COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region

 The COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region has awarded $368,228 in two rounds of allocations to 18 nonprofit agencies addressing community needs related to the novel coronavirus. With five completed rounds of funding combined, the Response Fund has awarded a total of $1,022,424 to nearly 50 area nonprofits and encourages non-profits to continue applying for funding. 

The Response Fund announced Rounds Four and Five disbursements would assist with funding operations, food, early childhood education, veteran’s services, and financial assistance. Applications from each of the five-county region of the fund, Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick, were approved. 

Included in the fifth round of allocations, the EVSC Foundation was awarded $156,000 for their Student/Family Hunger Relief program. Over 60% of EVSC students access the free-and-reduced meal program to ensure daily meal nutrition. Since school has been closed, EVSC has taken many steps with other community agencies to continue feeding children, including providing meal kits. This grant from the Covid-19 Crisis Response Fund has helped provide over 16,000 meal kits to families in need. 

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.

Fourth and Fifth Round Funding Recipients:

Organization: Christian Resource Center, Inc. – Rockport, Indiana

Awarded $15,000

Organization: First Christian Church of Newburgh, Inc. 

Awarded $25,000

Organization: Gilda’s Club Evansville, Inc.

Organization: Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry, Inc. – Garrett, Indiana

Awarded $15,000

Organization: Main Street United Methodist Church – Boonville, Indiana

Awarded $3,750

Organization: New Harmony Ministry Association, Inc.

Awarded $5,000

Organization: The Way of Rockport Indiana, Inc.

Awarded $3,000

Organization: At the Cross Mission – Mt Vernon, Indiana

Awarded $12,500

Organization: Christian Church Day Care Center – Wadesville, Indiana

Awarded $6,600

Organization: Echo Housing Corporation – Evansville, Indiana

Awarded $3,878

Organization: Evansville Rescue Mission, Inc.  

Awarded $35,000

Organization: EVSC Foundation, Inc. – Evansville, Indiana

Awarded $156,000

Organization: Gibson County Council on Aging, Inc. – Princeton, Indiana

Awarded $16,000

Organization: Veterans Food Bank of America/Henager Family Museum Inc.– Buckskin, Indiana

Awarded $14,000

Organization: Jacob’s Village, Inc. – Evansville, Indiana 

Awarded $17,000

Organization: Read Evansville

Awarded $5,000

Organization: The Potters Wheel, Inc. – Evansville, Indiana

Awarded $12,000

Organization: Volunteers of America, Inc. – Evansville, Indiana 

Awarded $17,000

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.