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PHL COVID-19 Fund announces $2.1 million in latest grants

A total of 80 Philadelphia-area nonprofits benefited from the latest grants.

Dr. Ala Stanford, center left, founder of the Black Doctors COVID19 Consortium, shown here about to administer a coronavirus test to Tatyana Kelly, right, at a testing site run by the Black Doctors COVID19 Consortium, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Juneteenth Initiative Inc. at the Global Leadership Academy in West Philadelphia on June 19.
Dr. Ala Stanford, center left, founder of the Black Doctors COVID19 Consortium, shown here about to administer a coronavirus test to Tatyana Kelly, right, at a testing site run by the Black Doctors COVID19 Consortium, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Juneteenth Initiative Inc. at the Global Leadership Academy in West Philadelphia on June 19.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer

More than $2.1 million will be distributed to 80 Philadelphia-area nonprofits in the seventh set of grants awarded by the PHL COVID-19 Fund.

That brings the total to $17.5 million awarded to 548 nonprofits in the region since the fund — a collaboration led by the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Foundation, and the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey — opened in March. The fund remains open and is accepting donations.

Among the nonprofits receiving the latest grants announced Thursday is It Takes Philly, which operates the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium (BDCC).

BDCC provides education and COVID-19 testing in the African American community, which is at disproportionate risk of the effects of COVID-19. The consortium created a mobile testing unit, that does not require a car, appointment, primary-care referral, or insurance for residents in Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties.

“Thank you to the PHL COVID-19 Fund for acknowledging and supporting our work toward mitigating the spread of COVID-19 disease in the hardest-hit African American community,” said Dr. Ala Stanford, founder of BDCC. “This will assist in our efforts toward a sustainable equity center that works to improving health outcomes in all areas of health beyond the pandemic.”

Here are the organizations that received funding in this round

A Woman’s Place, $10,000; ACHIEVEability, $60,000; After-School All-Stars, $60,000; AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, $10,000; Art-Reach, $50,000; Bebashi-Transition to Hope, $33,520; Bethesda Project, $40,000; Bridge Academy and Community Center, $10,000; Camden Prep, $40,000; Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, $40,000; Center-Philadelphia, $7,000; Centro de Apoyo Comunitario, $5,000; Chester County Hospital Foundation, $25,000; Chester Eastside, $20,000; Coatesville Youth Initiative, $20,000; Community of Compassion, $6,000; Community Service Foundation, $15,000; Community Volunteers in Medicine, $25,000; Congreso de Latinos Unidos, $60,000; Daemion Counseling Center, $10,000.

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Deaf-Hearing Communication Centre, $28,000; EducationWorks, $60,000; Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, $25,000; Face to Face, $50,000; Gemma Services, $25,000; Girls First of Norristown, $4,000; Global Citizen, $10,000; Hispanic Family Center of Southern New Jersey, $30,000; Interfaith Caregivers of Haddonfield, $15,000; It Takes Philly, $60,000; Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation, $60,000; Jenkintown Day Nursery, $22,000; Liguori Academy, $25,000; Lions Eye Bank of Delaware Valley, $20,000; LiveWell Foundation, $7,000; Make the World Better Foundation, $15,000; MECCA Early Child Care, $35,000; Mission First, $7,000; Morrisville Senior Servicenter LLC, $5,000; NO MO Inc., $27,000; Norristown Hospitality Center, $30,000.

Northeast Community Center for Behavioral Health, $25,000; Orion Communities, $25,000; Penn Foundation, $25,000; Penndel Middletown Emergency Squad, $25,000, Pennridge Community Center, $7,000; People in Northeast, $25,000; Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corp., $60,000; Philadelphia Corp. for Aging, $50,000; Phoenixville Area Children’s Learning Center, $25,000; Play and Learn, $25,000; Plymouth Community Ambulance Association, $30,000; Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities, $20,000; Providence Center, $5,000; Resources for Human Development, $40,000; Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey, $8,000; Safe Haven Family Life Center, $7,000; St. James School, $5,000; Sankofa Healing Studio, $7,000; Skippack Emergency Medical Services, $5,000; Smart Center of Child Development and Education, $60,000.

SquashSmarts, $40,000; St. Cyprian Children’s Center, $25,000; The Arc of Chester County, $30,000; The Caring Center, $25,000; The Clinic, $40,000; The Place of Refuge, $17,000; The Sparrow Fund, $6,000; The Welcome Church (Welcome Bread), $4,000; Trades for a Difference, $30,000; Tri-Hampton Rescue Squad, $20,000; Upper Bucks Activity Center, $5,000; Utility Emergency Services Fund, $25,000; Victim/Witness Services of South Philadelphia, $8,000; Wagner Free Institute of Science, $30,000; West Philadelphia Financial Services Institution, $60,000; Whosoever Gospel Mission and Rescue Home Association, $50,000; YMCA Greater Brandywine, $25,000; YMCA of Bucks County, $25,000; and YWCA Tri-County Area, $50,000.

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The Inquirer is owned by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism, which operates under the auspices of the Philadelphia Foundation. For more information on how to donate to the PHL COVID-19 Fund, visit phlcovid19fund.org.