Through April 14th, we have donated 26,430 N95 masks to 13 hospitals in New York, D.C. and Maryland, and another 3,670 N95 masks to 5 additional hospitals in New Haven, CT.

Additionally, we have acquired 60,000 more N95 masks that are on their way to hospitals.

Our current list of recipients include:

Maryland & D.C.
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Shady Grove Medical Center
Suburban Hospital

New York
Montefiore Medical Center
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Maimonides Medical Center
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
New York Office of Chief Medical Examiner
SUNY Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn
NYU Langone Health
Elmhurst Hospital

New Haven
Yale New Haven Hospital
Yale School of Medicine

Detailed distribution to each hospital can be seen here.

Phase 2: Single-use masks for vulnerable communities, and additional N95

Beginning on April 16th, we started delivering single-use masks to local non-profits in the New York area, as well as additional N95 masks to hospitals in Maryland and New York.

One of our focus in phase 2 is to begin our plan in helping vulnerable communities become better protected from COVID-19, by giving means of protection to those facing significant exposure to the virus, including police officers, community volunteers, and vulnerable members of the public such as homeless folks.

To reach these people, we will be donating our masks to non-profit organizations that have the reach into vulnerable communities and have a strong track record of helping these communities. Specifically, we will be partnering with The Bowery Mission, NYC Relief, Salvation Army, Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, and Lutheran Social Services of New York.

You can follow our progress on our social media and on the Airtable link at the top of this page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do we select the receiving hospitals and communities for receiving our protective goods?

We have contacted hospitals and verified their shortage for PPE. Based on this information, we aim to help the ones facing the most critical shortage and procurement difficulties. We have established key contacts in these hospitals to directly receive our donations on the ground. For vulnerable communities, we are donating single-use masks to 1)local non-profits who will use the mask to protect their volunteers and the vulnerable population they serve. The non-profits we select have a strong track record in helping vulnerable and low-income communities, which we do not. 2) We are also donating single-use masks to public service workers (such as police officers and firefighters) that are serving low-income communities.

Tell us more about the PPE that you are handing out.

Currently, we are primarily distributing two types of PPEs. The first type is FDA-approved N95 masks. As of April 20th, we’ve sourced 90,000 N95 (60,000 from Los Angeles and 30,000 from Japan; all produced in the United States). The second type is single-use mask (commonly referred to as “surgical-mask”). Our single-use masks are produced in China and they have a BFE (bacterial filtration efficiency) of >90% to >95%.

During the week of April 19th, we also received a small quantity of Dupont 400 coveralls for medical use (sourced in the United States) and has started distributing them to hospitals.