Research Lays Foundation for Data Collection Network to Improve Disaster Philanthropy

(Press release, Dec. 11, 2014) — Foundation Center, the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide, and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), the only full-time resource devoted to disaster philanthropy, released a new report to help donors, NGOs, government agencies and media gain an increased understanding of how much foundation funding is spent on disasters each year, by whom and for what activities. Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2014: Data to Drive Decisions presents an analysis of funding for disasters by the largest U.S. foundations. It finds that, in 2012, 234 foundations made 884 grants totaling $111 million for disasters.