Services

Disasters can occur anytime, anywhere. Hurricanes, wildfires, floods and humanitarian crises are threatening the lives and livelihoods of billions worldwide, creating a critical need to know how and when to effectively give. Through our expert advisory services, we provide tailored solutions to support philanthropic giving for disaster recovery and humanitarian crises.

Sharad Aggarwal, CDP’s vice president of fund management & coalition building, Yna Moore, senior director of marketing & communications, and Austin Snowbarger, director of strategy & research.

When disasters strike, giving feels urgent. But giving well during disasters can be hard – and how, when and what we give makes all the difference for the equitable recovery of those affected.   

We know disasters. We bring the full spectrum of our experience to advise foundations, donor-advised funds, wealth advisors, corporations and nonprofits. We meet you where you are in your disaster-giving journey to create bespoke deliverables that speak to your realities and values. 

Let us help you take the guesswork out of researching who, what and when to fund.

Our Services

We evaluate your organization’s disaster mobilization in the immediate moments after a disaster, as well as in the long-term planning and the regular cadence of support and follow up.  

Interested in learning more? Contact us at advising@disasterphilanthropy.org.

Planning for disaster giving

Does your organization need an overarching strategy for disaster giving? How about a tactical plan to mobilize best-practice funding? We can help. 

We are positioned to help you plan for more and longer-term impact from your disaster-giving before the next disaster strikes, working with you to create values aligned disaster-giving strategies in multi-year purpose-driven plans to both deepen and expand your disaster-giving impact. 

Facilitating collaboration and partnerships

We design and facilitate workshops resulting in cohesive, effective disaster-giving collaboration within your organization or among donor networks.

We recognize how effective collaboration yields better outcomes in disaster recovery, and through our trusted expertise and networks, we can provide key insights, facilitate beneficial partnerships and create innovative collaborative efforts to ensure greatest impact.  

Building coalitions

We host and structure coalitions with the intent to invite philanthropy and other partners to work together towards shared goals. Some examples include: 

  • Coalition for Mutual Aid in Sudan is a group of global funders and other partners committed to strengthening local humanitarian response in Sudan, with a specific focus on mutual aid. We are joining forces and resources to support the life-saving efforts of frontline local responders. 
  • The Strengthening Local Humanitarian Leadership Collaborative exists to increase the quantity and quality of direct funding and other types of demand-driven support for local humanitarian leadership. We are a group of funders and philanthropic organizations working together across interconnected and intersectional issues committed to supporting and enabling the leadership, reach and impact of local disaster and humanitarian crisis responders.
Developing leaders in disaster giving

As disaster events and humanitarian needs continue to rise globally, it is essential that leaders are equipped to act effectively.

We support philanthropic leaders by providing timely insights into current events, disaster-related policies, and the cascading impacts on affected communities. This knowledge informs and aligns an organization’s vision around effective giving—enabling a more impactful and lasting contribution to disaster recovery. 

Mobilizing effective giving in disasters

Timely information is essential in all facets of disaster, including how to ensure donations are effective. We’ll help you take the guesswork in disasters and crises out of what is happening, who is impacted, who to fund, where, and when.

Our unique relationships provide a tailored visibility to your organization of the status of the event and trusted organizations on the ground. Our disaster trend analyses provide rapid data to act fast and effectively where funding is needed most and with equitable, long-term recovery in mind 

Providing educational resources about disaster giving

Your organization may have a strategy for how to give effectively in disasters, but it will yield greatest impact if others understand this commitment and the part they play.

We offer tailored services to educate staff and other key stakeholders about your goals in effective disaster giving. From disaster-giving webinars, to materials and messaging, we design relevant solutions for your key stakeholders. 

“CDP provides Fidelity Charitable with timely information about the latest disasters and helps us assist donors seeking reliable nonprofit organizations to support aid and recovery efforts.”

Elaine Martyn, Senior Vice President, Fidelity Charitable 

“CDP is a trusted partner for helping us determine where to make our investments in communities affected by disasters.” 

John Brothers, President, T. Rowe Price Foundation