COVID-19 Nonprofit Response Grants

COVID-19 Nonprofit Response Fund

The Community Foundation is committed to responding to the needs of our community. The COVID-19 crisis is impacting the nation and causing increased demands and strain on nonprofits in our 12-county service area and beyond. This grant program is to support nonprofit organizations responding to and impacted by efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Purpose: To support nonprofit organizations impacted by efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, with a priority for those providing vital basic needs services and resources to disproportionately impacted individuals and families impacted by following public health recommendations.

Timeline: Applications will be evaluated and decisions issued on a rolling basis, as quickly as possible.

Eligibility:

Grants may be made to nonprofit organizations, churches, schools, or units of government located in or significantly serving one or more of the following counties: Adams, Brown, Hancock & Pike in Illinois; and Clark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Ralls, and Shelby in Missouri.
Demonstrates a need for funding due to the coronavirus public health crisis or the impact of following public health recommendations taken to “flatten the curve” of potential COVID-19 infections locally, for the purpose of either:

Providing new or altered support services or resources to affected people, organizations, businesses or communities.
Continuity of operations support due to increase expenses or decreased revenue, with a priority for organizations providing healthcare, human/social services, or other basic human needs support.

Priorities (in this order):

Organizations providing basic needs services to communities that were already vulnerable before the pandemic, or that are disproportionately affected by the pandemic and the impact of the resulting public health measures on finances and service availability.
Organizations providing any services to such vulnerable or disproportionately affected populations as described above.
Other nonprofit organizations experiencing challenges due to following public health recommendations.

For a full program description, please click here.