PROVIDENCE – An additional $1.4 million was issued to 51 local nonprofit organizations through the United Way of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund, the foundation announced Wednesday.
The fund was established in mid-March to help nonprofits assist Rhode Islanders who have been affected by the pandemic with food, housing and health care – including using funds to purchase personal protective equipment. To date, the fund has raised $8.3 million and grants were distributed to 181 organizations. Grants in this latest round ranged from $10,000 to $75,000, the foundation said.
Organizations that received grant funding in this latest round are:
- 134 Collaborative
- AccessPoint RI
- Aging Well Inc.
- AIDS Care Ocean State
- Aldersbridge Communities
- Ballou Home for the Aged
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence
- Cape Verdean American Community Development of Rhode Island
- Care New England Health System
- Center for Southeast Asians
- Christian Community Church of RI
- Church Community Housing Corp.
- CODAC Behavioral Healthcare
- Communities for People Inc.
- Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics Rhode Island
- Direct Action for Rights and Equality
- Day One
- East Bay Food Pantry Inc.
- Esperanza-Hope
- Farm Fresh Rhode Island
- Federal Hill House Association
- Guatemision
- Hallworth House
- Hope’s Harvest Rhode Island
- Housing Network of Rhode Island
- MAE Organization Inc.
- Man Up Inc.
- Marieville Neighborhood Partnership
- McAuley Ministries
- NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley
- Newport Hospital
- Newport Working Cities
- ONE Neighborhood Builders
- Project Undercover Inc.
- Rhode Island Hospital
- Rhode Island Legal Services Inc.
- Saint Antoine Community
- Saint Elizabeth Community
- San Miguel School
- SISTA Fire
- Smithfield YMCA
- The Miriam Hospital
- The Rhode Island Minority Elder Task Force Inc.
- The Salvation Army
- Tockwotton Home
- Visiting Nurse Home and Hospice
- Washington Park Citizens’ Association Inc.
- West Elmwood Housing Development Corp.
- YMCA of Greater Providence
- YouthBuild Preparatory Academy
Donations to the fund are still being accepted via the United Way’s website or the Rhode Island Foundation’s website.