COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region Announces Round Six of Allocations

The COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region has awarded $250,000 in allocations to 11 nonprofit agencies addressing community needs related to the novel coronavirus. With six completed rounds of funding combined, the Response Fund has awarded a total of $1,272,424 to over 60 area nonprofits and encourages non-profits to continue applying for funding. 

The Response Fund announced Round Six disbursements would assist with funding operations, food, early childhood education and child care, as well as financial assistance. Applications from organizations that serve each of the five-county region of the fund, Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick, were approved. 

Included in Round Six of allocations, Youth First received $71,000 to put towards extending its remote social work support for 7 weeks beyond the normal end of the school year. With the funds, Youth First will provide social workers to support high-need students in Gibson, Warrick, Vanderburgh, and Posey counties with proactive, remote mentoring and resourcing. Youth First will also partner with the Dream Center, Potter’s Wheel, and other non-profits to offer food, programming, and resources to a broader group of Greater Evansville children over the summer.

As of today, the Response Fund has raised over $5,000,000, which includes a sponsored project of Indiana United Ways, with funding provided by Lilly Endowment Inc. The target for the fund is $6,000,000, but that number will depend on the needs of the community as time goes on.

Sixth Round Funding Recipients:

Organization: ARK Crisis Child Care Center. – Evansville, Indiana

Awarded $35,000

Organization: Aurora, Inc. – Evansville, Indiana

Awarded $20,000

Organization: Bethany Apostolic Church – Evansville, Indiana

Awarded $5,000

Organization: Boys & Girls Club of Evansville

Awarded $20,000

Organization: Evansville Christian Life Center

Awarded $20,000

Organization: Isaiah 117 Project, Inc. – Princeton, Indiana

Awarded $10,000

Organization: Nazarene Baptist Church (Joshua Academy Preschool) – Evansville, Indiana

Awarded $12,837

Organization: New Hope Community Development Co. (Bridge Builders) – Evansville, Indiana

Awarded $17,000

Organization: Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation – Evansville, Indiana

Awarded $15,000

Organization: Tri-State Food Bank, Inc.  – Evansville, Indiana

Awarded $24,163

Organization: Youth First, Inc. – Evansville, Indiana

Awarded $71,000

The Response Fund is also a proud sponsor of the Back-to-Work Recovery childcare pilot program (children 5 -12 years old) beginning July 6 at Crossroads Christian Church for ages 5-9. The program is run through the YMCA and is available from 6:30 AM to 5:30 PM. Visit ymcaswin.org for more information.

Donations to the fund can be made by credit card at covidresponsefund.com. Cash and Check donations are accepted at all Old National Bank and Heritage Federal Credit Union branches. Please reference “COVID-19 Crisis Response” with your donation. Checks should be made payable to United Way of Southwestern Indiana and reference COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region (or GERF for short) in the memo. Send a payment to: United Way of Southwestern Indiana, 318 Main Street, Suite 504, Evansville, IN 47708. For Stock or ACH payment please call 812-421-7476