Hurricane Ida Relief Fund

Thank you—we can’t say it enough. When Hurricane Ida made landfall in late August 2021 as one of the most powerful storms to hit the United States, you generously supported GlobalGiving’s Hurricane Ida Relief Fund. Because of your donation, GlobalGiving provided 12 vetted organizations with flexible funding to drive not only immediate relief but also long-term recovery.

Earlier this month, we made our final round of flexible grants to our trusted nonprofit partners that remain at the forefront of serving communities affected by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana, New York, and New Jersey. Here is a short summary of the critical work your donation has supported:

• Imagine Water Works activated its Mutual Aid Response Network, which is made up of more than 8,000 Louisiana residents, in response to Hurricane Ida. The network is focused on responding to needs that government and traditional nonprofits typically overlook and simultaneously giving voice and agency to impacted communities throughout the recovery process. Since the storm made landfall, the organization distributed hundreds of critical relief items and services, like Wi-Fi access, charging stations, water, food, and cleaning supplies. It also provided direct cash assistance to BIPOC-led groups in New Orleans, St. James Parish, and the Bayou parishes.
  
  
• St. Bernard Project (SBP) is committed to shortening the time between disaster and recovery. Based in Louisiana, the organization was formed in response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In response to Hurricane Ida, the organization has conducted mold remediation services on 295 houses, rebuilt three homes (with a goal of 75 rebuilds in 2022), and provided $450,000 to nine local partner organizations in seven parishes.
  
  
• OPP Reform Coalition is a diverse, grassroots coalition of individuals and organizations from across New Orleans that have come together to shrink the size of the incarcerated population and improve conditions for those held in detention in Orleans Parish. After Hurricane Ida, the organization leveraged its networks to provide emergency cash assistance directly to families that were unable to access more formal systems of support, like undocumented families.

• The Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana, one of the leading legal aid organizations in Louisiana, envisions a world where all have a fair chance to thrive without barriers or limits for people with criminal records and their families. The organization is providing critical legal assistance to Hurricane Ida survivors, including expungement clinics to help survivors with criminal records find new jobs. Many businesses closed down due to a mix of COVID-19 and the impacts of Hurricane Ida, which has forced these community members to find new work and face obstacles due to their criminal records.
  
  
• The Foundation for Louisiana, also formed as a direct result of Hurricane Katrina’s impact, is committed to a just and equitable long-term response to Hurricane Ida. As a Black-led social justice funder, the organization has been a trusted partner to hyper-local grassroots groups across Louisiana that have been on the front lines of responding to the terrible impacts of the storm. Through its own relief fund, it has taken a multi-phase approach to get resources directly into the hands of groups and community members who are at heightened risk for discrimination and face disproportionate impacts from the storm. It has successfully made more than $250,00 in grants to its partners.
  
  
• The RIVER Fund New York, a community-based organization in Queens, New York with experience responding to Hurricane Sandy in 2012, continues to serve families impacted by Hurricane Ida as it moved through the Northeast. The organization is providing holistic support through in-kind donations of food and cash grants to its 10 community partners.

• The Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless, based in Elizabeth, New Jersey for more than 40 years, is finding long-term housing for its community members that were made homeless by the effects of Hurricane Ida. You can see the organization mentioned in this recent article about the devastating impacts of the storm in the organization’s community.

This fund is no longer accepting donations, and this will be the last fund report of this kind from our team. Thank you for advancing community-led disaster recovery after Hurricane Ida. Although we are closing this fund, we encourage you to consider supporting our partners directly here.

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With immense gratitude,

Chase + the GlobalGiving Team