Subvenções do Fundo de Resposta Rápida concedidas até à data

The following $1,883,804 dollars in grants have been awarded as of May 15, 2020 to support the incredibly urgent needs brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis in Ventura County. Many of these grants are made possible through the Fundo de Resposta Rápida do Condado de Ventura. Others are directly from VCCF donor-clients to help address gaps in our social safety net during this time. The funding for Future Leaders of America is to directly support the 805 UndocuFund COVID-19 and the thousands of undocumented and mixed-status families struggling at this time.

• Adelante Comunidad Conejo in the amount of $5,000 to provide food and other essentials to children in extreme poverty.
• Corporação de Desenvolvimento Económico de Cabrillo in the amount of $5,000 to provide low-income families with assistance, including food, rent, utilities, and broadband access.

• Universidade Luterana da Califórnia in the amount of $5,300 to support vital education and legal support to over 2,000 nonprofit staff and Board members as they struggle to meet the demands on our community during COVID-19.

• Channel Islands YMCA – Ventura Family Branch in the amount of $10,000 to support childcare for healthcare workers at its Ventura and Camarillo locations. 

• Preocupações dos idosos de Conejo Valley in the amount of $28,000 to meet the need of at-risk seniors by expanding the home-delivered meals and including grocery shopping and pharmacy delivery services as emergency wraparound services. The demand for these services has increased by 69% since the start of shelter-in-place. 

• Colaboração para o Desenvolvimento Económico do Condado de Ventura in the amount of $95,000, with $25,000 to support their direct business advising program to help firms navigate through the economic slowdown and connect businesses with the full range of resources available, including low-cost capital. The additional $70,000 was awarded to help the Economic Development Collaborative support several thousand small business owners in our community as they grapple with some of the most serious economic conditions we’ve faced. 

• Quota de alimentos in the amount of $210,000 to support the dramatic increase in food needs in Ventura County. This organization has been serving up to 15,000 new households per week since the shelter-in-place directive was issued.

• Futuros Líderes da América in the amount of $265,000, with $240,000 to provide financial assistance directly to undocumented families and $25,000 to help with staffing needs to facilitate applications. Over 7,000 undocumented families have applied to-date.

• Dar uma hora in the amount of $25,000 to provide mental health and emotional wellness online support groups to hundreds in our community daily in both English and Spanish.

• Fundação dos Veteranos da Costa de Ouro in the amount of $21,000. This organization is working with homeless veterans in Ventura County to ensure that 50 veterans who have bene unsheltered receive housing at motels in Ventura County during COVID-19 crisis. 

• Ajuda de Ojai in the amount of $15,000 to support food delivery to seniors and provide a safe lunch program to homeless.

• Humane Society of the United States in the amount of $5,000 to help horses that are being given up and abandoned due to COVID-19. 

• Interface Serviços para Crianças e Famílias in the amount of $25,000 to support out community’s 211 help line, which received 4,162 calls/ texts requesting assistance in March alone! The calls being received are more complicated than other disasters and are often quite urgent. This demand represents an increase of over 200% of a “normal” month.

• Manna Conejo Valley Food Distribution Center in the amount of $11,000 to help provide food and basic essentials and help meet unprecedented demand. 

• Projeto de Organização da Comunidade Mixteco/Indigena (MICOP) in the amount of $40,000 for general operating support to assist with a robust outreach and education effort and to ensure the indigenous community have the resources they need during COVID-19.

• Promessa de Nyland in the amount of $5,000 to support the feeding of lunches to the poorest population in Ventura County.

• Project Understanding in the amount of $28,000 to provide basic assistance, including food and housing support, to individuals and families in order to prevent homelessness.

• Aliança da Missão de Resgate in the amount of $5,000 to support their critical work with homeless in Ventura County during COVID-19. 

• Fundação Safe Passage Youth in the amount $10,050 to help feed daily meals to 380 children in our local community.

• Fundação Santa Barbara in the amount of $37,500 from a restricted grant for Santa Barbara to support nonprofits with emergency and basic needs.

• Espírito de Santa Paula in the amount of $28,000. As the only shelter for homeless individuals in the Santa Clara Valley, this organization is doing everything possible to serve these neighbors and keep them safe during this challenging time.

• Women’s Economic Venutres in the amount of $125,000 for a 1:1 matching grant to support the Quick Response Loan Fund for micro-businesses in Ventura County. These businesses are defined as those with fewer than 5 employees and less than $1 million in annual revenues, and generally do not qualify for SBA Disaster Recovery Loans.

• YMCA do Sudeste do Condado de Ventura in the amount of $145,000, with $120,000 to support over 450 Ventura County low-income families impacted by COVID-19 with direct financial assistance, with the remaining $25,000 to support the YMCA’s operations and case management support. 

• Personal Protective Equipment for Hospitals in the amount of $734,954 for critical equipment for emergency medical workers.