We often feel helpless in the face of a single natural disaster. It can be paralyzing to comprehend the damage created by back-to-back hurricanes.
Thankfully, community foundations and other charitable organizations are already in motion, working to provide immediate aid to those in need and mobilizing resources for long-term recovery. You can help by using your donor-advised fund to support the organizations responding in affected areas.
The following response funds have been set up by community foundations in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
Collier Comes Together Hurricane Disaster Relief Fund – Collier Community Foundation (serving Collier, Lee and Charlotte counties)
Disaster Relief Fund – Community Foundation of North Florida (serving Madison and Taylor counties)
Disaster Relief Fund – Community Foundation of Northwest Florida
Disaster Relief Fund – Manatee Community Foundation (serving Manatee County)
Disaster Relief Fund – The Community Foundation Martin-St. Lucie (serving Martin, St. Lucie, and Okeechobee counties)
First Coast Relief Fund – Community Foundation for Northeast Florida and other partners (serving Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam and St. Johns counties)
Rapid Response Fund – Gulf Coast Community Foundation (serving Sarasota County, Charlotte County, DeSoto County, Boca Grande, Lakewood Ranch, and Longboat Key)
Suncoast Disaster Recovery Fund and Season of Sharing Fund – Community Foundation of Sarasota County (serving Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, and DeSoto counties)
SWFL Emergency Relief Fund – Collaboratory (serving Southwest Florida)
Tampa Bay Rapid Response Fund – Community Foundation Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Resiliency Fund – Pinellas Community Foundation
Coffee County Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund – Community Foundation of Central Georgia
Hurricane Helene Community Crisis Fund – Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area (serving 10 counties in Georgia and South Carolina)
Appalachian Helene Response Fund – Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky (serving 20 counties)
Emergency and Disaster Response Fund – Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (serving 18 counties)
Disaster Relief Fund – North Carolina Community Foundation (statewide)
Neighbor to Neighbor Disaster Relief Fund – East Tennessee Foundation (serving 25 counties)
One SC Fund – Central Carolina Community Foundation (statewide)
Additionally, you can contact our philanthropic advisors who can suggest other charities based on particular needs or interests.
Grants made from charitable funds at Greater Horizons are always reviewed to ensure that organizations receiving donations are 501(c)(3) public charities in good standing with the IRS. So, when you use your donor-advised fund to give, you know that your donations will go to those providing real help right now and into the future.
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