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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Candid

In Sarasota County, it destroyed million-dollar homes on barrier islands, impacting the donors nonprofits and foundations rely on for disaster relief funding. Hardest hit by flooding was the Central Appalachia region, where years of disinvestment by government and philanthropy left the region ill prepared.

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Sustainable community-led solutions shaping disaster philanthropy 

Candid

The field of disaster philanthropy is facing a perfect storm of global crisesconflicts, climate disasters, economic instability, and growing humanitarian needsas disaster relief and humanitarian aid organizations face a changing funding landscape.

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Undocumented and Unprotected: How Immigration Status Amplifies Climate Vulnerability

NonProfit Quarterly

Instead, the question of who is most impacted by climate disasters has more to do with an individual’s pre-existing socioeconomic position and their corresponding access to disaster preparedness and recovery resources. Nowadays, CBOs often fill the gaps left by government agencies in the aftermath of climate disasters. “We

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The Maui wildfires: A record in disaster philanthropy, an opportunity to ‘get it right’ 

Candid

And 2023 set records in disaster relief funding. By late March, Honolulu Civil Beat ’s Maui Fires Money Tracker had tallied more than $450 million in private donations and nearly $2 billion when including government assistance. Recovery should help make people more resilient to future disasters.

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It Keeps Happening: The Impact of Repeated Climate Disasters

NonProfit Quarterly

Once disaster strikes, it may feel inevitable that it will happen again. Mary McNamara, a cultural critic at The Los Angeles Times , described how she and her husband asked themselves if it was time to leave LA with traumatic regularity. Repeated climate disasters can decimate a population and drain resources meant to help.