Greater Twin Cities COVID-19 Response & Recovery Fund

100% of all funds went directly into the community to provide food, shelter, childcare, sanitary and hygiene supplies, and financial assistance. Because of your generous support, the Greater Twin Cities COVID-19 Response & Recovery Fund was able to raise $5.1 million dollars.

We were able to mobilize our broad network of nonprofit partners throughout the greater Twin Cities to provide resources to help our community. These organizations had a proven track record of working with United Way to deliver urgent resources and services. The fund supported both immediate needs and longer-term recovery efforts.

Here are the grantees who received funding:

Organizations 

360 Communities
Ain Dah Yung Center
All Square
American Indian OIC, Inc.
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Appetite for Change
Asian Economic Development Association
Athletes Committed to Educating Students
Avenues for Youth
Avivo
Baby’s Space: A Place to Grow
Better Futures Minnesota
Black Women’s Wealth Alliance
Bolder Options
Boys & Girls Club Little Earth
Boys & Girls Club Mt. Airy
Breakthrough Twin Cities
CAPI USA
Casa de Esperanza
Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Mpls
CEAP
Center for Economic Inclusion
Center for Victims of Torture
Centro Tyrone Guzman
Children’s Defense Fund – Minnesota
Clare Housing
CommonBond Communities
Community Emergency Service
Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio, Inc.
Connections to Independence
Cornerstone
Cultural Wellness Center
Division of Indian Work
Dream of Wild Health
East Side Neighborhood Services, Inc.
Emerge Community Development
Emma Norton Services
Face to Face Health & Counseling Service
Family Pathways
FamilyWise
Frogtown Neighborhood Association
Goodwill-Easter Seals Minnesota
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery
Guild Incorporated
Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Inc.
Headway Emotional Health Services
Hmong American Partnership
Hope Community, Inc.
Intercongregation Communities Association
Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul
International Institute of Minnesota
Isuroon
Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Minneapolis
Joyce Preschool
JustUs Health
Ka Joog
Karen Organization of Minnesota
Keystone Community Services
Kwanzaa Community Church (aka Liberty Community Church)
Lao Center of Minnesota
Lifetrack
Loaves and Fishes Too, Inc.
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
Merrick Community Services
Metro Meals on Wheels
Mid Minnesota Legal Aid
Minneapolis American Indian Center
Minnesota Alliance with Youth
Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center
Minnesota Teamsters Service Bureau
Minnesota Urban Debate League
Model Cities of St. Paul, Inc.
Muslim American Society of Minnesota
Neighborhood House
North Star Network
NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center, Inc.
Northside Achievement Zone
Northside Community Response Team
Northside Economic Opportunity Network
People Reaching out to People
People Serving People
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, Inc.
Pillsbury United Communities
Portico Healthnet
Prepare + Prosper
Project for Pride in Living, Inc.
Project Success
Saint Paul Labor Studies & Resource Center
Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood
Science Museum of Minnesota
Scott-Carver-Dakota CAP Agency, Inc.
Sewa-AIFW, Inc.
Sholom Foundation
Simpson Housing Services, Inc.
Solid Ground
Somali Success School
Southeast Asian Refugee Community Home
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc.
Southside Family Nurturing Center
St. David’s Child Development and Family Services
St. Mary’s Health Clinics
St. Paul Youth Services, Inc.
St. Stephen’s Human Services, Inc.
Summit Academy OIC
The Banyan Community
The Bridge for Youth
The Family Partnership
The Food Group
The Link
The Open Door
The Salvation Army – Northern Division
The Sanneh Foundation
Touchstone Mental Health
Tubman
Twin Cities RISE!
Ujamaa Place
United Cambodian Association of Minnesota, Inc.
Urban League Twin Cities
Urban Strategies
Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota
Way to Grow
Wellshare International
Wilder Mental Health & Wellness
Women of Nations
Women’s Advocates, Inc.
Working Partnerships, Inc.
YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities
YouthLink
YWCA of Minneapolis
YWCA of St. Paul

United Way 211 is an easy-to-remember, three digit number families and individuals in Minnesota can call to obtain free and confidential information on health and human services. Callers to 211 are provided referrals to community resources based on the needs they describe to our information and referral specialists. The highest priority needs voiced by 211 callers are in the areas of housing, food, and clothing and household items such as soap and personal hygiene products.

The purpose of the Greater Twin Cities COVID-19 Response & Recovery Fund was to provide immediate support to those most vulnerable to issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, including people experiencing poverty.

Greater Twin Cities United Way has a long history of being on the front lines of community challenges. During crises, we are committed to sharing critical information with the public and leading recovery efforts.

We know this is as much an economic crisis as a health crisis. As social distancing and self-quarantines became our new normal, we faced new economic challenges. Many industries saw sales plummet and many workers lost tips, wages, and/or jobs because of canceled events, business and school closures and quarantines. Whenever schools are closed, it also means kids may not have access to breakfast or lunch.

For more than 100 years Greater Twin Cities United Way has stepped up whenever the community needs us. As the pandemic continues to play out, we will continue to provide vital services for those in need.

The COVID-19 Response & Recovery Fund is now closed for online donations. If you would like to learn more about the fund or additional ways to support our efforts, please contact Kittie Fahey at Kittie.Fahey@gtcuw.org.

Funders of the Greater Twin Cities COVID-19 Response & Recovery Fund include:

3M
Ames Construction
American Family Insurance
Andersen Corporate Foundation
B+D Custom Crafts
Black River Systems
Bremer Bank
Burns and McDonnell
CenterPoint Energy
Cargill
CHS
Comcast
Connexus Credit Union
Deloitte
General Dynamics
General Mills Foundation
Great Southern Bank
Health E
KPMG (FX)
KARE 11
Land O’Lakes, Inc.
Liberty Diversified International (LDI)
Lunds & Byerlys
Mann Theatres
Medica Foundation
Medtronic Foundation
Otto Bremer Trust
Packet Power, LLC
Pentair
PNC
PwC
RBC Wealth Management
Right Networks
Seagate Technology
TEGNA Foundation
Thrivent Foundation
The Toro Company
Travelers

…and over 1,000 individual and family donors.