The Salvation Army and the American Red Cross have announced that Lilly Endowment Incorporated has awarded each organization $40 million to increase response capacity in light of the more frequent and devastating impacts of climate change affecting families across the country.

These grants are the largest gifts that either organization has received to help them prepare for future disasters.

The Salvation Army and the American Red Cross, two of the nation’s largest nonprofits, recognize that these historic grants will better position each organization to help people struggling to cope with record-breaking hurricanes, other extreme storms, and massive wildfires.

Both organizations are often among the first on the ground during a crisis, and together they serve millions of people in need every year.

1. Clay Robbins, chairman and CEO of Lilly Endowment said,

“These grants are intended to bolster the long-term capacity and effectiveness of these essential organizations and not to support the needs arising from a specific disaster,”

To learn more, visit https://disaster.salvationarmyusa.org/