Relief, Recovery, Rebuild

Action in the Field

Learn how AFN Members are actively responding to COVID-19. Although many asset-building grantmakers traditionally invest with a specific mission in mind which governs their grantmaking focus and decisions, many are doing whatever they can to support their communities and grantees in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and escalating economic downturn.

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Arkansas COVID-19 Relief Fund

Arkansas Community Foundation

About the Initiative

Arkansas Community Foundation collaborates with Governor Asa Hutchinson asking Arkansans to make donations to the COVID-19 Relief Fund that will serve the state’s most vulnerable populations and those disproportionately affected by the coronavirus and its economic crisis. March 20, 2020, the Foundation has issued 175 grants to nonprofits helping with pandemic relief and is currently reviewing additional applications on a daily basis.

https://www.arcf.org/press-resources/responding-to-covid-19-in-arkansas/

Population:  All
Region:  Arkansas
Bank of America Commits $1B to Address Economic and Racial Inequalities

Bank of America

About the Initiative

Bank of America commits $1 billion to address economic and racial inequalities worsened by COVID-19—efforts will be targeted to people and communities of color with a focus on health, job training, reskilling, and upskilling. READ MORE

https://bankofamerica.com

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Region:  National
COVID-19 Regional Response Effort

Baptist Community Ministries

About the Initiative

Baptist Community Ministries has awarded $400,000 in grants to support those in need due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The grants will support response efforts to critical community needs by two local nonprofits: Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana and United Way of Southeast Louisiana. READ MORE

https://bcm.org

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Region:  Louisiana
COVID-19 Regional Response Effort

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana

About the Initiative

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana has set up a grant fund of $2 million for nonprofits meeting the needs of Louisianians who have been affected by the coronavirus outbreak—this can include immediate needs like food, clothing, shelter, paying utility bills, and more. Additionally, there is a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana’s Employees 1st Fund, which will provide small grants to Blue Cross employees whose immediate families experience unforeseen financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.bcbsla.com/landing/covid19

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Region:  Louisiana
COVID-19 Regional Response Effort

Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation

About the Initiative

Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation has provided $300,000 to six regional food banks and unrestricted any previously awarded grants from December 2018 to December 2019.

http://www.info@kingfoundation.com/

Population:  All
Region:  North Texas
The Neighbor Relief Fund for Marion County

Central Indiana Community Foundation

About the Initiative

Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) created The Neighbor Relief Fund for Marion County which 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.

https://www.cicf.org/covid-19/

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Region:  Indiana
COVID-19 Regional Response Effort

Central Indiana Community Foundation

About the Initiative

Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) created the Central Indiana Senior Fund, which approved nine grants totaling $394,000 to support senior serving organizations. READ MORE

https://cicf.org

Population:  Elderly/Older Adults
Region:  Indiana
COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund

Citi

About the Initiative

Citi provided $15 million to support COVID-19 related relief activities globally. The funds will be for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, with $5 million to No Kid Hungry to support emergency Food Distribution Programs in the United States, and remaining funds will be directed to country specific efforts in places that are severely impacted and international.

https://www.citigroup.com/citi/news/2020/200319a.htm

Population:  All
Region:  National
North Texas Community Response Fund

Communities Foundation of Texas

About the Initiative

Communities Foundation of Texas has established the North Texas Community Response Fund, that will be used to provide support for organizations that work with people and communities who may be most affected by COVID-19 including support for individuals and families who need access to food and/or healthcare, supplementing lost wages and/or housing costs or support for agencies who work with vulnerable populations such as seniors and/or homeless.

https://www.cftexas.org/covid19

Population:  All
Region:  North Texas
Communities Unlimited CEO Speaks Before the Congress on Rural Economies in the Midst of COVID-19

Communities Unlimited

About the Initiative

The Chief Executive Officer of Communities Unlimited and AFN member Ines Polonius, spoke before the U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade, and Entrepreneurship on a bipartisan virtual forum, The Effects of COVID-19 on Rural Economies, to address the economic challenges facing rural communities. Ines discussed what is working well with the SBA programs, what is not, and what more Congress can do to support rural economies, as well as making three policy recommendations. READ MORE

http://communitiessu.org

Population:  All
Region:  National

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