Honeywell and Charlotte Center City Partners announced the creation of the Center City Small Business Innovation Fund, launching with an initial investment of $2 million by Honeywell and in partnership with Foundation For The Carolinas.

New York's community foundation, the New York Community Trust, is partnering with the United Jewish Appeal (UJA) Federation of New York and Robin Hood on a new $500,000 venture which will provide consulting services for hundreds of New York nonprofits suffering economic hardship due to COVID-19.

Community foundations have historically been philanthropy’s first responders.

When disaster strikes, they immediately stand up platforms to receive and distribute relief funds; take stock of the damage; identify the greatest needs; and marshal nonprofits, government, and businesses to create rapid, agile and coordinated responses extending from relief to recovery to reconstruction.

Thus, it should not come as a surprise that in the face of a pandemic that poses an unprecedented threat, more than 400 community foundations in every U.S. state immediately set up COVID-19 response funds.

Donor-advised fund account holders at community foundations have been rallying to help those in need in the face of the Covid-19 crisis, granting hundreds of millions to support their neighbors in communities large and small across the U.S.

According to a new survey by the Community Foundation Public Awareness Initiative, donor-advised funds at 64 U.S. community foundations granted $821.9 million to nonprofits in March and April. That figure represents an increase of $302.5 million, or 58.2 percent, compared with the same period one year ago.

In many communities, donors have granted two or three times more than they have in previous years – and are pledging to make additional contributions to nonprofits as the crisis continues to unfold.

Dallas Foundation President and CEO Matthew Randazzo outlines several actions foundations can take to better support their grantees, both now and for the long-term.

The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga and the United Way of Greater Chattanooga raised more than $500,000 for tornado relief after a powerful storm tore through Tennessee in April.

The Victor Murdock Fund at the Wichita Community Foundation is awarding $120,000 to two Wichita nonprofits that are focusing on mental health and education.

A diverse coalition of individuals, companies, and foundations have rallied to mobilize at least $718.7 million to support community foundation-led Covid-19 relief efforts across the United States.

That dollar figure includes funds managed by more than 350 community foundations in all 50 states that have provided data to the Community Foundation Public Awareness Initiative.

Much of that money is already at work in communities -- with more to come over the coming weeks.

To date, community foundations have granted at least $284.3 million to nonprofits that are working to provide food, shelter and other basic needs; help schools purchase and distribute computers to students who would otherwise not be able to access distance learning programs; and deliver a long list of other critical services.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas has partnered with Communities Foundation of Texas and a statewide network of community foundations in the Lone Star state to administer its $1 million COVID-19 Collaborative Grant Fund.

E4E Relief, a subsidiary of the Foundation For The Carolinas, will provide cash grant awards through The Brave of Heart Fund for family members of those who have lost their lives due to COVID-19.