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When is the deadline for COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund?

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COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund

Ipas

Foundation One-time Grants for Reproductive Health Health Education Grants

Funding Amount

Varies

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund

Status: Active (as of extraction date 2026-04-03)

Description: Ipas's COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund supports innovative, fast-moving work to address barriers to abortion care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund supports projects that respond to the pandemic's impact on reproductive health services.

Geographic Scope: Global - Africa, Asia, and Latin America (countries where Ipas works)

Focus Areas:

Ensuring abortion remains an essential health service during COVID-19

Providing women with information on safely self-managing abortion with pills

Supporting government recognition of abortion as an essential health service

Training and supply provision for abortion providers (including PPE)

Contraceptive care maintenance during pandemic

Health worker safety and protection equipment

Information dissemination through accessible channels (WhatsApp, online platforms)

Healthcare facility operations maintenance

Eligible Applicants:

Ipas partner organizations and teams

Health facilities and health systems

Community health worker networks

Women's health organizations

Project Examples Funded:

PPE distribution to health centers and hospitals in Nepal

Handwashing basin placement in healthcare facilities (Bangladesh)

Community agent training for safe abortion information (Bolivia)

Advocacy for menstrual regulation service restoration (Bangladesh refugee camps)

What They Don't Fund: No restrictions mentioned in documentation

Background: Launched in response to COVID-19 pandemic creating barriers to abortion care, with some politicians attempting to use the crisis to deny reproductive rights.

Contact: Ipas, P.O. Box 9990, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA
Phone: 919-874-5280
Website: https://www.ipas.org/covid-response-fund/

How to Apply

Application Process

No specific application details are provided in the documentation. Donations/applications appear to be managed directly through Ipas country teams and partner organizations.

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What Ipas actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2025

Grants in 2025: 2
Total given: $22K
Median grant: $11K
Range: $6,700–$15K

By dollars: North Carolina 69%, California 31%. Top recipient cities: Durham, NC; Calabasas, CA.

Example grants

Carolina Abortion Fund · Durham, NC

Access to abortion care and support following hurricane helene

$15K
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See Inc) · Calabasas, CA

General purpose grant

$6,700