CharityWatch announces a list of legitimate, efficient, and accountable charities involved in efforts to aid and assist victims of the July 4th central Texas flooding catastrophe.
As of July 8th, 2025 over 100 people lost their lives due to an intense storm that resulted in fatal levels of flooding in central Texas. The hardest hit area was Kerr County, Texas, where the Guadalupe River rapidly swelled with heavy rains and subsequent flooding. Central Texas continues to be plagued by slow-moving storms impacting the already devastated area.
Those wanting to help can consider donating to the following CharityWatch Top-Rated charities.
Warning: Unscrupulous charities will sometimes use disasters as a money grab to raise funds for unrelated causes. CharityWatch does not add just any charity to our disaster alerts. We sort through the marketing fluff of charities to find out what specific aid is being provided to victims before adding an organization to our list. This list will be updated as new information becomes available.
The charities listed below are Top-Rated by CharityWatch for spending at least 75% of their cash budgets on programs; for maintaining fundraising efficiency of $25 or less to raise each $100 in cash donations; and for meeting CharityWatch’s governance & transparency benchmarks.
All Hands and Hearts has a team on the ground in Kerr County, Texas, where emergency response efforts are focused on search and rescue following the devastating Texas floods.
American Kidney Fund is helping people affected by the disaster purchase kidney-friendly foods, find transportation to dialysis, and replace lost or destroyed kidney medications.
American Red Cross is working side-by-side with partners to support emergency shelters — providing food, relief supplies and other critical resources like financial and family travel assistance.
Best Friends Animal Society has an emergency response team that is reaching out to impacted animal shelters and rescue groups in Texas and we are working to provide them with support that meets their needs.
Direct Relief & Direct Relief Foundation has staff currently on the ground in Texas, and the organization is in communication with responding search and rescue groups, camps, and healthcare partners in affected areas, including National Emergency Management and Response, which deployed personnel to Kerrville in response to the flooding.
Episcopal Relief & Development is helping local diocesan partners in Texas provide support to those impacted by the catastrophic July 4-5 Texas Hill Country flooding.
GiveDirectly is delivering cash to low-income families in the hardest-hit areas. Families will each receive $2,400 in emergency cash will help cover their immediate needs
International Medical Corps is working in coordination with the Texas Association of Community Health Centers and other partners, providing critically needed relief and recovery supplies to help affected communities, and is standing ready to deploy medical and mental health volunteers if needed.
Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association’s Rapid Response Team (BGEA-RRT) have deployed to hard-hit Kerr County, Texas. Volunteer teams are active on the ground.
World Central Kitchen has a team that mobilized on the day of the flooding to deliver meals to families and first responders across the region. Since arriving on July 4, they have served thousands of meals.
ATTENTION: The charities listed in this alert were Top-Rated by CharityWatch at the time of its publication. CharityWatch updates our ratings throughout the year. To see if a particular charity is currently Top-Rated, please click on its name to navigate to its CharityWatch profile page.
NOTE: Americares was removed from this list on July 10th, 2025 due to losing its Top-Rated status upon analysis of its fiscal 2024 audited financial statements and IRS tax Form 990. Americares now receives a “B” rating on CharityWatch’s A+ to F rating scale. Top-Rated status requires a letter grade rating of B+ or above.
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