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12 funders with a record of paying for “earthquakes”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
29 matching grants · $16.2M · through 2022Largest: $7.5M to UNICEF USA — general operating support, turkey/syria earthquake aid, support for 2023 libya flood relief, $2,000,000: unicefs global humanitarian thematic fund$1,500,000: support for unicefs re…
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2023Largest: $135,000 to EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE — advised - for the learning from earthquakes (lfe) endowment fund. advised - for the learning from earthquake endowment fund. advised - for the learning from earthquakes' program an…
Center for Disaster PhilanthropyWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2023Largest: $505,750 to BOSTON FOUNDATION - HAITIAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (HDI) — hdi will receive $505,750 from cdp's haiti earthquake recovery fund to work with community organizations in earthquake affected communities to support their efforts to help communi…
Humboldt Area FoundationBayside, CACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $360,000 to HOPE CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORK — earthquake disaster repair of homes
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
8 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to AFGHANAID — to support two key projects: 1) afghanaid's disaster resilience and community development work in badakhshan province, and 2) coordination of health assistance's immediate relief e…
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $144,406 · through 2023Largest: $86,906 to DIRECT RELIEF INTERNATIONAL — to support earthquake relief in syria/turkey.
Largest: $1.0M to Turkish Red Crescent — turkiye: pazarcik earthquake
Largest: $30,000 to AL-JUMHURIYA COLLECTIVE EV — for support for the emergency earthquake editorial taskforce to produce dossiers, articles, photo essays, and social media content on the 2023 kahramanmaras earthquake and relief e…
Largest: $1.0M to VOICES PROJECT USA — independent projects/crisis response - white helmets syria/turkey earthquake relief
Largest: $75,000 to Ayiti Demen Haiti Tomorrow — project operating support: long-term earthquake recovery: food security and economic recovery
Largest: $4.3M to SAVE THE CHILDREN — earthquake relief in turkey & syria, and respectively
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $140,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to AMERICAN RED CROSS NASHVILLE AREA CHAPTER — to be directed towards earthquake relief in turkey & syria.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →