Direct Relief

Charity Profile

Direct Relief

🇺🇸Disaster Relief#2 last 12 months
Revenue
$2,399,000,000
Revenue recorded
Reach
Global
Verified footprint
Entries
54
Logged on Charity Journal

Giving over time

Monthly giving from the ledger
Giving and impact by month, last 12 months
MonthGivenImpact bandActivities logged
Dec 2025$0Not rated0
Jan 2026$0Not rated0
Feb 2026$0Not rated0
Mar 2026$0Not rated0
Apr 2026$0Not rated0
May 2026$0Not rated0
Jun 2026$0Moderate1
Jul 2026$0Moderate2
Aug 2026$0Moderate3
Sep 2026$0Moderate3
Oct 2026$0Transformative1
Nov 2026$0Substantial3

Cause breakdown

Health$0 · 0%
Relief$0 · 0%
Welfare$0 · 0%
Direct ReliefVerified
Disaster ReliefUnited StatesEst. 1948Amy Weaver
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About

Direct Relief is a humanitarian nonprofit organization that provides medical assistance to people affected by poverty, disasters and other emergencies. Founded in 1948, the organization supplies medicines, medical equipment and other resources to healthcare providers and communities in need across the United States and around the world.

Direct Relief works with healthcare organizations, governments, businesses and other partners to strengthen access to medical care and respond to emergencies. Its programs include medical aid distribution, disaster response, health-system support and financial assistance for organizations serving vulnerable communities. The organization is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, and operates programs across the United States and internationally.

Activity feed

Direct Relief delivered 75 field medic packs to first responders in Lebanon with support from Direct Relief, providing emergency first-aid supplies with each kit capable of serving 50 to 100 people on 2026-11-10. Cause: Health.
Direct Relief→ Lebanon
Healthdelivered 75 field medic packs to first responders in Lebanon with support from Direct Relief, providing emergency first-aid supplies with each kit capable of serving 50 to 100 people.
Source
Direct Relief sent 421 shipments containing 11.4 million defined daily doses of medication to organizations across 44 U.S. states and territories and 27 countries, including cancer treatments, rare disease therapies, mental health medications and personal protective equipment on 2026-11-09. Cause: Health.
Direct Relief→ Asia|Sub-Saharan Africa
Healthsent 421 shipments containing 11.4 million defined daily doses of medication to organizations across 44 U.S. states and territories and 27 countries, including cancer treatments, rare disease therapies, mental health medications and personal protective equipment.
Source
Direct Relief sent 380 shipments containing 10.2 million defined daily doses of medication to healthcare organizations across 41 U.S. states and territories and 26 countries on 2026-11-02.
Direct Relief→ Sub-Saharan Africa|Asia
sent 380 shipments containing 10.2 million defined daily doses of medication to healthcare organizations across 41 U.S. states and territories and 26 countries.
Source
Direct Relief distributed 571 shipments of requested medical aid containing 15.2 million defined daily doses of medication to organizations across 48 U.S. states and territories and 18 other countries on 2026-10-26. Cause: Relief.
Direct Relief→ United States|Panama|Philippines|Nepal|Asia
Reliefdistributed 571 shipments of requested medical aid containing 15.2 million defined daily doses of medication to organizations across 48 U.S. states and territories and 18 other countries.
Direct Relief supported Dhulikhel Hospital paramedics with Direct Relief Emergency Medical Packs for treatment of survivors of devastating floods in the Himalayan region on 2026-09-11. Cause: Health.
Direct Relief→ Nepal flood emergency medical response
Healthsupported Dhulikhel Hospital paramedics with Direct Relief Emergency Medical Packs for treatment of survivors of devastating floods in the Himalayan region
Direct Relief dispatched more than 14 tons of requested medical aid for healthcare providers treating flood survivors, including medicines for waterborne illness, dehydration, diabetes and asthma on 2026-09-02. Cause: Health.
Direct Relief→ Nepal flood medical response
Healthdispatched more than 14 tons of requested medical aid for healthcare providers treating flood survivors, including medicines for waterborne illness, dehydration, diabetes and asthma
Direct Relief maintained pre-positioned medicines and medical supplies at four health centers in Texas and Louisiana and prepared additional emergency support for storm-affected communities on 2026-09-01. Cause: Health.
Direct Relief→ Tropical Storm Edouard preparedness
Healthmaintained pre-positioned medicines and medical supplies at four health centers in Texas and Louisiana and prepared additional emergency support for storm-affected communities
Direct Relief supported volunteer aviation teams transporting doctors, blood units, medicines and specialists into communities isolated by the 7.4-magnitude earthquake on 2026-08-17. Cause: Health.
Direct Relief→ Colombia earthquake medical transport
Healthsupported volunteer aviation teams transporting doctors, blood units, medicines and specialists into communities isolated by the 7.4-magnitude earthquake
Direct Relief dispatched medical supplies to health providers serving people displaced by Washington wildfires, including CHAS Health facilities supporting evacuation centers on 2026-08-06. Cause: Health.
Direct Relief→ Washington wildfire response
Healthdispatched medical supplies to health providers serving people displaced by Washington wildfires, including CHAS Health facilities supporting evacuation centers
Direct Relief completed a solar-and-battery energy-storage system at North Side Christian Health Center to keep essential healthcare services operating during outages and emergencies on 2026-08-03. Cause: Health.
Direct Relief→ Resilient healthcare power
Healthcompleted a solar-and-battery energy-storage system at North Side Christian Health Center to keep essential healthcare services operating during outages and emergencies
Direct Relief delivered 25 pallets weighing more than six tons of medicines, field medic packs, hygiene supplies, PPE and medical tents to support patients affected by the earthquakes on 2026-07-11. Cause: Health.
Direct Relief→ Venezuela earthquake medical aid
Healthdelivered 25 pallets weighing more than six tons of medicines, field medic packs, hygiene supplies, PPE and medical tents to support patients affected by the earthquakes
Direct Relief provided emergency grants to Accion Solidaria and Grupo de Rescate Metropolitano de Caracas to strengthen medical logistics, search-and-rescue and healthcare response following the earthquakes on 2026-07-07. Cause: Health.
Direct Relief→ Venezuela earthquake recovery
Healthprovided emergency grants to Accion Solidaria and Grupo de Rescate Metropolitano de Caracas to strengthen medical logistics, search-and-rescue and healthcare response following the earthquakes
Direct Relief delivered 75,000 N95 respirators to Bunia to protect health workers responding to the Ebola outbreak in Ituri Province on 2026-06-19. Cause: Health.
Direct Relief→ DRC Ebola response
Healthdelivered 75,000 N95 respirators to Bunia to protect health workers responding to the Ebola outbreak in Ituri Province
Direct Relief delivered more than 16 tons of requested medicines and supplies to Jamaica, including antibiotics, diabetes medicines, first-aid supplies and water-purification tablets on 2025-11-08. Cause: Health.
Direct Relief→ Hurricane Melissa Jamaica medical airlift
Healthdelivered more than 16 tons of requested medicines and supplies to Jamaica, including antibiotics, diabetes medicines, first-aid supplies and water-purification tablets
Direct Relief committed $250,000 and opened its medical inventory to healthcare providers responding to Hurricane Melissa across Jamaica and other affected Caribbean countries on 2025-10-27. Cause: Health.
Direct Relief→ Hurricane Melissa Caribbean response
Healthcommitted $250,000 and opened its medical inventory to healthcare providers responding to Hurricane Melissa across Jamaica and other affected Caribbean countries
Direct Relief staged antibiotics, diabetes medicines, diagnostic supplies, personal-care items and field medic packs for shipment to organizations treating people affected by the earthquake on 2025-04-17. Cause: Health.
Direct Relief→ Myanmar earthquake medical shipment
Healthstaged antibiotics, diabetes medicines, diagnostic supplies, personal-care items and field medic packs for shipment to organizations treating people affected by the earthquake
Direct Relief mobilized emergency response operations with the ASEAN Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Assistance to support healthcare needs following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake on 2025-03-28. Cause: Health.
Direct Relief→ Myanmar earthquake response
Healthmobilized emergency response operations with the ASEAN Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Assistance to support healthcare needs following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake
Direct Relief awarded $1 million in emergency operating grants to 22 local organizations responding to the wildfires, including health providers and search-and-rescue groups on 2025-01-17. Cause: Relief.
Direct Relief→ Los Angeles wildfire emergency grants
Reliefawarded $1 million in emergency operating grants to 22 local organizations responding to the wildfires, including health providers and search-and-rescue groups
Direct Relief delivered field medic packs and rehydration supplies to Altadena Search and Rescue, Sierra Madre Search and Rescue and Montrose Search and Rescue teams on 2025-01-14. Cause: Relief.
Direct Relief→ Los Angeles wildfire first-responder support
Reliefdelivered field medic packs and rehydration supplies to Altadena Search and Rescue, Sierra Madre Search and Rescue and Montrose Search and Rescue teams
Direct Relief delivered emergency medical supplies to South Central Family Health Center and other healthcare providers responding to the Los Angeles wildfires on 2025-01-09. Cause: Health.
Direct Relief→ Los Angeles wildfire response
Healthdelivered emergency medical supplies to South Central Family Health Center and other healthcare providers responding to the Los Angeles wildfires

Board

Harry McMahon
Chair

Board Chair and former Executive Vice Chairman of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Also serves on the boards of Parsons Corporation and Claremont McKenna College.

Laurie Siegel
Vice Chair

Vice Chair and former Chief Human Resources Officer of Tyco International. Now runs LAS Advisory Services and serves on the boards of FactSet and Lumen Technologies.

Annalisa Pizzarello
Secretary

Secretary and senior vice president at Amgen with more than 30 years in the biopharmaceutical industry. Focus areas include drug development and enterprise transformation.

Adam Cooper
Treasurer

Treasurer and former Senior Managing Director and General Counsel of Citadel LLC. Also chairs the Advisory Board of Driehaus Capital Management.

Emma Carrasco
Assistant Secretary

Assistant Secretary and Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs at NBCUniversal News Group. Previously led marketing and communications at National Geographic Society and NPR.

Mark Schwartz
Assistant Treasurer

Assistant Treasurer and Chair Emeritus who previously served as Board Chair from 2018 to 2020. Background in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and import distribution.

Jeff Berman
Director

CEO of WaitWhat and former President of MySpace. Background in digital media, policy and public service, including as Chief Counsel to a U.S. senator.

Mary Dwyer
Director

Interim President and CEO of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara. Holds a PhD with a background in nonprofit leadership.

Heitham Hassoun
Director

Chief Executive of International at Cedars-Sinai and a professor of surgery. Background in global health partnerships and vascular and endovascular surgery.

Henrietta Holsman Fore
Director

Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Holsman International, a manufacturing and investment company.

Jay McGonigle
Director

Former Chairman and CEO of the Corporate Executive Board Company. Also serves as Lead Outside Director at FactSet Research Systems.

Marla Salmon
Director

Professor of Nursing and Global Health at the University of Washington and former dean of nursing schools at the University of Washington and Emory University. Focus areas include global health workforce policy.

Perry Siatis
Director

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at AbbVie. Oversees legal affairs and the Office of Ethics and Compliance.

Tom Strickland
Director

Attorney and former Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks under President Obama. Background in conservation policy and regulatory law at WilmerHale.

Thomas Sturgess
Director

Executive Chairman of Tiri Group Limited and former Chairman of New Zealand King Salmon. Background in manufacturing leadership and served in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Elizabeth Toro
Director

Chair of the Medical Advisory Council and a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist in Santa Barbara. Practices women's health care with more than 40 years of clinical experience.