The Vermont Community Foundation Announces an Additional $529,000 in Grants from the VT COVID-19 Response Fund

During the week of April 13th, the Vermont Community Foundation distributed the second round of grants from both the Vermont COVID-19 Response Fund and the Community Foundation’s own discretionary grants budget, totaling $529,000. Through these channels, approximately $1.16 million has been distributed since the Fund was established on March 13th. As of April 15th, donations to the VT COVID-19 Response Fund have reached $3.2 million, which the Community Foundation will continue to distribute in multiple phases to respond to immediate needs and long-term recovery efforts across the state.

Community Foundation grants have ranged from $500 to $25,000 and have been made directly to organizations serving vulnerable populations as well as to partner organizations which are making sub-grants to their network members. This second round of grants is focused on shelters serving families and domestic violence survivors, food pantries and food shelves, as well as home health and visiting nurse agencies. A small number of grants have also been made to organizations working on language translation, coordination of community organizing efforts, and training for end of life counseling.

Home Health and Hospice Network

• Addison County Home Health & Hospice
• Caledonia Home Health & Hospice
• Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice 
• Franklin County Home Health Agency
• Lamoille Home Health & Hospice
• Orleans Essex VNA & Hospice
• UVM Health Network Home Health and Hospice
• Visiting Nurse & Hospice for Vermont & New Hampshire
• VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region

Homelessness and Emergency Shelter

• ANEW BTV
• Another Way
• Bennington Coalition for the Homeless
• Bethany Church Shelter
• COTS BTV
• Good Samaritan Haven Barre
• John Graham Emergency Shelter
• NEK Community Action
• Open Door Mission Rutland
• Samaritan House St. Albans
• Spectrum
• Windsor County Youth Services

 Support for Coordination, Training, Resources

• Association of Africans Living in Vermont
• Association of Area Agencies on Aging
• New Americans in Vermont Website - One Good Deed Fund
• Prevent Child Abuse Vermont
• Vermont Council on Rural Development

In addition, the Community Foundation's Grants & Community Investments team worked with the Vermont Network for Domestic and Sexual Violence and the Vermont Foodbank to subgrant their member networks.

Vermont Network for Domestic and Sexual Violence

• AWARE
• CIRCLE
• Clarina Howard Nichols
• Hope Works
• Pride Center
• Project Against Violent Encounters
• NewStory Center
• Safeline
• Steps to End Domestic Violence
• Umbrella
• Voices Against Violence
• WISE
• Womensafe

Vermont Foodbank

• ACCAG-Hope
• Addison Community Action/CVOEO
• AGAPE Christian Fellowship
• AIDS Project of Southern VT
• AIDS Project of Southern VT FOOD
• Applegate Apartments
• Arlington Food Shelf
• Arrowhead SeniorCenter
• Aunt Dot's Place Inc.
• Barre Evangelical Free Church
• Barre Salvation Army
• Barre Universalist Church
• Barton Area Senior Services Inc.
• Bennington County Meals
• Bethany United Church of Christ
• Bethel Area Food Shelf
• Bible Baptist Food Basket
• Black River Good Neighbor Services
• Bradford Churches Food Shelf
• Brandon Area Emergency Food Shelf
• Brattleboro Senior Meals Inc.
• BROC Bennington Food Shelf
• BROC Rutland Food Shelf
• Burke Senior Meal Site
• Burlington Salvation Army
• Calvary Chapel
• Cambridge Community Food Shelf
• Capstone Community Action
• CERV
• Champlain Islands Food Shelf
• Charlotte Food Shelf
• Charter House Coalition
• Chelsea Area Senior Ctr/CVCOA
• Chester-Andover Family Center
• Christ Church
• Colchester Comm. Food Shelf
• Community Food Cupboard
• Cornucopia
• Danville Ecumenical Community Center
• Danville Senior Action Center
• Darling Inn Senior Meals
• Deerfield Valley Food Pantry
• Duxbury Elf Shelf
• EJU Ecumenical Food Shelf
• Enosburg Food Shelf
• Enough Ministries/ First Baptist Church
• Fair Haven Concerned Inc.
• Fairfield Community Center Association
• Faith In Action Northern Commu
• Faith In Action/NEK
• Federated Church of Rochester
• Feeding Chittendenf/CVOEO
• Food4Kids-Guilford
• Food4Kids-Putney
• Foodworks
• Georgia Food Shelf
• Glover Senior Center
• Greater Randolph Senior Center
• Green Mountain Bible Church
• Green Mtn. Christian Center
• Green Street School
• Groton Lunches with Friends Inc.
• Guilford Cares Food Pantry
• Hardwick Area Food Pantry
• Hardwick Dinner
• Heavenly Food Pantry
• Hedding United Methodist Church
• Helping Other People Everyday (HOPE)
• Hinesburg Community Resource Center
• His Pantry
• Island Pond Food Shelf
• Jamaica-Wardsboro Food Pantry
• Jay Food Shelf
• John Graham Emergency Shelter
• Johnson Food Shelf
• Just Basics Inc.
• Kingdom  Community Services
• Kitchen Cupboard
• Lake Region Senior Center/ NEKCOA
• Lamoille Community Food Share
• Lamoille County Mental Health Services
• Loaves &  Fishes
• Lyndon Area Food Shelf
• Mad River Valley Sr. Citizens
• Malletts Bay Congregational Church
• Maquam Bay of Missisquoi Inc.
• Martha's Kitchen
• Meals on Wheels of Lamoille Co
• Middlesex UMC Food Shelf
• Milton Family Community Center
• Montgomery UMC Food Pantry
• Montpelier Senior Meals
• MRV Interfaith Council Fund
• Mustard Seed Soup Kitchen
• Neighbors Helping Neighbors
• NEKCA Canaan
• NEKCA Island Pond
• NEKCA St. Johnsbury
• NEKCA Newport
• New Hope UMC Food Shelf
• Newbury Food Shelf
• Northgate Residents Ownership Corporation
• NorthWest Family Foods/CVOEO
• Old Brick Church
• Onion River Food Shelf, Inc.
• Orange East Senior Center
• Our Neighbors Table
• Our Place Drop-In Center
• Oxbow Senior Independence Program
• Pittsford Food Shelf
• Pleasant Street Baptist Church
• Poultney Food Shelf
• Praise Chapel Christian Outreach
• Putney Foodshelf Incorporated
• Quin-Town Senior Center
• Randolph Area Food Shelf
• Reading-West Windsor Food Shelf
• Richmond Food Shelf and Thrift Store Inc
• Roxbury Food Shelf
• Rutland City Mission
• Rutland Community Cupboard
• Rutland County Parent Child Center
• Rutland County Parent Child Center at Brandon
• Rutland Salvation Army
• Rutland United Methodist Church
• Second Congregational Church
• Shaftsbury United Methodist Church
• Sharon Food Shelf
• Sheffield Food Pantry
• Shelburne Food Shelf Inc.
• Sheldon Methodist Church
• Sid's Pantry
• So.Royalton Senior Center/Strafford
• South Burlington Food Shelf
• South Royalton Community Food Shelf
• Springfield Family Center, Inc.
• St. Amadeus Church
• St. Brigid's Kitchen
• St. Brigid's Pantry
• St. John the Baptist Church
• St. Johnsbury Nutrition Center
• St. Marks Episcopal Church
• Swanton Community Food Shelf
• The Galley/Barre Housing
• Thetford Food Shelf
• Thompson Senior Center
• Townshend Community Food Shelf
• Twin Valley Seniors Inc.
• UCM Community Lunch
• United Church Of Chelsea
• United Church of Newport
• Upper Valley Haven
• Vergennes Community Food Shelf
• Vernon Advent Christian Church
• Victory Baptist Church
• Waterbury Area Food Shelf
• Waterbury Area Senior Center
• Weathersfield Food Shelf
• Websterville Baptist Church
• West Barnet Sr. Meals
• West Brattleboro Baptist Church
• Westgate Housing Inc.
• White River Council on Aging
• Williamstown Food Shelf
• Williston Community Food Shelf
• Winooski Food Shelf
• Woodbury Calais Food Shelf
• Woodstock Community Food Shelf
• Worcester Community Kitchen and Food Shelf
• Young At Heart Senior Center