The CGI Community Responding to Texas Flooding: How You Can Help
This weekend, deadly floods swept across Central Texas, causing widespread devastation. Members of the CGI community are on the ground responding to the emergency and delivering on urgent needs. This support includes providing funding, serving hot meals, dispatching volunteers, distributing essential medical supplies to those in need, and much more.
You can help — we encourage you to read more about what CGI’s partners are doing on the ground, and see how you can support their efforts.
Airlink
Airlink has mobilized its partner network and facilitated the transport of four relief workers to Central Texas. They are also working with U.S. airline carriers to offer free-of-charge flights for personnel and critically needed goods into the affected area. Read more about Airlink’s efforts, and support their work, here.
All Hands and All Heart
All Hands and Hearts is on the ground in Kerr County, working closely with local government authorities to organize the in-kind donations that have arrived. This effort aims to support impacted communities by ensuring the distribution of donated goods is as effective as possible. Read more about All Hands and Hearts’ efforts, and support their work, here.
American Red Cross
The American Red Cross is working with its partners to support emergency shelters, providing food, relief supplies, and critical resources like financial and family travel assistance. Several emergency shelters and two reunification centers are open to help reconnect families and provide refuge. Read more about the American Red Cross’ efforts, and support their work, here.
Americares
Americares is deploying an emergency response team to help restore access to health services and address the most urgent health needs in affected communities. In addition, the Americares Emergency Response Team has reached out to 16 partner organizations to offer urgent assistance, including delivering critically needed medicines and relief supplies to support survivors. Read more about their response here.
CORE – Community Organized Relief Effort
CORE’s emergency response team is on the ground conducting rapid needs assessments and closely monitoring the evolving situation. While critical search and rescue operations continue, CORE is coordinating closely with Texas VOAD and local and state partners to identify what impacted families need most, both now and in the weeks and months ahead. See updates from CORE here.
Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+)
CERF+ is connecting with their partners on the ground to assess the needs of local artists. They are also offering funding and resources to craft artists impacted by the flooding. Read more about CERF+’s efforts, view their resources, and support their work here.
Direct Relief
Direct Relief has committed $50,000 to support the deployment of emergency medical supplies and operating funds to impacted communities. Direct Relief has also made its $90 million inventory of medical supplies available to responding organizations, including field medic packs for first responders, emergency medical backpacks, and other essential items. To ensure support where it is needed most, Direct Relief is also coordinating with regional clinic and health center partners in the Texas Hill Country and local search and rescue teams. Read more about Direct Relief’s efforts, and support their work, here.
GiveDirectly
GiveDirectly is sending cash directly to Texas flood survivors, leveraging its many years of experience in getting cash assistance to the most impacted communities during and after times of crisis. The money donated will help hundreds of families meet their urgent needs and rebuild their lives. Read more about GiveDirectly’s efforts, and support their work, here.
GoFundMe
GoFundMe has created a centralized hub on its website housing all verified fundraisers related to the floods, which is updated by their Trust & Safety team with more fundraisers as they are verified, and also features non-profit organizations that are mobilizing in response. Visit the flood relief hub here.
International Medical Corps
International Medical Corps is working in close coordination with the Texas Association of Community Health Centers and others, providing critical relief and recovery supplies to health facilities and affected communities. They stand ready to deploy medical and mental health volunteers if requested. Read more about the International Medical Corps’ efforts, and support their work, here.
Team Rubicon
Team Rubicon volunteers, greyshirts, are in Central Texas, activating resources to provide communities with critical relief and recovery. Greyshirts are supporting the Volunteer Reception Center (VRC) and actively assessing the damage to best focus resources where they are needed most. Currently, donations to Team Rubicon are being matched, up to $100,000 – support their work here. See updates from Team Rubicon on Instagram.
Texas Diaper Bank
The Texas Diaper Bank’s Resilient Texans Relief & Recovery campaign has created a fund to support those in need. Donations help all affected Texans, including newborns, senior citizens, and women in need of diapers, incontinence pads, and menstrual products. Read more about the Texas Diaper Bank’s efforts, and support their work, here.
The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP)
As a permanent resource for the disaster philanthropy community, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy is providing recommendations to dispatched relief organizations on how to proceed. They have also added information about the flood to their website, with more coming, as a resource for all. CDP has also created a fund to assist Central Texas communities. Those interested can donate to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s (CDP) Disaster Recovery Fund – proceeds will be used to support comprehensive aid efforts. Support CDP’s work here and see CDP’s 2025 US Tornadoes and Severe Storms profile here.
World Central Kitchen
World Central Kitchen (WCK) has deployed a Relief Team to Texas to support first responders and families impacted by flooding in some of the hardest-hit communities, including Kerrville, Hunt, and Germantown, TX. WCK has provided hundreds of hot meals and sandwiches to those in need and will continue to do so as the search continues. Read more about WCK’s efforts, and support their work, here.