The United Way of Westchester and Putnam, which is located in White Plains, recently distributed $1 million in grants among more than 50 local, nonprofit organizations responding to unprecedented needs driven by the coronavirus.
“COVID-19 has created an economic crisis the likes of which we haven”™t seen in 90 years,” said United Way President and CEO Tom Gabriel. “In response, the United Way is honored to be able to distribute $1 million in emergency food and shelter funding to help our nonprofit partners address the basic human needs of families in our community. As a result, we estimate that more than 300,000 families will be helped through this funding.”™”™
The funds were made available through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) boards in Westchester and Putnam counties.
This is the second round of grants that has been awarded to nonprofits through the United Way of Westchester and Putnam. In May, 31 local nonprofit organizations were collectively awarded $120,000 in grants thanks to the United Way”™s John M. Bendheim Community Disaster Response Fund and Bonwit Fund, as well as The PepsiCo Foundation.
United Way of Westchester and Putnam provides strategic resources and tools to residents in crisis or who are marginalized due to personal or life”™s circumstances.
