Truist Foundation announced it will donate $1 million to support Hurricane Milton relief and recovery efforts in Florida communities most impacted – the second major hurricane to hit the area in the past two weeks.
The funds will be distributed to the American Red Cross, IT Disaster Resource Center, United Way Worldwide and World Central Kitchen for immediate relief efforts as well as Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Atlantic Hurricane Season Recovery Fund for long-term efforts.
“Our teammates, clients and communities across the central coast of Florida are still picking up the pieces from Hurricane Helene, and now – just two weeks later – they are bracing for yet another major hurricane,” said Lynette Bell, president of Truist Foundation. “Truist Foundation will continue caring for those in the path of Hurricane Milton alongside our trusted partners who are on the ground, providing essential aid to those impacted by the extreme storm surges and flooding, critical infrastructure damage and more resulting from this relentless hurricane season.”
The selected organizations will use their grant funds to identify and deliver the most critical immediate community needs such as access to food, shelter, medical services, and technology connectivity.
A portion of the donation will be focused on medium- and long-term recovery informed by disaster experts in partnership with those in the affected communities.
In the past two weeks, Truist Foundation announced an initial $500,000 grant to help prepare, respond and recover in communities impacted by Hurricane Helene as well as a second $500,000 grant to support the hardest-hit communities, including Western North Carolina. Additionally, earlier this year, Truist Foundation donated $1 million to the American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program, designed to deploy assistance quickly to communities impacted by disasters such as hurricanes.
