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Minnesota Responds to Tragedies
When disaster strikes, philanthropy has a valuable role in both
emergency and long-range relief efforts. Many times, grantmakers tackle both
challenges, making modest initial grants to meet immediate needs, then
reviewing the situation to make careful choices on where and how to make
gifts.
"One of the funding community's biggest challenges during a disaster is
finding that balance between being responsive in a timely way, but also
taking the time to get the facts and make sure your donations will be used
appropriately," said Kris Taylor, vice president of the Ecolab Foundation,
after the tsunami that struck south Asia in December 2004.
Disaster Grantmaking Resources
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At the Heart of the Storm: A Disaster Preparedness &
Recovery Guidebook for Nonprofit Organizations
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation and Bush
Foundation
(PDF, 42 pages)
Lessons learned from the recovery from tornadoes in the St. Peter area in
1998.
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Disaster Relief: Providing Assistance
through Charitable
Organizations
IRS (PDF, 28 pages)
By using this publication at an early stage to help plan your
relief efforts, your program will be able to help victims in ways
that are consistent with the federal tax rules that apply to charities. This document contains
advice about helping to provide relief through an existing charitable organization, information about
establishing a new charitable organization, guidance about how charitable organizations can help victims,
requirements for documentation, and more.
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We Were There:
The Role of Philanthropy in Disasters
Council on Foundations (PDF, 16 pages)
This report highlights how philanthropy has helped meet both long-term and
immediate needs after national emergencies, and helped spur progress in other
societal challenges. The booklet tells philanthropy's story after the 1989 San
Francisco Earthquake, the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing, the September 11 attacks
and Hurricane Katrina, and offers commentary from grantmakers and government
officials on the role foundations played.
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Disaster Grantmaking: A Practical Guide for Foundations and Corporations
Council on Foundations, European Foundation Centre (PDF, 46 pages)
Foundations and corporate
grantmakers can make a significant contribution in the disaster relief field by
filling critical gaps in underfunded areas like disaster rehabilitation,
prevention, research and education activities. This booklet that contains ideas, examples
and resources related to disaster grantmaking.
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Rebuilding Affordable Housing: The Challenge of Creating Inclusive Communities
Urban Institute (PDF, 13 pages)
New Orleans has a unique opportunity to recreate itself as an economically diverse, inclusive city that offers its low-income residents authentic opportunities. With careful planning by and for all, New Orleans can bring back its families and offer them homes in vibrant mixed-income communities.
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Power Amidst Chaos: Foundation Support for Advocacy
Related to Disasters
Alliance for Justice (PDF, 36 pages)
Foundations responded in many ways after the 2005 hurricanes. This paper
provides a guide for foundations to evaluate their grantmaking practices and
community involvement, and to assess how they can help communities become better
prepared before disasters strike as well as better able to respond after they
do.
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Partnership for Disaster Response
Business Roundtable
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Legal
Resources and Services:
Disaster Grantmaking
Council on Foundations
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