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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. funders contributed $266.2

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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. A third grant provides $7.5

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Crisis, Climate And Conflict Drove Disaster Philanthropy

The NonProfit Times

Giving to disasters by the 1,000 largest funders was more than seven times greater during 2022 than 10 years early, hitting $860.2 New Data from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) while it is not record-level funding, it was the third highest amount since the nonprofit started reporting such data in 2014. of the $126.7

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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) head Filippo Grandi described this humanitarian disaster as “the fastest-moving refugee crisis we have seen in Europe since the end of the Second World War”. We have identified 208 pledges and grants for Ukraine relief. Unknown and multiple recipients received 40% of grants and 62% of total grant funding.

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CDP recommendations for philanthropy and COVID-19

Candid

Writer’s Note: The following recommendations were originally shared in Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining two years of giving , a report published on May 25, 2022 by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and Candid. MacKenzie Scott’s grantmaking is a wonderful example of an important approach in philanthropy: flexibility.

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Where are the 2019 (and 2020) 990s? On filling the gaps in Candid’s grants data

Candid

At Candid, grants data from 990s flows into tools such as Foundation Directory , public dashboards that provide insights into philanthropy in different regions across the U.S., Sourcing grants data from 990s isn’t ideal to begin with—grant descriptions from filings are often sparse, and sometimes grants lists are missing entirely.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

Earlier this month, Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released the eighth edition of our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. global disaster-related?philanthropy,?analyzing?funding philanthropy,?analyzing?funding In it, we examined?available?2019?data