The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) is deeply concerned about the winter storm’s impact on communities of color, people living in poverty and other underserved communities. While it cannot go unnoticed that the power outages are attributable to governmental failure, the numbers of affected individuals and households are alarming.

Below are donor resources that can assist as you consider ways to support communities disproportionately affected by recent winter storms:

  • Our Winter Storms profile provides an overview of the storm’s impacts across the southeast, including Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.
  • Our Extreme Cold Issue Insight unpacks the deadly nature of weather events that hit areas not typically accustomed to cold weather and offers advice on how to help.
  • Our Electricity and Power Infrastructure and Systems Issue Insight offers vital facts and ways to mitigate against future outages.
  • Our Basic Tips for Disaster Giving highlights ways to keep our disaster-focused grantmaking both simple and highly effective. Remember, we are all disaster funders.

Finally, the CDP Disaster Recovery Fund allows donors to target contributions to meet specific philanthropic goals for any domestic disaster to support medium- to long-term recovery work in the U.S.

Read the full article about responding to winter storms by Regine A. Webster at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy.