Truist Foundation Disaster preparation, relief, and recovery

Participating in the American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP) is a crucial part of our disaster preparation, relief, and recovery efforts. We commit our grant dollars before disasters happen. This ensures the Red Cross can prepare communities for emergencies and respond immediately.

“Millions of people across the country were impacted by an unrelenting wave of devastating disasters—compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Gail McGovern, president and CEO of the American Red Cross. “Thanks to the forward-thinking contribution of Truist Foundation through our Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP), we were able to mobilize immediately to provide emergency lodging, warm meals, basic supplies and recovery support to disaster survivors in their darkest hours. We truly appreciate this meaningful commitment to our humanitarian mission.”

We also support the annual Sound the Alarm campaign to help people prepare for home fires. And, we share Red Cross resources with our teammates for events such as hurricane preparedness. See the Red Cross website for more information on emergency preparedness.

Relief isn’t just needed immediately after a disaster. We’re committed to contributing to long-term recovery, rebuilding, and growth. We set aside 30% of our disaster grant dollars to go to partners that are addressing long-term recovery for communities hit by severe or catastrophic disasters. So far, we’ve partnered with the Center for Disaster Philanthropy to help us carry out this work.