Foundations Invite Proposals for Rapid-Response Grants (Coronavirus Roundup)

Here are notable new requests for proposals (RFPs) specifically for the Covid-19 outbreak, compiled by the Chronicle:

Ball Brothers Foundation

The Ball Brothers Foundation is offering rapid grants worth $5,000 each for social-services groups and first responders in Indiana. The foundation is expediting its coronavirus grant making to issue grants within hours or days. Priority will be given to projects and programs that improve the quality of life near the foundation’s headquarters in Muncie, Ind.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation has dedicated at least $2 million in grants to charities in Louisiana that meet the basic needs of communities across the state as they respond to Covid-19. Community-crisis grants and disaster-response grants are worth up to $50,000 each for general operating support. Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis.

Boston Foundation

The Boston Foundation’s Covid-19 Response Fund is awarding one-time grants to nonprofit groups in the Boston metropolitan area. General operating-support grants of $25,000 each are available from the fund, which has raised $2.2 million to date. Priority is given to organizations that work with seniors, children, immigrants, workers, and other vulnerable populations. Grants will be awarded weekly on a rolling basis.

Brooklyn Community Foundation

The Brooklyn Community Foundation is now making immediate-response grants through its Brooklyn Covid-19 Response Fund. Priority will be given to charities that are in alignment with its racial-justice focus area and work in one of the following areas: antistigma efforts to protect Asian communities; prevention measures and support for vulnerable populations of people, especially older adults, immunocompromised people, and people experiencing homelessness; practical needs, such as meal delivery and daily-living support for homebound older adults; food access, specifically for those who may not qualify for government aid; support for workers, especially low-wage workers, to address lack of access to health care, paid sick leave, or job protections; and other emerging, immediate needs. Grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded on a rolling basis.

Creative Catalyst Fund

The Creative Catalyst Fund will award a total of $750,000 in grants to help art nonprofit groups and artists in Newark, N.J., that are facing financial losses because of the coronavirus pandemic. The program will provide flexible grant support during the Covid-19 crisis and beyond. General operating support grants will be in the range of $2,500 to $50,000; grants over $5,000 must be matched by outside donors. Applications are due May 1.

Elevate Prize Foundation

The Elevate Prize Foundation is accepting entries for the inaugural Elevate Prize, which will give 10 awards, each worth at least $300,000 over two years, to organizations successfully making positive, transformational change in the world. This includes solutions that can help communities around the world prepare for, detect, and respond to emerging pandemics and health-security threats, including the novel coronavirus. Entries are due June 29.

Foellinger Foundation

The Foellinger Foundation will make grants to charities that serve children and families, particularly those with greatest need, in Allen County, Ind. Three innovative rapid grants that are worth up to $25,000 each will go to nonprofit organizations with creative ideas to address the effects of Covid-19 in the communities where they are located. Twenty emergency-response rapid grants of up to $5,000 each are available to purchase cleaning or other supplies and provide resources to respond to community needs, work-force aid, and other operational support.

Greater Atlanta Covid-19 Response and Recovery Fund

The Greater Atlanta Covid-19 Response and Recovery Fund, a joint project of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and United Way of Greater Atlanta, will award grants to local organizations that work with vulnerable populations and provide basic needs throughout the pandemic. Top priorities are nonprofit groups that are supporting families with young children and children on free and reduced lunch programs; people without health insurance, paid time off, or access to health care; seniors and older adults; and low-wage workers, including hospitality, service industry, and gig-economy workers. Additional priorities are the educational and emotional needs of children and youths across the Atlanta region.

Hispanics in Philanthropy

Hispanics in Philanthropy will award at least $200,000 in grants through its Covid-19 Rapid Response Migration Fund to help frontline organizations that serve migrants. Grants of up to $15,000 may be used to develop and launch emergency services, cover unexpected costs from office closures or disrupted fundraising, bolster services and advocacy, and address other unforeseen impacts of the ongoing pandemic. Applications are due May 1.

Mat-Su Health Foundation

The Mat-Su Health Foundation is accepting applications for its Coronavirus Prevention and Response grant program. Grants of up to $50,000 will support local nonprofit service providers for coronavirus prevention and response in Alaska. Priority will be given to organizations that are working to minimize exposure for high-risk groups and to charities that provide basic needs for all Alaska residents, such as food banks and homelessness-prevention programs. Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis.

Mile High United Way

The Mile High United Way’s Colorado Covid Relief Fund is accepting applications for grants for coronavirus prevention, impact, and recovery needs at community-based organizations in the state. The fund will award at least $7.8 million in grants, and eligible community-based organizations across Colorado can apply to receive a general operating grant of up to $25,000. The next deadline is April 18; applications will be reviewed every two weeks through May 30.

Nellie Mae Education Foundation

The Nellie Mae Education Foundation has created the Racism Is a Virus Too rapid-response grant fund to support organizations in New England that are addressing an uptick in hate crimes and bias against Asian American people because of the coronavirus pandemic. Nonprofit groups, community-based organizations, and schools in New England that work with communities of color toward racial equity in public education are eligible. Grants are worth up to $15,000 each. Priority will be given to organizations with budgets under $500,000.

NYC Covid-19 Response & Impact Fund

The NYC Covid-19 Response & Impact Fund, administered by the New York Community Trust, will provide $75 million in grants and interest-free loans to small and midsize nonprofits in the city to help them respond to emerging needs and continue their work. Of particular interest are nonprofit groups in New York that work in arts and culture and human services and will suffer financial losses from the coronavirus pandemic. Applications are due May 30.

Williams Foundation

The Williams Foundation has pledged $1 million to make grants to community organizations that focus primarily on emergency response, food insecurity, health and human services, and distance-learning solutions for public schools throughout the coronavirus outbreak. Eligible recipients include nonprofit groups, first responders, and public schools in the 24 states where the natural-gas company does business.

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