Jose Gonzalez, pictured in this Longmont Leader file photo, holds up a sign welcoming people to a vaccine clinic in Longmont in March.
Community Foundation Boulder County will distribute $331K in grants to 15 organizations working to help our community recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and the fires that ravaged our mountains last fall.
The COVID-19 Response Fund Boulder County will disburse a total of $202K in grants to seven organizations. Your Community Foundation established the COVID-19 Response Fund Boulder County on March 13, 2020, to ensure essential services for community members who find themselves at the intersection of being most vulnerable to the virus and most impacted by inequity.
The latest COVID-19 fund grants will go to:
Out Boulder County, to increase mental health capacity ... $30,000
Jewish Family Service, to expand the wildfire mental health program ... $60,000
Out Boulder County, to reimburse vaccine equity ambassador costs ... $10,375
El Centro Amistad, to reimburse vaccine equity ambassador costs ... $11,343
Emergency Family Assistance Association, to fund client car repairs ... $10,000
Sister Carmen Community Center, to fund client car repairs ... $10,000
Our Center, to fund client car repairs ... $10,000
Boulder County Arts Alliance, to fund financial relief for artists ... $60,000
The 2020 Fires Relief Fund will disburse a total of $129K in grants to 8 organizations focused on land restoration and wildfire mitigation and preparedness. These grants will go to:
Four Mile Fire Protection District, for wildfire suppression gear and equipment ... $5,610
Allenspark Fire Protection District, for wildland firefighting gear ... $6,900
Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District, for wildland firefighting gear ... $8,900
Gold Hill Fire Protection District, for a Utility Terrain Vehicle to support tool and debris transport ... $12,000
Nederland Fire Protection District, for hand-held radios ... $8,730
Boulder Emergency Squad, for personal protective equipment and tools ... $7,500
Gold Hill Town Meeting, Inc., for fuel reduction on properties of the low-income, elderly and disabled ... $29,422
Four Mile Fire Protection District, for wildfire mitigation and forest restoration on 101 acres ... $27,497
Boulder Watershed Collective, for wildfire mitigation and community outreach ... $22,496