Support the Mission
When disaster strikes, communities need more than good intentions.
They need trained personnel, specialized equipment, reliable communications, and the ability to rapidly deploy into difficult environments.
Your support helps Waterborne Relief maintain a professional disaster response capability ready to assist communities affected by floods, hurricanes, and other water-related emergencies.
Maximizing Every Dollar
Waterborne Relief is powered by volunteers. Our responders donate their time away from work, family, and personal commitments to serve communities impacted by disaster.
Whenever possible, personnel operate from field camps and temporary base camps rather than traditional lodging in order to maximize the impact of donor contributions. This allows more funding to be directed toward rescue operations, transportation, communications, equipment, and direct community assistance.
Through the professional network developed by Swiftwater Safety Institute, Waterborne Relief can leverage decades of operational experience and access to highly trained personnel while maintaining a lean organizational structure focused on mission delivery.
Direct Donation
Registered 501(c)(3) Nonprofit
EIN: 41-3536706 • Donations are tax-deductible
Official donation receipts are automatically sent to your email.
What Your Donation Supports
We maintain a lean organizational structure focused on direct mission delivery. Here is how your funds are utilized:
Operational Readiness
- • Rescue boats and outboard motors
- • Fuel and transportation
- • Communications systems
- • Satellite communications
- • Medical supplies
- • Personal protective equipment
- • Rescue equipment
- • Equipment maintenance and replacement
Disaster Response Operations
- • Deployment costs
- • Food and water for affected communities
- • Relief supplies
- • Transportation of personnel and equipment
- • Logistics support
- • Emergency communications
Training & Preparedness
- • Readiness exercises
- • Professional development
- • Equipment inspections and certifications
- • Community preparedness initiatives
Insurance & Administrative Costs
- • Team insurance
- • Liability coverage
- • Organizational compliance
- • Communications infrastructure
- • Donor management systems
Beyond Individual Rescues
A single deployment can help support entire communities during times of crisis.
Whether conducting evacuations, supporting search and rescue operations, delivering relief supplies, assisting emergency management agencies, or helping restore access to isolated areas, Waterborne Relief provides capabilities that extend far beyond individual rescues.
Our volunteer responders and professional network allow donor contributions to have a direct and meaningful impact on disaster operations, humanitarian assistance, and community recovery efforts.
Your support ensures trained personnel, specialized equipment, and operational resources are available before disaster strikes—not after.
Strategic Partnerships &
Agency Coordination
Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs), emergency management agencies, fire departments, law enforcement agencies, tribal governments, and other response organizations interested in establishing formal partnerships, mutual aid agreements, training collaborations, or Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) are encouraged to contact us.
Strong partnerships established before disasters occur create stronger outcomes when communities need assistance most.
Waterborne Relief welcomes opportunities to collaborate with organizations that share our commitment to preparedness, disaster response, and humanitarian service.