Health center gets funds for COVID-19
Morris Heights center gets $180,000 from the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation
BY ALEX MITCHELL
A west Bronx health center
has been awarded thousands
to continue its fi ght
against coronavirus.
Morris Heights Health
Center was recently granted
$180,000 from the Delta Dental
Community Care Foundation’s
over $2 million in
statewide contributions to
battle COVID-19.
“We made the decision
to allocate nearly all of our
2020 funding to support
those fi ghting on the front
lines of COVID-19 and will
continue to be a resource
to our communities as this
pandemic continues,” said
Kenzie Ferguson, vice president
of foundation and
corporate social responsibility
for Delta Dental
of California.
The grants, which were
given to 19 New York nonprofi
t partners, aimed to
give much needed aid of
“vital services to the most
vulnerable members of
their communities.”
“The COVID-19 pandemic
has been a one-two punch for
many of our New York-based
nonprofi t partners by increasing
the needs for their
services while reducing
their fundraising capability
and ability to rely on volunteers,”
Ferguson added.
Nationwide, the foundation
has given an estimated
$11 million to more than
250 organizations across
15 states and Washington,
D.C. The foundation also
announced that it plans to
make an additional several
million in funding available
in the coming months to respond
to emerging needs as
the pandemic continues.
Other New York organizations
that received
funding included health
centers, food banks and
other community organizations
providing services
to elderly and homebound
individuals.
The entire list can be
viewed below:
• Anthony L Jordan
Health Corporation in
Rochester
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• Betances Health Center
in New York
• East Hill Family Medical
in Auburn
• Family Health Network
of Central New York in
Homer
• Finger Lakes Migrant
Health Care Project in Penn
Yan
• Food Bank for New
York City in New York
• Hometown Health in
Schenectady
• Hudson Headwaters
Health Network in Queensbury
• Morris Heights Health
Center in Bronx
• Mosaic Health in Rochester
• New York Community
Trust in New York
• Northern Oswego
County Health Services in
Pulaski
• Northwest Buffalo
Community Health Care
Center in Buffalo
• Open Door Family Medical
Center in Ossining
• Research Foundation
for the State University of
New York in Buffalo
• Ryan-Chelsea Clinton
Community Health Center
in New York
• Stony Brook Foundation
in Stony Brook
• Whitney M Young Jr
Health Center in Albany
• William F Ryan Community
Health Center in
New York
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