Philanthropy Round Up & News CoverageChronicle of Philanthropy - Ongoing coverage Candid’s real-time pop-up webpage on philanthropy’s response (updated daily, note that they would like funders to share data and any new coronavirus-specific funding opportunities) Roundup Philanthropy Response from Giving By All Team at Gates Foundation (3/16 - best comprehensive set of links, so far) How Funders Should Respond by Victoria Vrana, Gates Foundation (3/15) Philanthropy Response in California by Kathleen Kelly Janus (3/15) Emergency Disaster Funders/Massachusetts Round Up from PhilanthropyMA (3/17) Philanthropy Response in Scotland (3/20) Exponent Philanthropy Lean Response (3/27)
Foundation Responses
$125 Million Initiative To Accelerate Vaccine - Gates Fdn, Mastercard, and Wellcome - Could take as long as 6 years Home Testing Kits - Funded by Gates Foundation Funders Response to Covid-19 by Candid List of COVID-19 Funds by GivingCompass (3/17) Philanthropy Roundtable Covid Roundup (3/27)
HNW Donors Response
How Billionaires Are Helping - Gates, Ma, and others - 3/10 Jack Ma Foundation - Donation of Masks/Testing Kits (3/13) Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Donates $1 Billion to Covid Relief Fund (4/8) Leonard DiCaprio - America’s Food Fund (GoFundMe) Indigo Trust COVID Response (3/26) UK What Philanthropists Are Doing To Help with Covid (NY Times) (3/25)
Nonprofit Staff Relief FundsGoFundMe is supporting nonprofits in setting up employee relief funds. We are providing examples, encouragement, advice & help setting up funds to benefit nonprofit employees who have lost their jobs. Start A Campaign A few examples of campaigns:
Pabst Theater Group Arts Council of Indianapolis: More Examples: Young Nonprofit Professionals Network - SF Bay Area Chapter (YNPNsfba) - (Apply for funding) Dancers' Group partnered with Theatre Bay Area and InterMusic SF on the COVID-19 Performing Arts Fund (apply for funding) Performing Arts Worker Relief Fund (apply for funding) THE SAN FRANCISCO ARTS & ARTISTS RELIEF FUND (individual & organizations)
Everyday DonorsGlobalGiving Fund (3/19) Seattle COVID-19 Fund (3/11)
COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fundraiser for WHO with $10 Million Match from Facebook and 2:1 matching campaign for same fund from Google Charlottesville Area Community Foundation (CACF) Community Emergency Response Fund United Way Boston COVID19 Fund Boston Foundation COVID19 Response Fund Italy Response Funds Grassroots Fund: New England-wide rapid response funding for grassroots responses COVID19 Examples of Facebook Fundraisers by Nonprofit Organizations (via FB Social Team) (3/21) Global Impact COVID Fund (3/11) Round Up of Different Campaigns & Way to Donate $, Time or Supplies by Time Magazine (3/31) Larry David’s GoFundMe Campaign for Out of Work Golf Caddies
Communiques from Donors Conveying Flexibility and/or Increased FundingFord Foundation (3/16) Robert Sterling Clark Foundation (3/16)
Funder Info ResourcesCouncil on Foundations COVID-2019 Information Hub: Curated Resources Comms advice for writing about Coronavirus Philanthropy Response to Coronavirus - by Candid (former Foundation Center and GuideStar) COVID-19 Tools and Resources for Nonprofits - Nonprofit Finance Fund Packard Foundation OE Team Resources (3/20) Resistance Labs funding opportunities for SMS-based COVID-19 response (4/1/2020)
TechnologyTech Companies Offering ProBono Help (Spreadsheet, mostly Europe) (3/20) NVIDIA - Getting Gamers To Give Bandwidth for Research (3/24) Cisco’s COVID Response Fund (3/24) Facebook Messenger Developers Join the Fight Against the Virus (3/24) Tech Volunteers in NYC to Help (Slack Channel) (3/25) Podmapping for Mutual Aid (3/24) How to make a neighborhood hub on Slack (3/22) Companies Donating Products/Services During Covid (3/31) Yoti are offering their range of digital identity solutions for free to organisations working on the Covid-19 response.
Acts of Compassion & Kindness - Large and Small
Essays Stay strong - the fundraising community pulls together by Fundraising Sarah
With the Coronavirus, Hell Is No Other People, New Yorker Essay by Bill McKibben Embrace Social Distance but Fight Social Division by Asha Curran Spreading Kindness
Seattle Arts Commission - Make A Joyful Noise
Worldwide Clapping for Healthcare Workers on the Frontline New York Philharmonic & Other Orchestras Play Together from Home Edinburgh Grocery Goes Viral with Free Covid-19 Packages for Elderly Kindness Template to Print, Fill Out, and Slip Under Neighbors’ doors People in Spain Called To Balcony To Give Standing Ovation to Health Workers Giving Tuesday Generosity Text Actions How To Help Your Community During Pandemic - by the Handbook How To Help In Prison - by Paper (3/31)
Supply DonationsFrom individuals of kindness to scaled in-kind donations of medical supplies (3/21) (be sure to see all the wonderful links in the comments) Chinese Donate Medical Equipment To Italy
Mutual Aid ResourcesCrowdsourced Documents, Spreadsheets, Sites, Etc.Mutual Aid: Local Neighborhood in MA Spreadsheet from Manchester, NH Spreadsheet from Westchester, NY/Rockland County Mutual Aid in Portland, OR email Site for Vancouver created by Alexandra Samuel Spreadsheet for San Francisco Bay Area+ Mutual Aid: Iowa City created by Allie Stutting Iowa City Catholic Worker's Mutual Aid Fund Front Range Mutual Aid (Denver, CO and surrounding area) Mutual Aid Community Examples (3/22) June Holley Mutual Aid Lists in Bay Area (4/2) Mutual Aid List and Resources in the Bay Area (4/2) Open Collective is offering free fiscal hosting for all COVID-19 mutual aid funds through the end of June. This means groups can receive tax-deductible donations and transparently distribute the funds without a bank account/legal entity. Take a look at our Docs for more info.(5/6)
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