The Boston Foundation last week made emergency grants to the Greater Boston Food Bank, Citizens Energy Corporation, the United Way, and the Red Cross to help the organizations deal with increased demand and tighter donations caused by the economic crisis, reports The Boston Globe.

“We’re trying to help the community rise to this occasion,” said Paul S. Grogan, chief executive of the Boston Foundation. “Of course, everyone’s worried about the state budget cuts as well and how severely those will diminish the capacity of the nonprofit sector. Just at the moment human need will be the greatest, the public-sector capacity to support these agencies is going to contract.”

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