A well-trained public health workforce is critical for protecting the public’s health --- particularly in the face of a global pandemic such as COVID-19. The 200 public health professionals in the Detroit Health Department (DHD) have been at the frontline of the COVID-19 response efforts in the city of Detroit. View Website

The purpose of this grant is to support United States Artists, a national intermediary, to launch an Artist Relief Fund to address the immediate financial distress of individual artists and creative workers caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. View Website

This project grant supports Smart Growth America’s launch of an equitable Creative Placemaking collaborative for three cities, selected through a competitive call, to design transportation projects that equitably respond to COVID-19's community impact. View Website

This project grant supports the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) in conducting research on the impacts of COVID-19 and response efforts on culturally-specific businesses, particularly those led by entrepreneurs of color, and implications this has to the Creative Placemaking Field. View Website

This grant amendment is one of a series to Detroit Arts Support grantees in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  View Website

This grant amendment is one of a series to Detroit Arts Support grantees in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  View Website

Yakima Health District will use grant funds to expand the department's COVID-19 response efforts to more effectively capture the status of current and potential future infectious outbreaks. View Website

This grant provides general operating support to the organization. Whole Child Strategies, Inc. empowers neighborhoods and communities disproportionately affected by poverty to self- determination in addressing barriers hindering children from graduating on-time, career and college-ready – providing funding, critical supports and coordinated efforts around collective accountability, public advocacy and community development. View Website

This grant supports a coalition of place-based organizations, led by Whole Child Strategies, Inc., providing emergency relief to families living with low incomes in eight Memphis neighborhoods, specifically cash assistance for food and other household necessities; relief funds for households experiencing loss of income due to the pandemic; and internet access and devices for households without broadband or hardware. The coalition includes: Agape Child and Family Services; Center for Transforming Communities, Inc.; Knowledge Quest; Memphis Medical District Collaborative; Neighborhood Christian Center, Inc.; Refugee Empowerment Program; and The Urban Strategies, Inc. Whole Child Strategies, Inc. empowers neighborhoods and communities disproportionately affected by poverty to self- determination in addressing barriers hindering children from graduating on-time, career and college-ready – providing funding, critical supports and coordinated efforts around collective accountability, public advocacy and community development. View Website

This grant amendment will extend the planning grant period for West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. by six months and provide additional funds to complete the planning phase of their work though Kresge’s Climate Change, Health and Equity (CCHE) initiative. View Website

This grant amendment for Wayne State University’s Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre & Dance is one of a series to Detroit Arts Support grantees in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  View Website

This grant supports emergency residential plumbing repairs allowing water to be reconnected to homes to help address the COVID-19 pandemic. Guided by a belief that no one should live in poverty, Wayne Metro empowers people to be strong, healthy and thriving by providing over 60 programs in the areas of quality housing, family stability and economic opportunities to diminish poverty. View Website

This grant will enable the Wayne County Health Department to respond to emergent resident needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including telehealth for maternal-family services and remote student learning capacity. View Website

This grant amendment will support the Food + Art Revitalizing Markets Sustainably (Co-op F.A.R.M.S.) project through the Cooperative Community of New West Jackson, a FreshLo grantee and partner of Voice of Calvary Ministries. This organization has turned its loss of external farm markets into an opportunity to give away produce to neighborhood families impacted by COVID-19. View Website

This grant amendment is one of a series to Detroit Arts Support grantees in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

This grant amendment aims to help the Urban Sustainability Directors Network as its member cities navigate the public health and economic crises driven by COVID-19 as well as the recent uprisings in response to racial injustice. View Website

This financial amendment will help Urban Strategies, a Memphis NextGen cohort member, maintain delivery of services and support to its participants by facilitating its ability to move to a virtual platform. View Website

This financial amendment will extend the planning grant period for UPROSE, Inc. by six months and provide additional funds to complete the planning phase of their work though Kresge’s Climate Change, Health and Equity (CCHE) initiative. View Website

This grant supports efforts to develop tools that support unemployment insurance beneficiaries’ access and completion of high-quality postsecondary education. View Website

This grant will enable the Florida College Access Network to implement its new 2020-2025 strategic plan to boost postsecondary attainment develop a more robust public policy role to ensure higher education funding and student-centered policies remain a priority during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Foundation connects the university with donors who want to make a difference by providing private, philanthropic support to promote student success, academic initiatives, research and other strategic priorities of the University of South Florida, and will serve as fiscal sponsor for this grant. View Website