Over the past several weeks, we’ve watched our region’s needs evolve in response to COVID-19. As the community’s priorities have shifted, so have ours to match.
Since temporarily closing our RFP for the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund, we have carefully re-evaluated our funding priorities and continued to review all submitted applications. We received 700+ proposals totaling more than $40 million in requests during phase I of our grantmaking. To date, we have awarded 95 grants totaling nearly $4 million.
Today, we have re-opened our Request for Proposals online application form for local nonprofits to apply for support through the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund.
For this second phase of grantmaking, we are now accepting requests for advocacy efforts that seek to improve food security, domestic violence prevention, health care access, childcare systems, and more. We have refined our funding priorities to better support a set of target populations disproportionately impacted by the COVID pandemic.
You can read more about our updated priority issue areas and priority populations here.
Several additional, important points to note include:
Eligible applicants may only submit ONE application for funding for this round
Organizations that did NOT receive funding in round I will be prioritized for funding in round 2
Nonprofits may apply for grants up to $50,000
At least 50% of the organizations selected for funding will have board and senior leadership of color
Applications will be accepted until May 29 at 5 p.m., with final funding decisions made in June 2020.
If you have any questions about how to apply, including what the fund will support, how your organization can apply, and what geographic regions will be considered, please read our FAQs.
For general inquiries, please contact Melen Hagos at mhagos@thecommunityfoundation.org
Thank you. We look forward to receiving your proposals and continuing to respond to our community's needs, together.