Foundation Helps Front-Line Nonprofits in Delco
Philabundance workers receive meal boxes and crates of fresh produce and perishables to distribute. Philabundance currently has more than a dozen member agencies in Delaware County with whom they partner to distribute food to residents across the county. Photo courtesy of Philabundance
The COVID-19 Response Fund of the Foundation for Delaware County has made a first round of grants to local organizations. A total of $73,655 was distributed to 11 nonprofits to address emergency needs.
Grantees include:
Boys and Girls Club of Chester: $10,155 to provide gift cards to grocery stores for food-insecure families served by the club who are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County: $10,000 to support the continuation of services, including telephone crisis-counseling, to survivors of domestic violence.
Greater Philadelphia YMCA: $5,000 to help the Rocky Run and Haverford YMCA Early Learning Centers provide childcare and school-age programs for healthcare professionals’ children while they are at work.
Nationalities Service Center: $5,000 to provide financial assistance for immigrants who have lost their homes, income, and/or employment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Philabundance: $5,000 to prepare pre-assembled meal boxes that can each provide up to four meals for a family of four, distributed (using minimal-physical-contact protocols) to more than a dozen member agencies in Delaware County.
Applications for funding are being considered on a rolling basis.
To contribute, go to delcofoundation.org.
