2024 Annual Impact Report

Meeting existing and emerging challenges to strengthen communities.

As we reflect on 2024, we are reminded once again of the dual nature of our work as we witnessed humanity’s greatest challenges while also celebrating its most profound acts of compassion and resilience. Disasters tested communities around the world, yet they also showcased the extraordinary power of coordinated philanthropic response and the unwavering commitment of those who choose to help.

Internationally, humanitarian crises demanded our attention and action. The ongoing conflict in Sudan has created one of the world’s most severe humanitarian emergencies. During the Clinton Global Initiative 2024 Annual Meeting in New York, the Coalition for Mutual Aid in Sudan, which CDP launched alongside eight other funders, announced that it is channeling at least $2 million in emergency funds and other support to vetted networks of Sudanese responders. This work reminds us that effective disaster response must be rooted in the wisdom and strength of those most directly affected. The Coalition for Mutual Aid in Sudan builds on our continued focus on the growing food insecurity crisis in the Horn of Africa.

In the U.S., 2024 was marked by the catastrophic back-to-back Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which unleashed unprecedented destruction across the country’s southeastern region. These storms not only damaged infrastructure but also shattered lives, displaced families and left entire communities grappling with the long road to recovery that lies ahead. The immediate response was swift, but as we’ve learned time and again, long-term, equitable recovery requires sustained support that extends far beyond the initial emergency phase. For example, mental health support is a critical, yet often overlooked, piece to community recovery and stability. In the past year, we saw how disasters, including hurricanes, can exacerbate mental health crises, but we also saw how community partners are disrupting these crises by building support systems.

Disaster-affected communities will continue to need our partnership for years to come as they rebuild not just structures, but the social and economic fabric that holds them together and helps them thrive. We are grateful to all of you for continually stepping up to meet the existing and emerging challenges that disasters create and exacerbate.

With gratitude and determination,

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Through our general and disaster-specific funds, we help donors leverage our expertise to be more strategic with their disaster giving. In 2024, we awarded $14.98 million in grants, funding 78 initiatives across 30 countries and the U.S., as well as 16 Tribal Nations.

We also helped 13 clients strengthen their giving through our tailored advisory services, increasing the reach and impact of disaster philanthropy, and built momentum for systems change through place-based and sectoral donor coalitions.

Our 2024 efforts reflect a dedication to transformative philanthropy, ensuring that disaster relief and recovery are effective and equitable.

We are committed to advancing more strategic, equitable and impactful disaster philanthropy, but we couldn’t do it without our donors.

Unrestricted support of CDP has a significant ripple effect on communities impacted by disasters, allowing us to push disaster philanthropy to mobilize more effectively, equitably and collaboratively.

Thank you to Bohemian Foundation, Google.org, eBay Foundation, Assured Guaranty, Maximus Foundation, Armin and Esther Hirsch Foundation, Tom Moore, Crown Family Philanthropy, and all the generous donors who provided unrestricted support to CDP. We value your trust in our expertise, knowing that philanthropic investments will go where and when they are needed most.

We are grateful to all our donors and partners who have supported us over the past year and beyond for helping communities rebuild, recover from and withstand disasters and humanitarian crises.