This immediate deployment of resources represents more than 25 percent of the foundation's endowment to area nonprofits and immigrant & worker relief funds.
The COVID-19 Arts Aid PHL fund will serve individual artists as well as small and mid-sized cultural organizations whose operations have been devastated by the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic
Over $2 million goes to 44 regional nonprofits in first round distributions. Grants will be awarded weekly as crisis continues and challenges grow.
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.
PHC announced Pop-Up Grants for Cultural Producers, a new grant program supporting efforts to sustain public engagement during the COVID-19 crisis.
The first wave of grants totaling $73,655 was distributed to Delaware County nonprofits on the front lines supporting vulnerable residents who are bearing the greatest impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Barra Foundation is immediately dedicating $520,000 in grants to respond to the short-term needs of the region’s nonprofit organizations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with $50k in additional grant funds going to Food Connect to help feed those in urgent need.
In the largest single donation in its 88 year history, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) is spending $2.35 million to donate 500,000 N95 respirator masks and 81,000 face shields to address the serious shortage of critical personal protection equipment in New Jersey as a result of COVID-19.
The Foundation for Delaware County announced $1,055,488 in grant awards to 52 area nonprofits and the launch of the Delaware County COVID-19 Response Fund.
The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia announced a $100,000 contribution from Bank of America to give laptops to Philadelphia students so they can begin learning from home by mid-April.
