COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region Announces Round Two and Three of Allocations
Evansville, IN The COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region, has awarded $454,195 in two rounds of allocations to 25 nonprofit agencies addressing community needs related to the novel coronavirus.
Still in the relief phase, the Response Fund announced Round Two and Three disbursements would assist with funding operations, food, and financial needs. Applications from each of the five-county region of the fund, Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick, were approved.
The COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region will continue awarding monetary support to local nonprofit organizations that are focused on relief, recovery, and restoration as local COVID needs to evolve. Nonprofit agencies that have completed an application but were not awarded funding, or received a lesser amount of funding than requested, have received communication from the allocations committee.
Applicants must be a 501(c)(3) organization in good standing with the Internal Revenue Service. Funding must serve residents in at least one of the primary identified regional counties of Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick. The allocation committee considers all government funding received by the nonprofits. Further details regarding funding can be found on the COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region website at covidresponsefund.com.
Second and Third Round Funding Recipients:
Organization: Albion Fellows Bacon Center Awarded $32,000
Organization: Aurora, Inc. Awarded $10,000
Organization: Community One, Inc. Awarded $3,000
Organization: Dubois-Pike-Warrick Economic Opportunity Committee, Inc. Awarded $3,500
Organization: Encountering Hope Ministries, Inc. Awarded $10,000
Organization: G E M Ministries, Inc. Awarded $10,000
Organization: Gibson County Area Rehabilitation Centers, Inc. Awarded $8,000
Organization: God is Good Foundation, Inc. Awarded $2,500
Organization: Lords Pantry of Wadesville Awarded $10,000
Organization: Princeton Salvation Army Awarded $50,000
Organization: Spencer County Council on Aging Awarded $8,000
Organization: St. Vincent Early Learning Center Awarded $5,000
Organization: Sycamore Rehabilitation Services Awarded $2,200
Organization: Trinity United Methodist Church of Oakland City Awarded $25,000
Organization: United Caring Shelters, Inc. Awarded $12,500
Organization: United Methodist Youth Home Awarded $16,400
Organization: Warrick Ecumenical Soup Kitchen, Inc. Awarded $5,000
Organization: Catholic Charities Awarded $30,000
Organization: Evansville Christian Life Center Awarded $31,500
Organization: Family Matters of Posey County Indiana, Inc. Awarded $28,900
Organization: Junior League of Evansville, Inc. Awarded $9,000
Organization: Mt Vernon Ministerial Association Awarded $6,695
Organization: Outreach Ministries Awarded $5,000
Organization: Evansville Salvation Army Awarded $125,000
Organization: Urban Seeds, Inc. Awarded $5,000
With all three rounds of funding combined, the Response Fund has awarded a total of $654,000 to area nonprofits. As of today, the Response Fund has raised over $4,800,000, 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.
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 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.
The Covid-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Area is an organized and collaborative community effort to support 501(c) (3) organizations in our community during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. In response to the Covid-19 crisis, funding partners established a cross-sector, community-wide Response Fund, primarily Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick Counties. This response is designed to serve the community through the relief, recovery, and restoration. Visit CovidResponseFund.com to do what you can.
