Public Safety, Disaster Prep & Relief

Friday, March 20, 2020
Coronavirus Guilford: Foundation Creates Response Fund

GUILFORD, CT -- With a $10,000 "seed"donation from just one resident, the Guilford Foundation has created a COVID-19 response fund for residents. The temporary fund will benefit the Women & Family Life Center to make grants to provide immediate, short-term financial relief to individuals who live or work in Guilford.

Thursday, March 19, 2020
Main Street Community Foundation Establishes COVID-19 Response Fund

BRISTOL, CT -- Main Street Community Foundation (MSCF) has established the COVID-19 Response Fund to help our local communities mobilize the necessary resources to support the current emerging needs in Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington and Wolcott.

Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Hartford Foundation, service organizations respond to crisis with new funds, new approaches

HARTFORD, CT -- Hartford Foundation for Public Giving announced Monday that it had created a fund to tackle community needs which grow out of the crisis. Working with the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut, Hartford Foundation is “bringing to bear every resource at our disposal," Williams says, to provide both short-term and long-term support to those in need. Will Ginsberg, president of the Community Foundation of Greater New Haven, says that organization is set to announce its own rapid response fund “within days.

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