Hello from the Greater Houston Community Foundation!
We hope that you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy - we know these times can be difficult and uncertain. Social distancing and staying at home are working – keep it up!
If you or people you know have been affected by the economic and social impacts of COVID-19, please take the COVID-19 Community Impact Survey at
GulfCoastCovidSurvey.org
. The information you provide will be used to help local nonprofits understand the economic needs of households affected by COVID-19.
Best Regards,
The GHCF Team
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GREATER HOUSTON COVID-19 RECOVERY FUND
$4.8 Million Raised & Climbing
In collaboration with the United Way of Greater Houston, we are honored to launch the newly established Greater Houston COVID-19 Recovery Fund.
This fund is a unique initiative to help meet the needs of our neighbors related to the COVID-19 outbreak and the sudden, severe financial hardships many in our community are facing. The joint fund will provide urgently needed necessities such as food, health care, shelter, and utility assistance to vulnerable individuals and families, and will continue to respond to emerging needs over time. To learn more about the Fund and to donate, please visit
www.greaterhoustonrecovery.org
.
This report
summarizes responses from 76 nonprofit partners who contribute to our region’s disaster response and are likely to be active in COVID-19 response. If you are a nonprofit organization providing COVID-19 response services, please fill out the
COVID-19 Nonprofit Inquiry Form
so that we can understand your needs. Round 1 grants will be announced mid-April.
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THANK YOU, HOUSTON ENDOWMENT!
The Houston Endowment is leveraging your gift to the Greater Houston COVID-19 Recovery Fund to help more of our neighbors!
In addition to their $1 million lead gift, the Houston Endowment will donate an additional dollar for every $4 contributed to the Fund, up to a total match gift of $1 million.
That means your $100 gift will become a $125 gift to our community.
Give now
and make your gift go further.
"The Houston Endowment is committed to supporting the well-being of our community through the
Greater Houston COVID-19 Recovery Fund
. Through our $1 million lead gift and additional $1 million challenge grant, we hope to encourage others to join us to address the urgent needs in Greater Houston created by COVID-19,” said Ann Stern, president and CEO of Houston Endowment.
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GHCF OFFICE UPDATE
We have always been proud to serve in times of crisis– this time is no different. We are here to help our community persevere and recover.
Our physical office may be closed but it is business as usual for our team. We are fully operational with all employees available by email and cell at your convenience. This past week, we processed our first batch of grant checks electronically and that process is up and running. If you wish to contribute to your fund, please send checks to our alternate mailing address.
You must write your fund ID in the memo line for your donation to be attributed to your fund
.
Make checks payable to:
Greater Houston Community Foundation, P.O. Box 734918, Dallas, TX 75373-4918
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To learn more about our recent operational efforts, watch our virtual
Donor & Client Briefing
we held last week!
This one-hour webinar covers GHCF, local and national updates on COVID-19 philanthropic efforts, brief information about aid available to charities under the COVID-19 relief act, local nonprofit needs assessment and online dashboard, and employee relief options for companies.
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GHCF OFFICE HOURS
The GHCF virtual office will close at 12PM on Thursday, April 9, and will open for normal business hours on Monday, April 13.
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HELP PROTECT ART IN HOUSTON
An unprecedented coalition of arts organizations serving the Houston region has launched a new fund to provide basic needs to the arts community during the pandemic.
The Greater Houston Arts Relief Fund
supports critical life needs, such as housing, health, and food security for individuals who work in the arts—many of whom cannot currently access unemployment or business loans due to restrictions, while they struggle to provide food for their families and pay other critical bills. Already, a survey of economic impact from March 27 shows 75% of artists’ contracts being cancelled and hundreds of layoffs.
Click on the designated links to
learn more
about the fund and its partners,
apply
for funding, or to
donate
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Thank you to our marketing partner,
Deutser
, for sharing these incredible guides with us. Click on the images above to access each guide.
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GHCF is proud to be a
Houston Work Safe Company
! Learn more about the Greater Houston Partnership Initiative and what it means to be a Work Safe company.
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