November 25, 2020 – Thanks to funding from the City of Anaheim, the Anaheim Community Foundation announces its latest round of grants to 57 nonprofit organizations to aid in pandemic recovery efforts.
These grants will propel efforts started in April 2020 when ACF launched its Response & Recovery Grant Program. To date, ACF has administered over $3.75 million in grants to 76 total organizations, and supported the work of Anaheim’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) through ACF’s Emergency Assistance Fund.
The latest round of Recovery Grants launched with a call for proposals Oct. 8 through Oct. 21. Out of 81 submitted proposals, 57 were selected for funding, which includes 11 new organizations. Grants totaling $970,700 are focused in the following areas:
- Food insecurity (including meals, grocery boxes, grocery vouchers)
- Support services (including counseling, information/referrals, distance learning and/or after-school support, mentoring, job training)
- Safety and security (including personal protective equipment, hygiene supplies, cleaning supplies, motel vouchers, gas/transportation)
Recovery Grantees (November 2020)
| 2-1-1 Orange County | Build capacity to manage the intake of calls, texts, and emails from callers in need in Anaheim during this pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Access Anaheim – Carbon Creek Shores | Secure PPE, cleaning supplies and gift cards for needy residents at Carbon Creek Shores. | $5,320 |
| Access California Services | Delivery of the services as well as grocery store vouchers for eligible Anaheim residents. | $10,000 |
| AltaMed Health Services Corp. | Distribute PPE, including masks, and travel-size hand sanitizers to the low-income patients of AltaMed’s Anaheim clinic site. | $10,000 |
| Alzheimer’s Orange County | Provide Anaheim seniors with sanitizer, bottles, gloves, masks and other PPE supplies. | $10,000 |
| Anaheim Family YMCA | Food and meal distribution to residents in Anaheim neighborhoods in Anaheim. | $60,000 |
| Anaheim Union High School District | Provide Anaheim families with safety and hygiene items, including baby supplies, PPE, cleaning supplies, bus passes, grocery gift cards, clothing, meals, headphones, and school supplies. | $50,000 |
| Assistance League of Anaheim | Support Anaheim students in need of headsets and microphones. | $5,000 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs | Support for food distribution and distance learning. | $50,000 |
| Bracken’s Kitchen | Support delivery, access, and preparation of food resources in Anaheim. | $20,000 |
| Breast Cancer Angels | Provide assistance to Anaheim women and men with breast cancer breast cancer experiencing barriers during the pandemic. | $10,000 |
| Caterina’s Club | Support access, delivery, and preparation of meals to needy kids and families. | $22,500 |
| Chef Martin Guerrero Foundation | Prepare and distribute meals, nutrition and cooking classes, and relief aid events for low-income Anaheim families. | $10,000 |
| Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) | Provide provide timely COVID-19 information and resources to low-income Anaheim families and students. | $5,000 |
| Community Action Partnership of Orange County | Purchase and distribute food boxes and grocery vouchers to families at Anaheim Indepencia Family Resource Center who are struggling with getting enough to eat because of the economic crisis brought on by the pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Community Health Initiative of Orange County (CHIOC) | Provide information and resources to help residents with healthcare and social service benefits and referrals to food distribution, employment assistance, and other resources. | $5,000 |
| Delivering With Dignity – Moonridge | Work with restaurant partners and volunteer drivers to provide meals to the most vulnerable in Anaheim. | $5,000 |
| Eli Home, Inc. – ESCRI East Street Community Renewal Initiative | Family counseling, food, clothing, and household supply bags for families in need. | $20,000 |
| Families Forward | Food and safety net services to at-risk, food insecure Anaheim families. | $10,000 |
| Food Finders | Support the purchase of crucial food items, fruits and vegetables, to deliver as food boxes to those in need in Anaheim. | $5,000 |
| Give for a Smile | “Promotoras” to provide assistance to low and middle-income families dealing with crisis and seeking support service programs. | $5,000 |
| Giving Children Hope | Provide food, basic needs items, and parental support to vulnerable families in Anaheim. | $10,000 |
| Grace Social and Medical Services | Address food insecurity, workforce navigation, and social services for Anaheim families. | $20,000 |
| Higher Ground Youth & Family Services | After school program support; and PPE youth, families, staff, and volunteers. | $30,000 |
| Hospitality Training Academy | Meals for the families of hospitality and food service workers who live and work in Anaheim. | $35,000 |
| Illumination Foundation | Connect clients in family emergency shelters, micro-communities, and site apartments to resources for food, utilities, PPE, and household items. | $15,000 |
| Innovative Housing Opportunities, Inc. | Provide critical resources such as groceries, PPE, gas and transportation assistance to low-income seniors . | $15,000 |
| Jamboree Housing Corporation | Support safety, food distribution, and support services at three affordable housing communities. | $10,000 |
| Love Anaheim – JMh – Anaheim Foundation Inc. | Volunteers, leaders, and staff to provide physical and emotional support, grocery/food gift cards, hygiene kits, and personal visits/calls. | $45,000 |
| Lutheran Social Services of Southern California | Help vulnerable households in Anaheim with food boxes, hygiene items, gloves, masks, PPE, cleaning supplies, transportation vouchers, access to essential services, and financial assistance. | $20,000 |
| Meals on Wheels OC | Meal preparation, delivery, and outreach to the Anaheim senior population. | $60,000 |
| Mercy House Living Centers | Assist formerly homeless residents and those with limited incomes and Coronavirus-related job losses through Mercy House’s support programs. | $15,000 |
| Miracles for Kids | Support Miracles for Kids’ Wellness Program, which focuses on the emotional impact that childhood illness has on children affected by disease and the family unit as a whole. | $10,000 |
| MOMS Orange County | Provide financial assistance to new moms for necessities including food, baby supplies, household goods, cleaning supplies, and hygiene items. | $5,000 |
| Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center | Support isolated seniors during the pandemic through virtual art, self-expression, and connection with others. | $5,000 |
| Orange County Conservation Corps | Support youth actively engaged in training, employment, and educational programs, and projects to benefit the community. | $20,000 |
| Pirchei Shoshanim | Food procurement, preparation and delivery to Anaheim residents in need. | $5,000 |
| Project Access | Help isolated families with food, distance learning, referrals and application help for rental assistance programs, and volunteer-led wellness checks. | $10,000 |
| Project Hope Alliance | Help motel families with case management and basic needs, including groceries, hygiene, school supplies, clothing, gift cards. | $15,000 |
| Radiant Health Centers | Health and nutrition services and meals tailored to those experience health challenges. | $5,000 |
| Renewable Farms | Fresh produce for seniors and low-income families. | $5,000 |
| Salvation Army Orange County | Provide safety through electrostatic sprayers as part of the Red Shield Distance Learning Program. | $13,000 |
| Santa Ana College Foundation | Provide low-income Anaheim-based students with support for textbooks, basic necessities, and groceries. | $10,000 |
| Saviors Road (dba Charity on Wheels) | Help those struggling with homelessness with access to showers, transportation, meals and groceries, and other support. | $5,000 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, Inc. | Food for 60 distribution sites in Anaheim | $60,000 |
| Seneca Family of Agencies | Therapeutic support for youth during the pandemic through guided animal intervention therapy. | $5,000 |
| Sight and Sketches Project – OneOC | Family care packages with hygiene products, PPE, cleaning and disinfecting supplies, and bilingual resources to free local mental health clinics, free clinics, and free after-school resources. | $12,880 |
| Southern California Hospice Foundation | Grocery gift cards to homebound hospice patients and their families in the Anaheim Area so that they can purchase meat and produce. | $10,000 |
| Special Service for Groups, Inc. | PPE, hygiene kits, grocery gift cards, and case management support. | $5,000 |
| StandUp for Kids, Orange County | Help at risk youth and families with food, financial support, mentoring and tutoring. | $25,000 |
| Sudanese American Association | Groceries and meal distribution. | $5,000 |
| United Across Borders Foundation | Support food distribution in needy Anaheim neighborhoods. | $10,000 |
| United Cerebral Palsy Association of Orange County Inc. | Support child patient safety by providing PPE to caregivers, child development specialists, and pediatric therapists. | $5,000 |
| Vietnamese Community Actions for Resources & Empowerment | Provide fresh meal for Anaheim residents, many of whom are elderly, unemployed, isolated, and experiencing poverty during the pandemic. | $5,000 |
| Vineyard Christian Fellowship (Vineyard Anaheim) | Food pantries, food packages, and senior delivery across Anaheim. | $60,000 |
| Voice of Refugees | Food support, family counseling, and job training. | $12,000 |
| Women’s Transitional Living Center | Support services and counseling for domestic violence survivors. | $5,000 |
