Where to Donate to Mexico Earthquake Victims
Direct Relief, a humanitarian aid organization, has staff members in Mexico City and has pledged
that 100 percent of its donations will go directly to relief efforts, which it says will include facilitating the delivery of medical supplies to affected areas.
The American Red Cross, for example, is considered a highly rated three-star organization by Charity Navigator,
but it has come under fire in recent years after ProPublica and National Public Radio investigated how it spent money in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
“There are a lot of individuals in times of disaster
that will take advantage of the emotional response people will have,” Sara Nason, a spokeswoman for the nonprofit watchdog Charity Navigator, said in a phone interview.
Fondo Unido México, part of the United Way network, has created an emergency fund to help
the areas affected by the earthquakes as well as the recent series of hurricanes.
For those seeking more information about a particular charity, “digging a little deeper might entail just contacting the organization,” Ms. Nason said
The Charity Navigator website, which rates United States charitable organizations, is a good
place to start when researching a nonprofit, as it does much of the legwork for you.
GlobalGiving, a crowdfunding organization, has pledged that all money donated to its earthquake fund will go to recovery and relief efforts.
Less than two weeks ago, the strongest earthquake to hit Mexico in a century killed at least 90 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
