CECP's members have responded to natural disasters with overwhelming generosity and support. Without hesitation, corporations have immediately reacted to disasters around the world, to fill the needs of survivors and facilitate the rebuilding of lives and communities. In addition to making extensive financial contributions, companies effectively leverage their global supply chain networks, innovative technologies, and highly skilled employees to aid affected communities.
DISASTER RESPONSE RESOURCES
To monitor the needs of current disaster situations and subsequent corporate response, and for resources to help with effectively applying corporate and foundation funding to disaster relief, please refer the sites below.
Public and private response to current disasters, appeals for funding, and situation reports:
- Relief Web
ReliefWeb is the global hub for time-critical humanitarian information on complex emergencies and natural disasters.
- US Chamber of Commerce:
Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) Business Disaster Assistance Program
BCLC offers the business-sector resources for disaster preparedness and response partnerships with nonprofit organizations and government agencies. Their program focuses on facilitating effective cross-sector coordination for disaster relief, recovery, and reconstruction response stages.
- Global Giving
Global Giving connects donors to philanthropic projects, offering resources that help corporations, foundations, affinity groups, and other institutions.
- The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System
This organization provides real-time alerts about natural disasters around the world and the tools to facilitate response coordination, including media monitoring and map catalogues.
Resources on effective corporate and foundation disaster giving:
- Council on Foundations "Disaster Grantmaking: A Practical Guide for Foundations and Corporations"
This report guides corporate grantmakers in becoming more effective and strategic in their disaster relief efforts. It includes broad grantmaking principles, lessons learned, examples of strong and weak practices, supporting data, and a list of useful websites.
- Business Roundtable Initiative: Partnership for Disaster Relief
This initiative has produced a number of resources for effective disaster and emergency relief giving, including how a company can help in times of disasters, resources for making in-kind donations, and recommendations for contributing to disaster relief efforts.
- Donors Forum of South Florida
This site provides resources and examples of best practices for funders interested in general disaster grantmaking.
DISASTER RELIEF GIVING DATA
In support of corporate efforts for disaster response, CECP has tracked corporate giving for the following natural disasters. While these records are from previous relief efforts and reflect only a sampling of the contributions made toward these disasters, they do serve as a reference point, providing insight into corporate giving in response to these events.
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