COVID-19 Relief Grants for Individuals
Design Credit: Alec Nicholson
The database below was created as a resource for staff and volunteers working with Cambridge residents in need of financial support.
To support a collective effort of nonprofit and public agencies, a Cambridge Volunteer Clearinghouse volunteer team researched relief funds for individuals, and compiled and branded the chart. We have provided tips on how to use this tool below.
After viewing or using the chart, we will greatly appreciate your feedback at this link:
https://forms.gle/zoteo9nWWoeGTnpV9
Please contact cynthia@cambridgenc.org with questions, feedback or suggestions for other funds to include.
To support a collective effort of nonprofit and public agencies, a Cambridge Volunteer Clearinghouse volunteer team researched relief funds for individuals, and compiled and branded the chart. We have provided tips on how to use this tool below.
After viewing or using the chart, we will greatly appreciate your feedback at this link:
https://forms.gle/zoteo9nWWoeGTnpV9
Please contact cynthia@cambridgenc.org with questions, feedback or suggestions for other funds to include.
To be redirected to the Google sheet view click here: Cambridge Individual COVID Grants
Tips on how to read the database:
Collaborators
*Individual grant awards can impact eligibility for public benefits defined by income level. More information on this topic is available at Mass Legal Help.
Tips on how to read the database:
- Up-Dated: the date indicates when the grant was updated/ revised
- Status: displays if a grant is currently open or on pause, (we don't display any grants that are closed indefinitely)
- Grant Size: grants are categorized as small, medium and large
- Small are grants less than $500
- Medium are grants around $500 - $1000
- Large are grants greater than $1000 but less than 1 month worth of expenses
- Eligibility: lists the requirements needed to access the fund. We encourage starting with eligibility to save time.
- Website: look here to find more information on the grant and application forms
- Contact person/ Email/ Phone: contact information is provided for the funds where it is publicly available
- Ease of Application: Each relief fund has a different application process and requirements. We assigned a rating to each fund according to how much effort is involved with completing the application process.
- Rating 1 Easy: little to no additional documentation needed
- Rating 2 Moderate: requests some additional verification
- Rating 3 Difficult: can be time consuming and application requests a lot of additional information
Collaborators
- Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee
- Cambridge Community Center for the Arts
- Cambridge Multi-Service Center
- Cambridge Nonprofit Coalition
- Cambridge Volunteer Clearinghouse
- Community Action Agency of Somerville
- De Novo
- JustAStart Coperation
*Individual grant awards can impact eligibility for public benefits defined by income level. More information on this topic is available at Mass Legal Help.
