TUPELO, Miss. - Nonprofits and food pantries in Northeast Mississippi will receive $1.6M in federal CARES Act funding. The CREATE Foundation will oversee distribution of the funds granted as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Grants of up to $4,000 will be awarded to local nonprofits and food pantries. Funding will be split to provide $786,261 for nonprofits and $786,261 for food pantries. Applications for this grant program will go live Sept. 24 (today). The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) will administer the program and has issued rules governing its operations. The state’s seven community foundations will divide a total of $8M in funding between qualifying entities. A list of the counties assigned to each community foundation can be found at www.mscaresgrant.com. As one of the community foundations, CREATE will be responsible for reviewing grant applications for 21 counties: Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Montgomery, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster, and Winston. Grant applications must be completed online at www.mscaresgrant.com. Applications must be filed no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (Source: Daily Journal 09/22/20)
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