Community Response to COVID-19

In March 2020, Kalamazoo Community Foundation (KZCF) activated its Community Urgent Relief Fund to address the emerging needs for the most vulnerable community members due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Community Urgent Relief Fund is supporting nonprofit partners who supply and deliver food, offer childcare – particularly targeted to healthcare workers and first responders – and are helping our most vulnerable families. The partnership has already funded many needs, including food, shelter, cleaning supplies, protective gear for home-site workers, and technology needs to help staff work remotely.

Here’s how you can make a donation:

• Go online at connect.kalfound.org/communityurgentrelieffund.

• Mail a Check - Please make your check payable to “Kalamazoo Community Foundation” and include in the memo line “Community Urgent Relief Fund”.

• Contact a Donor Relations Officer at 269.384.4416 to ask about other ways to make a contribution.

For more information about actions KZCF is taking to support a safe and healthy community in light of COVID-19, please visit our Community Urgent Relief resource page at kalfound.org.