Ways to Help

Help Now NYC: Help Those Affected by COVID-19, City of New York 

Get Involved: How You Can Help, New York State Department of Health

NYC Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Donation Portal, City of New York 

COVID-19: Donate and Find Goods Responsibly, City of New York 

COVID-19 Volunteer Opportunities, Food Bank for NYC

Virtual Volunteer Center, Volunteer New York

Get Involved, New York Cares

A guide to helping and getting help during the coronavirus crisis, CNN

How you can help out, LinkedIn

Community Resources and Response

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response (including map of neighborhood groups across the city), Mutual Aid NYC

Community Support Resources, New York Public Library

Community Resources, Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation

20 Seconds or More (youth outreach campaign and resources), Hip Hop Public Health

Public and Social Services

Help Now NYC: Assistance for Individuals, City of New York 

ACCESS NYC (the city's portal to over 30 government public benefit programs), City of New York 

Health Information Tool for Empowerment (HITE) (resource directory for free and low-cost health and social services), Greater New York Hospital Association

Nonprofits & CBOs

Help Now NYC: Assistance for Organizations, City of New York 

NYC Nonprofits: Business Continuity During COVID-19, City of New York 

COVID-19 Resources for Nonprofits and Community-Based Organizations, New York State Health Foundation 

COVID-19 Resources for Human Services Providers, Human Services Council

Coronavirus Resource Center: Nonprofits & Community Organizations, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Nonprofits and Coronavirus, COVID-19, National Council of Nonprofits

COVID-19 Resources for Nonprofits, New York Council of Nonprofits

COVID-19 Foundation Response Funds, Council on Foundations

NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund for nonprofit service providers, New York Community Trust

Requesting and Supplying PPE in New York, The New York Academy of Medicine

COVID-19 Resources for Nonprofits, Youth Inc.

Resources for Advocacy During COVID-19, Advoacy Institute

Coronavirus Support Network, a project of Sostento Inc. 

“New Yorkers Find Ways to Help Those in Need During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” NYC Emergency Management, June 15, 2020

“Creating a hyperlocal infrastructure of care: COVID-19 Mutual Aid Groups,” Open Democracy, June 12, 2020

“Students Strengthen Community Ties to Combat Disparate COVID-19 Impact,” Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, June 12, 2020

“City’s Volunteer Sector Swells But Faces New Challenges in Coronavirus Pandemic,” City Limits, June 10, 2020

“Opinion: Nonprofits Will Lead the Recovery—if we Give Them a Chance,” City Limits, May 26, 2020

“City’s Workforce Nonprofits, In Need More Than Ever, Face Their Own COVID-19 Crisis,” City Limits, May 26, 2020

“Walsh: 10,000 care kits to be distributed throughout Boston,” WHDH TV Boston, May 23, 2020

“How A Facebook Group Supporting Seattle's Chinatown Became a COVID-19 Community Movement,” South Seattle Emerald, May 20, 2020

“'The way we get through this is together': the rise of mutual aid under coronavirus,” The Guardian, May 14, 2020

“How women-led mutual aid initiatives are strengthening the COVID-19 response,” Shareable, May 11, 2020

“NYC nonprofits band together to push for aid amid COVID-19 crisis,” Pix 11, May 8, 2020

“Queens senator encourages support for mutual aid efforts, food pantries during COVID-19 pandemic,” QNS, May 6, 2020

“The South Has Something to Say: COVID-19 and Our Chance for Transformation,” Nonprofit Quarterly, May 4, 2020

“Solidarity, Not Charity – Flatbush United Mutual Aid,” Bklyner, April 23, 2020

“Local mutual aid group provides community support during COVID-19,” San Diego Union-Tribune, April 18, 2020

“Bed-Stuy Strong: Scaling Mutual Aid During COVID-19," Civicist, April 16, 2020

“How To Help: A Guide To Donating, Volunteering & Contributing During Coronavirus,” Gothamist, April 15, 2020

“Don't Be Discouraged. Here's How To Help During Coronavirus,” NPR, April 13, 2020

“New Yorkers Come Together to Form Network Providing Community Support During Coronavirus Pandemic,” Newsweek, April 13, 2020

“A guide to helping and getting help during the coronavirus crisis,” CNN, April 13, 2020

“American Lung Association Launches $25 Million Fund to Fight COVID-19, Future Pandemics,” BioSpace, April 10, 2020

“CARES Act: A Guide to Financial Resources for Nonprofits,” The NonProfit Times, April 9, 2020

“United Health Foundation Pledges $1 Million to Support Vulnerable New York Residents Amid COVID-19 Emergency,” United Healthcare Group, April 9, 2020

“How to Help Your Community During the Coronavirus Crisis,” Consumer Reports, April 7, 2020

“COVID-19 Negatively Impacting Nearly All Charities,” The NonProfit Times, April 6, 2020

“Mutual Aid Movement Playing Huge Role in COVID-19 Crisis,” City Limits, April 3, 2020

“‘Solidarity Not Charity’: How L.A.’s ‘Mutual Aid’ Groups Are Creating Community During a Crisis,” Los Angeles Magazine, April 3, 2020

“How to Help and Where to Get Help During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” NBC New York, March 22, 2020

“Philanthropist organizations create NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund to support nonprofits,” Queens Courier, March 22, 2020

“Neighbors helping neighbors: a list of coronavirus mutual aid efforts in the South,” Scalawag Magazine, March 20, 2020

“What New York Can Do Now,” The New York Times, March 18, 2020

“Philanthropy Has a Duty to Respond Quickly to the COVID-19 Outbreak. Here’s How We Can Do It,” Inside Philanthropy, March 16, 2020