Three Valley foundations have created the COVID-19 Crisis Relief Application to simplify the grant request process for nonprofits addressing impacts of the current health crisis.

The Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, the Raymond John Wean Foundation and the Youngstown Foundation released the application Friday morning.

The common form can be accessed on all three foundation websites and allows charitable organizations to submit the same proposal to any one of the foundations or all three at the same time.

Foundations will then review applications collaboratively, so applicants should ensure their total request amount reflects their organization’s entire need. Funded proposals may receive a combination of funding from one or more of the foundations.

This joint application follows a pledge by all three foundations and other local funders last week to work together and leverage funding made in response to the novel coronavirus. The three foundation leaders regularly met before the COVID-19 outbreak, but all three believe expanded collaboration is now imperative in order to strengthen the regional response to COVID-19 and better support local nonprofit organizations.