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STAMFORD, CT -- Families thrown into financial turmoil due to the COVID-19 crisis can access free, fresh produce with a simple phone scan, thanks to an emergency fund started through United Way of Western Connecticut.

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DERBY, CT -- Four Valley organizations have joined forces to create a fund to aid nonprofit groups most adversely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The Valley Community COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund, established through the collaborative efforts of the Valley Community Foundation, Valley United Way, Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Valley Health and Human Service Council, has already collected more than $150,000 with plans to provide grants to eligible Valley organizations.

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NEW HAVEN, CT -- The NewAlliance Foundation Board and Staff respond to the upheaval COVID-19 has caused their non-profit partners and communities.

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BERLIN, CT -- As part of its efforts to support all of its customers and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, Eversource today announced that the energy company is donating more than $2 million through the Eversource Foundation to nonprofit organizations in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

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WASHINGTON, DC -- In this article about donor advised funds during the coronavirus pandemic, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation's donor advised grants are mentioned.

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ORANGE, CT -- United Illuminating, Southern Connecticut Gas, and Connecticut Natural Gas, subsidiaries of AVANGRID, Inc today announced $210,000 in donations to community organizations that are working to ease the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Connecticut residents and businesses.

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HARTFORD, CT -- United Way's Board of Directors held a special meeting last week to approve a $150,000 investment in the organization's Neighbors in Need fund. The fund, which is dedicated to disaster relief and response, will provide individuals and families with food, emergency assistance and childcare services through community-based organizations.

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HARTFORD, CT -- The first round of the Hartford Foundation's COVID-19 Response Fund, with a grant total of $1.6 million, is supporting community-based organizations that provide basic human needs to residents with the greatest need.

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NEW YORK, NY -- A coalition of more than twenty national arts funders, including Connecticut's Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, has launched an emergency relief fund that will provide millions of dollars to artists struggling financially in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States.

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HARTFORD, CT -- In this CT Mirror article, Patricia Baker, president of the Connecticut Health Foundation, which focuses on health disparities, gives her brief thoughts on the State virus data and health disparities.

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