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Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc

Washington, DC · EIN 45-5257937. Reported 405 grants totalling $91.2M to 282 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.

282organizations funded
$200,000median reported grant
$91.2Mgranted, 2021-2025
23%of grantees funded again the next year
3%of dollars to its largest recipient

Does this grantmaker accept applications?

Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.

Three things in the filing do bear on it:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc, the IRS classifies it under public safety & disaster relief rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE M05) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
  2. How spread out its giving is. 282 distinct organizations, with 3% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
  3. How much its list changes. 23% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $200,000. Half of what it reported fell between $100,000 and $260,000; the smallest was $6,835 and the largest $1,500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$5,000 - $10,000
2 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
14 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
15 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
62 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
145 grants
$250,000 Or More
167 grants

Every organization it funded

All 282 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received a reported grant.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Project Hope - the People-to-People Health Foundation IncWashington, DC$2,797,531532023
Save the Children Federation IncFairfield, CT$2,420,000622022
The Mental Health Association of New York City IncNew York, NY$1,900,000552025
St Bernard Project IncNew Orleans, LA$1,885,000852025
Core Community Organized Relief EffortLos Angeles, CA$1,678,949322025
Outright Action InternationalNew York, NY$1,589,900332024
Concern Worldwide U S IncNew York, NY$1,325,000422023
Invest Appalachia IncAsheville, NC$1,299,500212025
Donorschoose OrgNew York, NY$1,225,000542024
Catholic Relief ServicesBaltimore, MD$1,188,736512021
Oram - Organization for Refuge Asylum & MigrationMinneapolis, MN$1,104,912552025
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere IncAtlanta, GA$1,095,144322022
Helpage USA IncWashington, DC$1,055,336332025
Equal Justice WorksWashington, DC$1,025,028442024
Appalachian Community Capital Development FoundationChristiansbrg, VA$1,000,000112025
Corus Solutions IncBaltimore, MD$1,000,000112023
Mountain Bizcapital IncAsheville, NC$1,000,000112025
Mountain Housing Opportunities IncAsheville, NC$1,000,000112025
Vital Strategies IncNew York, NY$900,000212021
Handicap InternationalSilver Spring, MD$850,000312022
Information Technology Disaster Resource Center IncFort Worth, TX$850,000332025
Toolbank USA IncAtlanta, GA$850,000432024
GOOD360Alexandria, VA$806,888322022
Miyamoto Global Disaster ReliefW Sacramento, CA$765,000322023
Boston Foundation IncBoston, MA$755,747222023
Impact on EducationLouisville, CO$750,686222023
Mercy CorpsPortland, OR$750,000112022
MountaintrueAsheville, NC$750,000112025
Northwestern Housing Enterprises IncorporatedBoone, NC$750,000112025
Pasadena Community FoundationPasadena, CA$750,000112025
Internews NetworkArcata, CA$700,000222023
Mennonite Disaster ServiceLititz, PA$682,230442025
Association of Volunteers in International Service USA IncNew York, NY$659,876222022
Norwegian Refugee Council USAWashington, DC$650,000222025
Rebuilding Together Greater Florida IncTampa, FL$650,000332025
Lowlander CenterMany, LA$649,105222025
Lahaina Community Land TrustLahaina, HI$644,000112024
International Medical CorpsLos Angeles, CA$600,000322022
Transgender Law CenterOakland, CA$600,000222023
Transylvania Habitat for Humanity IncBrevard, NC$585,000112025
Humboldt Area FoundationBayside, CA$550,000222022
Partners in Health a Nonprofit CorporationBoston, MA$550,000212022
Habitat for Humanity International IncClearwater, FL$530,000222025
Mitchell County Development Foundation IncSpruce Pine, NC$510,000112025
Maui United Way IncKahului, HI$502,500222024
Amref Health Africa IncNew York, NY$500,000112021
Colaborativa La MilpaAsheville, NC$500,000112025
Collier Disaster AllianceNaples, FL$500,000112025
Community Foundation of West Kentucky IncPaducah, KY$500,000112022
Direct ReliefSanta Barbara, CA$500,000112021
International Rescue Committee IncNew York, NY$500,000112022
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA IncNew York, NY$500,000112021
Oxfam-America IncBoston, MA$500,000222025
Pro Publica IncNew York, NY$500,000112021
United PolicyholdersSan Francisco, CA$500,000222023
United Way of Southwest VirginiaAbingdon, VA$500,000112025
Wayuu Taya Foundation IncRiverview, FL$500,000222025
Western North Carolina Annual Conference of the United MethodistHuntersville, NC$500,000112025
Community Housing Coalition of Madison County IncMarshall, NC$488,625112025
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky IncHazard, KY$460,000222025
Near East FoundationSyracuse, NY$452,488222023
Action Against Hunger USANew York, NY$450,000112022
Bayou Community FoundationHouma, LA$450,000222025
GOOD360Alexandria, VA$450,000222024
Scopa Has a Dream IncHealdsburg, CA$429,734332024
Recovering Oklahomans After Disaster IncOklahoma City, OK$425,000442025
Refugees InternationalWashington, DC$420,000332025
Hope Crisis Response Network Inc- HcrnPasadena, CA$401,200112025
Lomakatsi Restoration ProjectAshland, OR$400,000112021
National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics IncAlexandria, VA$400,000222022
Northern California GrantmakersSan Francisco, CA$400,000222023
Pisgah Legal ServicesAsheville, NC$400,000112025
Teach for America IncNew York, NY$400,000222022
Rebuild Hot Springs AreaHot Springs, NC$390,000112025
Orange County Disaster RebuildsOrange, TX$389,032222022
Healthcare ReadyWashington, DC$361,039222022
All Hands and Hearts Smart Response IncMattapoisett, MA$360,000332025
National Domestic Violence HotlineAustin, TX$351,250222024
High Country Caregiver FoundationBoone, NC$350,000112025
Asheville Buncombe Community Land TrustAsheville, NC$345,000112025
United Way of Santa Cruz CountyCapitola, CA$339,986222023
Safe Place InternationalOakland, CA$338,783222025
Holston ConferenceAlcoa, TN$336,720112025
North Bay Organizing ProjectSanta Rosa, CA$325,000212023
Teach for All IncNew York, NY$316,500112022
Cheyenne River Long-Term Recovery GroupEagle Butte, SD$315,040222024
Habitat for Humanity International IncMonrovia, CA$315,000112025
Americares Foundation IncStamford, CT$300,000222022
Appalachia Service Project IncJohnson City, TN$300,000112025
Asheville Creative Arts IncBlack Mtn, NC$300,000112025
Carolina Small Business Development FundRaleigh, NC$300,000112025
Child Care Aware of AmericaArlington, VA$300,000112022
Church World Service IncElkhart, IN$300,000112024
Global Emergency Relief Recovery and ReconstructionBoyce, VA$300,000212021
Housing Assistance CorporationHendersonvlle, NC$300,000112025
National Community Pharmacists Association Foundation IncAlexandria, VA$300,000112025
National Day Laborer OrganizingnetworkPasadena, CA$300,000112025
Vecinos IncFranklin, NC$300,000112025
Wnc Food Systems Coalition IncAsheville, NC$300,000112025
Emergency Legal RespondersNew Orleans, LA$294,924222023
Oklahoma Indian Legal Services IncOklahoma City, OK$291,000332024
SeekhealingAsheville, NC$275,000112025
Taller Salud IncLoiza, PR$260,000112023
IsraaidPalo Alto, CA$253,179112021
Maui Grassroots Collective IncKahului, HI$250,064112025
American Nurses Foundation IncSilver Spring, MD$250,000112021
Boone Area Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Commission inBoone, NC$250,000112025
Building Markets LtdBrooklyn, NY$250,000112023
CASA Juana Colon Apoyo Y Orientacion a La Mujer IncComerio, PR$250,000112023
Create Foundation IncTupelo, MS$250,000112023
Disaster Leadership TeamPateros, WA$250,000112022
Edward Charles FoundationBeverly Hills, CA$250,000112022
Enterprise Community Partners IncColumbia, MD$250,000112021
For the ChildrenSanta Ana, CA$250,000112021
Fundacion De Mujeres En Puerto RicoSan Juan, PR$250,000112023
Goal USA IncWashington, DC$250,000112021
Heights Center IncFort Myers, FL$250,000112023
Hispanic Federation IncNew York, NY$250,000112021
Honolulu Civil Beat IncHonolulu, HI$250,000112023
Housing Development Alliance IncHazard, KY$250,000112023
Hua Momona FoundationLahaina, HI$250,000112024
Kelea FoundationPaia, HI$250,000112024
La Familia SanaCloverdale, CA$250,000112023
Lutheran World Relief IncBaltimore, MD$250,000112021
Msi USWashington, DC$250,000112022
Myriad USA IncNew York, NY$250,000112021
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DC$250,000112021
Nature ConservancyArlington, VA$250,000212021
Our Daily Bread Food PantryMarco Island, FL$250,000112023
Plan International USA IncProvidence, RI$250,000112021
Self Help Ventures FundDurham, NC$250,000112025
The Out FoundationDavenport, FL$250,000112022
Amarillo Area Foundation IncAmarillo, TX$237,970112024
Latino Community Fund of WashingtonstateSeattle, WA$214,000112021
United Way of South Sarasota County IncVenice, FL$209,060112025
Minnesota Seeds of JusticeWorthington, MN$203,592112025
American Flood Coalition IncWashington, DC$200,000112025
Black Alliance for Just ImmigrationBrooklyn, NY$200,000112021
Carolina Farm Stewardship AssociationPittsboro, NC$200,000112025
Center of Hope for Tangipahoa IncHammond, LA$200,000112022
Craft Emergency Relief Fund IncMontpelier, VT$200,000112021
Habitat for Humanity International IncArcadia, FL$200,000112023
Latino Community FoundationSan Francisco, CA$200,000112021
Light Up Lawndale IncChicago, IL$200,000112024
Lutheran Social Service of ColoradoDenver, CO$200,000112024
Migrant Clinicians Network IncAustin, TX$200,000112022
NAMI NationalArlington, VA$200,000112021
New Jersey Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster IncLumberton, NJ$200,000112022
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service IncRedding, CA$200,000112023
Nwa Child Care Resource & ReferralRogers, AR$200,000222024
Pasadena Altadena Coalition of Transformative LeadersAltadena, CA$200,000112025
United Community Services of Selma and Dallas County IncSelma, AL$200,000112024
United Way for Jackson George Greene Counties Mississppi IncPascagoula, MS$200,000112024
ViveDenver, CO$200,000112024
Columbine Community Foundation for Grand CountyWinter Park, CO$194,840112021
Red Lodge Area Community FoundationRed Lodge, MT$194,465112022
PlumWest Memphis, AR$188,078112024
Arkansas Community Foundation IncLittle Rock, AR$180,000112023
Cope Northern Sonoma CountyHealdsburg, CA$180,000222022
World VisionFederal Way, WA$180,000112021
Spencer Chamber of Commerce FoundationSpencer, IA$175,000222025
Common Ground CollectiveHaiku, HI$172,500112024
Partnership With Native AmericansAddison, TX$172,500112025
Co-Operate WncMorganton, NC$170,000112025
Jefferson Community FoundationMetairie, LA$165,975112022
Actionaid USAWashington, DC$165,000112022
Houston RespondsHouston, TX$160,000112021
Greater Greenfield Community FoundationGreenfield, IA$159,852222025
Sisseton-Wahpeton OyateAgency Village, SD$159,502222024
Project South the Institution for the Elimination Poverty & GenocideAtlanta, GA$150,075112021
Cloverdale Senior Multi Purpose CenterCloverdale, CA$150,000112021
Eastwick United CdcPhiladelphia, PA$150,000112025
Felix E Martin JR Foundation IncLouisville, KY$150,000112022
Habitat for Humanity International IncLafayette, LA$150,000112021
Kind IncWashington, DC$150,000112021
Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund IncLos Angeles, CA$150,000112025
New England Conference of the United Methodist Church (vermont Voad)Methuen, MA$150,000112025
North Bay Jobs With JusticeSanta Rosa, CA$150,000112021
North Valley Community FoundationChico, CA$150,000112021
Northern California Indian Development Council IncEureka, CA$150,000112021
Panzi FoundationBethesda, MD$150,000112025
United Way of Southwest Louisiana IncLake Charles, LA$150,000112021
Young Mens Christian Association of New Orleans MetropolitanMetairie, LA$150,000112022
Community Farm Alliance IncBerea, KY$149,677112023
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of TulsaTulsa, OK$146,350222024
Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese IncSpringdale, AR$145,255222024
Communities Foundation of Oklahoma IncOklahoma City, OK$144,622222024
Via Link IncCovington, LA$142,500222023
United Way of Grayson County IncSherman, TX$140,000112021
United Way for South LouisianaHouma, LA$135,000112022
Disaster Services Corporation - Society of St Vincent De Paul USAIrving, TX$134,766112023
American Association of Single ParentsChicago Hts, IL$133,333112025
Wambli Ska SocietyRapid City, SD$129,100112021
The Salvation ArmyBrookhaven, GA$127,250222024
Mountain Valleys Resource Conservation & Development CouncilMarshall, NC$126,500112025
Amazon WatchOakland, CA$125,000112025
Feeding TexasAustin, TX$125,000112021
Texas Center for Child and Family StudiesAustin, TX$125,000112021
Victoria County Long Term Recovery GroupVictoria, TX$120,489112021
East Harris County Empowerment CouncilHouston, TX$120,000112021
United Rescue Alliance IncAbilene, TX$116,730112022
Divine Disaster ReliefDenver, NC$115,000112025
Headwaters Economics IncBozeman, MT$115,000112025
Four Bands Community Fund IncEagle Butte, SD$112,200112021
United Way of Eastern Frontier Country IncShawnee, OK$111,520222024
Oklahoma Methodist ConferenceOklahoma City, OK$111,200222025
Carlton Complex Long Term RecoveryPateros, WA$108,708112021
Water Missions InternationalNorth Charleston, SC$108,400112021
Catholic CharitiesOklahoma City, OK$105,722112021
United Way of Reno CountyHutchinson, KS$105,600112022
Texas Tribune IncAustin, TX$105,000222024
Otsego Community FoundationGaylord, MI$104,645112022
Mainland Childrens PartnershipTexas City, TX$104,000112021
The Community House FoundationTrumann, AR$103,400112022
Heartland Hope MissionOmaha, NE$102,461222025
Appalachian Citizens Law Center IncWhitesburg, KY$100,000112023
Catholic Charities of Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA$100,000112025
Children & Family Resource Center of Henderson County IncHendersonvlle, NC$100,000112025
Disaster Readiness Center of West Kentucky IncMayfield, KY$100,000112025
Footprint ProjectNew Orleans, LA$100,000112025
Love City Strong IncSt John, VI$100,000112025
Mediation and Restorative Justice Center IncBoone, NC$100,000112025
National Domestic Workers Alliance IncNew York, NY$100,000112021
Natives of One Wind Indigenous AllianceMedford, OR$100,000112021
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal ServicesSan Antonio, TX$100,000112021
Rogue ClimatePhoenix, OR$100,000112021
The Praxis Project IncSan Francisco, CA$100,000112021
United Way of Whitman CountyPullman, WA$100,000112021
United Way of Northern CaliforniaRedding, CA$98,978112021
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Leech Lake Area IncCass Lake, MN$95,326112021
The Northwest Minnesota FoundationBemidji, MN$90,000112025
Matthew 25Cedar Rapids, IA$85,000112022
East Missouri Action Agency IncPark Hills, MO$82,500112025
Habitat for Humanity International IncNorman, OK$82,500112023
United Way of Greater St Louis IncSaint Louis, MO$82,500112025
Tulsa Community FoundationTulsa, OK$80,704112024
Center for Rural Strategies IncWhitesburg, KY$80,000112023
Highlander Research & Education Center IncNew Market, TN$80,000112023
Northwest Tennessee DevelopmentMartin, TN$80,000112022
The Citizens Foundation USAHouston, TX$78,847112023
Lost and Found AssociationSioux Falls, SD$78,210112023
Center AssociatesMarshalltown, IA$75,350112021
Corvallis Neighborhood Housing Services IncSpringfield, OR$75,000112021
Episcopal Diocese of Western LouisianaPineville, LA$75,000112021
Harmony Community Development CorporationDallas, TX$75,000112021
Rio Grande Valley Long Term Disaster RecoveryMcallen, TX$75,000112024
Ferncliff Camp & Conference CenterLittle Rock, AR$66,000112023
Glide RevitalizationGlide, OR$64,680112021
Coastal Bend Disaster Recovery GroupCorp Christi, TX$63,933112021
Earth Island Institute IncBerkeley, CA$61,065112022

66 of 282 (23%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 238 of 282 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

Philanthropy & Grantmaking
38 orgs
International Affairs
35 orgs
Human Services
29 orgs
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
25 orgs
Community Improvement
22 orgs
Housing & Shelter
12 orgs
Environment
10 orgs
Arts & Culture
10 orgs

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
2021117$23.1M$150,000
202288$21.4M$218,205
202366$14.1M$197,302
202448$7,962,885$168,701
202586$24.7M$250,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.

Where its money goes

14% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.

California
$12.6M
New York
$12.3M
North Carolina
$12.0M
District of Columbia
$7.6M
Louisiana
$4.7M
Virginia
$4.5M
Maryland
$3.9M
Texas
$3.9M

Down to the city

New York, NY
$11.4M
Washington, DC
$7.6M
Asheville, NC
$5.9M
Los Angeles, CA
$2.5M
Baltimore, MD
$2.4M
Fairfield, CT
$2.4M

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Funders that support the same organizations

These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund161 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc148 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc140 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program96 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust91 shared recipientsCharities Aid Foundation America71 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $200,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
  4. Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.

On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 84 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.

Address of record on the latest return: One Thomas Circle Nw 700, Washington, DC, 20005.

EIN 45-5257937 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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