Grants for disaster relief organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to disaster relief organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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1,825 disaster relief organizations received at least $45.0 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 2,408 grants made from 1,607 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 1,607 foundations, 84% made just a single grant to disaster relief orgs, and 3% made grants to four or more disaster relief orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$45,036,854

Total grant dollars given to disaster relief organizations

2,408

Number of grants made annually to disaster relief organizations

1,607

Number of grantmakers funding disaster relief organizations

$1,000

Median grant size to disaster relief organizations

Foundations that support disaster relief organizations

Out of all grants made to disaster relief organizations, 84% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 91% of the dollar-value of grants to disaster relief orgs. Foundations funding disaster relief orgs also made grants to volunteer fire departments, religious organizations, animal shelters, christian organizations, and food banks.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,355
Medium	130
Large	120

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	48
Private	1,368
Corporate	72
Other	119

Grants made

Grants made to disaster relief orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	1,364
2-3	193
4-10	31
11+	19

Top 10 foundations supporting disaster relief organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to disaster relief orgs	Number of grants made to disaster relief orgs	Median grant size
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.2%	92	$27
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.2%	46	$100
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.2%	31	$828
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.1%	30	$875
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	29	$200
Land O'Lakes Foundation	MN	National	0.3%	27	$500
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	21	$350
Texas Farm Bureau Agriculture Research and Education Foundation	TX	State	51.3%	20	$1,775
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.3%	20	$500
Alliant Energy Foundation	WI	State	0.3%	17	$400

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Disaster relief organizations grantees

Disaster relief organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 88% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 34% of all disaster relief orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	2,399
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	9

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$500
$100k-$500k	$750
$500k-$1M	$1,000
$1M-$5M	$600
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
District of Columbia	489
Florida	326
Pennsylvania	218
New York	218
Other	1,157

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Washington DC	537
Tampa	301
New York City	237
Philadelphia	64
Other	893

Top 25 grants made to disaster relief organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Disaster Services Corporation Society of St Vincent De Paul USA	$8,697,044	Program Expenses	National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
Ehealth Africa	$8,273,913	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Northern California Carpenters Relief Fund	$5,100,000	Donation	United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners - 4140 Northern California Regional
Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC)	$3,958,701	Emergency Room and Jail Diversion Program	Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas (MHM)
New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS)	$3,291,641	Post-Sandy Temporary Housing	The Center for The New York City Neighborhoods
American National Red Cross (ANRC)	$3,215,000	Community Collaboration	United Way of Greater Cincinnati
On the Road Lending	$3,000,000	Seeks To Lift the Disadvantaged and Working Poor From Poverty By Providing Financial Education and Assisting With Assessing Reliable Transportation.	Philanthropy Southwest
Ehealth Africa	$2,899,062	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
American National Red Cross (ANRC)	$2,870,292	General Operating Costs	United Way of Central Alabama
Savannah Area Realtors Disaster Relief Fund	$5,000	To Provide Assitance for Hurricane Irma	Georgia Association of Realtors Disaster Relief Fund
American National Red Cross (ANRC)	$5,000	Disaster Relief	Teresa Kuhn Charitable Trust
Camp Hill Fire Company No 1	$5,000	Exempt Donation 501(c)(3)	Afr Foundation
American National Red Cross (ANRC)	$5,000	California Wildfires	Thibault Foundation A California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation
American National Red Cross (ANRC)	$5,000	Emergency Service To Those in Need	Schwartz Foundation / Steve Clinkinbeard
American National Red Cross (ANRC)	$5,000	General Support and Unrestricted Use.	The Virginia and Robert Gill Charitable and Educational Foundation
West End Fire and Rescue	$5,000	To Help Further the Charitable Cause	G Leonard Fogelsonger Foundation
Disaster Relief Food Ministry	$5,000	Disaster Relief	Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia
Hegins Valley Fire-Rescue	$5,000	Donation	Mi Charitable Foundation
Berrysburg and Community Fire Company	$5,000	Donation	Mi Charitable Foundation
American National Red Cross (ANRC)	$5,000	Emeregency Response Org	The Mutual Fire Foundation
Shriners Hospitals for Children Employee Disaster Relief Fund	$5,000	General Fund	Leo Claire and Robert Adenbaum Foundation
American National Red Cross (ANRC)	$5,000	General Assistance	M3 Insurance Foundation
Appalachian Mountain Rescue Team	$5,000	General Operating Support	Trailsend Foundation
Anchorage Search Team	$5,000	Equipment/supplies	The Fraternal Order of Eagles Foundation
Churchill County NV Search and Rescue	$5,000	Equipment/supplies	The Fraternal Order of Eagles Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Disaster relief organizations" category for this page is determined by the "M20: Disaster Preparedness and Relief Service" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.