FLORIDA DISASTER FUND

Hurricane Helene/Milton Donors

The Volunteer Florida Foundation administers the Florida Disaster Fund, Florida’s private fund established to assist Florida’s communities as they respond to and recover during times of emergency or disaster.

Activation: The fund is activated based on the declaration of a disaster by the Governor and approval by the Foundation Board of Directors (or its Executive Committee) to begin a fundraising effort.

Use of Funds: During and after the collection process and as immediate and longer-term needs are identified, the Executive Director of the Foundation, in discussion with staff and executive committee of the board of directors, will evaluate how to distribute the funds to non-profit entities between the two types of available grants.

Paypal/Braintree, Visa, MasterCard, and American Express have generously waived their fees for those making a donation for Hurricane Helene/Milton recovery. 100% of every donation will be used to help Floridians recover.

Donor NameAmount Donated
ADS Foundation$15,000
Ajax Paving$50,000
Alfred Lee$25,000
Amazon$100,000
American Bankers Association$50,000
American Online Giving Foundation$92,914
American Express$50,000
Amgen$200,000
AMH Cares Foundation$20,000
ASC Processing Systems$25,000
Assurant Foundation$20,000
AT&T$150,000
Bain Capital$50,000
Barge Design Solutions Community Fund$25,000
Bayview Asset Management$25,000
Blackrock$500,000
Boeing$500,000
Boyne Capital$25,000
Bruce and Deborah Duncan Foundation$15,000
Builder’s Insurance$20,000
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Foundation$35,000
Cencora$50,000
Charter Communication$150,000
Chevron$100,000
Codeware$50,000
Comcast$150,000
Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond$350,000
CVS$125,000
Delta Dental Community Care Foundation$100,000
DentaQuest$50,000
Derrick Bhole$55,000
DSF Charitable$100,000
Duke Energy$100,000
Energy Transfer LP$25,000
ExxonMobil$150,000
Florida Blue Foundation$100,000
Florida Community & State Medicaid$15,000
Florida Manufactured Housing Association$10,000
FP&L$350,000
Google$500,000
Gothams$10,000
HCA Healthcare$250,000
Helen and Chuck Schwab$2,000,000
Hiscox Foundation$50,000
Hoehn Family Charitable Trust$20,000
Humana Foundation$250,000
IEM$50,000
IGT Global Solutions$100,000
Intrafi$25,000
James Sixsmith$50,000
JM Families$150,000
JM Families Employees$1,500
Joseph F Umosella Family Foundation$20,000
Josh Pankow$20,000
Kate Colby$25,000
Kathleen Kiefer$100,000
Legere Family Foundation$25,000
Lemoine Disaster Recovery$10,000
Lennar Corporation$5,000,000
Lu Anne Schwartz$20,000
Macro Companies$10,000
Mahaffey Apartment Company$100,000
Major Food Group$10,000
Margaret Ruffalo$26,938
Mattamy Homes$265,500
Metro LLC$25,000
Michel’s$19,500
Milner Hotels Foundation$25,000
Molina Healthcare Charitable Foundation$50,000
Mosaic$100,000
Paula Ladwig Revocable Trust$25,000
Pilot Travel Centers, LLC.$20,000
Prize Picks$25,000
Publix$350,000
R&S Charitable Fund$25,000
RaceTrac$100,000
Rawson Family Charitable Fund$13,000
REI$29,905
Rick and Glenys Hull Charitable Fund$12,500
Ripple$125,000
Robinhood Markets$100,000
RoomsToGo$25,000
Roy D. Johnson Charitable Fund$30,000
Simply Healthcare$250,000
Skyway Underwriters LLC$100,000
Spanx by Sara Blakely Foundation$24,893
Sprouts$1,108,982
Stephen and Elaine Cormier$20,000
Sunshine Health$25,000
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office$300,000
Tampa Bay Buccaneers$125,000
TECO$100,000
Tenet Health$75,000
The de Moya Group$50,000
The GEO Group Foundation$40,000
The Martin Foundation$15,000
TikTok$100,000
Tom Brady$100,000
UnitedHealth Group$500,000
Valley National Bank$12,500
Various Donations$2,945,862
Verizon$450,000
Vibraslab$50,000
Walmart Foundation$1,000,000
Warren and Augusta Hume Foundation$20,000
Waste Management$250,000
WAWA$500,000
Weis Builders$25,000
WellsFargo/YourCause/Blackbaud Giving Fund$500,000
Zurich$10,000

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