Mexico City Earthquake - September 2017

In the aftermath of the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico on September 19, 2017, the business community is mobilizing their expertise, capabilities, and community resources to assist with the relief and recovery efforts. Use this form to submit how your company is aiding in the relief and recovery efforts.

Disclaimer: This tracker is a compilation of publicly available and company-submitted data and may not be fully representative of all private sector giving.

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Abbott

Abbott and its foundation, the Abbott Fund, are providing $2 million in additional grants and products to support relief efforts and help families recover from Hurricane Maria in the Caribbean, and the earthquake in Central Mexico. This builds on earlier aid for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and the earthquake in Southern Mexico. To date, Abbott and the Abbott Fund have provided $4.25 million in funding and nutrition and healthcare products to help with relief efforts in recent weeks.

AirBnB

AirBnB has extended the activation of their hosts across the US, Mexico and the Caribbean to open their homes for $0 for those evacuated or impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and the Mexico earthquake. More than 1250 hosts have listed their space. Responders and Survivors displaced can access $0 listings by visiting https://www.airbnb.com/welcome/evacuees and selecting the activation in their area of impact.

Amgen Foundation

Amgen

The Amgen Foundation has donated a total of $150,000 to Direct Relief to assist relief and recovery efforts after the two recent earthquakes in Mexico.

Apple

Apple announced the company is donating $1 million toward earthquake recovery efforts in Mexico.

AT&T

AT&T has pledged a donation of US $1 million to aid in recovery efforts.

Bacardi

In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, as well as the earthquakes in Mexico, Bacardi Limited and the Bacardi family commit $3,000,000 for disaster relief and recovery efforts in the impacted areas.

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Bristol-Myers Squibb and its foundation gave a total of $80,000 to the Mexican Red Cross.

CEMEX

CEMEX has given a total of $1 Million through its corporate giving program to relief efforts after the earthquakes in Mexico.

Chevron

Chevron announced a contribution of more than $400,000 ($7.6 million Mexican pesos) from the Chevron Global Community Fund and other Chevron divisions to assist with recovery efforts from damage done by the recent earthquakes in Mexico.

Coach Foundation

Coach

The Coach Foundation board approved a $100,000 donation to ‘Direct Relief,’ a charity that is on-the-ground supporting communities affected by recent hurricanes in Puerto Rico, Florida, and elsewhere – as well as victims of the two devastating earthquakes in Mexico. This grant is in addition to $200,000 given to the American Red Cross at the start of the 2017 Hurricane Season, bringing total disaster-response grant-making from the Coach Foundation to $300,000 since August.

Continental

Continental Corporation has given $50,000 towards relief efforts after earthquakes in Mexico.

Disney

The Walt Disney Company has committed $500,000 to aid in humanitarian relief efforts across Central Mexico in response to the recent earthquakes impacting the region. The donation will support the disaster response and recovery efforts of the Mexican Red Cross, Save the Children, and UNICEF. Disney will make additional donations of in-kind goods as needs are identified.

E. & J. Gallo Winery

E. & J. Gallo Winery announced that it has donated $100,000 to the American Red Cross to aid with earthquake relief efforts in Mexico City. The funds are in addition to the $300,000 donation that the company previously made to the American Red Cross to assist with hurricane relief efforts in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Exelon

In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria and two earthquakes in Mexico, Exelon has donated $50,000 to the American Red Cross to assist in disaster relief areas. The largest utility by customer count, Exelon, through its operating companies, is contributing another $200,000 to organizations aiding in relief efforts.

Facebook

Facebook will give $1 million to the Red Cross in Mexico to help rebuild areas that were decimated by the powerful earthquake.

FedEx

FedEx is donating another $1 million in cash and services for hurricane and earthquake relief efforts, bringing to $3 million its disaster relief commitment since Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast. FedEx’s shipments to earthquake-ravaged Mexico included water treatment systems to supply clean drinking water to 30,000 people a day.

Fundación MetLife México

In Mexico, following the earthquake of Sept. 7, Fundación MetLife México is contributing $100,000 to the Red Cross for disaster relief and $300,000 to Fondo para la Paz, a nonprofit in Mexico City, to fund the rebuilding of schools that were damaged or destroyed by the earthquake.

Google

Google has pledged a donation of US $1 million to aid in recovery efforts.

Home Depot

The Home Depot Foundation announced that it is increasing donations to the communities of Mexico struck by earthquakes over the past two weeks to $500,000.

Honeywell

Honeywell announced today that it has donated $400,000 in personal protective equipment to the Mexico Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional to support rescue and relief efforts following this week's devastating earthquake in Mexico.

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