The Pierce County Connected Community Response Committee supports an aligned philanthropic response to COVID-19 in Pierce County.

Through coordinated contacts with organizations in key service sectors, referred to as ‘pods’, real-time on-the-ground information will be compiled and shared in a regular report to all participants.

The goal of these contacts and reports is to provide information that can reduce unnecessary duplication of efforts and surface emerging and urgent needs for rapid response.

Report information is intended to support streamlined communications:

• between nonprofits and other community service providers about who is providing help and what needs there are in Pierce County related to COVID-19

• from the nonprofit sector to individual donors, foundations, and corporations about urgent funding needs

• from nonprofits and community service providers to government agencies about needs to meet effective and continued services in Pierce County related to COVID-19

• with the philanthropic field about lessons and successes around addressing COVID-19 in Pierce County in an aligned way with the lowest burden possible on nonprofits and service providers