Foundations in the News

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Chronicle of Philanthropy Coverage

Inside 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