Weinberg Foundation to give $4M in emergency grants to nonprofits

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Friday announced $4 million in emergency grant funding as its initial response to the developing COVID-19 public health crisis.

The emergency grants will support current grantees that are providing vital services within their communities while facing severe operational challenges as a result of this pandemic.

The $4 million includes $2.57 million in emergency funding to 55 nonprofits operating within the Foundation’s priority communities throughout the United States and Israel, as well as an additional $1.5 million of funding available for emergency needs that will be identified in the coming weeks and months in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The foundation is also accelerating payment of several previously approved grants to ensure that organizations have use of those funds as quickly as possible. See the entire list of grants here.

As news regarding the COVID-19 pandemic has developed, the foundation’s staff has engaged service providers, grantees and other funders to better understand the specific impact of this public health emergency within the foundation’s priority communities: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai’i, Israel, New York City, northeastern Pennsylvania, San Francisco and rural communities primarily within proximity to other priority communities.

All emergency grants are approved to support the general operations of the organizations listed. The foundation seeks to provide each organization with maximum discretion and flexibility in how the emergency funding is utilized, so long as it is consistent with the foundation’s overarching funding guidelines and restrictions.

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