During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, The Prospect Hill Foundation wants to reaffirm our commitment to all of our grantee partners, past and present. We express our support, concern and love for you all during this time of great anxiety. We are paying close attention to our partners and to the nonprofit sector in general. Thank you to those who have reached out already to let us know how you’re doing. Thank you to those who have creatively and quickly transitioned to offer programs remotely. We know this time is profoundly challenging.
Below are links to emergency & rapid response grant funds; resources to support working remotely; and daily offerings on facebook and Instagram as well as inspiring videos from our grantees during this time of COVID-19.
Emergency & Rapid Response Grant Funds
For Those Serving NYC communities
- Adirondack Foundation
- The New York Community Trust
- Brooklyn Community Foundation
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- The U.S. Small Business Administration
- New York Communities Organizing Fund
- Borealis Philanthropy’s Commitment to Trans Communities
For New York State Regions
- Adirondack Region
- Cattaraugus Region
- Central New York
- Chautauqua Region
- Greater Capital Region
- Greater Rochester Area
- Hudson Valley
- Mohawk Valley
- Tompkins County
- Westchester County
- Western New York
Other Resources
- Cares Act Loan Options for Nonprofits
- Resources for Kinship Caregivers in NYS
- New York Lawyers for the Public interest (general resource for nonprofits)
Emergency Grant Programs for Artists and Arts Organizations
Grants to individual artists
Covering lost wages due to COVID-19-related closures and cancellations
National
- Actors Fund Emergency Financial Assistance (national; for entertainment industry professionals with earnings of at least $6,500 for three out of the last five years, or a minimum of 20 years of industry employment with a minimum of 10 years of earnings of at least $5,000)
- Dramatists Guild Foundation Emergency Grants (for playwrights, composers, lyricists, book writers)
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts COVID-19 Relief Fund (for contemporary, experimental artists)
- Equal Sound Corona Relief Fund (for musicians)
- Jazz Foundation of America Musicians’ Emergency Fund (for blues, jazz, and roots musicians)
- New Music Solidarity Fund (for new, creative, experimental, or improvised music freelancers)
New York City
Grants to organizations and artists
Covering lost earned income and wages due to COVID-19-related closures and cancellations
Resources to Support Working Remotely
Consider these online tools
- Slack https://slack.com/
- Zoom https://zoom.us/
Community Wisdom (PDFs for download)
Made available by www.thoughtpartnerships.org
About Zoom Bombing
- How to Prevent Zoombombing (Anti-Defamation League )
- How to Prevent Zoombombing (PC Magazine)
- Best PRactices for Securing Your Virtual Classroom (Zoom Blog)
- What is Zoombombing and who is behind it? (Anti-Defamation League )
Inspiration from Our Grantees
Daily Offerings
- Breakfast By The Bay 10am daily on Facebook Live
- Rubin Museum
- Ballet Hispanic – B Unidos series
- NY Philharmonic – for kids
Podcasts
Concerts
Videos
Inspiring Words
Human Justice Quote by Kitty O’Meara
(shared by Center for NuLeadership)
“And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently. And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal. And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed.”