Emergency Relief Fund Grant Award Recipients 2020
Round One Grants, awarded for organizations providing direct services to clients or residents, and either were responding to an increase in demand due to COVID-19 or who were having trouble meeting their usual demand due to decline of revenue related to COVID-19. Grants were prioritized on the urgency of the need and whether or not the organization was serving seniors, children and/or vulnerable populations in the areas of food, housing, transportation, childcare, or healthcare access.
Florence Crittenton Home and Services: $1500
Helena Family YMCA: $2000
Volunteers of America of Northern Rockies: $2000
Family Outreach: $2000
Family Promise of Greater Helena: $2000
West Mont:$2000
YWCA Helena: $2000
Intermountain Deaconess Children’s Hospital: $2000
The Shop University: $500
Good Samaritan Ministries: $2000
The Friendship Center: $2000
Child Care Connections: $2000
The Holter Museum: $2000
Montana Legal Service Association: $2000
Life Houses Inc.: $2000
Special Olympics Montana: $2000
Cohesion Dance: $2000
The Power House (Lincoln, MT): $2000
North Jefferson County Library District (Clancy, MT): $2000
Round Two Grants: Rebound and Reopening grants were made to organizations who are retooling or altering their delivery models in response to COVID-19.
The Angel Fund: $2000
Helena Babe Ruth Baseball: $2000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Helena and Great Falls: $2000
Exploration Works! $2000
Helena Area Habitat for Humanity: $2000
Montana Learning Center: $2000
The Myrna Loy: $2000
Options Clinic: $2000
Family Outreach: $2000
The Shop University: $2000
West Mont: $2000
YWCA Helena: $2000
Archie Bray Foundation: $2000
Montana Shares: $500
Helena American Legion Baseball: $1500
Helena CASA: $2000
Child Care Connections: $2000
Grandstreet Theatre: $2000
Montana Playwrights: $2000
Montana Wilderness Association: $2000
World Montana: $2000
Oro Fino Chapter, NSDAR: $500
AERO: $2000 ($1000 granted currently)
Ironhorse Music: $2000 ($1000 granted currently)
The Joint Grants Committee, made up of representatives from both the Helena Area Community Foundation (HACF) and United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area (UWLCA), is pleased to release funding to nonprofits who are responding to the crisis in innovative and thoughtful ways.