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As Atlantic Hurricane Season Begins, Florida Community Foundations Prepare Permanent Disaster Funds

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

In a new model of crisis response, permanent funds allow foundations to issue grants quickly in response to natural disasters. has received a grant from a disaster relief fund to distribute hurricane kits to clients. has received a grant from a disaster relief fund to distribute hurricane kits to clients.

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Philanthropy during COVID-19 in India

Candid

Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released a new report, Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining giving in 2021 , in May 2022 that details COVID-19-related philanthropic funding in 2021. During the pandemic, family philanthropy grew significantly , tripling in FY2020 compared to FY2019.

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

Candid

Part of my work at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) involves monitoring philanthropic giving in response to disasters through our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy: Data to Drive Decisions (SODP) report. And 2023 set records in disaster relief funding.

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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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Mixed Links – No Joke, Good Stuff Here

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Foundation Center published The 2010 Nonprofit Fundraising Survey. Pew Internet and American Life Project reported Americans under age 40 are as likely to donate to Japan disaster relief through electronic means as traditional means. Crazy how that works. Is your nonprofit not “sexy&# enough?

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Trends in education funding’s share of philanthropic giving 

Candid

For example, causes such as food security, housing, and disaster relief offer a tangible sense of impact and the ability to see the direct benefits of their contribution, says Rouland. Individual donors often give based on personal experience, emotional connection, or immediate need.

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Puerto Rico: The Critical Role of Information and the Nonprofit Sector in Disaster Living

NonProfit Quarterly

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, which “ was signed into law in 1988 to create an orderly system to get federal assistance to state and local governments in the wake of natural disasters.”. Minet shares that local foundations have a strategy to reengage mainland US foundations.