FLORIDA DISASTER FUND

Hurricane Idalia 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 generously waived their fees for those making a donation for Hurricane Idalia recovery. 100% of every donation was used to help Floridians recover.

The list below represents all donors who have committed to giving to the Fund for Hurricane Idalia as of February 14, 2024. A special thank you to all the businesses, organizations and individuals who donated. You have been instrumental in getting Floridians back on their feet.

Donor NameAmount Donated
Amazon$50,000
AmeriHealth Caritas$10,000
Buc-ees$25,000
Capital Health Plan$40,000
Caresource$50,000
Charter Communications$50,000
Comcast$200,000
Corradino Group$10,000
CVS$100,000
Denta Quest$25,000
Duke Energy$50,000
Excess Line Association of New York$15,000
Florida Blue/GuideWell$50,000
Florida Manufactured Housing Association$25,000
Florida Power & Light$250,000
GEO Group$25,000
Grant Works$10,000
Greenberg$50,000
HCA$250,000
Humana$100,000
IGT$50,000
James and Margaret Ruffalo$39,645
JM Family$50,000
JPMorgan Chase Foundation$100,000
KPMG$35,000
Lewis, Longman and Walker$10,000
Liberty Dental$10,000
Molina$250,000
Poarch Creek Indians$50,000
Publix$100,000
RaceTrac$25,000
Reliaquest$10,000
Robinhood$50,000
Sunshine Health through the Centene Charitable Foundation$750,000
TECO$50,000
Verizon$25,000
Walgreens$50,000
Walmart$250,000
Wells Fargo$500,000
Various Checks$53,373
Additional Donations (Credit Cards, Online Checks, Etc.)$150,899

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