The Vermont Community Foundation Announces First Grant Recipients from VT COVID-19 Response Fund
The Vermont Community Foundation distributed the first round of grants, totaling $380,000, from its Vermont COVID-19 Response Fund during the week of March 23rd. The grants ranged from $5,000 to $30,000 and were made specifically to entities addressing homelessness, working on the frontlines with vulnerable populations, and providing basic needs, such as meals and food access to homebound seniors.
A portion of the grants went to community-based organizations like community-action agencies and coordinated-entry lead agencies that have critical programs for individuals and families experiencing poverty, including food shelves, housing, and more.
- BROC – Community Action in Southwestern Vermont
- Capstone Community Action
- Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity
- Charter House
- Groundworks Collaborative
- Homeless Prevention Centers
- Northeast Kingdom Community Action
- Southeastern Vermont Community Action
- Springfield Supported Housing Program
- Upper Valley Haven
In addition, we focused on organizations who are contracting with the Area Agencies on Aging and providing distributed meals to home and housebound seniors.
- Bellows Falls Area Senior Center
- Black River Area Senior Center
- Brattleboro Senior Meals
- Bugbee Senior Center – White River Council on Aging
- Burke Senior Meals Program
- Chelsea Senior Center
- C.I.D.E.R.
- City Hotel Meal Site – Barre Housing Services, Inc.
- Danville Senior Action Center
- Greater Randolph Senior Center
- Greensboro Nursing Home
- Groton Lunches with Friends
- Lyndon Area Senior Meal Program/Darling Inn Senior Meal Site
- Mad River Valley Senior Citizens
- Meals on Wheels of Bennington County – Bennington County Meals program
- Meals on Wheels of Greater Springfield
- Meals on Wheels Lamoille County
- Montpelier Home Delivery/Montpelier Senior Activity Center
- Northfield Senior Center
- Orange East Senior Center
- Oxbow Senior Independence Program
- Quin-Town Senior Centers
- South Royalton Senior Center
- St. Johnsbury Nutritional Center
- Thompson Senior Center
- Twin Valley Senior Center
- Waterbury Area Senior Center
- Young at Heart Senior Center – Poultney area