Community Food Funders has been working to compile resources that are relevant to the philanthropic sector and our grantees, related to food and farming systems during the COVID-19 crisis. This is an ongoing list in formation and will be updated periodically. Please use the contact us form if you would like something added to this list.
Starting in March, CFF hosted recurring calls for funders only. The last call took place in June, but you can read notes and recaps at the link above.
Funding Opportunities
- New York City COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund (housed at NY Community Trust)
- Robin Hood Relief Fund
- Brooklyn Community Foundation COVID-19 Response Fund
- The James Beard Foundation Food and Beverage Industry Relief Fund
- NYS Covid Response Funds (NY Funders Alliance)
- Coronavirus Financial Impact Loan Program (Zero-interest loans by Hebrew Free Loan Society)
- Voices For Healthy Kids (for systems/policy change, American Heart Association)
- Relief Funds for Restaurants, Bars, and Food Service Workers (Eater)
- Restaurant Opportunities Center Disaster Relief Fund
- Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation Crisis Relief Fund
- UWNYC Covid-19 Community Fund
- HHS Announces Grants ($250M) to Provide Meals for Older Adults
- American Farmland Trust Farmer Relief Fund
- WhyHunger Rapid Response Fund
- Trinity Church Wall Street COVID-19 emergency response grants
- Families and Workers Fund (National)
- Special and Urgent Needs Fund (Adirondack Foundation, outside NYC)
- Capital Region Community COVID-19 Response Fund (Albany region)
- Philanthropic Response and Recovery Funds: Food & Ag Sector (National compilation by SAFSF)
Resource Hubs & Info
- Coronavirus NYC Food Resource Guides (Hunter College Food Policy Center)
- Feeding New York: The Plan for Keeping Our City Fed During the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis (April 16, 2020)
- COVID-19 Food Hub NYC (Food Education Fund)
- NYC Schools COVID-19 Response Effort
- National Find Food Map (Why Hunger)
- NY Foundation resource hub
- Mayor de Blasio Announces NYC COVID-19 Immigrant Emergency Relief Program with OSF
- De Blasio Names ‘Food Czar’ to Combat Impending Hunger Crisis (Gotham Gazette)
- NYC’s bodegas now have a dedicated delivery app (Eater)
- NYS Application for waivers for Operating Child Nutrition Programs when Schools are Closed due to COVID-19
- Resources for Restaurants and Workers (RWCF)
- NYS Dept of Health Covid-specific website
- NCFP COVID-19: Response and Recovery Resources for Giving Families
- No Neighbors in Need NYC (public google doc with resources)
- New York COVID-19 Mutual Aid Volunteer Sign up
- Farmers’ Guide to COVID-19 Relief (Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc.)
- Tisch Center blog, and this post: COVID-19 NYC Update & Resources
Webinar recordings
We are updating our events calendar with new webinars as we find out about them, so check back regularly for upcoming events.
- Beyond 5%: Increasing Support in a Time of Crisis (National Center for Family Philanthropy, 4/15/20)
- Grassroots Power & Vision in the Time of COVID-19 (It Takes Roots, 4/10/20) Slide deck here
- Filling the NYC Emergency Food Gap (FoodPrint Group, 4/1/20)
- Hunger, Food and the Coronavirus in NYC (Hunter Food Policy Center, 3/31/20)
- COVID-19 and the Food & Agriculture System (Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders, 3/27/20)
- Food Access & Distribution in NYC during Covid-19 (Community Food Funders, 3/18/20)