Money from the local COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund is beginning to go out to local non-profit agencies.
Seven non-profit agencies will receive $200,00 in total funding in the first round of allocations from the COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region. A list is below.
A release from the group says the first round funding will help agencies with getting food and distributing it. The largest allocation in this round went to YMCA of Southwestern Indiana for its essential services response program.
The crisis fund’s allocation committee will start work immediately on round two of funding. As of Friday, the fund had raised $4.6 million. You can contribute.
First Round Funding Recipients:
Organization: Bread of Life Ministry, Inc. Program: Feeding Hungry in the Tristate Awarded $10,000
Organization: Dream Center Evansville Program: Pop-up Grocery Awarded $45,100
Organization: Evansville Emergency Food Pantry Consortium, Inc. Program: Seven Food Pantries Awarded $23,900
Organization: Hemenway Memorial Presbyterian Church Program: Warrick County Christian Resource Center Food Pantry Awarded $15,000
Organization: Posey County Council on Aging, Inc. Program: Maintain Services for Senior Citizens in Posey County Awarded $6,000
Organization: The Salvation Army of Evansville Soup Kitchen Program: Basic Living Necessities Awarded $35,000
Organization: YMCA of Southwestern Indiana, Inc. Program: YMCA Essential Services Response Program Awarded $65,000
