CFA Grants Awarded 11:06 pm
The Community foundation for the Alleghenies recently awarded grants to 31 different nonprofits within somerset county. This money is being used to help with payroll, PPE, and other finances to help them stay afloat during the pandemic.
The Community Foundations for the Alleghenies gifted nearly half a million dollars to organizations throughout Somerset County. One of which was Somerset Inc., which relies on membership funds from around 100 different businesses.
“I mean that’s like half of our operating costs is membership. And then we have events. Which also this year, events are a huge financial generator for nonprofits, even though we have been able to have flexible form of our events, they have been much reduced very different and obviously less of a financial benefit for us.”