{"id":255418,"date":"2020-05-20T00:44:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T04:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=255418"},"modified":"2020-05-20T00:44:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T04:44:52","slug":"canadian-red-cross-community-foundations-of-canada-and-united-way-centraide-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/20\/canadian-red-cross-community-foundations-of-canada-and-united-way-centraide-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Red Cross, Community Foundations of Canada and United Way Centraide Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_246324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-246324\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ground-group-growth-hands-461049.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-246324\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ground-group-growth-hands-461049.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ground-group-growth-hands-461049.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ground-group-growth-hands-461049-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ground-group-growth-hands-461049-768x622.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ground-group-growth-hands-461049-1024x829.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-246324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The funding, which was initially announced on April 21, 2020 by the Government of Canada, is a much-needed boost for community-based organizations who have seen demands for their services increase dramatically since the start of the pandemic. (File: Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.ca\/\">Canadian Red Cross<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.communityfoundations.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Foundations of Canada<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedway.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United Way Centraide Canada<\/a>\u00a0today launched calls for applications for the new Emergency Community Support Fund (ECSF). The Fund is a new $350 million investment by the Government of Canada to support charities and non-profit organizations serving vulnerable populations who are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Community organizations can apply starting today. The funding, which was initially announced on April 21, 2020 by the Government of Canada, is a much-needed boost for community-based organizations who have seen demands for their services increase dramatically since the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Red Cross, Community Foundations of Canada and United Way Centraide Canada look forward to continuing to work together to support locally-led efforts in the fight against COVID-19 in communities from coast to coast to coast. Together, the organizations are working to ensure that rapid relief reaches those that need it most.<\/p>\n<h3>Quick Facts:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Canadian Red Cross<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.ca\/how-we-help\/current-emergency-responses\/covid-19-%E2%80%93-novel-coronavirus\/information-for-community-organizations-affected-by-covid-19\"><strong>\u00a0Emergency Support for Community Organizations<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0will be delivered through two main programs:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.ca\/how-we-help\/current-emergency-responses\/covid-19-%E2%80%93-novel-coronavirus\/information-for-community-organizations-affected-by-covid-19\/granting-program\"><strong>Granting Program for Non-Profits\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.ca\/how-we-help\/current-emergency-responses\/covid-19-%E2%80%93-novel-coronavirus\/information-for-community-organizations-affected-by-covid-19\/preventing-disease-transmission-training-and-equipment-program\"><strong>Preventing Disease Transmission Training and Equipment Program<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for non-profits, registered charities, and qualified donees<\/li>\n<li>More information on the programs through Canadian Red Cross, can be found on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.ca\/how-we-help\/current-emergency-responses\/covid-19-%E2%80%93-novel-coronavirus\/information-for-community-organizations-affected-by-covid-19\">redcross.ca\/communityorganization<\/a>s or by calling 1-866-221-2232<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Community Foundations of Canada, and community foundations across Canada, will support :\n<ul>\n<li>Granting programs for\u00a0<strong>registered charities and qualified donees<\/strong>. More information on how to apply is available on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.communityfoundations.ca\/initiatives\/emergency-community-support-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Foundations of Canada<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>United Way Centraide Canada, through its local United Way Centraide members, will support:\n<ul>\n<li>Granting programs for\u00a0<strong>registered charities and qualified donees<\/strong>. Some local United Way Centraides may work with non-profit organizations to deliver local services. More information on how to apply is available on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedway.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United Way Centraide Canada<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Quote<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cCanadian charities and not for profits are always there to help you, in your time of need. But the COVID-19 pandemic is bringing real challenges to these important organizations. With today\u2019s announcement, the Government of Canada will be there for them so they can continue to be there for Canadians.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Canadian Red Cross,\u00a0Community Foundations of Canada\u00a0and\u00a0United Way Centraide Canada\u00a0today launched calls for applications for the new Emergency Community Support Fund &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":246324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","mauthors-canadian-red-cross"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255424,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255418\/revisions\/255424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}