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Resources for COVID-19 relief

Suzanne Coffman (she/her)
October 19, 2020

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In mid-March, as communities locked down to slow the spread of COVID-19, Candid created a webpage on the philanthropic response to the pandemic. The page summarizes COVID-19 relief and related funding, provides news items and blog posts for context, and links to Candid Learning webinars to help nonprofits accomplish their missions in a vastly changed world.

It also links to several resources for COVID-19 relief. As the pandemic and its impact persist, we thought it would be helpful to highlight these resources here. Note: Candid does not make grants to nonprofits or individuals. If you are seeking COVID-19 relief, please refer to the resources below.

Relief for nonprofits, individuals, artists, and small businesses

Candid Learning Knowledge base article—this article identifies grants for nonprofits, grants for individuals, grants for artists (all disciplines), grants for small businesses, and international aid. We update it as we learn about new resources.

Relief for organizations

Funds for COVID-19 relief—as of this morning, this page listed 975 funds. You can filter them by location and search them by keyword. This list automatically updates several times a day.
Requests for proposals (RFPs)—as of this morning, this page listed 342 RFPs. You can filter them by location and search them by keyword. This list automatically updates several times a day.
Additional resources from other organizations—this page identifies resources curated primarily by global umbrella philanthropy and nonprofit-serving organizations. We update it as we learn about new resources.

A message for funders

As Candid’s Grace Sato noted recently, we cannot identify 85 percent of the organizations slated to receive COVID-19 funding. You can help fill this gap by sharing information about your COVID grantmaking with us. Nearly 200 funders have already done so. Find out who they are.

The time you take to share information about your work will make a difference. It will help identify underserved communities, prevent duplicate efforts, and allow every dollar granted to have maximum impact.

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About the author

Suzanne Coffman (she/her)

Editorial Director, Candid
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As publisher of the Candid Blog and Candid Newsletter, Suzanne strives to give Candid’s stakeholders information to help them do good. As chief writing guru, grammar and style maven, and English usage referee, she works to help her colleagues communicate effectively.

Suzanne followed a circuitous route to Candid. Each stop enabled her to strengthen her research, writing, and editing abilities. Early in her career, she was a research assistant and then historian at the U.S. Department of State. She left this position to undertake doctoral work in American history. As part of her doctoral program, she received formal editorial training at the Omohundro Institute of Early American History. After completing her doctoral exams, she was assistant editor at the Papers of John Marshall. From there, she moved to the Publications Department of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, where she served as associate editor and then editor/writer. In November 1999, she joined GuideStar, where she held a number of roles: web content coordinator, managing editor of the GuideStar website, director of communications, and editorial director. She retained the position of editorial director when GuideStar and Foundation Center joined forces in February 2019.

Suzanne holds an A.B. in English and history from The College of William and Mary and an M.A. in American Civilization from The George Washington University. She abandoned her doctoral dissertation after a computer crash ate some of her research and led her to reevaluate her career goals. It was the right decision, but she regrets it.

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