Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Hardship funds/resources

[David Heimann (heimann.david]

Hello All,

            At JP Cohousing we have a fund that can give up to $1000 to
help a household with some financial difficulties.  Do to confidentiality
issues, I can't tell whether or how often it has been used, but it is there.

Regards,
David Heimann
Jamaica Plain Cohousing
Boston, MA

Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:37:33 -0400

> From: Elizabeth Magill <pastorlizm [at] gmail.com>
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> We have a good neighbor fund. Three people in the community manage it and
> it is confidential.
> I am pretty sure it is kept as part of our meals funds (and is mostly, but
> not only, used to pay for meals).
> Our meals fund is kept separate from our other cohousing fund.
>
> People give as they feel called, there are occasionally notices that it is
> running low, and some of us give monthly.
> (For example, I have $5 donated from my meals account each month.)
>
> I assume they track what is meals and what is good neighbor, but I don't
> know of any tracking done beyond that.
> What would be the purpose of tracking?
>
> -Liz
> (The Rev. Dr.) Elizabeth Mae Magill
> Pastor, Ashburnham Community Church
> Minister to the Affiliates, Ecclesia Ministries
> www.elizabethmaemagill.com
> 508-450-0431
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>
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 3:50?PM Ruby Reay <rurubux [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am curious how communities deal with financial hardship experienced by
> > their residents, specifically, do any of you have a fund that is used for
> > such things, and if so, how to do approach the accounting of such a
> fund. I
> > am thinking non-profits can't do such things, so there might be
> > alternatives. I am aware that religious organizations (churches) have
> > hardship funds/resources and have a means of accounting for them.
> >
> > At any rate, curious to hear what others are doing.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ruby Reay
> > Phoenix Commons
> > Oakland, CA
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