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Patrick J. McGovern Foundation awards $5.7 million to support vulnerable communities as pandemic surges
December 17, 2020 GMT
BOSTON, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation announced today $5.7 million in grants to support vulnerable communities through the pandemic and to bring trusted COVID-19 data and analysis to policymakers and the public.
The 21 grants are the latest of the Foundation’s COVID-19 response and community support commitments in 2020, totaling $14.7 million since March. More than $3.7 million will address the mounting crises of hunger, homelessness, and under-employment and unemployment across the United States, and $1.15 million will support ongoing social justice efforts for refugees, migrants, gender equality, and formerly gang involved and previously incarcerated individuals.