At the Trust, we are thankful for our grantees and partners who have been working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We’ve seen local nonprofits in Forsyth County and across the state of North Carolina address this crisis throughout its many stages. They’ve worked to provide community testing and vaccination sites, kept food on the table for their neighbors, and supported a myriad of additional health, educational, and economic needs that were exacerbated by the pandemic.
Working with our funding partners like the COVID-19 Response Fund for Forsyth County and North Carolina Healthcare Association Foundation, as well as community organizations in Forsyth County and around the state, we’ve had the honor of:
- Providing immediate, flexible funding to support urgent needs;
- Ensuring current grantees’ funding was flexible and could be shifted quickly;
- And creating and funding additional grants to address longer-term needs.
We remain committed to ensuring communities across the state have the resources they need to live healthy lives.
Supporting Immediate, On-The-Ground Needs
Overall, the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust has invested more than $8 million in COVID-19 emergency response.
- In March 2020, the Trust released $1.5 million in immediate, flexible funding by granting $500,000 to the COVID-19 Response Fund for Forsyth County and $1 million to the North Carolina Healthcare Association Foundation for statewide coronavirus efforts.
- Between May and November 2020, the Trust invested $3.7 million to address the challenges that arose as a result of COVID-19—supporting the ongoing health, economic, and educational needs for North Carolina residents and communities.
- Between November 2020, and May 2021, the Trust invested an additional $700,000 for these efforts.
- In June 2021, we invested $2.1 million in grants to address COVID-19, including $1,567,500 to 16 immigrant-led organizations working to support communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
Supporting Recovery and Rebuilding
As we think about long-term needs related to COVID-19, we recognize that the Trust’s long term goals to increase equitable access to care, achieve equitable health outcomes, and build a more inclusive economy are more important than ever.