Disaster Relief charities
Disaster Relief is one of GiveRadar's 16 charity categories, covering organizations whose primary work is responding to emergencies and helping communities prepare for and recover from them. The directory below lists registered disaster relief charities across 100+ countries, filterable by country, cause, and revenue. Categories are assigned from official registry classifications where published, otherwise from the charity's name, stated mission, and cause tags; charities cannot choose or buy their category.
Center of Hope Inc
United StatesEIN: 480578624 · Wichita, KS · Disaster Relief
$1,604,356
Income
$1,606,884 spent
100%
Programs
Clark County Food Bank
United StatesEIN: 911307564 · Reg: 91-1307564 · Vancouver, WA · Disaster Relief
$27,025,641
Income
$23,026,806 spent
95%
Programs
Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault
United StatesEIN: 371063491 · Springfield, IL · Disaster Relief
$34,357,587
Income
$34,343,633 spent
100%
Programs
Shared Harvest Foodbank Inc
United StatesEIN: 311096571 · Fairfield, OH · Disaster Relief
$23,837,565
Income
$23,804,048 spent
97%
Programs
Kensington Volunteer Fire Department Inc
United StatesEIN: 520580314 · Kensington, MD · Disaster Relief
$1,487,280
Income
$913,839 spent
82%
Programs
Williamson County Rescue Squad
United StatesEIN: 620950557 · Franklin, TN · Disaster Relief
$528,800
Income
$325,998 spent
96%
Programs
Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Co Inc
United StatesEIN: 520850001 · Phoenix, MD · Disaster Relief
$773,200
Income
$585,526 spent
86%
Programs
Assistance Center of Collin County Inc
United StatesEIN: 751550604 · Reg: 175155060 · Plano, TX · Disaster Relief
$873,316
Income
$927,794 spent
92%
Programs
Baby2baby
United StatesEIN: 464503539 · Los Angeles, CA · Disaster Relief
$77,674,033
Income
$40,022,459 spent
90%
Programs
California Emergency Foodlink
United StatesEIN: 680275330 · Sacramento, CA · Disaster Relief
$7,098,618
Income
$9,022,130 spent
99%
Programs
Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Alliance for Social Ministry
United StatesEIN: 541491582 · Chesterfield, VA · Disaster Relief
$267,927
Income
$242,542 spent
72%
Programs
Common Pantry
United StatesEIN: 237136034 · Reg: 23-7136034 · Chicago, IL · Disaster Relief
$3,452,339
Income
$2,462,910 spent
88%
Programs
Community Action Agency of Somerville Inc
United StatesEIN: 042740838 · Somerville, MA · Disaster Relief
$10,494,305
Income
$10,155,043 spent
90%
Programs
Crisis Center of West Texas
United StatesEIN: 751767204 · Odessa, TX · Disaster Relief
$2,398,519
Income
$2,417,655 spent
79%
Programs
Evansville Rescue Mission Inc
United StatesEIN: 350942622 · Evansville, IN · Disaster Relief
$10,592,597
Income
$8,152,017 spent
87%
Programs
Feed My People Inc
United StatesEIN: 361488941 · Reg: 36-1488941 · Eau Claire, WI · Disaster Relief
$16,212,460
Income
$15,778,964 spent
93%
Programs
Franciscan Outreach
United StatesEIN: 362928835 · Reg: 36-2928835 · Chicago, IL · Disaster Relief
$7,037,782
Income
$6,732,742 spent
82%
Programs
Hardwick Emergency Rescue Squad Inc
United StatesEIN: 237394705 · Hardwick, VT · Disaster Relief
$523,147
Income
$469,382 spent
88%
Programs
Hebron Interfaith Human Services Inc
United StatesEIN: 223004882 · Hebron, CT · Disaster Relief
$240,879
Income
$206,128 spent
97%
Programs
Helping Hands of Putnam County
United StatesEIN: 621132736 · Cookeville, TN · Disaster Relief
$571,509
Income
$617,161 spent
92%
Programs
What are disaster relief charities?
Disaster relief charities are registered nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is emergency response and recovery: delivering food, water, shelter, and medical care after earthquakes, floods, storms, and conflict, and helping communities rebuild afterward. On GiveRadar they form the Disaster Relief category, one of 16 shared categories applied across every country we cover, and Disaster Relief is also a cause tag that appears on organizations in other categories whose work includes emergency response.
What do disaster relief organizations do?
Disaster relief organizations work across the whole cycle from preparedness to long-term recovery. Typical work includes:
- Emergency response in the first hours and days: search and rescue, evacuation support, first aid
- Delivering immediate aid: food, clean water, shelter, and medical care
- Preparedness before crises: training, early warning systems, and pre-positioned supplies
- Supporting displaced people after natural disasters and conflict
- Coordinating volunteers, donations, and logistics in affected regions
- Long-term recovery: rebuilding homes, infrastructure, and livelihoods
How to check a disaster relief charity before you give
The same rules apply to disaster relief charities as to any other: confirm the organization is registered, read its integrity assessment (it measures disclosure, not impact), look at its filings, and check who runs it. This matters most right after a disaster, when legitimate appeals and unregistered lookalikes circulate side by side. Every organization listed here has a profile with exactly that. The five-step walkthrough is in our guide for donors, and the most-documented organizations in this category are on the disaster relief charities list.
Frequently asked questions
What are disaster relief charities?
Disaster relief charities are registered nonprofits whose primary work is emergency response and recovery, from delivering food, shelter, and medical care after disasters to helping communities prepare and rebuild. GiveRadar lists them as the Disaster Relief category, filterable by country, with registration details, financials where filed, and an integrity assessment for each.
Should I give to disaster relief charities before or during a crisis?
Both fund real work, in different ways. Donations given outside crisis periods fund preparedness: training, stockpiled supplies, and early warning systems that make the next response faster. Donations given during a crisis fund the immediate response, but that is also when unverified appeals multiply, so confirming an organization is registered matters most at exactly that moment. Whenever you give, the same checks apply: registration, filings, and who runs the organization.