Children's Collaborative for Healing and Support

COVID COLLABORATIVE mobilizes the government, non-profit organizations, and private sector partners and support hundreds of thousands of children in the United States who have lost their parents and carriers by COVID-19. In December 2021, we announced, "Hidden Pain: What the United States can do to support them with children who have lost their parents and caregivers on COVID-19." This report first estimates the number of children who have lost the caregiver and provided specific proposals to support them.

Hidden Pain: The Report

Summary

Other than 760, 000 people who died due to COVID-19 in the United States, parents, custody grandparents, or children have rely on them as economic, spiritual and developed support. Included. Many of these children have already faced social and economically major adversity, and these devastating losss could affect the development and success of their life afterwards. According to a report written with the COVID community, COVID-19 estimates the number of children who have lost their parents and other caregivers, and to protect the children in such a weak child and the caregivers left. He has given specific proposals for countermeasures.

Key Findings

Data updated as of 2/28/22

Estimating the loss of children by COVID-19

The magnitude of the lives lost by COVID-19 exceeded the number of deaths in all wars in the United States, and the effects of children brought in less than two years are enormous. This figure is a challenge for the nation.

• Total loss: 203, 649 children under the age of 18, one in 360, losing parent and home carriers by COVID-19.
• Parents, grandparents' caregivers, or only caregivers: 91, 000 or more children lose their parents by COVID-19, more than 79, 000 children lose their grandparents, and more than 15, 000 children are the only home care. I lost the person.
• Loss by age: 70 % (143, 460 people) of the caregiver was affected by children under the age of 13. 50 % (102, 118), a losing parent, was elementary and junior high school (5-13 years old), and 20 % (41, 342) was a child from birth to four years old. More than 29 % (60, 189), a loss of parenting, influenced the youth of high school students (14-17 years old). < SPAN> COVID COLLABORATIVE has mobilized government, non-profit organizations, private sector partners, and support hundreds of thousands of children in the United States who have lost their parents and carriers by COVID-19. In December 2021, we announced, "Hidden Pain: What the United States can do to support them with children who have lost their parents and caregivers on COVID-19." This report first estimates the number of children who have lost the caregiver and provided specific proposals to support them.
• Other than 760, 000 people who died due to COVID-19 in the United States, parents, custody grandparents, or children have rely on them as economic, spiritual and developed support. Included. Many of these children have already faced social and economically major adversity, and these devastating losss could affect the development and success of their life afterwards. According to a report written with the COVID community, COVID-19 estimates the number of children who have lost their parents and other caregivers, and to protect the children in such a weak child and the caregivers left. He has given specific proposals for countermeasures.
• Estimating the loss of children by COVID-19
• The magnitude of the lives lost by COVID-19 exceeded the number of deaths in all wars in the United States, and the effects of children brought in less than two years are enormous. This figure is a challenge for the nation.

Recommendations

• Total loss: 203, 649 children under the age of 18, one in 360, losing parent and home carriers by COVID-19.
• Parents, grandparents' caregivers, or only caregivers: 91, 000 or more children lose their parents by COVID-19, more than 79, 000 children lose their grandparents, and more than 15, 000 children are the only home care. I lost the person.

Loss by age: 70 % (143, 460 people) of the caregiver was affected by children under the age of 13. 50 % (102, 118), a losing parent, was elementary and junior high school (5-13 years old), and 20 % (41, 342) was a child from birth to four years old. More than 29 % (60, 189), a loss of parenting, influenced the youth of high school students (14-17 years old). COVID COLLABORATIVE mobilizes the government, non-profit organizations, and private sector partners and support hundreds of thousands of children in the United States who have lost their parents and carriers by COVID-19. In December 2021, we announced, "Hidden Pain: What the United States can do to support them with children who have lost their parents and caregivers on COVID-19." This report first estimates the number of children who have lost the caregiver and provided specific proposals to support them.

• Other than 760, 000 people who died due to COVID-19 in the United States, parents, custody grandparents, or children have rely on them as economic, spiritual and developed support. Included. Many of these children have already faced social and economically major adversity, and these devastating losss could affect the development and success of their life afterwards. According to a report written with the COVID community, COVID-19 estimates the number of children who have lost their parents and other caregivers, and to protect the children in such a weak child and the caregivers left. He has given specific proposals for countermeasures.
• Estimating the loss of children by COVID-19
• The magnitude of the lives lost by COVID-19 exceeded the number of deaths in all wars in the United States, and the effects of children brought in less than two years are enormous. This figure is a challenge for the nation.
• Total loss: 203, 649 children under the age of 18, one in 360, losing parent and home carriers by COVID-19.

• Parents, grandparents' caregivers, or only caregivers: 91, 000 or more children lose their parents by COVID-19, more than 79, 000 children lose their grandparents, and more than 15, 000 children are the only home care. I lost the person.
• Loss by age: 70 % (143, 460 people) of the caregiver was affected by children under the age of 13. 50 % (102, 118), a losing parent, was elementary and junior high school (5-13 years old), and 20 % (41, 342) was a child from birth to four years old. More than 29 % (60, 189), a loss of parenting, influenced the youth of high school students (14-17 years old).
• Race and ethnic loss rate: No n-white children lost their carriers at a higher rate than white children. American Indians, Alaska indigenous people, Hawaiian indigenous, and Pacific Islands are about 3. 5 times as white children, black and hispanic children are about twice as white children, Asian children are white. Lost the caregiver at a ratio of 1. 4 times the children.

• Despite the concentration, it is found in any state nationwide: five states in California, Florida, Georgia, New York, and Texas accounted for half (50 %) of the loss of parenting by COVID-19. There is. Arizona, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Texas had the highest losing nursing care, with the lowest in the main, New Hampshire, Bermont, and Iowa.
• Loss by geography, races, ethnic groups: Colombia Special Zone has the largest gap between parenting, and the loss rate of blacks and hiss breads is 11 times and 17 times the loss rate of white children, respectively. Ta. In Mississippi, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Utah, American Indians and Alaska indigenous children had more than 10 times the number of children in white.
• A collaborative strategy is to be collaborated to identify children who have lost their parents or childcare parents by COVID-19 comprehensively through the use of administrative records of schools, local organizations, primary care sites, municipal administrative records.
• Established a COVID-19 orphan Fund, similar to the funds established for bereaved families and HIV/AIDS orphans on September 11, 2001.

Interventions rooted in school and community

Expands the abilities of schools, local organizations, religio n-based institutions, and other regional leaders.

Hig h-quality childhood education for COVID orphans due to categories by category to programs operated by public funds, such as head starts and early head starts, exemption from parent activity requirements and sel f-pay Expand access to the program.

Create a registration book for available grainy services, use it for referral activities, so that it can be used widely through local communities, states, and nationwide platforms.

COVID Collaborative Report Shows More Than 167,000 Children Lost Parents and Caregivers to COVID-19 and Includes Plan of Action to Help Them

More than 70% of children who lost parents and caregivers are 13 or younger; Communities of Color have been affected the most; Coalition calls for urgent public and private action to help COVID-bereaved children

Strengthen the social service system that provides important resources for children who have bereaved COVID and their families.

Expand access to mental health care at school through additional training and cooperation between external mental health care providers.

Expand access to outpatient mental health care through co-location of services, integrated behavioral health care, and increased telehealth access.

Reduce cost-sharing responsibility or facilitate free provision of outpatient mental health care related to the loss of a parent due to COVID-19.

Congress should make permanent the child tax credit, revised by the American Rescue Plan, that benefits families experiencing loss.

The White House and Congress should provide categorical eligibility for COVID-19 orphans for financial assistance from a range of avenues, including TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, and the recently revised Child Tax Credit.

State and local governments should provide proactive outreach, case management, and eligibility screening to families with COVID-19 orphans to expedite enrollment in protective supports and services.

The federal government should improve outreach and accessibility for FEMA’s funeral reimbursement assistance program, Social Security death benefits, and survivor benefits.

Statements of Support from Partners

Total number of children who have lost a caregiver due to COVID-19

Children who have lost a caregiver due to COVID-19 - ages 0-4

Children who have lost a caregiver due to COVID-19 - ages 5-13

Children who have lost a caregiver due to COVID-19 - ages 14-17

Children who have lost a caregiver due to COVID-19 - American Indian or Alaska Native

Children who have lost a caregiver due to COVID-19 - Asian

Children who have lost a caregiver due to COVID-19 - Hispanic

Children who have lost a caregiver due to COVID-19 - Native Hawaiian or Native Pacific Islander

Children who have lost a caregiver due to COVID-19 - Non-Hispanic Black

Children who have lost a caregiver due to COVID-19 - Non-Hispanic White

December 9, 2021 | Press Release

Washington, D. C., December 9, 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic is the deadliest acute public health crisis in U. S. history. In just 22 short months, more than 760, 000 Americans have died, many leaving behind children who have lost their caregivers, role models and providers. Today, the COVID Collaborative and Social Policy Analytics released a report estimating that 167, 082 children in the United States – roughly 1 in 450 – have lost a parent or other caregiver in the home to COVID-19, and laid out a roadmap to support and care for these most vulnerable children.

Non-white children lost caregivers at higher rates than white children, with American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander children experiencing the highest rates of loss, nearly four times that of white children. Black and Hispanic children experienced loss at more than twice the rate of white children. Adolescents in all states experienced loss, but California, Florida, Georgia, New York, and Texas accounted for half of the COVID-19 caregiver losses. Seventy percent of caregiver losses were children age 13 or younger. Half of the children orphaned by COVID (83, 798) were in elementary and middle school (ages 5-13), and 20% (34, 150) were between birth and 4 years old.

"As we seek to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is urgent that we address the crisis of children left behind," said John Bridgeland, co-founder and CEO of the COVID Collaborative. "For these children, the sky has fallen, and supporting them through this trauma must be a priority. Today's report is a rallying call to the nation to support children who have lost parents or other caregivers to COVID-19."

"Children who are most likely to lose caregivers to COVID-19 are also more likely to have faced preexisting adversity that hinders their ability to cope and develop resilience. They are dealing with personal tragedy amid national uncertainty, stress, and chaos, and leaders have a responsibility to support COVID-bereaved children and their remaining caregivers to maximize their chances of resilience and success.

Children and adolescents depend on their caregivers for financial, emotional, and developmental support, and the death of a parent or caregiver can be a setback to a child's development and success. The impacts of losing one or both parents can include anxiety, depression, PTSD, substance abuse, suicide, academic underachievement, higher high school dropout rates, economic disruption, and general instability.

Policymakers, educators, nonprofits, and the private sector can take steps to help children and adolescents cope with grief and trauma. The report outlines recommendations, including evidence-based policies, programs, and practices to address grief and trauma, such as coordinated efforts in schools, health care, and faith-based communities to identify and connect children and families to support; COVID orphan funds; expanding access to quality early childhood programs and social-emotional learning in schools; structured mentoring, peer support, grief camps, and mental health care expansion; and federal executive action to help these children now. "The impact of losing a parent can last a child's entire life," COVID Collaborative co-chairs Dirk Kempthorne and Deval Patrick said in a joint statement. "As a caring nation, America must provide the support children need during this time of great challenge.

The report, "Hidden Pain: Children Who Have Lost Parents or Caregivers to COVID-19 and What the State Can Do to Support Them," is available at COVIDCollaborative. us.

Juliet K. Choi, President and CEO of the Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum

"COVID-19 has taken a tremendous toll on our nation, including the loss of many parents and those who care for our children. This toll has disproportionately affected communities of color, including Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and Asian Americans. We urge the nation to act in unison to ensure these children and their families have the support they desperately need, now and into the future."

Dante Desiderio, Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians

"American Indian and Alaska Native children have the highest rates of caregiver loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the nation. We need a comprehensive approach to support these children and their families as they navigate these difficult times.

Derrick Johnson, NAACP President and CEO

"COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted communities of color. One of the most severe consequences is the loss of parents and caregivers in these communities, many of whom often lack the resources and support to respond."

Janet Murguia, UnidosUS CEO

"This alarming report shows that Black and Hispanic children are more than twice as likely to lose a parent or caregiver to the pandemic. Such losses can be devastating and lifelong. Supporting a comprehensive response to restore their social, economic and mental health and well-being as quickly as possible is critical for them and for the future of our nation.

Grief Resources for Children

Gary Edson, COVID Coalition Director

"COVID-19 has needlessly divided us at a time when this crisis should unite us. Reaching out to children who have lost their parents, grandparents and other caregivers is a moral imperative that can reconnect our nation in our common work."

• Chi Kim, Pure Edge President and CEO, CASEL Board Member
• "We have worked for years to promote children's social and emotional development. The COVID pandemic has devastated families and taken many lives, including parents and caregivers, from children. We need to redouble our efforts in schools across the country to teach and nurture strategies to heal hearts and develop talents.

Annette March-Grillet, President and Co-Founder of Roberta's House

• "We work every day with children and families who have experienced trauma and loss, including those who have lost parents or caregivers to COVID. Children and teens have been deeply affected by many losses and are at risk psychologically, physically and emotionally. America must come together to support this vulnerable population, who have great potential for the future."
• Heather Nestle, President of New York Life Foundation

"We've been working with children and their families through bereavement for more than a decade, and we know from our recent surveys that parents tell us they need more support on this topic, especially from schools. That's why we strongly support public-private efforts to expand proven strategies and services to help children build a better future."

• Karen Niemi, President and CEO, CASEL
• "We are working in many states and districts to help students develop the skills they need to succeed in school, the workplace and in life. These skills are also invaluable in helping students cope with grief and trauma, including losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic," said Francie Schnipke Richards, vice president of social responsibility at the Allstate Foundation.

"It is extremely important for our country to prioritize fair access to the support of social and emotional support based on demonstration of youth. Learning sociality and emotions loses parents and caregivers. You can help youth in various ways, from facing trauma, supporting mental health needs and resilience through pandemic reconstruction, to enhance youth's confidence, leadership, and human relationship skills. 。

David Shapiro, Mentor CEO

• "The mentor and mentoring fields are proud to participate in COVID COLLABORATIVE, and as a result of pandemic, we are proud to be healing and recovering in Japan in the center of Japan's response to trauma and loss faced too many young people. There is nothing to replace the caregiver, but we must do our best to work on this complex and lon g-term task, for young people who have been losing. It also includes a positive and permanent guidance relationship, which also provides individual and proven response, when young people need it most. We will work together to deal with the goals of dealing, healing, and prospering.
• Timothy P. Schriver Special Olympics & Unite Chairman Timothy P. Schlever

"In the unprecedented sadness of the COVID-19 pandemic, those who have experienced painful losses ask us for strength, solidarity, and love. Many children are sad. It is our great privilege to support children who are sorrowful and to recover at the moment, as a family, a friend, and as a citizen. "

• Wolton Family Foundation Executive Director Charille M. Stern
• "Over the past two years, many Americans have faced the tragic loss of pandemic and have recalled courage, resilience, and determination. Hundreds of thousands of parents and carriers have lost. We are convinced that we will have a big blow to the children and their families.
  • The following resources recommended by the New York Life Foundation will help you support parents and child who has lost their parents.
  • The coalition, which supports students who are sad, is a unique community by a major specialized organization that represents the school community, gathered to support the grieving students and their families. The Union creates and shares an industrial resource se t-up resource that gives power to the national school community in order to continuously support the grieving students.

  Shifting your funding practices during Covid-19

  Click here for practical, accessible information for school communities to support children who have experienced the death of a loved one.

  Other resources can be found at the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement.

  1. The National Alliance for Children's Grief (NACG) is a nonprofit organization that raises awareness of the needs of grieving children and teens and provides education and resources for all who support them. We bring together the voices of our members and partners to educate, advocate, and raise awareness about childhood bereavement. NACG is a national network of experts, agencies, and volunteers who promote best practices, educational programs, and critical resources to promote the mental, emotional, and physical health of grieving children and their families.
  2. Click here for resources to support bereaved children and their families.
  3. Click here for local support.
  4. Founded in 1982 in Portland, Oregon, the Dowsey Center started the first peer grief support group for children and became a world-renowned model of bereavement support known as the Dowsey Center model.
  5. There are plenty of resources for people of all ages grieving before and after a death, as well as for professionals.
  6. Find a local bereavement support center by zip code
  7. Camp Erin is the nation's largest bereavement program for youth grieving the death of a loved one.
  8. Children and teens ages 6-17 attend a transformative weekend camp that combines traditional, fun camp activities with grief education and emotional support, free for all families. Led by grief experts and trained volunteers, Camp Erin offers youth a unique opportunity to increase their levels of hope, boost their self-esteem, and especially learn that they are not alone.
  9. Find your local Camp Erin

  Elna Resource Center

  Supporting grieving families is core to the New York Life Foundation's mission. Our research shows that families who lose a loved one wish they had more resources and support. To address this gap, New York Life has a dedicated online grief resource that provides articles, expert tips, personal stories, and local resources for families, educators, and community members.

  Resources for school communities, families and all communities Order free materials including:

  How the child is sad after a beloved person has died, how can parents and other adults support: Englis h-language electronic booklet or Spanish electronic booklet

  Kai's Journey is a movie and book series dedicated to children and their families who have experienced the death of a loved one. The series is striving to provide guidance and support to children on a lifelong journey to learn, process, and communicate sadness.

  Cavid is trying to change the way of supporting the funders. In this guide, we explore what we have seen so far, the valuable change we think, and what the funders can do.

  Change the way of funding funds on the home "Resource Hub" COVID-19

  Regain the relationship with the subsidies

  1. Re-engage with your grantees

  Review the subsidy regularly

  Red definition of trus t-based relationships

  • Emphasis on fairness and fairness
  • Utilize all assets
  • Support sector resilience

  Build better support

  Build a better cooperation

  Regain the relationship with the subsidies

  2. Regularly review how much you give

  When the pandemic first occurred, the funders, of course, focused on providing funds quickly to charity organizations that were most affected by Coronavirus. A donation event like the London Marathon was canceled, and all sizes of charity were financed. According to a survey we conducted with the Gatsby Foundation, there was no option for many charitors to return to the staff who provide essential services. Urgent funding was reasonable. Many charitors had urgent needs because they expected the crisis in a short period of time.

  However, as the pandemic became prolonged, the crisis for the charity group changed from acute to chronic. The COVID-19 has been shown to be a long-term crisis that will have a huge impact on society as a whole over the next few years.

  Therefore, it is natural that many funds are leaving shor t-term emergency support. Many emergency funds (CAF Coronavirus Emergency Funds, National Lotary Heritage Emergency Funds, Cross Workers Emergency Programs, etc.) have closed new applications.

  Regain the relationship with the subsidies

  3. Redefine relationships based on trust

  The same goes for social investors. SIB has launched a resilience and recovery loan fund (£ 25 million from the Big Society Capital) to support the mediu m-term organization through a fiv e-year loan at an advantageous interest rate.

  • The fund provider is eager to understand how the government can complement the government and can deal with the disparity. We analyzed the 750 million pound support measures announced in April 2020. In January 2021, the British government announced that it will provide a charity organization with 800 million pounds (unproficient financial funds) as part of the reconstruction of Coronavirus. This fund is expected to be assigned for youth, financial wrapping, or social investment.
  • What does this mean for fund providers? In the following, we will explore what we have seen, the valuable changes we think, and what other funders can do.
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  When Cobid occurred, many funded providers actively contacted the subsidy, expressed support, and offered flexible response to reporting and restrictions on funding. Since then, charity organizations have to cope with the changing environment, such as relieving and returning closure regulations, taking a break due to illness, exhausting, and starting to decrease urgent funds.

  • Because the situation is fluid, it is necessary to regularly contact the groups that are receiving subsidies and understand the current task. However, be careful not to overload the beneficiary of the subsidy. The fund provider has the following method:
  • If there are important changes, we will invite a subsidy once every few months to provide the latest information.

  Instead of requesting each charity organization to reconstruct information according to its own format, it will encourage the subsidy organization to submit a report that has already been created for other subsidies.

  Help grantees to adapt further, if necessary. For example, a charity that previously needed help transitioning to fully remote working may now need help setting up a Covid-safe working environment.

  When considering new recipients, try to ease the burden on charities. It is appropriate to carry out careful due diligence to ensure that funds reach the charities best suited to help those who need it most. However, due diligence must be proportionate to the size of the grant and the likelihood of it being awarded. Proper due diligence is always best practice for funders, but the current stresses that charities are under make due diligence particularly important.

  • You should also ask about the internal operational questions of your grantees when discussing what services they provide. We are seeing an increasing number of charities worrying about the health of their staff, who are inevitably exhausted. Investigate how well charities are managing services in remote and insecure locations, whether their systems and processes adequately support their efforts, and whether there are challenges in recruiting and retaining motivated staff and volunteers.
  • At the beginning of the pandemic, many foundations and philanthropists dramatically increased their giving to meet the increased need. This was extremely beneficial as incomes changed dramatically, if not for everyone, but not everyone. However, the ongoing crisis and the need to support longer-term needs require foundations to consider how much spending is appropriate on an ongoing basis.
  • There are compelling reasons to believe that foundations should increase their dividend payout ratios now. Some foundations are drawing down endowments, changing their investment strategies, or selling assets to support new and existing grantmakers. For example, the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust announced that it will increase its grant spending by at least £5 million and expand its grant awards. The role of foundation trustees is to ensure that the debate is not framed as a question of margin purely from an investment perspective, rather than from a mission perspective.
  • Concerns about future financing is one of the biggest concerns for charity leaders. The Foundation should regularly review their thoughts and explain their thoughts to the charity sector as something as important. Foreseeing what kind of action the Foundation will take in the future will help the charity groups to work on their own measures.
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  • When the UK was first blocked, many funds moved quickly and reassured their partner's Charity Organization. London Funders, which consists of major London trusts and local governments, immediately stated that they provide flexible funds to colonovirus and played a leading role. More than 400 fund providers signed a pledge that "we will stand up with this sector" and promised the following:

  Available for changes in the payment period and payment date of the subsidy.

  Regain the relationship with the subsidies

  4. Focus on equity and fairness

  Listen to the situation, issues, and needs where the subsidy organization is located.

  In November 2020, more than 150 fund providers updated their commitments to these principles. In the new pledge, in addition to the initial commitment, fund providers promised:

  Redesign the grant application process to be more effective and inclusive

  Share and use learning to continue to be an effective fund provider in the future.

  The community and civil society shall be open as the support for funding develops for a long time.

  Invest time in understanding the pipeline, both who is applying and who isn’t applying or isn’t getting funded

  The core of such commitments is the redefinance of the relationship between the fund provider and the subsidy, and how to use funds to support the people and communities that the subsidies are working together. It is to trust that the subsidy knows if it is the best. Through 2020, we will understand the need for a new type of request, for example, the need for a delay in achieving results and the need to change the planned activities. It is.

  While focusing on the shor t-term needs of flexibility and agile, we believe that such a shift can be fundamentally used as a pilot of a new activity method. In our Rethink Grant-Making, a model like a Philanthropy based on the trast is exploring the possibility of reconstructing a British grant. It has been shown that the trus t-based subsidy relationship maintains the balance of power, values ​​the knowledge and expertise of all stakeholders, and has better results by community.

  Set up dedicated funds or ringfence portions of existing funds for BAME-led organisations

  Fund providers can build trust through the following:

  Embed a race lens into mainstream funding programmes

  It tells you that the provision of unlimited funds trusts the subsidies to make the best decisions to achieve results.

  Support organisations focused specifically on racial equality

  If possible, clarify the provision of multiple years, or clearly shows what conditions will be considered to be resubmitted.

  Join collaborative funds focused on racial justice and equality

  By simplifying and streamlining applications, plans, and reports, the subsidies eliminate the hassle of passing through unnecessary circles. One charity organization said it took five hours to create a 500 pound subsidy application. Keep the process properly. The good hint is to complete the application form to clarify what you are looking for and how long it takes.

  Regain the relationship with the subsidies

  5. Use all your assets

  Finding feedback and acting based on it. Feedback is most useful when it is collected and anonymized by a third party.

  Main the transparency of priority and issues.

  Transition to a trus t-based relationship does not mean to cooperate only with existing subsidies who already know and trust. According to charity, it is difficult to build a relationship with a new fund during the crisis. As the crisis progresses, it is important for fund providers to consider not only individual charity but also the needs of the entire sector.

  Consider how your investments are managed

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  The COVID-19 revealed a major inequality in society. It also includes institutional racist discrimination, which means that the BAME community is unfairly affected by the pandemic. The George Floyd murder case and the Black Lives Matter exercise shed light light light. We also know that emergency situations due to climate change have an disadvantageous group, such as racial community, poverty, and young people. I am.

  Many fund providers are considering how to respond to such inequality and how to provide funds that focus on fairness and fairness.

  Look for impact-related investment opportunities, especially those worsened by the pandemic

  Avoid technical terms so that applicants can explain their activities in their own words. Think about who will make a decision to provide funds and whether that experience is meaningful and effective for the background of funding.

  We provide further guidance as a guide about Power Dynamics: Balance adjustment

  Funds, such as the National Emergencies Trust, collect data on how much of the Coronavirus is used in Bam e-led charitors, and share it. I'm doing it. If there are few specific communities and types of charity, it is necessary to investigate the possible reasons and what they can do.

  Think creatively about using your assets to increase your grant-making capacity

  This includes investment in outreaches and civil society infrastructure that focuses on the target to support more diverse pipelines. For example, the London Community Response Fund has a subsidy to six equality, so that BAME, deaf, disabled person, woman, and LGBTQ+can use more available support. Supported.

  For example, Comic Relief and National Emergency Trust launched a 3. 4 million pound for Bam e-led organizations, and used a new change Makers program to the BAME project. Rosa has partnered with Imkhan and has established a COVID-19 compatible fund for BME female organizations, which provide the forefront services on violence against women and girls. By cooperating with a specialized brokerage organization, you can reach out to small and micro projects that can be overlooked in other ways.

  Use your voice to influence change

  For example, JosePH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST focuses on the two harms, pandemic and institutional racism, focusing on the tw o-priority subsidy policy (pandemic and institutional racism). I did it. FUTURE FOUNDATIONS UK (a group of colored races working in trusts and Foundation) calls more funders to embed racist lenses throughout the program, rather than creating a siloized funding pot. I am.

  The Funders for Race Equality Alliance is currently mapping racial equal sector, and its purpose is to support, maintain, and strengthen the funders. It is a proposal to where to focus on achieving a true change.

  Share your knowledge and learning

  Resourcing Racial Justice is a new British fund pool to support individuals and communities working for racial justice. It is operated by a colored coalition and distributed more than £ 1 million to projects throughout the United Kingdom. The Baobab Foundation is a new fund that supports black and ethnic community organizations.

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  Regain the relationship with the subsidies

  6. Support the resilience of the sector

  The pandemic accelerated existing trends to mobilize more capital to address social and environmental challenges, but it also spurred innovation around the world in terms of new investment platforms, vehicles, and collaborations. While flows into sustainable investment funds had been on the rise for some time, Covid-19 appears to have accelerated this trend and acted as a “wake-up call” for investors to consider the impact of their funds. Inflows into European sustainable funds (funds that incorporate environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) criteria into their investment process) more than doubled in Q2 2020 compared to the previous quarter and remained at this high level (€53 billion) in Q3. In a survey of high-net-worth individuals and family offices, 69% of respondents said that Covid-19 had affected their investment views.

  Building on existing trends and recent innovations, some actions funders should take include:

  Charity investors (foundations and operating charities) are increasingly reevaluating their investment strategies. According to a survey of 295 charity investors conducted by Cazenove Capital, 77% of respondents have decided to implement an investment policy that links mission and purpose to investment strategy. As part of ACF's Stronger Foundations initiative, a report was published in July 2020 that outlined seven pillars of strong investment practices for foundations with clear guidance and examples of practices from other foundations.

  Three foundations, Friends Provident Foundation, Joffe Charitable Trust and Blagrave Trust, conducted an open selection process called the ESG Olympics in 2020 to appoint investment managers to maximize social and environmental impact.

  Regain the relationship with the subsidies

  7. Build Back Better

  Covid-19 is spurring innovation in impact investing, enabling funders to address issues that matter to them through investment opportunities, not just grants. There are several platforms and networks that can help find these opportunities, such as Good Finance and ACF’s Social Impact Investors group.

  On the more international front, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has formed the Response, Recovery and Resilience Investment Coalition (R3) to increase the scale and effectiveness of impact investing in addressing Covid-19 and its impacts. The coalition aims to mobilize and coordinate impact investors around the world to deploy capital in high-impact investment opportunities in response to the crisis, particularly health-related ones, and to connect investors, showcase investment opportunities, and share learnings, insights, and resources to support economic recovery.

  Just as philanthropic funders are streamlining their grant-making processes to get funds to them more quickly, something similar is happening in the impact investing community. For example, investment committees are meeting more frequently to approve investments and loan applications are being made simpler and faster.

  Five US foundations, including the Ford Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation, announced major changes in 2020 to issue social bonds to fund large Covid-19 grant-making programs. Between the five foundations, grantmaking is expected to increase by more than $1. 7 billion over the two-year period. Essentially, each foundation can increase payouts without touching its endowment by borrowing long-term funds against its assets.

  • While a bond issue of this magnitude would be unfeasible for most foundations, it would be an important signal for foundations to explore ways to use their assets more effectively to create greater impact or improve their grantmaking capacity. For example, some foundations may decide to reduce spending to address an immediate crisis rather than providing funds in perpetuity. At the very least, all foundations should periodically review their dividend payout ratios.
  • More foundations have become involved in impact work in recent years, and many are attracted to the idea of ​​amplifying their impact by addressing root causes. As funders consider how they can use their influence for good, NPC highlights the importance of funders making long-term commitments if they want to effectively affect social change.
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  8. Collaborate more and better

  Funders can accumulate important knowledge from their cross-sector work. Over the course of the COVID-19 crisis, funders have often had the breadth to see trends across sectors, rather than just their grantees.

  Funders like the Paul Hamlyn Foundation are sharing what they are learning from how their grantees are adapting throughout Covid-19. And some funds, like the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, are sharing what they have learned as funders. Sharing this knowledge saves other funders and charities time and enables a more effective collective response.

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  We know that many funders are thinking hard about how they can help charities develop more adaptive actions and processes to better respond to uncertainty. NPC recently conducted research in collaboration with Shift Design to explore what best practice organizational development looks like and what the role of funders might be in enabling a stronger, more resilient sector.

  There are several issues. First, charity organizations often have difficulty to open their development needs. Even now, the price of financing is narrowed and the charity groups have the pressure of having to show their good aspects. Second, the needs presented by the charity group are often superficial, and does not reflect the fundamental development issues facing the charity group. Third, charity organizations often feel the pressure of having to follow the vision of fund providers, not their vision. Fourth, most of the models used to support the construction of charity resilience are diverted from business, developed before pandemic, and we are alive now. It doesn't fit into a certain world. Finally, many charity organizations feel that the financing stage is too stiff and there are many restrictions. The financing stage is to fix the target of the charity group at a specific time and promote stagnation rather than adaptability and changes, and has not been adjusted according to the various needs and situations where charity organizations are active.

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  9. Review your longer-term strategy

  In order to find out what is best for the charity, it is necessary to take into account what the charity is at the development and future ambitions. If you want to provide outsourcing for development support, it is effective to use local providers that are familiar with the region. It is ideal that such a relationship is lon g-term. The role of coaching is also effective.

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  In other words, companies that practice strong governance in consideration of environmental and social factors should be advantageous to survive the recession. Furthermore, in order to recover the economy, it is not only focusing on recovering the economy, but also revealed during crisis, such as climate change, social infancy, unreasonable food production, and health gap. In the case of, there is a major pressure that it should be dealt with various syste m-like vulnerabilities. In short, we need to do "Build Back Better".

  • The British government announced that it will issue the first green bond in 2021, as the economy recovers from pandemic (global trends), is the intention of heading for the future of zero carbon, and is an environmentally friendly project. It also responds to the growing demand for assets that provide funds. In parallel with the announcement, the government introduced more strong environmental information disclosure standards by companies and financial institutions. This is the world's first country that will fully mander the climat e-related financial information disclosure task force (TCFD) by 2025. These are important steps to increase the opportunity for fund providers to invest in a green project and to enhance the transparency on climate change risks.
  • Many fund providers are considering how the expanding emergency due to climate change threatens the purpose of charity. We have witnessed more fund providers to incorporate environmental funds into the strategies and think about how to manage investment. In 2021, this trend is likely to accelerate as fund providers overcome the immediate Cavid crisis and focus on reconstruction.
  • The actions that the fund providers should take are as follows:
  • Sign the Funder Commitment on Climate Change for climate change. This commitment is that all Foundation can play a role in the cause of climate change, and that funding providers will support the transition of post carbon to the future of post carbon. It specifies what you can do.
  • Find a way to contribute to "better recovery" in your own resources, strategies, and capacity restrictions. The "COVID-19 AND A GREEN RECOVERY", published by the Network of Environmental Funds in August 2020, is a guide that is a reference for the potential role of the third sector in green conversion.
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  In response to COVID-19, new cooperation systems such as the Grator Manchester Funders Forum, which were established in March 2020 to share information, prospects, and understanding, have been seen in various places. The existing cooperation has also launched a shared fund and initiative, from the London Community-based fund to the Yorkshire Fanders Forum coordinating the region's COVID-19. In Scotland, collaborators, including the Cola Foundation, have cooperated to share the "shared front door", "shared back office" and data.

  

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  Last modified: 27.08.2024

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