Sep 03, 2017 · Google: The tech giant is making a $250,000 Google.org grant to the Red Cross and matching employee donations up to $250,000. Google.org also launched a matching campaign for consumers, up to $1 ...
Aug 26, 2017 · For three years, Red Cross relief and recovery efforts for Hurricane Harvey have been fueled by the remarkable generosity of our supporters. The Red Cross has raised $524.7 million, including the value of critical donated goods and services, to help Hurricane Harvey survivors in Texas and Louisiana.
Oct 04, 2017 · Several funds were set up in Houston in the wake of Harvey, including a fund created by Houston Texans' football star J.J. Watt, who raised more than $37 million, and the Hurricane Harvey Relief ...
Sep 04, 2017 · Hart launched the “Hurricane Harvey Relief Challenge” via Instagram, in which he pledged to donate $25,000 to hurricane relief and challenged a few …
That includes $522.7 million by the Red Cross; $114 million by the Greater Houston Community Foundation; $100 million by the Rebuild Texas Fund, which was seeded and created by the foundation of computer magnate Michael Dell; $87.5 million by the evangelical group Samaritan's Purse; $61.4 million by United Way; $41.6 ...Aug 27, 2018
Congress in 2018 approved about $4.3 billion in mitigation funding to Texas following Hurricane Harvey, which struck in 2017 and caused an estimated $125 billion in damage in the state, largely in Houston and Harris County.Jan 8, 2022
$524.5 millionSPENDING Through the generosity of our donors, the Red Cross raised $524.5 million, including the value of critical donated goods and services, to help people affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana.Aug 19, 2019
FEMA's investment of $205 million in the coastal areas of Texas for acquisition and elevation of 1,618 properties avoided losses from Hurricane Harvey of more than $330 million.Feb 11, 2021
Legislative report: Harvey recovery has cost $2.7 billion so far — most paid by feds. A report released Friday by the Texas Senate's budget-writing committee laid out past and future costs related to recovery from "the most costly disaster ever to hit the Texas coast."Nov 30, 2018
Hurricane Ida made landfall last weekend, and may cost billions in damages. It is far from the most expensive hurricane in the U.S., with Hurricane Katrina costing $170 billion.Sep 1, 2021
The Galveston hurricane of 1900 remains the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
With peak accumulations of 60.58 in (1,539 mm), in Nederland, Texas, Harvey was the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the United States. The resulting floods inundated hundreds of thousands of homes, which displaced more than 30,000 people and prompted more than 17,000 rescues.
Three years after Harvey, some Houston residents feel angry and abandoned as their repair efforts were bogged down by a city program they described as slow and bureaucratic. The program has finished rebuilding less than 70 homes since it started January 2019.Aug 24, 2020
Whereas the Federal Emergency Management Agency awards based on a damage assessment, HUD focused on the social vulnerability of communities, Eck said. FEMA has awarded Houston over $119 million for Hurricane Harvey relief.May 21, 2021
$1 billionFlooding near Downtown Houston during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The state of Texas is distributing $1 billion in federal aid to areas hit hardest by Hurricane Harvey in 2017.May 24, 2021
FEMA supplied 3 million meals, 3 million liters of water, 9,900 blankets, 8,840 cots and 10,300 hygiene kits to the state for distribution to survivors. FEMA quickly provided $186 million in Public Assistance funding to reimburse local and state agencies for the cost of emergency protective measures and debris removal.
The Red Cross has raised $524.7 million, including the value of critical donated goods and services, to help Hurricane Harvey survivors in Texas and Louisiana. As of August 5, 2020, the Red Cross had programmed approximately $521.9 million on emergency relief and recovery efforts for people affected by Hurricane Harvey.
As our emergency response to shelter and feed people impacted by Hurricane Harvey came to an end, the Red Cross quickly focused on delivering services that would help affected households and communities address unmet recovery needs
The Red Cross honors donor intent and all donations earmarked for Disaster Relief will be used to help people affected by disasters, big and small. Americans work hard for their money, and we’re committed to being the very best stewards of our donors’ dollar. The Red Cross keeps our expenses low and an average of 90 cents of every dollar we spend is invested in delivering care and comfort to those in need.
Totally commendable – but totally non-deductible. That’s right: giving money, food or clothes to individuals does NOT count under the IRS rules. It does not matter whether they are your neighbors, friends or total strangers. Does not matter how desperate they were. Does not matter what you did for them.
Any organization that is specifically recognized as a tax-exempt organization by the IRS. Just because you may decide to collect money for a great cause and use 100% of it for the cause – it does not make you a charitable organization for the IRS. Even for such obviously charitable cause as helping the victims of Hurricane Harvey.
You do not. Donations of time and labor are not tax-deductible. It does not matter what you did, how much time you spent and how much it was worth – no deduction.
Great question. Under the standard IRS rules, there is no deduction. However, after some major past disasters (Katrina), the Congress issued special temporary tax breaks for people who opened their doors to the victims.
We are never done when it comes to the IRS rules. There’s always more. For now, let’s keep in mind the most important points:
On Thursday, White House Press Secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, announced that Trump would donate $1 million of his personal money to Hurricane Harvey relief. It remains unclear which charities or organizations will receive the donation.
One of the first to step up to the metaphorical plate was comedian/actor Kevin Hart. Hart launched the “Hurricane Harvey Relief Challenge” via Instagram, in which he pledged to donate $25,000 to hurricane relief and challenged a few of his fellow celebrity friends to do the same. Hart himself donated $50,000.
Through the YouCaring crowdfunding platform, J.J. Watt, defensive end for the Houston Texans, has raised over $6.6 million. According to the site, Watts next plans to reach a donation goal of $10 million.
Though he’s currently in Vancouver, filming for “Supernatural,” Jensen Ackles is thinking of his native Texas. According to CNN, the actor donated $50,000 and launched a fundraising campaign via Crowdrise that has raised nearly $225,000.
On Tuesday, Kim Kardashian West announced via Twitter that she, her mother Kris Jenner and her sisters would donate half a million dollars to the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army to aid hurricane victims.
The “Formation” singer told the Houston Chronicle that she, her hometown pastor (Rudy Rasmus of St. John’s in Houston), and her organization BeyGOOD would “implement a plan to help as many as we can.”
You read that right. The CEO and founder of Dell Technologies and has pledged $36 million (!) through the foundation he started with his wife Susan. “A Texas sized disaster deserves a Texas sized response,” he tweeted. The company is also matching employee donations.