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2020 COVID-19 EMERGENCY ONE-YEAR GRANTS

FIELDS OF FUNDING

Housing • Food Security • Safety • Mental Health • Children’s Welfare • Financial Counseling

$100,000

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic which dramatically impacted Essex County, The Women’s Fund made a strategic decision to alter its 2020 grant process. Recognizing that the types of programs we have typically funded were in jeopardy, we made emergency grants to frontline agencies that were able to deliver the most critical human services: Housing, Food Security, Safety, Mental Health, Children’s Welfare and Financial Counseling. 

The following agencies were awarded one-time unrestricted grants to assist them through the COVID-19 pandemic. Each agency had applied for a 2020 programmatic grant and had been thoroughly vetted by our Grants Allocation Committee. Removing the restrictions from the grants, it is our hope that these emergency funds will primarily help women and girls in Essex County. 

Bridgewell, Inc. Lynn | Mental Health, Addiction Services

Budget Buddies, Essex County | Financial Literacy

Citizens Inn, Peabody | Housing, Food Insecurity

Family Promise, Beverly | Housing

HAWC, Salem | Safety, Mental Health

Lawrence Family Development & Ed Fund | Children’s Welfare/Mental Health

Link House, Amesbury | Mental Health, Addiction Services

Mass Coalition for the Homeless, Lynn | Housing, Children’s Welfare

Pathways for Children, Cape Ann | Children’s Welfare, Food Insecurity

Self-Esteem Boston, Essex County | Mental Health

Senior Care, Cape Ann | Mental Health, Food Insecurity

Wellspring House, Cape Ann | Housing, Food Insecurity