Food, medicine, housing, and basic living needs should be provided to those who have lost their jobs because of the virus. Cash gifts devoted to those specific functions can be coordinated through agencies used to dealing with emergencies, like the Red Cross. And most of us can be a “philanthropic” Read more…
As President of California’s largest private health foundation, we are feverishly attempting to rally to the health and well-being needs of our state’s vulnerable populations and communities. Our grant resources in support of nonprofits and community organizations rallying to the COVID 19 fight pale in comparison to the enormous health Read more…
The fact is that vulnerable communities had been burdened with systematic disadvantages such as concentrated crime, trauma, economic inequality and a lack of access to shelter and crisis support long before the spread of COVID-19 became a national and global crisis. The sad reality is that this outbreak and its Read more…
COVID-19 has burdened our nonprofit sector and the vulnerable populations it serves in ways previously unimaginable. To respond, philanthropic organizations must act with strategy and urgency to support local nonprofit organizations and communities hit hardest. Last week, OCCF, St. Joseph Community Partnership Fund, Orange County Grantmakers and Charitable Ventures launched Read more…