$370,000 in first-round grants awarded from new COVID-19 relief fund

The newly formed COVID-19 Regional Response Fund has awarded a combined $370,000 in grants to 16 nonprofit organizations providing services for those affected by the coronavirus, the St. Louis Community Foundation, which manages the fund, said Thursday. The COVID-19 Regional Response Fund was launched earlier this month by a coalition of St. Louis-area foundations, businesses and individual donors, who together are funding the initiative and were convened by the St. Louis Community Foundation. An…