Give Now to Support Relief and Reconstruction
Give Now to Support Relief and Reconstruction
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Through the Relief and Reconstruction Fund, the Tides community supports victims of natural and civil disasters across the globe through grants to effective grassroots and advocacy organizations working for short-term relief as well as long-term economic and structural change. Past efforts of the Fund have raised more than $2.2 million to aid victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Mitch; the 2004 tsunami; and earthquakes in El Salvador, South Asia, Haiti, and Chile. The Relief and Reconstruction Fund pools donors' resources to increase the impact of their giving. Tides staff perform quick and thorough research, efficiently distribute the funds, and, as always, work closely with recipients to ensure strategic utilization of resources.
Hope and Justice for the Gulf Coast
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is expected to eclipse the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill as the worst U.S. oil disaster in history. The ecological, economic, and social disaster will have profound and long-lasting impact on the coastal communities of the Mississippi Delta and the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The habitat of hundreds of fish, marine mammal, and bird species are in serious jeopardy. In a region that still struggles to recover from Hurricane Katrina, this latest crisis will disproportionately impact vulnerable and low-income communities.
Building on more than $2 million of support from Tides donors for Gulf Coast communities after Katrina, the Tides Relief and Reconstruction Fund will provide grants to sustained, long-haul grassroots efforts to rebuild the economic stability, environmental health, and civic life of devastated communities.
Contribute to Tides’ Relief and Reconstruction Fund. Click here to donate now, or contact your philanthropic advisor.
Tides charges no administrative fees for contributions to the Relief and Reconstruction Fund.
Learn more about the disaster and how activist organizations are responding
In the media:
No Fooling Mother Nature, Thomas Friedman in The New York Times
In defense of a moratorium on offshore oil drilling, The Washington Post
Round up of media coverage from Environmental Health News
White House wants liability-fund cap lifted, Politico
Activist organizations:
Green for All: bearing witness on the ground with residents’ stories, photos, and videos
Greenpeace: provides up-to-the-minute blog coverage as well as factsheets on oil disasters and their impacts
The Louisiana Bucket Brigade: Spill Crisis Map, health advisories, and other resources from local environmental justice organization
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