COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund Announces 12th Round of Allocations

 Evansville, IN – The COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region has awarded a twelfth round of allocations, granting more than $300,000 to twelve of the thirteen nonprofit applicants. In total, the Response Fund has distributed more than $2.6 million to nonprofits in our five-county region who are responding to critical needs related to the pandemic and our region’s recovery. 

This round of allocations will help provide funding for food pantries, social/emotional learning resources for students, basic necessities for homeless youth, nutritional food service for underserved breast cancer patients, mental health services, and operational deficits due to cancelled fundraising events. 

As part of round twelve, the YMCA of Southwestern Indiana was awarded $150,000 to continue its outreach programs to vulnerable and at-risk students, both properly distanced and virtually. Due to the pandemic, the Y has experienced significant decreases in membership and event revenue, which has resulted in an operational deficit for the program. The organization is not eligible for a second round of the Paycheck Protection Program. 

A revised application that incorporates new criteria for funding recovery and restoration initiatives was released in December. Nonprofit agencies are encouraged to continue to apply and requests will be evaluated on relief, recovery, and restoration criteria. The application can be found at www.covidresponsefund.com. 

Twelfth Round Funding Recipients: 

Organization: At the Cross Mission – Mt. Vernon, Indiana 

Awarded $12,500 

Organization: Children’s Center for Dance Education – Evansville, Indiana 

Awarded $1,450 

Organization: EVSC Foundation – Evansville, Indiana 

Awarded $19,925 

Organization: Foster Care in the US, Inc. – Evansville, Indiana 

Awarded $20,000 

Organization: Hemenway Memorial Presbyterian – Boonville, Indiana 

Awarded $29,500 

Organization: Henager Family Museum – Buckskin, Indiana 

Awarded $15,000 

Organization: Indiana Black Expo – Evansville, Indiana 

Awarded $5,000 

Organization: Indiana Women in Need Foundation, Inc. – Indianapolis, Indiana 

Awarded $6,540 

Organization: YMCA of Southwestern Indiana, Inc. – Evansville, Indiana 

Awarded $150,000 

Organization: Ivy Tech Foundation, Inc. – Evansville, Indiana 

Awarded $5,846 

Organization: The Way of Rockport, Indiana – Rockport, Indiana 

Awarded $17,300 

Organization: Trinity United Methodist Church – Oakland City, Indiana 

Awarded $25,000 

Donations to the fund may be made by debit/credit card or PayPal at covidresponsefund.com. Checks will also be accepted at all Old National Bank and Heritage Federal Credit Union branches. Checks should be made payable to United Way of Southwestern Indiana and all donations should reference “COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region (or GERF)” in the memo. Contributions may also be mailed to: United Way of Southwestern Indiana, 318 Main Street, Suite 504, Evansville, IN 47708. For stock or ACH transactions, please call 812-421-7476.