Robin Hood shares your concerns regarding the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and the disruptive effect it is having on the normal operations of our community partners throughout New York City. Robin Hood is committed to supporting our partners during this challenging time and we’re working together to develop solutions as needs surface. We’ve pulled together a set of resources that offer guidance on navigating COVID-19 and addressing organizational support needs.
General COVID-19 Resources
CDC.gov The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention have up to the minute tips and announcements regarding this pandemic.
NYS Department of Health Where Gov. Cuomo is giving the latest information about state actions and available options.
Nonprofit Risk Management Center Tips to help hone your crisis management skills to offset an infectious disease crisis.
The City Compilation of NYC resources and information from city agencies
New York Council of Nonprofits General COVID-19 Resources for Nonprofits
Students at NYU School of Medicine COVID-19 New York Community Resources + Up-to-Date Health Information
Bridgespan COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Resources for Nonprofits and Funders
Organizational Support Resources
FINANCE
FMA
Leading your organization through a crisis: Fiscal and operational strength for facing COVID-19
New York Council of Nonprofits
Nonprofit Insurance and COVID-19
TrustPlus
TrustPlus is a financial wellness benefit that helps workers make the most of every hard-earned paycheck. A service of Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners, financial coaches demystify personal finance with empathy, providing on-demand, one-on-one support, and expert guidance.
New York Legal Assistance Group
Financial Advice Webinar: Coping with COVID-19
SeaChange
Nonprofit Decision Framework that summarizes best practices with respect to risk management, lending, financial analysis, mergers/ collaborations, and restructuring/dissolution during this time.
New COVID-19 hotline to help NYC residents impacted by COVID-19 get answers to their legal questions (T: 929-356-9582 / Mon-Fri, 10am-1pm)
Lawyers Alliance for New York
Free virtual consultations for nonprofit employers to help nonprofits navigate difficult questions during COVID-19. To request a consultation, please complete this Intake Form. Lawyers Alliance will review your questions and work to connect you with a volunteer lawyer.
FUNDRAISING
Joan Garry
When you can’t meet in person. Tips for hosting virtual board meetings.
Network for Good
Tips for how to handle cancelled events
More tips for how to handle cancelled events
Upaya
Tips for virtual event fundraising
Gail Perry
Coronavirus and Fundraising: What to expect and how to prepare
MobileCause
What to do if your fundraising event is cancelled due to coronavirus
(Webinar) Principles of Fundraising: Navigating the Challenges Presented by Coronavirus
Principles of Fundraising: The Coronavirus and Philanthropy
Bloomerang
Essential Advice and Resources for Nonprofits on Fundraising
The Osborne Group
21 Remote, Virtual and Digital Engagement Opportunities
Asking Strategic Questions During a Time of Crisis
COMMUNICATIONS
Wethos
Blog on remote work best practices
sgEngage
Tips for communicating with donors
The Communications Network
Coronavirus Crisis Comms Triage Kit
Big Duck
Tips to manage your nonprofit’s communications during the COVID-19 crisis
DEI
NAACP
Ten Equity Implications of the Coronavirus
Legal
Patterson Belknap
Nonprofit Law Blog – 501(c)(3) vs. COVID-19: A Primer on Disaster Relief
Paul Weiss
An online portal to support the millions of Americans and small businesses facing financial devastation due to the economic dislocation caused by the pandemic
New York Legal Assistance Group
Coronavirus Legal Planning: What Documents do I Need?
New COVID-19 hotline to help NYC residents impacted by COVID-19 get answers to their legal questions (T: 929-356-9582 / Mon-Fri, 10am-1pm)
Lawyers Alliance for New York
Free virtual consultations for nonprofit employers to help nonprofits navigate difficult questions during COVID-19. To request a consultation, please complete this Intake Form. Lawyers Alliance will review your questions and work to connect you with a volunteer lawyer.
Governance
SeaChange
Tough Times Call for Tough Action: A Decision Framework for Nonprofit Leaders and Boards
Board Source
How Nonprofits and Board Members Can Respond to COVID-19
Quick & Dirty: Going Virtual Fast & Well
Propel Nonprofits
Governing In a Time of Crisis: 10 Action Items for Boards
NYS Attorney General’s Charities Bureau
Guidance for Conducting Virtual Meetings of Members of New York Not-for-Profit Corporations
Technology
GENERAL
Tech:NYC
Daily COVID-19 Newsletter with NY-specific updates and info on how companies are dealing with the crisis
FormAssembly
Donating pro bono Compliance Cloud accounts and Implementation Services to organizations with COVID-19 related projects. FormAssembly’s HIPAA-compliant Compliance Cloud plan can be useful for creating and collecting self-assessment questionnaires, epidemiological studies, volunteer registration forms, and more.
Free Virtual Meeting/Conference Services
FreeConferenceCall.com
Provides HD audio conferencing, screen sharing and video conferencing with up to 1000 participants. Sign up for a free account.
Resources for adapting to remote work
Tech Soup
Nonprofit Resources for Remote Work During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Understanding the Videoconferencing Tools Available to Your Nonprofit
Wrike
Coffee with Wrike. And Remote Working Tips!
Wild Apricot
A Guide to Remote Working for Nonprofits
Beth Kanter’s blog
How To Facilitate Effective Virtual Meetings
Computer Hardware/Equipment
TechSoup
Access hardware catalog here
Microage
Provides services including: Cloud, installation/implementation, assessments, IT security, migration and more
CDW
Provides software/hardware services
Emergency Response Resources
GENERAL
Aunt Bertha – Zip code search for COVID supports
While At Home – Get tested. Find grants & loans. Tools for teachers. Find job or apply for benefits. Organize. Tips for parents. Repair your small business. Volunteer. & much more.
United for Brownsville – Brooklyn COVID-19 Mutual Aid Resource Guide
FOOD
Plentiful – A website and app that lists many of the pantries in NYC and lets people make appointments for food pick-ups with those pantries that participate.
Food Hub NYC – Food resources for children
NYC DOE – Food resources for students
Urban Institute – Feeding the Country during a Pandemic: Seven Ways Forward
Access NYC – Get Emergency Food Now
Invisible Hands Deliver – Invisible Hands is a group of healthy volunteers from communities at the least risk for severe COVID-19 reactions working to bring groceries and supplies to those in high-risk demographics.
LemonTree – Website to help match volunteers to food organizations
Food Bank NYC – Here is an updated map of pantries operating right now
Expensify – Expensify.org is going to temporarily redirect all of its charitable funds to Expensify.org/hunger. With its ability to reimburse volunteers directly in real-time, Expensify.org is uniquely positioned to help families in need immediately. Until today, this fund was focused on paying off kids’ “lunch debts”, but with schools closed around the nation, that isn’t the top priority. Instead, Expensify.org is devoting everything to a new program: matching SNAP grocery purchases up to $50 per family.
NYC – Starting from 4/1 adults will be able to get 3 free meals too! Text ‘FOOD’ or ‘COMIDA’ to 877-877 to find a location near you.
NYC Department of Social Services –
- Any New Yorker can receive three free meals a day at one of more than 400 Meal Hubs across the city. Find out more information here.
- The City has created the GetFoodNYC food delivery program to provide food for coronavirus (COVID-19)-vulnerable and food-insecure New Yorkers not currently served through existing food delivery programs. Find out more information here.
- If you are interested in the location a food pantry, please visit the Food Help NYC pantry locator. We recommend calling to ensure the particular location is open. We’ve provided all of our emergency food providers with information about grab and go meals and how to implement social distancing at food pantries.
Community Food Advocates – Pandemic EBT Information Sheet for Food Benefits for All NYC Public School Students
EDUCATION
NYC Department of Education
Learning games and technologies developed with funding across programs at the DOE and government that are now available online for free until the end of the school year
Zearn – 400 hours of digital lessons with onscreen teachers
NewSchools – School Closure Resources
Scholastic Education – Free daily courses for students from Pre-kindergarten to grades 6 and higher
Vivvi – Offering tele-education services and suggestions on how parents can create in-home learning experiences for their little ones in a daily newsletter.
CommonLit – Resources to support teleschool plans
Khan Academy
Daily schedules for students ages 4-18 so they can structure their days and keep learning
Daily live streams (weekdays) to help students/parents/teachers navigate this fluid situation
Online resources for parents, teachers and students so that anyone looking to get started for the first time or needing self-service information has what they need. All resources are translated into 11 languages.
Common Sense (Resources for at home learning)
17 Apps to Help Kids Stay Focused
Free Educational Apps, Games, and Websites
Top Time-Management Apps
Cornell Tech – Follow @Breakfast_CS on Twitter for fun ideas about computational thinking to chew on with kids over breakfast (or lunch, or in the car) from the K-12 education team at Cornell Tech.
Sunset Spark – Provides daily Python coding class for 4th & 5th graders. They will start daily computer science classes for 1st-3rd graders (and their parents) based on the CS4All curriculum they’ve written starting 3/23.
Brooklyn Public Library – Virtual Library Programming for all ages, including story time, Dungeons & Dragons, video game tournaments and writing workshops, as well as recorded author talks and musical events.
ReadWorks – Free resources to help families supporting reading growth at home during COVID-19. Find easy-to-follow help for parents and guardians, including live and recorded webinars.
UpChieve – Offering any Title 1 high school that is closed due to COVID-19 100% free access to UPchieve for their students here. They offer free online math tutoring: available 24/7, unlimited one-on-one sessions.
HQIM Resources – Curated list of free resources for learning from home
2Rev – Offering pro bono supports for districts, higher ed institutions and educators directly
Getting Smart – Comprehensive set of resources for parents and schools
Instruction Partners – A Resource Hub that provides school and system leaders a starting point to support student care and continued learning during extended school closures
ISTE – Launching LearningKeepsGoing.org. This new site includes practical resources and expert-sourced tools in one place and is updated frequently.
Wide Open School – A free collection of the best online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense
TNTP – Resources focused on supporting the most vulnerable students during at-home learning—including English Language Learners and students with disabilities
New York Hall of Science – Online At-Home Resources page which includes NYSCI’s hands-on science learning resources to you in the comfort of your own home. (for all ages)
Diligent – Free Access to ‘Community by Diligent’ for K-12 Public School Districts to Ensure Connectivity with Their Communities During Crisis
CHILDCARE/EARLY CHILDHOOD
Wiggle Room – A web app that allows parents to quickly send childcare requests to their informal network and allows their friends and family to opt-in (or opt-out) quickly by text message. Everything is completely free for everyone involved.
PBS Kids – Daily weekday newsletter offering activities and tips parents can use to help kids play and learn at home
Urban Institute – Policies, Practices, and Resources for Child Care and Early Education Providers Amid the Coronavirus Crisis
Circletime – provides the same social emotional experience as circle time in a classroom, but conveniently online, with family and friends and led by certified experts. Your 0-8 year old child will learn something new in each session. Go to: www.circletimefun.com; code: homefun9
Zero to Three – Video chatting with apps such as FaceTime and Skype is a great way for young children to stay in touch with long-distance family and friends. Use these five tips to help children build relationships, communicate and learn from loved ones on the screen.
NYC DOE – Across all five boroughs starting March 23, about 100 regional enrichment centers will open, running from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Each will have three hot meals a day, plus a nurse, a socialworker, and a guidance counselor. These sites will also be available to students with “intensive” needs. Click here to learn more.
Child Care Aware – Coronavirus News & Resources for Child Care Professionals, Families and Policymakers
Workers Need Childcare – Connects parents in NYC’s essential workforce to free and low-cost childcare options during COVID-19
Promise Venture Studio – Resources for caregivers of young children
DOMESTIC WORKERS
The National Domestic Workers’ Alliance – list of tips for individuals and families who employ in-home care workers, nannies and house cleaners
ESLWorks – is offering businesses free COVID-19 training for essential workers here
CASH ASSISTANCE/LOANS
Hebrew Free Loan Society – The Hebrew Free Loan Society Coronavirus Financial Impact Loan Program provides interest-free loans of $2,000-$5,000 to residents of New York City’s five boroughs, Westchester, or Long Island who are facing financial challenges caused by the Coronavirus outbreak. For more information and for an application, click here.
Canary – Canary’s platform helps employers and other organizations to manage cash grants that they would like to distribute to individuals in moments of financial hardship. If your organization has a cash grant program you’d like help administering, please reach out to Kimberly Gartner at info@workwithcanary.com. (Note that Canary does not make grants to individuals.)
Propel – Propel has partnered with GiveDirectly to help FreshEBT users access cash. They are giving households $1,000. More information can be found here.
The Acceleration Project – TAP is offering the following free services to the small business community. Email support@theaccelerationproject.org to register for these free services (available on a first come, first-served basis):
Loan Application Assistance (up to 4 hours of support) – TAP consultants will help small businesses review loan options and apply for emergency working capital through the Small Business Administration (SBA) or other eligible programs.
Cash Flow Crisis Management (up to 4 hours of support) – TAP’s financial experts will analyze current business financials, help minimize cash-outflow and plan for an uncertain environment.
Metrocard Donations for Essential Workers – A crowdsourced listing of metrocards donated by individuals
HEALTH
General Health
NewYork-Presbyterian – NYP has created a 24-hour public hotline for those with concerns about COVID-19 at 646.697.4000. The hotline will not to diagnose or treat the caller, but it was made to provide a reliable and trusted source of information to the public. To speak with a physician, we are encouraging our patients and friends to consider a virtual visit using the NYP OnDemand platform.
Northwell Health – Northwell Health has compiled a Digital Resource Center for expert advice, reliable information, news, and updates on the novel coronavirus and Northwell’s response within the communities we serve.
Students at NYU School of Medicine – COVID-19 New York Community Resources + Up-to-Date Health Information
Children’s Health
National Institute for Children’s Health Quality – Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Information for Children’s Health Advocates
Turnaround – Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Resources for Children
Sinai Parenting Center – Resources for parents and healthcare workers that can be accessed remotely. Includes information on newborn care, healthy development, how to talk to your children about this situation, live classes, and additional tips.
Mental Health
NYCWell – 24/7 services available to speak with someone via call, chat or text during a time of crisis
Okayso – free support services around anxiety and stress related to COVID-19 through the okayso website or app (okayso)
NYC Mayor’s Office of ThriveNYC – Mental Health Support New Yorkers Can Access While Staying Home
HOMELESSNESS
National Alliance to End Homelessness – Coronavirus and Homelessness
Urban Institute – How Programs Addressing Homelessness Can Prepare for the Coronavirus
HOUSING
Center for NYC Neighborhoods – COVID-19 Outbreak: Homeowner Resources.
PUBLIC BENEFITS GUIDANCE
NYC Small Business Services – Guidance for Business Owners – Tips for Addressing Changes in Customer Behavior Due to the New COVID-19.
OLDER ADULTS
LiveOn NY – Resources for Older Adults.
Helping Hands – Provides free delivery of groceries, medicine, or other critical supplies for seniors
UNEMPLOYMENT
NY State Department of Labor – How to file a claim for UI Benefits
Small Businesses
Equity Effect – Equity Management for Private Companies
NYC Small Business Services – Assistance & Guidance for Businesses Impacted Due to Novel Coronavirus
Immigration
Protecting Immigrant Families – Guide on immigrant eligibility for public programs