Rhode Island Foundation and United Way of Rhode Island today
announced that local nonprofit organizations at the forefront of COVID-19
response can apply for a COVID-19 Response Fund Grant; application
information can be found at https://rifoundation.org/grant/subvenciones-del-fondo-de-repuesta-al-covid-19.
The two organizations jointly established the COVID-19 Response
Fund and in just a week the Foundation has raised over $3.3 million in initial
contributions from many generous donors. The current list of contributors can
be found at
https://rifoundation.org/news/rhode-island-foundations-response-to-covid-19
Contributions to United Way stand at $735,000.
The fund total stands at just over $4 million, and will begin
making grants as early as next week.