Alliance of Families
In New York, to provide increased legal and emotional support services for incarcerated individuals and their families during the pandemic….
2020 Puffin Advisory Board Community Response Grants
2020 has been, tragically, the year of the Coronavirus pandemic; most of the Advisory Board grants were directed toward community organizations working to meet the many urgent needs that have emerged as a result. The Coronavirus Community Response Grants supported initiatives engaged in direct, local, assistance that included: feeding frontline workers; enabling community members to support their more vulnerable neighbors; providing legal and other support services to incarcerated individuals and their families; providing meals and creating employment opportunities for furloughed service workers; and providing creative outlets for children.
Of course, 2020 was also an election year. The Advisory Board facilitated several grants to organizations working to secure voting rights and ensure a fair and free election process in the midst of the pandemic.
In light of the urgent and overwhelming needs experienced by affected populations this year, the Puffin Foundation expedited its grantmaking process. We wish to thank the Advisory Board for their swift identification of these organizations, many of which are grassroots groups putting their Puffin funds directly into the hands (and mouths) of those who need them. As the crisis continues to unfold, we look forward to making additional grants based on input from our Advisory Board.
In Georgia, to supply needed food assistance to seniors, children, and families across the region. acfb.org April, 2020 Grantee In Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, for its grassroots mobilization of volunteers to shop for and provide food security to thousands of… In Belmont, California for their efforts to provide food and rental assistance focused on members of the local Latinx Community,… In Puffin’s home-town of Teaneck, New Jersey to support their front-line workers battling the pandemic in the epicenter of cases… In Morris County, NJ, for its work providing shelter and meals for the homeless and working poor, at a time… In Brooklyn, NY (as well as other cities across the US), program to enable workers at two restaurants to collaboratively… In Brooklyn, NY, for providing hundreds of meals each day to hospital workers across the borough, ordered from a vast… In Baltimore County, Maryland for helping provide food and grocery gift cards every Friday to families who are dependent upon… In Belmont, California for their efforts to provide food and rental assistance focused on members of the local Latinx Community,… In Arizona, to enable out-of-work immigrant mothers to make filtered cloth masks for vulnerable populations in the community, focusing primarily… In Brooklyn, to support mental health services for the girls and young women of Vibe and to offer them activities beyond… In Puffin’s hometown, The Rotary Club of Teaneck, for the purchase of gift cards from local restaurants to distribute to… In Pennsylvania, the League of Women Voters of Philadelphia is helping to inform and engage voters. Puffin’s grant was used… In the Bronx (NYC), Kelly Street Garden received a grant to shore up their community farm stand, whose normal supply… In Iowa, One Human Family of the Quad Cities Area is working to combat racism, empower nonviolent protest, and protect… This local Teaneck organization supports victims of intimate partner violence as well as parents to be facing additional challenges due… The Atlanta Community Food Bank
Bed Stuy Strong
Fool’s Mission
Holy Name Medical Center
Homeless Solutions
The LEE Initiative
Meals for Brooklyn Health Care Heroes
Student Support Network
Fool’s Mission
Uri L’Tzedek: The Mask Project
Vibe Theater Experience
The Rotary Club of Teaneck
League of Women Voters of Philadelphia
Kelly Street Garden
One Human Family of the Quad Cities Area
Never Alone Again
