Haiti Earthquake Relief Resource Center
Information and Resources
The Center for International Disaster Information webpage on the Haiti earthquake.
The White House has created a webpage on the Haiti earthquake, which includes information on the government's response and provides an opportunity to make donations.
AlertNew, a service from Thomson Reuters Foundation for journalists covering disasters, offers comprehensive updates on the Haiti earthquake and other crises (including organizations providing relief) that are useful also to grantmakers and donors.
Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors has posted information and resources on its website, including what grantmakers need to know as they consider their philanthropic response.
The American Red Cross expects to provide immediate needs for food, water, temporary shelter, medical services, and emotional support. They are accepting donations through their International Response Fund, or by calling 800-257-7575.
FAQs About Charitable Organizations Providing Disaster Relief from the Internal Revenue Service.
The FBI has issued a Relief Fraud Alert, which includes guidelines consumers should follow when making donations.
Haiti Disaster Relief: How to Contribute, from The Lede Blog, NYTimes.com.
Partners in Health ranks as one of the largest nongovernmental health care providers in Haiti – and the only provider of comprehensive primary care, regardless of ability to pay, for more than half a million impoverished people living in the mountainous Central Plateau. Read more and donate online.
Tides has established funding relationships with groups working in Haiti, including Partners in Health and the Lambi Fund, as well as leading global relief organizations like the International Rescue Committee and Doctors Without Borders. Donate online to Tides' Relief and Reconstruction Fund.
UNICEF requests donations for relief for children in Haiti via their Haiti Earthquake Fund. You can also call 1-800-4UNICEF.
Gifts to the United Way Worldwide Disaster Fund will support long-term recovery efforts, and education, financial and health-related challenges. Donate to the Fund online.
Giving Guides for Grantmakers
Power Amidst Chaos: Foundation Support for Advocacy Related to Disasters (pdf)
Foundations need to help build alliances between sectors before a disaster strikes. This report from Alliance for Justice suggests greater advocacy could have lessened Hurricane Katrina's damage.
Best Practices in Disaster Grantmaking: Lessons from the Gulf Coast
Foundations must be willing to take risks and overcome their "inherent cautiousness" in funding unfamiliar organizations responding to a disaster, but they also must be patient and wait to commit some portion of grantmaking for when "gaps" become apparent after initial relief support, according to this report from the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers.
Grantcraft's Grants to Individuals: Investing in People and their Communities (pdf)
According to this Grantcraft publication, there's a counterintuitive need in an emergency -- when everybody's in need -- to take time, slow down a little bit, and establish specific eligibility criteria and working systems.
Disaster Grantmaking, A Practical Guide for Foundations and Corporations (pdf)
Advice from the Council on Foundations for grantmakers who want to aid disaster relief efforts.
Family Matters: In Times of War and Disaster (pdf)
Family Matters, the Council on Foundation's journal for family foundations, explores how foundations respond to war, terrorism and natural disasters, as well as IRS rules regarding assisting victims of disasters.
Local Grantmaker Response
The Gateway Center for Giving surveyed local grantmakers about their response to relief efforts following the earthquake in Haiti. Those responses can be found in this document.
Making Contributions In Response To Natural Disasters
The Greater St. Louis Community Foundation designed this special briefing with information about making contributions in response to natural disasters. Click here for more (pdf)...