Center For Disaster Philanthropy Inc

LEVERAGING PHILANTHROPY TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES TO WITHSTAND AND RECOVER FROM DISASTERS.

(1) BUILD AWARENESS (FORMERLY, LEARNING CENTER). THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, ONLINE COMMUNITY, AND WEBINARS, DONORS CAN FIND INFORMATION, ANALYSIS AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ABOUT DISASTERS. USERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS INFORMATION BASED ON THEIR INTERESTS AS WELL AS ENGAGE IN DIALOGUES WITH OTHER DONORS. THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO SHARED WITH OUR PARTNERS, CLIENTS AND THE MEDIA.CDP PROVIDED INFORMATION ON DISASTERS AND DISASTER PHILANTHROPY VIA ITS WEBSITE, BLOGS, WEBINARS, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING INFORMATION ON DISASTERS, CDP FOCUSED ON PROVIDING RELEVANT GRANT MAKER AND FIELD PRACTITIONER CONTENT AND INCLUDING NGO DISASTER RELIEF AND RECOVERY STAKEHOLDER INPUTS. CDP'S UNIQUE WEBSITE PAGE VIEWS AVERAGED ALMOST 162,000 PER MONTH WITH AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 123,000 MONTHLY USERS AND A CONSIDERABLE SPIKE IN TRAFFIC DURING TIMES OF DISASTERS. CDP ALSO HAD AN ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS, WITH AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 23,000 FACEBOOK LIKES AND MORE THAN 113,000 MONTHLY IMPRESSIONS ON TWITTER. CDP'S UNIQUE WEBSITE VISITORS AVERAGED ALMOST 121,000 PER MONTH, WITH A CONSIDERABLE SPIKE IN TRAFFIC DURING TIMES OF DISASTERS. CDP PROVIDED IMMEDIATE INFORMATION ON ON-GOING DISASTERS AND LONGERTERM FOCUSED INFORMATION VIA ITS ISSUE INSIGHTS AND SPOTLIGHTS. ADDITIONALLY, CDP STAFF LEVERAGED ITS KNOWLEDGE THROUGH SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND MEDIA APPEARANCES AND A 24/7 DISASTER GIVING HOTLINE.CDP, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CANDID, RELEASED A NEW VERSION OF THE STATE OF DISASTER PHILANTHROPY, A COMPREHENSIVE DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS EFFORT ON DISASTER-FOCUSED CHARITABLE GIVING. THE PURPOSE OF THE ANNUAL REPORT IS TO MORE ACCURATELY CAPTURE HOW PHILANTHROPY CURRENTLY RESPONDS TO DISASTERS AND ENCOURAGE THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE FULL ARC OF A DISASTER, NOT JUST THE IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN NEEDS.CDP WORKS WITH CANDID TO ESTABLISH BASELINE DATA, AGGREGATE MULTIPLE DATA STREAMS, AND TRACK DISASTER GIVING GLOBALLY. AN EXPERT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND CONSULTATION WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS HELPS TO GUIDE THE PROJECT. AS THIS REPORT GROWS FROM YEAR TO YEAR, CDP AND CANDID EXPECT TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION AND COLLABORATION ACROSS THE DISASTER PHILANTHROPY FIELD TO GROW A DATA-GATHERING NETWORK COMPOSED OF MAJOR GRANTORS AND GRANTEES IN THE DISASTER FIELD. SUCH A NETWORK WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CDP AND CANDID'S EFFORTS TO CREATE USEFUL AND RELEVANT TOOLS TO ASSIST BETTER DECISION-MAKING, TRANSPARENCY, AND COORDINATION.CDP, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNCIL OF NEW JERSEY GRANTMAKERS AND IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE UNITED PHILANTHROPY FORUM, ISSUED THE DISASTER PHILANTHROPY PLAYBOOK IN 2016 AS A COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE OF PROMISING PRACTICES AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO GUIDE THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY IN RESPONDING TO FUTURE DISASTERS.THE PLAYBOOK COMPILES IDEAS AND APPROACHES FROM MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS AND IS AN EVOLVING RESOURCE DESIGNED FOR RELEVANT UPDATES AND KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING. COMMUNITY PLANNING, CIVIC REBUILDING, LEGAL SERVICES, HOUSING, ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, WORKING WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, MITIGATION AND PREPAREDNESS ARE SOME OF THE COMMON ISSUES FACED BY COMMUNITIES, POST-DISASTER, THAT ARE COVERED IN DETAIL IN THIS PLAYBOOK.THE PLAYBOOK ALSO ALLOWS INDIVIDUAL DONORS AND PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS TO PREPARE FOR ALL PHASES OF A DISASTER THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PERSONALIZED "MY PLAYBOOK" THAT CAN BE EASILY TAILORED TO SPECIFIC NEEDS, ADDRESSING THESE TYPES OF QUESTIONS. WHAT CAN WE DO TO PLAN AND PREPARE OUR COMMUNITY? WHAT ABOUT MITIGATION? HOW DO WE HELP BUILD A RESILIENT COMMUNITY? WHAT SHOULD WE THINK ABOUT IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS AFTER A DISASTER AS WE UNDERTAKE THE ARDUOUS PATH OF RECOVERY?CDP CONTINUED TO EXPAND THE CONTENT AVAILABLE IN THE DISASTER PHILANTHROPY PLAYBOOK IN 2021.

IMPART KNOWLEDGE (FORMERLY, CUSTOM APPROACHES). FOR DONORS WHO PREFER TO HAVE A MORE TAILORED STRATEGY, CDP PERFORMS CONSULTING SERVICES ENGAGEMENTS TO HELP THEM FIT THEIR DISASTER GIVING INTO LARGER PHILANTHROPIC GOALS. CDP PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING CONSULTING SERVICES:- GRANTS MANAGEMENT TO ASSIST ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR DISASTER GIVING;- RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS TO ASSIST ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR BEST PRACTICES, DATA AND RESOURCES TO DEEPEN THEIR DISASTER-GIVING WORK.- STRATEGIC PLANNING - TO CUSTOMIZE DISASTER PHILANTHROPY STRATEGIES ALIGNED WITH AN ORGANIZATION'S GOALS.- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ASSIST ORGANIZATIONS THAT NEED ORGANIZATIONAL OR MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO STRENGTHEN INTERNAL EXPERTISE AND SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT DISASTER-GIVING INITIATIVES.- ANNUAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO ASSIST ORGANIZATIONS WITH CUSTOMIZED DISASTER CONTENT AND NGO INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A DISASTER.CDP SERVED ITS CLIENTS IN 2021 WITH CUSTOM APPROACHES IN THE DISASTER PHILANTHROPY AREAS OF DEVELOPING STRATEGIC PLANS TO INCREASE DISASTER FUNDING EFFECTIVENESS, CREATING GRANT MAKING PROCESSES, CONDUCTING WORKSHOPS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE AND INNOVATE DISASTER RESPONSE AND FACILITATING GRANT MAKING BY IDENTIFYING GRANTEES.

FACILITATE ACCESS (FORMERLY, DONOR COLLABORATION). IN ORDER TO HELP DONORS COLLABORATE AND BE MORE STRATEGIC WITH THEIR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY, CDP MANAGES BOTH GENERAL AND DISASTER-SPECIFIC DISASTER FUNDS. OUR TEAM OF PROGRAM EXPERTS, WITH DEEP KNOWLEDGE IN DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL DISASTER PHILANTHROPY, MANAGES FUNDS ACROSS A RANGE OF NEEDS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER A DISASTER, DIRECTING RESOURCES STRATEGICALLY AND EFFICIENTLY TO HELP COMMUNITIES RECOVER MORE QUICKLY AND BECOME MORE RESILIENT. IN 2020, CDP LAUNCHED FOUR DISASTER FUNDS, THE COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND, THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON RECOVERY FUND, THE CA WILDFIRES RECOVERY FUND AND THE CO WILDFIRES RECOVERY FUND. THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON RECOVERY FUND AND THE CA WILDFIRES RECOVERY FUND WILL BE EVERGREEN FUNDS AND WILL RAISE DONATIONS ANNUALLY FOR HURRICANES AND WILDFIRES. THESE TWO FUNDS ALONG WITH THE CO WILDFIRES RECOVERY FUND HAVE RAISED OVER $7.7 MILLION AND AWARDED GRANTS TOTALING $3.5 MILLION THROUGH THE END OF 2021. THE COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND WAS CDP'S FIRST DISASTER FUND THAT AWARDED BOTH RESPONSE AND RECOVERY GRANTS. DURING 2020 AND 2021, CDP RAISED OVER $45 MILLION AND AWARDED GRANTS OF $32.9 MILLION TO SUPPORT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WORKING DIRECTLY TO RESPOND TO THE PANDEMIC AMONG VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN ORDER TO HELP BUILD THEIR CAPACITY TO ADDRESS THE MOST PRESSING NEEDS. CDP LAUNCHED THE REFUGEE CRISIS FUND IN 2015 AND TRANSITIONED THIS FUND INTO THE GLOBAL RECOVERY FUND IN 2019 TO ALLOW CDP TO RECEIVE DONATIONS FOR ANY INTERNATIONAL DISASTER. SINCE 2019, CDP HAS RAISED OVER $4 MILLION FOR VARIOUS DISASTERS AROUND THE GLOBE AND AWARDED GRANTS TOTALING $2.9 MILLION. CDP MANAGES THE DISASTER RECOVERY FUND WHICH FOCUSES ON MID AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY FOR DOMESTIC DISASTERS FOR WHICH CDP DOESN'T LAUNCH A SEPARATE FUND. CDP'S DISASTER RECOVERY FUND HAS RAISED $3.6 MILLION AND GRANTED $2.7 MILLION TO SUPPORT RECOVERY EFFORTS OF VARIOUS DOMESTIC DISASTERS. CDP WAS AWARDED A NEW THREE-YEAR GRANT OF $3.1 MILLION IN 2019 TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF THE MIDWEST EARLY RECOVERY FUND'S WORK THROUGH 2022. THE FUND RELIES ON A STREAMLINED GRANT MAKING PROCESS TO MAKE AWARDS TO ORGANIZATIONS IN TEN STATES. THE FUND'S PURPOSE IS TO GET MONEY QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY TO ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY LOCAL "LOW-ATTENTION" DISASTERS.