Crisis Response Updates

Boys & Girls Clubs of America — $55,000, $100,000

COVID-19 Relief Fund for regranting to Boys & Girls Clubs in Indian Country, ensuring Native Clubs within our Foundation’s region can continue critical COVID-19 response work in their communities: securing nutritious food, acquiring and distributing basic supplies, and providing essential staff support for programming and resources.

Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines  —  $50,000

Disaster Recovery Fund responds to needs not being met by existing nonprofit, local, state, or federal programs. The Community Foundation’s $100,000 commitment was matched by the United Way of Central Iowa.

Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio (CLUES)  —  $25,000

Latino Families Emergency Relief Fund provides immediate funding and financial relief to families and individuals in Minnesota’s Latino community affected by the COVID-19 crisis who are excluded from safety net programs, such as unemployment assistance. Funds raised will provide emergency cash support for food, household essentials, and rental assistance.

First Nations Development Institute  —  $50,000

COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund supports Native nonprofit organizations and tribal programs on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic to minimize the risk of Native communities, who’ve been impacted disproportionately.

First Peoples Fund — $25,000

Resilience Fund provides emergency relief to grassroots artists and culture bearers within First Peoples Fund’s network to cover urgent personal needs and expenses: food, housing, caretaking, and health care.

Headwaters Foundation for Justice  —  $50,000 (Communities First Fund) and $300,000 (The Transformation Fund)

Communities First Fund supports a network of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC)-led grantee organizations across Minnesota as they help communities facing social, political, and economic consequences resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. The Transformation Fund (Phase Two) supports frontline, BIPOC-led groups that use a community organizing approach to advance justice, collective liberation, and self-determination.

Idaho Community Foundation  —  $50,000

COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund for Idaho is a joint effort between three, Idaho-based organizations to provide grants to trusted organizations that support and serve low-income Idahoans, filling the gap not covered by efforts from public city, state, and federal institutions.

NDN Collective Inc. — $50,000, $100,000 (two grants)

COVID-19 Response Project distributes resources to frontline organizations, tribes, and individuals to provide gap services during the health crisis, and to artists and entrepreneurs who are suffering from the economic impacts of the pandemic.

Northwest Health Foundation Fund II — $50,000

Reimagining Safety Fund is a community-led, Black-centered effort supported by public and philanthropic dollars focused on developing and advancing a new model of community safety for the Black community in Oregon and for all Oregonians.

Philanthrofund (PFund) Foundation — $50,000

COVID-19 Response Fund deploys resources to individuals and nonprofits in LGBTQIA communities most affected by the coronavirus crisis, complementing the work of public health officials and expanding local capacity to address needs created by the crisis.

Pride Foundation — $50,000

Crisis Community Care Fund supports general operations for current and previous Pride Foundation community grant, rapid response fund, or sponsorship recipients who are either providing direct services in response to the pandemic and/or are facing budget crises as a result of COVID-19 and are in need of emergency bridge funding to continue their operations.

Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation  —  $50,000

Minnesota Disaster Recovery Fund (MDRF), with financial support from nearly 50 philanthropic entities, funds both short- and long-term needs for those who are vulnerable and at risk within Minnesota communities as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic (including individuals and families, nonprofits experiencing increased demand for services or struggling due to social distancing recommendations, and small businesses experiencing interrupted operations).

Seattle Foundation  —  $50,000

COVID-19 Response Fund is a broad coalition of 40+ partners from philanthropy, business, and government that have come together with emergency assistance, such as financial support, health care, and child care to support Seattle-area workers and families in the region’s most vulnerable communities affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc.  —  $50,000

Flicker Fund provides direct grant support to stressed indigenous communities on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, where some are already facing issues of hunger, lack of access to water, and inability to secure basic hygiene and material supplies needed for everyday life.

Social Justice Fund NW  —  $50,000

COVID-19 Crisis Fund supports Social Justice Fund grantees working to respond to the crisis. Initial grants are $3,000 and can fund a variety of strategies to meet community needs and support mutual aid.

South Dakota Community Foundation — $15,000

Emergency Relief Fund for Immigrants delivers relief to South Dakota immigrant and refugee communities critically impacted by COVID-19 by providing accelerated assistance for rent, mortgage, utilities, and basic needs.

Whatcom Community Foundation  —  $25,000

Resilience Fund helps ensure that people—especially those experiencing racism, homelessness, financial distress, isolation, mental health challenges, and other barriers to health and wellness—can get nutritious food, child care, mental health support, safe housing, and many other essentials. An early grant from the fund was to the Lhaq’temish Foundation (the community foundation of the Lummi people) so that they have funding to respond to tribal needs as they emerge.

Willamette Valley Law Project — $15,000

Farmworker Emergency Fund provides assistance to Oregon’s former and current undocumented farmworkers and essential workers (child care, food service and accommodation, cleaning and maintenance, retail, trade, etc.) affected by COVID-19, many of whom have limited or no access to emergency support.