PHL COVID-19 Fund Opens New Grant Application for Nonprofits

The PHL COVID-19 Fund announced today that it will be accepting new grant applications for a three-day period beginning on Wednesday, June 10. Nonprofits with specific needs pertaining to their transitions to recovery will be eligible to apply for a PHL COVID-19 Fund Community Reopening Grant. To date, the Fund, led by the Philadelphia Foundation and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ), has secured $17.3 million in gifts and pledges and granted more than $15 million to close to 500 nonprofits. In its effort to rapidly deploy aid, the Fund is inviting new applicants, past grantees and nonprofits whose applications for funding were previously declined to apply. This seventh round of grants will support social safety-net organizations providing the infrastructure to enable individuals to safely return to work. Grants will support the expenses of community organizations that are reopening or expanding programming, such as increasing staff, expanding available space, adding facility cleanings, and purchasing supplies to keep people safe.