In its fifth special meeting since March, the Foundation's Board of Directors approved a series of grants to immediately support multiple elements of recovery, including efforts to support early learning, youth programs and employment, and food access.
The foundation awarded 34 grants totaling $71,950 through the COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Fund. Applications for the next round of micro business grants will be accepted July 6-13.
To date, Chester County-based funders have awarded over $1.5 million in immediate grants to Chester County based nonprofit organizations.
In its seventh round of funding, the Fund awarded $2.1 million to 80 nonprofit organizations with specific needs pertaining to their transitions to recovery.
The PHL COVID-19 Fund announced that it will be accepting new grant applications beginning at 8:00 AM on Wednesday, June 10 through 5:00 PM on Friday, June 12.
PAHWF launched the new fund to help the tri-county area rebuild towards a prosperous and equitable future.
The fund will award a total of $8.5 million in grants to organizations managing funds explicitly devoted to providing COVID-19 relief to communities of color, low-income populations, and others being disproportionately impacted by the crisis.
Grantees of Bread & Roses Community Foundation's Solidarity Fund for COVID-19 Organizing demonstrate the power, resilience and ingenuity of our community.
PHILADELPHIA, May 25, 2020 – The Beech Companies, Inc., a small nonprofit founded to revitalize disadvantaged communities in Philadelphia would have been celebrating its 30th anniversary with a big dinner on May 28th. As fate would have it, the COVID-19 pandemic changed those plans.
More than $250,000 awarded through The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia will be especially critical in light of COVID-19.
