During pandemic, region’s community foundations harness customer service tactics

To quickly make a difference during the coronavirus, community foundations are making processes easy for both nonprofits and donors.

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 12:30 p.m. June 10, 2020
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Courtesy. Gulf Coast Community Foundation President/CEO Mark Pritchett says community foundations have to be nimble during this time.
Courtesy. Gulf Coast Community Foundation President/CEO Mark Pritchett says community foundations have to be nimble during this time.
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Floridians are used to hurricanes. But this is no hurricane.

For communities statewide, responding to the coronavirus crisis has required a different kind of disaster response. And community foundations are at ground zero in the effort to help nonprofits and people who are struggling.

 

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