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Foundation For The Carolinas and the City of Charlotte partnered to launch the Access to Capital Food Service Recovery Grant Program thanks to $4 million in federal CARES Act funding. Grants of either $10,000 or $25,000 are being awarded to restaurants, bars, food trucks, caterers and music venues located within the Charlotte city limits.

Local agencies and nonprofits are already feeling the strain to deal with increased needs in the community.

Foundation For The Carolinas and United Way of Central Carolinas have launched the COVID-19 Response Fund to support a range of organizations assisting people most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

The CARES Act is a $2 trillion economic relief package containing provisions to help nonprofits that are strained as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We've highlighted a few key sections that directly relate to the needs of nonprofit organizations.

The Brave of Heart Fund has been established at E4E Relief, a subsidiary of FFTC, to support surviving families of healthcare workers who lose their lives to COVID-19 while caring for others. The New York Life Foundation and Cigna Foundation launched the fund with $25 million each in contributions. Other generous donors have joined the effort to support survivor families in need through the Brave of Heart Fund.

Make a donation to the fund or learn how to apply at BraveofHeartFund.com.

Remembering John Crosland Jr.'s desire to make an impact, the Crosland Foundation board supported local nonprofits with emergency COVID-19 grants.

Foundation For The Carolinas, Charlotte is Creative, Hue House and the Arts & Science Council have announced the Arts, Culture & Creativity Fund. With a total investment of $3 million from Mecklenburg County and the City of Charlotte, the grantmaking fund will directly invest in and impact individual artists/creatives, as well as arts, science and history nonprofit organizations experiencing COVID-related challenges.