In light of developments in the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, Forefront has refortified our commitment to offering valuable resources that will support your work through this period.
Below you will find links to Forefront’s resources, as well as webinars, reports, free tools, and other resources from across the country to help you make the right choices for your organization and the sector at large.
Forefront has gathered needed information from Illinois’ nonprofit organizations about the impact of COVID-19. Our team has aggregated and analyzed responses to create informed recommendations for Illinois elected officials and grantmaking organizations. Read the executive summary here, and access the full report here.
Forefront is speaking daily with policymakers on local, state, and federal levels to advocate for the social impact sector and provide our community with the most up-to-date information on governmental response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Visit our COVID-19 policy page to see the most recent updates and access policy-related resources.
Forefront’s IL Count Me In 2020 initiative, which focuses on Census outreach efforts, is sharing resources to help achieve a complete count in Illinois through the COVID-19 outbreak. Find our COVID-19 Census outreach resources here.
Forefront is aggregating an up-to-date list of Illinois’ COVID-19 Rapid Response Funds and other collective actions across the state.
Forefront has refined our repository of resources to include dedicated pages based on your specific work.
Many of us are facing questions of continuing care, fundraising, and stability. Forefront is your backbone. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us with concerns, questions, or valuable resources you believe the rest of the sector would benefit from.
We also ask our community to practice kindness during this time. These events are no excuse for xenophobia or bigotry, and the impact of our actions may be felt across the sector.
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