St. Joseph Community Partnership Fund

Orange County Community Resilience Fund Evaluation Report 7 To conduct this evaluation, evaluators used three primary sources – nonprofit information provided through applications to the OC Community Resilience Fund, a survey of Orange County nonprofits, and interviews with nonprofit leaders focused on specific areas of service. These sources were augmented by a broad environmental scan. Applications were culled for specific descriptions of how nonprofits and communities were affected in the first days of the pandemic. The survey focused on how nonprofits were responding to the needs of the community and adapting their services, the impact of COVID-19 on fundraising and contracts; required changes in communication and outreach, and what nonprofits anticipated needing as they move forward. The interviews went deeper into how individual sub-sectors have been affected by and are responding to the pandemic. The represented sub-sectors included the 2020 Census, community health care, domestic violence, early childhood, food and basic need provision, immigration services, and women's health services. The environmental scan incorporated formal review of secondary sources such as news reports, other surveys, and impact data, as well as conversations, exchanges, and meetings with nonprofit leaders, government agencies, and funders. Table 1 provides the timeframe and sample size of each primary source. The application review served as a capture of the initial impacts and challenges of the pandemic, while the survey and interviews provided a pic- ture of the effects two to four months after the initial shutdown, allowing this report to look at how needs and opportunities evolved over time. 1 The grantee survey was sent to 164 recipients of the OC Community Resilience Fund; response rate was 90% 2 The non-recipient survey was similar to the grantee survey and was sent to 214 organizations that did not receive funding, for a response rate of 39% Methodology Source Sample Size Timeframe OCCRF Applications 378 March-May 2020 Grantee Survey 148 1 May-June 2020 Non-Recipient Survey 83 2 May-June 2020 Sector Leader Interviews 7 June-July 2020 Table 1: Data Sources

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