Nonprofit faces quarter-million monthly cost of coronavirus adaptations

The St. Anthony Foundation of San Francisco has paid some $400,000 of its own money, and expects to pay $250,000 a month going forward, for equipment, staff and service changes necessary to meet the needs of the community during the coronavirus pandemic, its director José Ramirez, estimates. That includes an increase in staff time, stays in hotel rooms for residents of its winter shelter over age 50, the rental of hand-washing stations for those living on the street and packaging for meals which must now be taken to go rather than eaten in a communal indoor space. Ramirez explains how the nonprofit is responding to increased needs in its community.