Coronavirus Help Center

Funding Resources

Washington D.C.

DMPED Economic Recovery Microgrants

Small Business Recovery Microgrants & more info

Article:

Here’s How to Apply for DC”s Microgrant Program for Small Businesses Affected by COVID-19

Maryland

 Layoff Aversion Fund

Emergency Relief Loan Fund 

(1-2 hours to apply with $0 application fee for up to $50k loan)

Emergency Relief Grant Fund

(1-2 hours to apply with $0 application fee for up to $10k grant)

 

Virginia

 Coronavirus Updates

national & International

Small Business Assistance by State and City 

Best State and Local Resources for Businesses Weathering Coronavirus

SBA Disaster Loan Assistance

Facebook Small Business Grants Program

Open Road Alliance (Up to $100k grants and $50k-$250k loans)

Kiva Coronavirus Loans ($10k-$15k loans with 6 month grace period)

Business For All Grant ($10k-$200k grants)

Family Philanthropy – COVID-19: Response and Recovery Resources for Giving Families

 

Issue-area funds

CERF+ 

The Artists Safety Net

Gates Foundation 

Therapeutics Accelerator Fund

Horizons Foundation 

LGBTQ COVID-19 Response Emergency Fund

Hispanics in Philanthropy 

COVID-19 Rapid Response Migration Fund and Civic Participation Fund (Hispanics in Philanthropy)

Hispanics in Philanthropy and Justice for Migrant Women: Farmerworkers’ COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Fund

Musicians Foundation CV19 Support Fund

National Domestic Workers Alliance Coronavirus Cares Fund 

National Education Association Foundation, Grantmakers for Education COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund to Support School Communities

Funding for coronavirus (COVID-19) Philanthropy’s response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

Action Against Corona

Article: 

Financial Self Care During COVID-19

Taxes: 

Due date extended to July 15

Sick Leave: 

ABCs to Account for COVID-19 Sick Leave

Health & Wellness

Activities

At Home Workouts: FITDC Fitness Videos

Free Guided Meditation: Headspace

Simple Habit meditation app to ease your Coronavirus anxiety in app store – to unlock premium for free email help@simplehabit.com and ask for COVID-19 free premium mode

Funny Memes: Laughing During A Crisis: The Best Coronavirus Memes 

Free At Home Yoga: Satori Yoga Studio (videos): https://vimeo.com/satoriyogastudio

Free/Suggest Donation Yoga (live via Zoom): https://www.katerivard.com/online-classes

articles

How to Avoid Burnout in Remote Work

Physical Therapist’s Survival Guide for Working From Home

 Behavioral and Mental Health During Social Distancing

 That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief

Managing The Anxiety Around COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently. Here’s How.

Other Resources

Hackathon

COVID-19 Global Hackathon entries due by March 30

continuing education

Online webinars: SCORE Archives

Remote Work Wiki

business leadership

Templates: 

COVID-19: All the resources you need to survive and succeed

Article: 

CDC Guidance for Employers

Article: 

US Chamber of Commerce Brief Guidance for Employers

Technology Tools

Microsoft Teams  Available free for six months

Google Hangouts Premium. Free through July

Atlassian  (Jira, Trello, etc) is offering extended free access to their software for small teams

Go To Meeting. offering their remote work tools free for 3 months

Any Meeting free until the end of 2020 for videoconferencing and webinars

Zoom.  host of webinars, articles and demos on teleconferencing and remote work

Additional resources

#COVID19CapitalRelief Dashboard

COVID-19 Resources for Other Founders Google Drive Folder 

Miller Center Crisis Management Resources

Aronson COVID-19 Resource Center

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