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Three Ways To Help Support Hurricane Relief in Puerto Rico

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It has been ten days since Hurricane Maria has devastated the Island of Puerto Rico. We have read the harrowing news reports about a lack of food, electricity, and water and people dying. As we watch reports of a disaster, we can give directly to people on the ground. They have a fund set up for Puerto Rico.

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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

Candid

This year’s Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report, published by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Candid, tracked roughly $121 billion in aid to date in 2020 across multiple sources—including bilateral and multilateral aid, U.S. Puerto Rico “ earthquake swarm.” Syrian refugee crisis. million in aid.

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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. We invite you to dive into key findings from the report and explore granular data on our funding map. . report and funding map, visit our?

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5 Text Best Practices to Boost Your Fundraising Success

Get Fully Funded

Campaign update: Thank you again for your donation to our hurricane relief campaign! With your help, we raised $200,000 for those affected by the devastation in Puerto Rico. Thank-you text: Thank you for your $20 donation to the Puppies for Peace campaign, Ella! We couldn’t make a difference without you!

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The Surprising Truth About Donor Fatigue And What Nonprofits Can Do To Avoid It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: With the hurricanes, gun violence, and fires, I gave generously, including donations to Global Giving funds. Donors have given about equal amounts to Hurricane Harvey ($4.0M as they have to the recent hurricanes in Puerto Rico + the Caribbean ($4.6M Photo by Fuel Relief Fund on GlobalGiving.

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[Opinion] Millennials and the Fight Against Hate

Achieve

Delayed help to Puerto Rico after devastating hurricanes. 2017 Millennial Impact Report. They even reported voting is a form of activism. To download this year’s Millennial Impact Report or previous years’ reports, please visit. Restricted rights of women and the LGBTQ community. will stop the hate?

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Our EveryAction Hero: World Central Kitchen

Everyaction

Last year disaster relief once again became the main focus of our organization as we activated and served over 4 million meals in Peru, Houston, Puerto Rico, and California. And it worked really well in Puerto Rico - we’ve served over 3.6 We're currently active in 10 different countries. million meals!