Foundations in the News
Philanthropy in the News
Chronicle of Philanthropy Coverage
United Philanthropy Forum: "Joint PSO Statement: Keep Equity at the Forefront in Philanthropy's Response to Coronavirus"
DAFNE: "Italian Foundations Emergency Response"
Grant Oliphant: "COVID-19: A test of community"
Wall Street Journal: "Private Wealth to the Rescue"
See How Council Members Are Responding
Highlights from Council Members' financial and non-financial COVID-19 responses. Visit our relief funds tracker for a listing of funds established by community foundations and others globally. Council member and don't see your name below? Reach out to Brian.Kastner@cof.org.
- Otto Bremer Trust: Establishes $50 million emergency response fund
- Delta Dental: $5 million for helping communities most impacted by COVID-19
- PwC Chartiable Foundation: $2.85 million support communities affected
- SC Johnson: Commits $5 million more to its COVID-19 response
- Cisco: Committing $225 million to global COVID-19 response
- New York Community Trust: $75 million fund established with support from NY-based foundations
- Rockefeller Foundation: $20 million to strengthen global pandemic preparedness and support vulnerable communities
- California Endowment: $5 million for COVID-19 response focused on Central Valley and Inland Empire
- Robert W. Woodruff Foundation: $5 million to Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and United Way of Greater Atlanta
- Walmart and Walmart Foundation: Commit $25 million to global COVID-19 response
- Bank of America: Pledges $100 million in support of communities around the world
- Facebook: Launches $100 million fund to support small businesses
- Lilly Endowment: $15 million to start Central Indiana COVID-19 Community Economic Relief Fund
- Heinz Endowments: Joined forces with Pittsburgh foundations to launch $10 million fund
- Microsoft: Launches various initiatives and provides funding to Seattle Foundation response fund
- Mastercard Impact Fund: Commits $25 million to Therapeutics Accelerator with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Continues to announce new committments to support global and local fight against COVID-19
- Medtronic Foundation: Announces an aditional $10 million committment in addition to previous $1.2 million made by Medtronic and Medtronic Foundation
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Our Committment to Our Grantees
- PATH Foundation: COVID-19 Update