Lake County Foundations Collaborate on COVID Funds

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Three foundations in Lake County have formed a partnership to streamline the grantmaking process to nonprofit organizations that are responding to the pandemic.

Merrillville-based Legacy Foundation Inc. is collaborating with Crown Point Community Foundation and Foundations of East Chicago on the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund.

The fund, managed by Legacy Foundation, will provide flexible resources in the near-term to nonprofits in Lake County that are aiding the elderly, high-risk patients, and low-income families.

Together they will coordinate funding efforts by using a single grant application to simplify the process and to reduce duplicates gifts.

Grants ranging from $2,000 to $15,000 to Lake County nonprofits.

In order to distribute money quicker, grant applications will be due weekly every Sunday by midnight and decisions will be made that week.

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Editor’s Note:

Philanthropic organizations have stepped up to provide funding during this health care crisis. Click here to read the story.