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(Updated June 15, 2020) Below are some resources that you can give to or reach out to. We’ll do our best to keep you updated via our website, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Resource Clearinghouses

  1. Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance COVID-19 Resources
  2. Coronavirus Information for Nonprofits from Lawyers Alliance
  3. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Relief Center from Paul, Weiss, Rifkin, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  4. COVID-19/At-Home Mental Health Resource List
  5. COVIDAid Directory of Food and Testing Resources
  6. COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resources
  7. COVID-19 Nonprofit & Philanthropy Resources
  8. COVID-19 Resources for Foundations and Donors from National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
  9. COVID-19 Resources from Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety
  10. COVID-19 Updates from Nonprofit New York
  11. Database of Localized Resources During Corona Outbreak
  12. Hand in Hand Resources for Domestic Employers
  13. Irresistible Social Justice Resources for COVID-19 Response
  14. Mutual Aid Database
  15. Mutual Aid NYC
  16. NYC United Against Coronavirus
  17. NYCEDU Resources for Youth and Families (you can also submit your resource to them)
  18. Philanthropy New York COVID-19 Resource Page
  19. Resources from Funders for LGBTQ Issues
  20. Resources for Businesses and Individuals from ICA Group
  21. Sylvia Rivera Law Project Resources
  22. Top Covid-19 Resources for NYC Youth And Families
  23. Translated COVID-19 Resources
  24. US Federation of Worker Coops COVID-19 Resource Page

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Giving to Direct Assistance/Mutual Aid

  1. #NYUnited Fund from New York Immigration Coalition
  2. Abolition Action Grocery Fund
  3. Adelante Student Voices Emergency Fund
  4. Adhikaar COVID Emergency Fund
  5. Alianza Agricola Emergency Solidarity Fund COVID19
  6. Amazon Whistleblower Support Fund
  7. Apache Covid-19 Aid
  8. Black Trans Media’s Twitter posts requests for support for individuals
  9. Brandworkers COVID-19 Organizing Fund
  10. Brooklyn Shows Love Emergency Fund for Hourly Workers
  11. BYP100 Mutual Aid Fund
  12. CAAAV’s #CancelRent Fund
  13. Centro Corona, Project Hajra, and Queens Neighborhood United Mutual Aid Fund
  14. Cosecha Mutual Aid Fund for Undocumented Immigrants
  15. Community Solidarity Fund at CPD
  16. COVID-19 Emergency Fund for LGBTQIA+ Immigrants
  17. COVID-19 Rapid Response Workers Fund
  18. Damayan Emergency Fund for Filipinos in the Coronavirus Epicenter
  19. Domestic Workers United Love Offering Campaign
  20. DRUM Member Emergency Aid Fund
  21. Emergency COVID Relief for Sex Workers in New York
  22. Emergency Fund for Indo-Caribbean Domestic Violence Survivors
  23. Farmworkers’ COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Fund
  24. Flushing Mutual Aid Fund
  25. Frontline Workers Fund
  26. House Lives Matter COVID-19 Ballroom Relief Fund
  27. Immigrant Worker Safety Net Fund
  28. Indigenous Kinship Collective Mutual Aid Funds
  29. IntegrateNYC Youth Aid Fund
  30. Justice for All Coalition COVID-19 Fund
  31. Make the Road New York’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund
  32. Mano a Mano Mutual Aid Fund
  33. Masa’s COVID-19 Family Relief Fund
  34. MinKwon COVID-19 Share the Relief Fund
  35. Mixteca’s Emergency Fund for Undocumented Folks
  36. Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) COVID-19 Mutual Aid Fund
  37. Movimiento’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Immigrants in El Barrio
  38. Nail Salon Worker Resilience Fund
  39. National Domestic Workers Alliance Care Fund
  40. New York Car Wash Workers Support Fund
  41. NYC Co-op Emergency Fund in Solidarity with Undocumented Worker-owners
  42. NYC Low-Income Artist/Freelancer Relief Fund
  43. NYCOFI’s COVID-19 Relief Fund
  44. One Fair Wage Emergency Coronavirus Tipped and Service Worker Support Fund
  45. Parole Preparation Project COVID-19 Response Fund
  46. Protect Street Homeless People from COVID19
  47. Redhawk Artist Relief Fund
  48. Restaurant Worker Disaster Relief Fund
  49. Seed Commons Worker Response Fund
  50. Service Workers Coalition
  51. Solidarity4Service
  52. Staten Island Immigrant Emergency Fund
  53. Street Vendor COVID-19 Emergency Fund
  54. UPS Workers Organizing Fund
  55. White Plains DREAM Alumni’s emergency fund
  56. Workers Fund from the Workers Lab
  57. Worker’s Justice Project Jornalera Relief Fund
  58. Yonkers Sanctuary Movement Dando Una Mano Fund

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Receiving Direct Assistance/Mutual Aid

  1. AAANY Community Relief Network Sign Up
  2. Abolition Action Grocery Fund
  3. Artist Relief Fund
  4. Brooklyn Shows Love Emergency Fund for Hourly Workers
  5. Coronavirus Financial Impact Loan
  6. COVID Emergency Fund for Black and Undocumented Immigrants
  7. Emergency COVID Relief for Sex Workers in New York (contact them via email)
  8. House Lives Matter COVID-19 Ballroom Relief Fund
  9. How to Get Help as Cities, States Shut Down to Curb Coronavirus
  10. Mano a Mano Mutual Aid Fund
  11. National Domestic Workers Alliance Care Fund
  12. One Fair Wage Emergency Coronavirus Tipped and Service Worker Support Fund
  13. Service Workers Coalition (contact them via email)
  14. Restaurant Worker Disaster Relief Fund
  15. Solidarity4Service
  16. TRACC Community Care Request Form: COVID-19

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Rapid Response Grants or Loans

  1. CARES Act, federal stimulus analysis from National Council of Nonprofits
  2. Brooklyn Community Foundation COVID-19 Response Fund
  3. Capital Region Community COVID-19 Response Fund
  4. Emergent Fund
  5. FMA PPP Toolbox
  6. National Map of COVID-19 Relief Funds
  7. New York Forward Loan Fund (NYFLF)
  8. New York Presbyterian Hospital and the Hispanic Federation Northern Manhattan Emergency Recovery Fund
  9. New York Women’s Foundation’s 2020 Resilience-NYC: COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund
  10. Nonprofit Finance Fund is issuing emergency no-interest loans for human service and arts organizations as a part of the NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund
  11. NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund, administered by The New York Community Trust
  12. Paycheck Protection Program (part of the federal CARES act) by the Small Business Association
  13. Primer on SBA Paycheck Protection Loans and Loan Forgiveness
  14. Rapid Response Grants in the Hudson Valley
  15. Resist Rapid Response Grants
  16. Robin Hood COVID-19 Relief Fund
  17. SUSU Rapid Response Support for Black Feminists
  18. Strategic Opportunities Support (SOS) Rapid Response Fund
  19. Trinity Church Wall Street COVID-19 Emergency Response Grants
  20. Urgent Action Fund
  21. Voices for Healthy Kids COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant Opportunity
  22. Westchester COVID-19 Response Fund

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How to Adapt Organizing

Organizing and Working Remotely

  1. Campaign Bootcamp’s Going Virtual Tips
  2. Digital Organizing Toolkit from Community Change Action
  3. Digital Security and Resilience in the Time of Coronavirus
  4. Free Premium Slack Accounts for COVID-related Nonprofits (info in Twitter post)
  5. How To Facilitate Effective Virtual Meetings by Beth Kanter
  6. How to Cultivate Meaningful Online Gatherings by David Ehrlichman
  7. How to keep uninvited guests our of your Zoom Event (by Zoom)
  8. How to broadcast a Zoom webinar on Facebook Live or Streaming a Meeting Help Article by Zoom
  9. How to Join a Zoom Meeting
  10. Immediate Support to Help Grantees Ramp up on Digital Tools and Tactics to Build Power from Social Movement Technologies
  11. Leading Groups Online Guide
  12. Resources for organizers, campaigners and digital strategists to respond to coronavirus
  13. Tips for Online Retreats and Meetings
  14. Tips, tools, and examples for event organizers during the coronavirus outbreak
  15. Training for Change Online Facilitation Tools and Trainings
  16. Working During COVID-19: How to be Good at Video Meetings

Campaign Development and Messaging

  1. Adapting Strategy & Building Power in Crisis (podcast)
  2. Coronavirus Is a Historic Trigger Event—and It Needs a Movement to Respond
  3. Fascists Are Using COVID-19 to Advance Their Agenda. It’s Up to Us to Stop Them.
  4. Four Fights to Wage in the COVID-19 Era
  5. Opportunity Agenda COVID-19 Messaging Resources
  6. Racial Equity Tools for COVID-19
  7. Resources for Advocacy During COVID-19
  8. Uplift COVID-19 Messaging Guide
  9. Stepping into the Moment: The Corona-Crisis

Finances and Scenario Planning

  1. Cash Flow Tracker Template
  2. How to Scenario Plan for COVID-19
  3. Tough Times Call for Tough Action: A Decision Framework for Nonprofit Leaders and Boards
  4. Ultimate Guide to Virtual Fundraising

Management and Workplace

  1. Hiring During COVID-19
  2. Staying in Balance: Healthy Solutions for Managing Workplace Stress
  3. The Management Center Community Slack

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