COVID-19 Response Fund
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Geographic Scope: Greater Pasadena area
Focus Areas: Emergency assistance for communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, including:
- Food security and food distribution programs
- Housing assistance and rental support
- Healthcare and telehealth services
- Childcare support
- Technology access and internet connectivity
- Mental health and wellness support
- Youth support services
- Support for essential workers and vulnerable populations
Background: As the coronavirus pandemic continued, PCF launched the COVID-19 Response Fund to address the increasing needs of residents and organizations struggling with day-to-day needs.
Total Distributed: By end of 2020, PCF awarded $2.6 million in pandemic relief response
October 2020 Round: $460,000 distributed to 40 organizations
Example Grants:
- $25,000 to All Saints Church for Safe Haven Bridge to Housing program (storage lockers for homeless individuals)
- Support to Friends in Deed for rental assistance
- Support to ChapCare and Community Health Alliance of Pasadena (CHAP) for telehealth and in-person medical services
- Support to Friends Outside in LA County (FOLA) for job readiness workshops and internet connectivity
- Support to Adelante Youth Alliance for interactive youth sessions, food gift cards, and internet connectivity
- Support to Stars for "Stars to Go" food distribution program
- Support to Achieving Access Together Project by Adelante Youth Alliance for grocery gift cards, mobile hotspots, and data plans
Contact Information:
- Pasadena Community Foundation
- 301 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 810
- Pasadena, CA 91101
- T. 626.796.2097
- F. 626.583.4738
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Pasadena Community Foundation's IRS filings)
Pasadena, CA · 2020
$53K
1 grant in Pasadena Community Foundation's 2020 filings reference “COVID-19 Response Fund” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What Pasadena Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 275
- Total given
- $27.91M
- Median grant
- $20K
- Range
- $5,500–$5.01M
- By dollars: California 73%, New York 9%, District of Columbia 3%. Top recipient cities: Pasadena, CA; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 30% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Altadena Builds Back Foundation · Pasadena, CA
Project Support
$5.01M
Pacific Oaks College & Children's School · Pasadena, CA
PCF Discretionary
$1.35M
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA
PCF Discretionary
$1.04M
Door of Hope · Pasadena, CA
PCF Discretionary
$775K
Greenline Housing Foundation · Sierra Madre, CA
PCF Discretionary
$736K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Food security
- Housing
- Mental health
- Hardship
- Nonprofits
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