individuals from reduced or lost work due to the outbreak.

Greater Cincinnati Foundation
The Greater Cincinnati region confronts not only a severe public health crisis caused by COVID-19, but also an extreme economic crisis in its wake. The most vulnerable members of the community, many of whom already face health and economic disparities, will be disproportionately affected by the global pandemic. Many neighbors will be forced to choose between their health and their paycheck; many will lose access to essential social services. This fund was activated with cross-sector partners to swiftly raise and deploy flexible resources to local organizations supporting those affected by the coronavirus outbreak.

Greater Toledo Community Foundation
The Greater Toledo Community Foundation has activated their rapid response fund to collect donations to aid in coronavirus relief. One hundred percent (100%) of donations to this fund will be granted to nonprofits working in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan.

Oklahoma

The Oklahoma City Community Foundation
This fund provides grants for qualifying organizations include 501(c)(3) nonprofits, churches, government agencies and schools providing direct services and assistance to individuals who have been impacted by COVID-19.

Oregon

Oregon Community Foundation
Oregon COVID-19 Pooled Fund is available to mobilize resources, support and communications where and when they are most needed, particularly for Oregon’s most vulnerable populations.

Pennsylvania

Crawford Heritage Community Foundation
The community foundation has established an Emergency Response Fund in order to respond to needs that will arise from the current crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and future emergencies. Money raised will be granted directly to nonprofit organizations who are working throughout this difficult time to continue to provide services. We will pro-actively deploy these funds directly to nonprofit organizations in our community to meet priority needs as they arrive.

Erie Community Foundation
The funds raised for the COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund will support Erie County nonprofits that: provide food to those in need, administer care of our children, serve the elderly, who are the most vulnerable population to COVID-19, help those suffering from hardships and job loss due to the COVID-19.

Foundation for Delaware County (PA)
The Response Fund will support and strengthen community-led efforts in the county. The Fund will identify local nonprofit organizations that have proven track records and are trusted by the communities that are most disproportionately affected by this crisis. Local organizations have the agility, trust, and knowledge to develop extremely effective approaches to engage with communities. The Response Fund’s community-based strategy will complement government actions and other response efforts and will provide both immediate relief and longer-term recovery initiatives for maximum impact.

Foundation for Enhancing Communities
The Foundation for Enhancing Communities in partnership with United Way of the Capital Region, will proactively identify potential grant recipients, solicit guidance on potential recipients from community advisors, and recommend final awards. Funds will be released on a rolling basis as fundraising continues throughout the outbreak and recovery phases of the crisis, making it possible to move resources quickly and adapt to evolving needs in subsequent funding phases.  Provided efforts will seek to expand local capacity to address the outbreak as efficiently as possible.  Should donations raised through the fund no longer be needed for COVID-19 relief, remaining funds will be used for future disaster relief in the area.

Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsburgh
The Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsburgh is offering a Coronavirus Financial Bridge Loan Program to provide interest-free loans on a nonsectarian basis for up to $5,000 to residents of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Westmoreland, Washington, and Armstrong counties who are facing financial challenges caused by the Coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak.

Luzerne Foundation
The fund will provide general operating grants to local nonprofit organizations or Community Based Organizations (“CBO”) with deep roots in the community that have been adversely impacted by the crisis. It will also provide additional support to community-based organizations that are working to assist individuals who have been significantly impacted by the crisis. Priority will be given to: Residents, especially children, with food insecurity; Residents without health insurance and/or access to paid sick leave; Individuals who lost wages and are facing an immediate threat to their well-being; Immediate needs of economically vulnerable populations caused by COVID-19 related closures.

Philadelphia Foundation
Community organizations providing support to our most vulnerable neighbors are facing unprecedented strain on their resources with COVID-19.  The PHL COVID-19 Fund will rapidly and equitably deploy solutions and resources to help our nonprofit community navigate near-and longer-term challenges from COVID-19 and ensure that critical resources remain available for those in our community who need it most.

Pittsburgh Foundation
Managed by The Pittsburgh Foundation, which is also a contributor, the Emergency Action Fund will provide financial support quickly to nonprofits and government agencies whose operations support: senior citizens services; child care services; health care needs and medical supplies; food provision during the emergency; shelter for the homeless, the elderly and those with underlying conditions; and assistance to vulnerable populations under stress from the outbreak.

Pittsburgh Philanthropic Efforts
At least $10 million has been pledged with four of Pittsburgh’s largest philanthropies aligning to provide relief. Initially $4 million will be used for a COVID-19 emergency fund to assist the region’s most vulnerable people. The remaining $6 million will be used for grants by the participating foundations.

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Foundation

Rhode Island Foundation and United Way of Rhode Island jointly established the COVID-19 Response Fund. In addition to the COVID-19 Response Fund Grants we have signaled an openness to hearing directly from our current grantees about their immediate needs, and are willing to find innovative ways to support them through this time - no matter the sector or subject that they focus on.

South Carolina

Central Carolina Community Foundation
The fund will provide resources to nonprofit organizations in our region working with priority groups, including senior citizens, residents without health insurance and/or access to paid sick leave, part-time and/or seasonal workers — including hospitality and service-industry workers — individuals experiencing homelessness, residents with limited English language proficiency, and healthcare workers in our 11-county service area of Calhoun, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda, and Sumter.

Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina
Flexible resources are being made available by the Costal Community Foundation of South Carolina to organizations working with priority groups, including children in nine South Carolina counties: Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, and Horry.

South Dakota

The South Dakota Community Foundation
In our efforts to aid communities and nonprofits in need due to the coronavirus outbreak, we have established the Coronavirus Response Fund. The Fund will provide support to verified nonprofits and community organizations directly addressing the needs of those affected by the virus. We are still not certain of the longer-term effects the situation will have on our partners, but we are working to respond as needs arise.

Tennessee

Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley
To deploy resources rapidly, we will not be accepting requests for funding or posting a grant application. We will instead work together with community advisors and funders to identify organizations currently providing types of support to area residents that are aligned with the priorities of the Response Fund to expand available resources and relief. Priorities in the first phase of funding will include: food, childcare, transportation, and healthcare or prescription assistance.

Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga
The Fund will provide flexible resources to organizations serving communities who are disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus and the economic conditions of this outbreak. Grants will fund organizations that have deep roots in community and strong experience working with our community’s most vulnerable residents.

Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
The Mid-South COVID-19 Regional Response Fund provides funding to organizations working with those impacted by novel Coronavirus and the economic consequences of the outbreak.

East Tennessee Foundation
ETF provides grants to 501(c)(3) public charitable organizations, units of government, or educational institutions.

Memphis Medical District
The Memphis Medical District has complied this list of COVID-19 resources and support, including local organizations providing financial relief and business assistance.

Texas

Austin Community Foundation
The Stand With Austin Fund was established in partnership with the Entrepreneurs Foundation to receive charitable donations to support nonprofits assisting individuals and small businesses most negatively impacted by the cancellation of SXSW and least able to recover on their own.

Communities Foundation of Texas
CFT has established the North Texas Community Response Fund, that will be used to support community needs in response to COVID-19.

Community Foundation of Abilene
We know our community stands ready to respond, which is why we have established the Support Abilene Fund. Funds will go to local nonprofits supporting needs including: Assistance for individuals and families negatively affected by the effects of COVID-19; Assistance for local businesses negatively affected by the effects of COVID-19; Operational support for nonprofits negatively affected by the effects of COVID-19.

Dallas Foundation
The Dallas Foundation's COVID-19 Relief Fund will focus on support that meets at least one of the following criteria: relieves the extraordinary burden being placed on our public healthcare system, supports the basic needs of low-income individuals and families, supports childcare assistance for low-income families, addresses mental health needs and concerns, supports and sustains nonprofit operations and capacity-building needs during this time of disruption.

El Paso Community Foundation
The Foundation’s best course of action is to assist you. Our role — here and now — is to stay focused on our community. Local, state and federal health officials are guiding us through this. We urge you to practice good public hygiene and safe social distancing.

Greater Houston Community Foundation
The Greater Houston COVID-19 Recovery Fund will help the most vulnerable of our neighbors meet their basic needs and will help impactful nonprofits in our area serve our community through the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic aftermath.

San Antonio Area Foundation
Grant funding is available to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in Bexar, Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina and Wilson counties. Disasters will be declared by the Area Foundation based on the thresholds commonly used by federal, state or national nonprofit agencies.

Sempra Energy COVID-19 Nonprofit Hardship Fund
Sempra Energy is providing grants to small and medium-sized nonprofits organizations serving people and families significantly affected by COVID-19. Available in the areas of the U.S. where Sempra Energy and its family of companies operate, including California, Texas and Louisiana.

Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation
The Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation has activated the Disaster Relief Fund, with the intent of supporting our communities through the COVID-19 crisis. This is an unprecedented time, and we do not have any expectations for how much funding will be made available through this fund, as it is reliant on the generosity of individuals, groups, and businesses.

Utah

Park City Community Foundation
The fund is supporting health and human services nonprofits in greater Park City that are handling cases related to the impact of COVID-19. Targeted operating grants fund organizations that have deep roots in community and strong experience working with residents without health insurance and/or access to sick days, people with limited English language proficiency, healthcare and gig economy workers, and communities of color, among others.

Vermont

Vermont Community Foundation
The Vermont Community Foundation has established the VT COVID-19 Response Fund to support nonprofits that are particularly equipped to address community impacts of the spread of the novel coronavirus in Vermont. Working with state, federal, municipal, public health, and nonprofit leadership, the Community Foundation will provide flexible resources to nonprofits working to address the most immediate public health and economic impacts of the disease, focusing on vulnerable populations and the service providers that support them.

Virginia

ACT for Alexandria
The ACT Now Fund was created to respond to the needs of nonprofit organizations providing critical services to Alexandrians in response to a significant community crisis, in this case, the COVID-19 outbreak.

Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond
The Central Virginia COVID-19 Response Fund, activated by the Community Foundation and the Emergency Management Alliance of Central Virginia, is providing rapid support to community organizations and public agencies that are meeting the needs of individuals and families most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The fund is designed to be flexible in focus as needs change over time, and to complement other resources and responses at the national, state and local levels.

Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties
The Community Emergency Relief Fund was established accept and strategically disburse funding to address COVID-19 emergency response and relief efforts in Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties.

Community Foundation for Northern Virginia
The Fund’s focus will be to help communities who are disproportionately impacted by the virus and its economic consequences. The Fund is designed to complement the work of public health officials, as COVID-19 is a public health issue, and as such, funding decisions will be made in consultation with them across our entire service area in Northern Virginia.

Community Foundation of the New River Valley
Our COVID-19 Response Grant Program provides unrestricted funding to organizations as our region navigates the coronavirus pandemic. We recognize that many community organizations are seeing an increased demand for services, having to make significant changes to how they deliver programs, and simply struggling with how to sustain operations over the next months.

Onward New River Valley
Onward New River Valley and other partner organizations are working to anticipate and appropriately respond to the short- and long-term needs of businesses in the NRV impacted by COVID-19. Information and resources for businesses will be posted here as they become available.

Williamsburg Community Foundation
The fund's goal is to provide local nonprofits with the support they will use to help those residents most in need due to the economic downturn resulting from COVID-19. This could include seniors, children, those with health conditions, and those who work in tourism and hospitality.

Washington

Amazon Neighborhood Small Business Relief Fund
Amazon is creating a $5 million Neighborhood Small Business Relief Fund to provide cash grants to Seattle small businesses that need assistance.

Centralia Community Foundation
We have established a COVID-19 Relief Fund to address the needs of vulnerable residents most impacted by the coronavirus.

Community Foundation of South Puget Sound
We have joined together with local partners in Thurston, Mason, and Lewis Counties to create COVID-19 Response Funds that will support people most affected by COVID-19. These funds will support immediate basic needs, health, and economic needs related to the health and economic impacts of this pandemic.

Community of North Central Washington
In response to the COVID-19 heath crisis, the Community Foundation of NCW is creating special funding opportunities and resources for nonprofits and ways for caring people in the community to give during these uncertain times.

Front and Centered
Front and Centered, a coalition of over 60 grassroots organizations based in and led by communities of color, has created a Frontline Response Fund to provide immediate and direct assistance for our grantees working to respond to the crisis throughout Washington State due to the financial, social and health impacts of the Coronavirus.

Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
Requests will be accepted from organizations and entities with services based in Pierce County including tribal governments, local governments, school districts, 501c3 nonprofit organizations, intermediaries, and fiscally sponsored projects or collaborations. Vulnerable populations include, but are not limited to, people with food insecurity, people experiencing homelessness, communities of color, frontline workers, immigrants, people experiencing domestic violence, people needing behavioral health supports, people with disabilities, remote or isolated persons or families, and senior citizens.

Greater Washington Community Foundation
The Community Foundation is leading an effort in philanthropy and has opened the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund to collect donations that will help to protect public health and assist those affected by the coronavirus and its impact on our local economy.

Orcas Island Community Foundation
The goal of this fund is to ensure critical supports remain available throughout the community as needs arise during the coronavirus pandemic. Distributions from the Community Emergency Response fund will be available to support organizations serving the Orcas community who may experience an increase in demand for services and potentially a constriction of revenue.

San Juan Island Community Foundation
The San Juan Island Community Foundation has established the SJICF Emergency Response Fund to meet critical needs in the San Juan Island community resulting from an emergency or crisis affecting San Juan Islanders.

Seattle Foundation
The COVID-19 Response Fund is rapidly deploying resources to community-based organizations that are supporting local workers and families most affected by the coronavirus crisis.

Thurston County COVID-19 Response Fund
The Thurston County COVID-19 Response Fund will provide funds to assist the most disproportionately impacted individuals and families, as well as certain organizations in our community who are serving those populations. Together, UWTC and the Community Foundation will gather data to identify emerging needs, as well as gaps in existing services, and work to rapidly mobilize and deploy resources to the people who are most vulnerable to the economic impacts of COVID-19 in Thurston County.

West Virginia

Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley
As a community foundation we work with donors, nonprofits, scholarship recipients and collaborative and funding partners – people and groups who make our community great!  Making connections is a huge part of what we do, and we feel especially strongly about making connections to opportunities that may offer support during this time of need.

Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of Directors of Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virgina (YCF) has established the YCF Emergency Impact Fund. Targeted to assist nonprofit organizations in the five-county region served by YCF (Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, and Taylor Counties), the new fund will provide grant funding to nonprofits addressing the most critical needs in our communities. Note:  At this point, grants will not be made to make up for lost fundraising event revenue.

Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation
Our COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund is being administered as a flexible short-term fund to provide relief for a variety of unexpected costs.

Wisconsin

Community Foundation for Fox Valley Region
Community Foundation for Fox Valley Region’s COVID-19 Community Response Fund prioritizes community-based organizations providing basic needs services to people who are immediately and disproportionately suffering from this crisis. This phase includes proactively identifying potential grant recipients and using input, guidance and research from organizations and others in the community to make grant decisions.

Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
This fund will bring essential resources and aid to our neighbor’s in need. This fund will provide flexible funding for organizations working in our community who are disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus and the economic consequences of the outbreak. Working in partnership, this Fund is designed to expand local capacity to address the effects on individuals and families as a result of the outbreak as efficiently as possible.

Greater Milwaukee Foundation
The Greater Milwaukee Foundation recognizes that in this time of crisis, we can help communicate the needs of nonprofits to the philanthropic community. They are providing a list of grants available through various local organizations. 

Racine Community Foundation
The Racine County COVID-19 Relief Fund has been established to provide flexible financial resources to 501(c)(3) organizations that have had their ability to help the community restricted due to COVID-19.

Stateline Community Foundation
To meet the rapidly changing needs of our community due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stateline Community Foundation has activated an Emergency Response Fund.

Wyoming

Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
The Community Foundation of Jackson Hole has activated the Community Emergency Response Fund to support local nonprofits helping those directly impacted by COVID-19 in addressing their ongoing needs.

Oregon Trail Community Foundation
The Oregon Trail Community Foundation (OTCF) is providing a fund for those who wish to donate toward the Covid 19 crisis in our community. The OTCF will make a grant to establish this fund, and welcomes other donations for those who are interested in helping those working on the frontlines.

Wyoming Community Foundation
The COVID-19 Fund provides rapid financial support to frontline nonprofits working to offset the impacts of the virus in their communities.