As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to upend the lives of people around the world, various programs in the Pittsburgh region have pressed forward to meet the needs of those they serve, making whatever adjustments necessary along the way. The Heinz Endowments’ h magazine looks at some of those initiatives — which address issues ranging from providing child care to connecting veterans to services to conducting the 2020 Census and preparing for the presidential election — and highlights the commitment of local organizations to the work and our community.
 

Philanthropies across the United States have joined in registering their opposition to plans by the U.S. Census Bureau to shorten the census count. A letter, signed by more than 500 philanthropic organizations including The Heinz Endowments, states that shortening the enumeration and data processing of the census schedule “would hurt a diverse range of rural and urban communities, leaving them underrepresented locally and in Congress and cutting their fair share of federal funding for Medicaid, economic development, child care, schools, road and public transport improvements, home heating assistance for senior citizens, and many more vital services.”

Need information or help in dealing with Covid-19?  See United Way's resource page on the subject.

tHRive is an HR-based program for small to mid-size nonprofits designed to elevate the human resources and people–centric practices (employees, volunteers and boards) to enhance organizational capacity and community impact. tHRive is supported by the Endowments and The Forbes Funds.

Endowments President Grant Oliphant on the WNYM-AM "Business of Giving" Podcast hosted by Denver Frederick talks about how the Endowments is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic - and how the nonprofit sector is ripe for reinvention.