COMMUNITY CRISIS FUND - A Bright Spot Today!

United Way of Greater Rochester and Rochester Area Community Foundation have partnered on a centralized funding pool to rapidly deploy flexible resources to nonprofits that are disproportionally impacted by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the economic consequences of the outbreak, community and organizational recovery, and future community emergencies.

The first phase of funding will be used to meet the immediate needs of front line human services organizations that have strong experience serving low-income and vulnerable residents.

The grants will address:

•  the economic impact of reduced and lost work due to the broader COVID-19 outbreak

• the immediate needs of economically vulnerable populations caused by COVID-19 related closures (access to food, shelter, clothing, childcare, hygiene products, cleaning supplies, etc.),

• support nonprofits that are disproportionally impacted by the pandemic, provide community and organizational recovery, and future community emergencies.

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Left to right: County Exec Adam Bello: Jamie Saunders, CEO United Way: Jennifer Leonard, CEO Rochester Area Community Foundation announce the Crisis Fund on Monday, Mary 16, 2020

Keep our eye on the ball!

We want to:

• stop the spread of the virus

• keep staff, patients, families, and our community safe

• keep operations going to continue to provide services to our patients