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Allen Family Foundation gives $1M to bolster COVID vaccinations in underserved communities
April 6, 2021 at 10:25 am
Harborview medical assistant Aurora Artman provides COVID-19 vaccine to Jalyssa Atualevao at the Pacific Islander Community Association in Federal Way, Wash. (Susan Gregg / UW Medicine Photo)
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is contributing $1 million to help underserved communities in King County receive their COVID-19 vaccinations.
As the vaccination campaign continues ramping up and a greater swath of the Washington population is eligible for the shots, Black and Hispanic people in King County are receiving the vaccine at a lower rate, while they have been infected by COVID at two-to-three times the rate of their white and Asian counterparts.
Allen Family Foundation boosts COVID-19-related funding for hard-hit areas in Washington state By Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times
Published: January 25, 2021, 10:10am
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Jan. 25–The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is boosting its pandemic-related funding, with an additional $1.4 million focused on food security, child care and stability for communities across Washington state.
The new donation brings the foundation’s giving to address the impacts of COVID-19 to $12 million.
The new money will go to a range of nonprofits and community groups across the region, many aimed at supporting Black, Indigenous and LGBTQ+ communities. (LGBTQ+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning, with the + denoting everything along the gender and sexuality spectrum.)