COVID-19 Rapid Response Emergency Grants

In response to COVID-19, the Partnership for Better Health is making a third round of Rapid Response Emergency Grants available to local nonprofit organizations. Grants are expected to range between $1,000 and $10,000. Funding priorities include these five pressing issues.

  1. Basic Health & Human Needs
  2. Emergency Responders
  3. Safe Child Care Services
  4. Homeless Residents
  5. Newly Unemployed & Rental Assistance

Organizations with significant experience serving vulnerable populations in the foundation’s geographic region of Central and Western Cumberland County, Perry County, Northern Adams County and Greater Shippensburg are invited to apply for grants of up to $10,000. 

Applications will be accepted through February 1, 2021, with awards announced in early March. The Partnership for Better Health accepts all applications online.  Visit here for more information and to apply.

Since April 2020, the Partnership for Better Health has made over $850,000 available through 78 emergency grants between the spring and fall of 2020. For a complete report of our spring 2020 emergency grants, click here. For a report of our fall 2020 emergency grants, click here. For our traditional grants, the next deadline is March 1, 2021.