/ United Way of the Big Bend President/CEO Berneice Cox At the start of the pandemic, many Tallahassee non-profits feared their donations and future were in jeopardy. But the area's largest not-for-profit funder reports a totally different picture quickly emerged. That organization is the United Way of the Big Bend, where Berneice Cox has been the president and CEO since late 2019. She said a COVID response there was quick in coming. "Whenever we had our first cases, we started a COVID-19 relief fund and quickly were able to raise money for that while we were simultaneously running our campaign. We were able to get $240,000 into the community. And the agencies have told me this and I'm sharing it; it was the most simple application for funding we've ever had, basically a one-page application."