COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund

About the Fund

Community Foundation of North Louisiana created the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund to assist nonprofit organizations responding to the coronavirus pandemic. We coordinated grants from this fund with the response of other organizations and local and state government. In 2020, more than 100 donors contributed to CFNLA’s COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund, raising over $220,000. In 2020 and 2021, $222,149 was awarded from this fund to assist local organizations responding to the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19 Grant Awards

In 2020 and 2021, $222,149 was awarded from the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund to assist local organizations responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The recipients of those grants are:

Organization Program or Need Amount
Bernstein Development, Inc. Camp Bernstein Summer Reading and S.T.E.M. Program $1,200
Bossier Parish School Board PPE and disinfecting supplies $10,000
Caddo Council on Aging Meals on Wheels $18,000
Christian Service Program Institute Christian Service Hospitality House $5,000
David Raines Community Health Center, Inc. Ayuda Corona $10,000
David Raines Community Health Center, Inc. David Raines School-Based Health Centers $17,000
Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana Emergency Food and Meal Distribution $15,000
LifeShare Blood Center Convalescent Plasma for COVID-19 Patients $15,000
LSU Health Shreveport Utilizing autosampling for wastewater-based surveillance in Shreveport $10,000
Martin Luther King Community Development Corporation PPE for neighborhood seniors and low-income individuals $2,500
Martin Luther King Health Center & Pharmacy dba MLK Health Center & Pharmacy Pharmacy Expenses $10,000
One Hundred Men of Shreveport OHMOS COVID-19 PROJECT $7,875
One Hundred Men of Shreveport Covid testing outreach $2,625
Policy Institute for the Children of Louisiana Inc. COVID-19 Response: Stabilizing and Improving Access to Quality Early Care and Education $9,949
Samaritan Counseling Center Telehealth Counseling Sessions $5,000
Shreve Memorial Library Wide Area Wi-Fi Network $50,000
Shreveport Green Mobile Market Doorstep Delivery $6,000
St. Luke’s Episcopal Mobile Medical Ministry Medical and Environmental assistance for the Homeless Population in the Shreveport Bossier City area impacted by the COVID-19 virus $3,000
The Salvation Army of Shreveport COVID-19 Emergency Response $5,000
The Salvation Army of Shreveport Boys & Girls Club COVID-19 Response $10,000
Volunteers for Youth Justice VYJ COVID 19 Response Task Force $7,000
Woody’s Home Inc. Food and cleaning supplies $2,000