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Resources for COVID-19
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A far-from-exhaustive list of links to resources ambassadors have found useful. We’ll update this page as new links are shared. Please feel free to publicly share this page or the PDF with colleagues.
NEWEST RESOURCES
Social Sector
- NEW 2/24 Listening During COVID-19: A Year in Review from 60 Decibels (Report)
Nonprofits
- NEW 2/2 BC Nonprofits and the Impact of COVID-19 from Vantage Point (Report)
SOCIAL SECTOR RESPONSE to COVID-19 PANDEMIC
NONPROFITS
- National Council of Nonprofits
- COVID-19 Resource Page (Article)
- Why Nonprofits Must Be Included in a COVID-19 Relief and Economic Stimulus Package (Article)
- Behind-the-scenes overview of how our network has been exchanging information (Article)
- Special Edition of Nonprofit Advocacy Matters (Article)
- How We Can Support Each Other and Our Communities During the Coronavirus Crisis (Video)
- Care Resources for COVID-19 from Change Elemental (Resource list)
- Reflecting on the Role of Evaluator During This Global Pandemic by Miranda Yates (Blog)
- Nonprofit Leaders, Now Is the Time for Radical Self Compassion (Article)
- Managing Through Tough Times from The Bridgespan Group (Resource list)
- An Open Message to Grantees from the Funder Community from the 19 funders (Communique)
- Nonprofits, Funders, and the Coronavirus from The Bridgespan Group (Resource list)
- Technology resources for nonprofits from TechSoup (Resource list)
- The Nonprofit Survival Guide: The Pandemic Edition By Viktoria Harrison from The Branded Startup (PDF download)
- Tracking Nonprofit Efforts During a Global Pandemic Three ways to prioritize tracking data amid COVID-19 (Article)
- Project Evident is providing free consultation for organizations that seek guidance on using data and evidence to adapt their programs and optimize their impact in the changing context of this pandemic. Topics they can help address include adapting services for digital delivery in an evidence-informed manner; sustaining program operations and a learning culture for staff using digital tools; balancing data collection with other urgent priorities; and general technical assistance needs. Please use this form to set up a time with us.
- Child Development and Maltreatment
- Harvard University Center on the Developing Child Resources and Guides (Resource list)
- Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families shares several articles regarding the lack of insurance access (Website)
- Duke Sanford Center for Child & Family Policy’s policy brief Ensuring Vulnerable Children and Families Have Access to Needed Health Services and Supports During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Brief)
- CDC’s Child Abuse and Neglect Technical Package (Resource)
- American Academy of Pediatrics Advises Parents Experiencing Stress over COVID-19 (Article)
- American Psychological Association How COVID-19 may increase domestic violence and child abuse (Article)
- RevJen, a nonprofit training provider, is now offering their “R-Squared” cohorts for nonprofit executives for free. REGISTER HERE. “R-Squared” is a professionally facilitated virtual monthly meeting of 12-13 nonprofit and social enterprise leaders, which aims to provide peer insight, advice, and a sense of community with other nonprofit executives from across the country.
- COVID-19 Tools and Resources for Nonprofits from Nonprofit Finance Fund (Resource list)
- Responding to the Coronavirus Outbreak: A Curated Guide to Help Nonprofits from The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Resource list)
- Feedback in the COVID-19 Response from Feedback Labs (Toolkit)
- Foundation Requests for Proposals for Covid-19 Relief (Article)
- Lessons From A Pandemic: Only Trust And Deep Ties Will Sustain Change (Article)
- Essential Answers for Nonprofits Coping with Economic Implications of the COVID19 crisis from the National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise (Q&A)
- How One National Nonprofit Is Adapting to COVID-19, Lessons learned at Friends of the Children about maintaining stability in service during this crisis and the next one, from SSIR (Article)
- Five Principles for Government Agency Emergency Procurement from Third Sector (Article)
- Study: Impact of COVID-19 on Mid-Sized Nonprofits Shows Need for Additional Support from Independent Sector (Article)
- How are Kenyan Farmers Faring in the Face of COVID-19? 60 Decibels surveyed 500 farmers (Dashboard)
- For Friends Of The Children, Black Lives Matter Is More Than A “Moment” (Article)
- COVID-19 scenario planning for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations from Deloitte (Report)
- Our Sputtering Engine Of Impact: Your Nonprofit Must Focus On Mere Survival (Article)
- How many nonprofits will shut their doors? (Report)
- COVID-19 Metro Recovery Watch from Brookings; informing local and state recovery strategies (Resources)
- A Guide to Fundraising in the New Normal Strategies, Templates, and Tools for Fundraising Success in a Post-COVID World (Article)
- Warning: It’s Now or Never from Tim Delaney (Article)
- How Nonprofits Can Fearlessly Face A New World, Post-COVID-19 from MissionBox (Article)
- Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector an annual review from Independent Sector (Report)
- Rethinking Community Engagement from Strive Together (Podcast)
- Nonprofit Aid Visualizer (NAVi) find charities solving the problems you care about most. From Vanguard Charitable (Tool)
- Donor Trust Report 2020: The Pandemic and a Three-Year Retrospective from BBB Giving.org (Report)
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Leadership Learning Series from Institute for Nonprofit Practice (Check their website for future sessions registration. Registrations will open several weeks before event date.)
- March 3, 2021: Belonging and Beyond: A Dialogue on Bringing Our Whole Selves to Work, featuring Mohamad A. Chakaki
- April 8, 2021: Revolutionary Love, featuring Valarie Kaur
- June 8, 2021: The Art of Leading for Good, featuring Meghna Chakrabarti and Jim Canales
PAST RECORDINGS
- Best Practices for Managing Opportunity Talent Remotely – FREE Course from Year Up (Online training)
- Independent Sector Townhall – Full presentation materials and a recording are available here (primarily for organization heads and C-suite professionals but all are welcome) (Webinar)
- Webinar series for nonprofits navigating COVID-19 from The Pittsburgh Foundation and Jones Day (Webinars)
- Federal Coronavirus Relief Bills: What Do They Mean for Nonprofits? (Webinar)
- Navigating the CARES Act from Independent Sector (Webinar)
- Leadership in Crisis: Insights for Philanthropic and Nonprofit Leaders (Recording)
- Policy Town Hall from Independent Sector. The latest on the implementation of the CARES Act, from April 16, 2020. (Webinar)
- A Dialogue: Governing in a Time of Crisis – Propel Nonprofits and Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (Webinar)
- Paycheck Protection Program Round Two: What You Need to Know – Institute for Nonprofit Practice (Webinar)
- Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis: Equitable Lending to Boost Small Business Recovery – Urban Institute (Webinar)
- Finding Opportunity in Crisis: A conversation between StriveTogether and the Billions Institute (Recording)
- Seeking Emergency and General-Operating Grants in Response to the Crisis, hosted by the Chronicle of Philanthropy (Webinar)
- Crowned & Courageous – We’ve Always Been Essential: Centering the Needs of Women of Color During a Global Pandemic, hosted by Center for Leadership Development at FPWA (Webinar)
- Supporting Community College Professional Staff: A Caring Campus Approach, from Institute for Evidence-Based Change (Recording)
- Our Election, Our Role: How An Organization’s Proximity to Community Can Catalyze Civic Engagement, featuring Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg (Recording and resources)
- The Long Road Ahead of Healing the Heart of American Democracy, from NationSwell in partnership with Einhorn Collaborative (Conversation)
PHILANTHROPY
- A Call to Action: Philanthropy’s Commitment During COVID-19 by Hilary Pennington, Ford Foundation (Article)
- Philanthropy Pledge Signatories (Communique)
- Funders: Now is the Time for True Grantee Partnership from Victoria Vrana (Article)
- A Message to Our Grantees on COVID-19 by Jim Canales (Communique)
- Supporting Our Unsung Heroes in a Moment of Crisis: Part 1 by Phil Buchanan (Article)
- Supporting Our Unsung Heroes in a Moment of Crisis: Part 2 by Phil Buchanan (Article)
- 6 Steps for Grant Makers to Take Now to Ensure Nonprofits Recover From Coronavirus Spread, Antony Bugg-Levine, Nonprofit Finance Fund, in Chronicle of Philanthropy (Article)
- Philanthropy’s Response to Covid-19, The Open Impact Team (Blog post)
- Kathy Reich Twitter thread on importance of foundations immediately converting all their current project grants into general support grants for maximum flexibility. (Social media)
- Why Foundation CEOs Need to Fund a ‘Wartime Communications’ Force (Op-ed)
- How Philanthropist Are Helping During the Crisis (Article)
- Generosity Multiplied Amid COVID-19 (Article)
- Opportunities for Philanthropic Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Crisis from Bridgespan (Memo)
- COVID-19 Resource Hub from Council on Foundations (Resource list)
- BCT Partners developed the COVID-19 Urgent Service Provider (CUSP) support tool to help determine where emergency funding is needed most. (Tool)
- COVID-19 Pandemic: How Can I Help? Toolkit from The Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania (Toolkit)
- Identifying the Effects of Various Ways of Giving: Using the ‘Natural Experiment’ of the Covid19 Crisis from Giving Evidence. Please send us examples of funders who are and are not changing their behaviour during this crisis. (Project)
- CEP President on Philanthropies response to COVID-19 Pandemic (Audio interview)
- How Learning to Listen Prepared One Funder for Its Crisis Response from the Center for Effective Philanthropy blog (Article)
- How philanthropists should respond to coronavirus from NPC (Resource list)
- TAG Launches Digital Infrastructure Guide with NetHope, NTEN, TechSoup from Technology Association of Grantmakers (Guide)
- How COVID-19 can spur long-term grantmaking reforms from Ford Foundation (Article)
- Foundations Respond To Crisis: A Moment of Transformation? from Center for Effective Philanthropy (Report)
LEADERSHIP
- A Few Thoughts for Leaders and Managers by Pat Lencioni, Table Group (Communique)
- How to Lead Through Rapid, Unexpected Change by Carey Nieuwhof (Article)
- Five Oaks Consulting from Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken
- Why We Need Virtual Watercoolers (Article)
- Managing Remote Teams is Hard Work (Article)
- Nine Tips for Virtual NGO Team Leadership From a Pro (Article)
- Framing Social Issues, includes Dos and Don’ts for communications (PDF download)
- America’s Crucible Moment: Our Post-Pandemic Leadership Agenda (Article)
- Tough Times Call for Tough Action: A Decision Framework for Nonprofit Leaders and Boards (PDF Framework)
- The Psychology Behind Effective Crisis Leadership from the Harvard Business Review (Article)
- Email from The Management Center provides some helpful resources for building emotional resilience in your staff and yourself (Communique/Resource list)
- Beyond Survival: Five Keys to Unlock Social Innovation Amid the COVID-19 Crisis from Ann Mei Chang (Article)
- Jim Coulter Of TPG: Leadership When Change Is Changing from Bill Meehan, Forbes (Article)
- How Nonprofits and Board Members Can Respond to COVID-19 from BoardSource (Article)
- A Post-Election Preparation Guide for Social Change Leaders from Adene Sacks, With/In Collaborative (Guide)
- Helping Your Team During Crisis from Leap Ambassadors Community (Article)
- Engaging Americans & Increasing Public Trust: An Agenda for 2021 and Beyond from National Academy of Public Administration (Report)
RELEVANT LAWS/GOVERNMENT
- How Nonprofits Can Utilize the New Federal Laws Dealing with COVID-19 (Article)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) initial assessment of the new bill can be found here (Article)
- Loans available for nonprofits in the CARES Act (Chart)
- Cutting Through the Jargon: How the CARES Act works for Nonprofits (Article)
- CARES Act Includes Essential Measures to Respond to Public Health, Economic Crises, But More Will Be Needed (Article)
- How Much Each State Will Receive From the Coronavirus Relief Fund in the CARES Act (Chart)
- USDA, States Must Act Swiftly to Deliver Food Assistance Allowed by Families First Act and Most States Are Easing SNAP Participation Rules; Many Have Opted to Provide Added Benefits (Article)
- Coronavirus Response Roundup from the CBPP (Resource list)
- US coronavirus relief funds: A guide for state and local governments (Article)
- Blueprint for Delivering Better Results in State Government from Results for America (Article)
- Invest in What Works State Standard of Excellence How state governments can consistently and effectively use evidence and data in budget, policy, and management decisions to achieve better outcomes for their residents. (Resource)
- Nonprofit Provisions in COVID Relief Legislation from National Council of Nonprofits (Analysis)
- Silo Busting: The Challenges and Successes of Intergovernmental Data Sharing from IBM Center for The Business of Government (Report)
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
- COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Application from the U.S. Small Business Administration can be found here (Application)
- CARES Act: How to Apply for Nonprofit Relief Funds from Independent Sector (Resource list)
- A starter list of lenders who are reported to have some success with Payroll Protection Program applications. This information is presented “as is” with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, or timeliness.
- Find a Lender (SBA Website)—https://www.sba.gov/paycheckprotection/find
- Fundera— https://www.fundera.com/ppp
- Cross River Bank—www.crossriversba.com
- Newtek – https://partners.newtekone.com/rbfcu/cares-act/
- Funding Circle— https://www.fundingcircle.com
- Lendio—https://www.lendio.com/covid-relief/sba-paycheck-protection-program-loans/
- NoteWorthy Federal Credit Union – https://noteworthyfcu.com/
- Ten Things We Need To Know About Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness (Article)
- 6 Ways to Make Sure You Don’t Screw Up Your PPP Loan (Article)
- PPP Loan Forgiveness: The Complete Guide (Article)
- QuickBooks Tutorial – How to Record Proceeds from a PPP Loan (Video)
- American Institute of CPAs. SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) (FAQ)
- Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Interim Final Rule Analysis from National Council of Nonprofits (Article)
INCLUSION RESOURCES
- Hoja Informativa del COVID-19 en Espanol (PDF download or JPEG download page 1 and page 2)
- National Federation for the Blind will provide COVID-19 updated through the Breaking News Online category of the NBF-Newsline accessible by phone or a mobile app.
- Recommended resource on disability and COVID-19 (Resource list)
- Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Populations With Serious Mental Illness (Article)
- Resources for undocumented communities prepared by a group of undocumented scholars engaged in community outreach and social justice (Resource list)
- Schroeder Stribling wrote “Novel? The Echo of AIDS in the Time of Coronavirus” a letter about her personal experience as a daughter and activist (Letter)
- COVID-19 Pandemic: How Can I Help? Toolkit from The Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania (Toolkit)
- Covid-19 & Race: Principles from Michael McAfee of PolicyLink (Article)
- Using a Racial Justice Lens Now to Transform Our Future (Article)
- Now is the Time to Transform the Criminal Justice System (Article)
- A CEO Blueprint for Racial Equity from PolicyLink (Article)
- Support Equity Find funds that support Black, Indigenous and people of color, women, people with disabilities and LGBTIQ communities impacted by COVID-19 (Tool)
- The Racial Equity Index: A New Data Tool to Drive Local Efforts to Dismantle Structural Racism (Article)
- Guiding a Giving Response to Anti-Black Injustice from The Bridgespan Group (Article)
- PPP Forgiveness Racial Equity Initiative from Fiscal Management Associates (Article)
- Racial Equity Tools offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level (Tools)
OUR NEW NORMAL: Life in the Time of COVID-19
- Building the New Normal by Pratichi Shah, Flourish Talent Management Solutions (PDF download)
- Coronavirus is revealing our society’s deepest problem by George A. Mason and Byron Sanders (Op Ed)
- Thousands volunteer to help NHS with vulnerable (Article)
- What to do when everything is canceled by Lynsey Wood Jeffries (Letter)
- Comprehensive list of resources from the American Psychological Association (Resource list)
- Beyond coronavirus: The path to the next normal (Article)
- Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently. Here’s How. 34 big thinkers’ predictions for what’s to come. (Article)
- Evaluative Resources and Evidence to inform the COVID-19 Response from the IEG Lesson Library (Resources)
- Listening in the time of COVID-19: to understand the impact of COVID-19, they are speaking to the people most likely to be affected, from 60 Decibels (Article)
- Resilience in the face of crisis from Bendable, scroll down on the homepage to the Resilience section (Resource list)
- The Future of Work Post-Pandemic: We’re Not Going Back from John Kamensky, Senior Fellow at IBM (Article and Report)
- A Bridge to the Future for Recent Graduates in the Aftermath of the Pandemic from Gordon Berlin, Georgetown University (Paper PDF Download)
REOPENING
- Creating a Safe Workplace from the Cleveland Clinic, includes resources for educators, faith leaders, healthcare providers, hotels employers, manufacturing employers, retail employers and restaurant employers (Resource guides)
- How to Reopen and Promote Safe Usage of Playgrounds from Kaboom! (Article)
- Returning to Sacred Spaces Amid COVID-19: A Cleveland Clinic Guide (Article)
ONLINE CONNECTIONS
- Creating Connection in the Time of COVID-19 – Cohere Podcast featuring Nancy White (Podcast)
- Primer for Facilitating Effective Online Meetings by Beth Kanter (Article)
- Best Practices for Online Meetings, Remote Work, and Virtual Conferences – crowdsourced document from a large group of virtual facilitators (Resource list)
- Ecocycle Planning (Article)
- Moving Online in Pandemic: Ecocycle to Attend to What is Shifting (Article)
- Free Zoom Accounts – Sign up here and find more guidance about Zoom here (Resource)
- Cybersecurity Assessment Tool from Ford Foundation (Tool)
WORKING FROM HOME WITH KIDS
- How to Work From Home With Kids from Poynter Institute (ignore the part about play dates/sleepovers!) (Article)
- SaveWithStories, an initiative from Save the Children and No Kid Hungry – where celebs read stories to kids on Instagram (Social media)
- Josh Gad is reading children’s books (good for grown-ups, too!) on Twitter (Social media)
- How to Keep Kids Learning When You’re Stuck at Home, Common Sense Media (Newsletter)
- Keeping Your Family Safe and Sane from Beth Kanter (Resource list)
- School Re-Opening Workbook free resource and workbook aiming to bring a bit of ease to this transition from Playworks (Resource)
- Wide Open School helps families and educators find trusted resources to enrich and support distance learning. (Website)
SELF CARE
- How to Be Together Apart in the Time of Coronavirus, by Priya Parker, NY Times (Article) (NOTE: The Leap support team does a virtual happy hour every Friday -complete with themes – and we’ve also been having optional open-mic sessions around lunch time just to check in with each other)
- Coronavirus: How Emotional Contagion Exacts a Toll by Wharton management professor Sigal Barsade (Podcast)
- Jenn Hoos Rothberg’s Twitter thread here on the importance of trans-generational empathy. (Social media)
- Care for Your Coronavirus Anxiety from Shine App (Audio)
- Corona Sanity Guide from Ten Percent Weekly plus free access to the app for all healthcare workers. Email care@tenpercent.com (Audio)
- Caring for Each Other in Times of Crisis from Repair the World (Article)
DATA COLLECTION
- Remote survey tool kit provided by 60 Decibels (PDF resource)
- Rewiring How We Measure Impact in a Post-COVID-19 World by The Rockefeller Foundation (Blog post)
- Measuring Results and Impact in the Age of Big Data: the Nexus of Evaluation, Analytics, and Digital Technology from The Rockefeller Foundation (Article)
- A Stronger Evidence Ecosystem is Vital for a More Equitable Recovery After the Pandemic from Project Evident (Article)
- Free COVID-19 Social Impact Assessment from Socialsuite (Tool)
- Random Assignment Got Us the Vaccines, But We Need Deeper Evidence to Reduce Violence from Lisbeth Schorr (Article)
EDUCATION
- Nonprofit Academic Centers Council: Resources for Teaching and Administering Nonprofit/Philanthropy Curricula in Response to Covid-19 Mitigation Measures (PDF resource list)
- Online Teaching Resources from ARNOVA (Resource list)
- Supporting Educational Equity for Rural Students during the COVID Crisis (Interview)
- Mapping Student Needs during COVID-19 (Research report)
- The eLearning Coach – tools to improve eLearning (Resources)
- What Does it Mean to Be a Caring Campus During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Brad Phillips and Jordan Horowitz (Article)
- Students Weigh In: Learning & Well-Being During COVID-19, survey results from YouthTruth (Article)
- Digital Divide During a Pandemic: How to Work Toward Inclusion, from TechSoup (Article)
- Learning in the Time of COVID-19, from the Learning Policy Institute (Article)
- Supporting Teachers Amid COVID-19 from the Hunt Institute (Resource)
INSPIRATION FROM LITERATURE AND OTHER SOURCES
- E.B. White on “The Meaning of Democracy” from The New Yorker (Article)
- “I Will Survive Online Teaching” (Video/Song)
- Pandemic by Lynn Ungar (Poem)
THE SCIENCE
- Beware of hoaxes, lies, junk science, etc. being spread via social media. Stay informed via trustworthy sources such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and local health departments.
- Preparing for Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Cleveland Clinic (Article)
- What is coronavirus: Symptoms, how it spreads, how to avoid it – Washington Post (Article)
- Here’s what you need to know (Article)
- Check out this list of Novel Coronavirus fighting products – American Chemistry (Resource list)
- Consider getting a flu shot if you haven’t already Why It’s Not Too Late to Get a Flu Shot (Article)
TESTING
- Taiwan’s ability to contain the virus, thanks to testing and communication. Here’s How (Article)
- Coronavirus Testing goes Mobile in Seattle (Article)
- This is How We Beat the Coronavirus (Article)
- America Needed Coronavirus Tests. The Government Failed (Article)