Issue link: https://blog.providence.org/i/1367413
to address challenges due to the COVID-19 outbreak. By March 26, the Fund had received 130 proposals, which constituted the first Round of applicants. The large majority of applications received (111, or 85%) were for nonprofit operations; 10 (8%) were for individual support and nine (7%) were from community clinics. The majority of organizations served those living below the poverty line; Table 1 shows the full list of populations served. Table 1: Population Served Table 2 Nonprofit Agency Types/Scopes of Service Population Count Percent Households below the Poverty Line 92 71% School Aged Children 60 46% People with Disabilities 33 25% Seniors 20 15% Veterans 20 15% Uninsured 19 15% Immigrants and Refugees 18 14% Children 0-5 17 13% Type of Agency Count Percent Childcare/Education 28 22% Health Care 22 17% Human Services* 22 17% Homeless Services 18 14% Disability Services 11 8% Behavioral & Mental Health Services 7 5% Ecology 4 3% Food Bank 4 3% Immigrant & Refugee Services 2 2% Legal Services 2 2% Senior Services 2 2% Veterans Services 2 2% Other 6 5% 117 (91%) of applicant organizations were based in Orange County; all but one of the remaining 12 had a presence in Orange County. Table 2 shows the types of agencies that applied for funding and their general scope of services. There was a wide spread in size of applicant organizations. The smallest served 32 people; while eight organizations reported serving over 100,000. The median budget size was $2.1M with the smallest budget at $10,000; the largest was $760M (although this was a national organization with a smaller footprint in Orange County). Percentages add up to more than 100% as an organization can serve multiple listed populations. *Those in the "Human Services" category include specific mission focuses, for example, directed toward women, youth, job/skill development, and more. What unites them is their commitment to meeting basic human needs and thus focusing on the most socio-economically vulnerable.