The Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF) has announced that its Maui Strong Fund has raised more than $52.1 million in response to the August wildfires on the Hawai‘ian island of Maui, in which at least 114 people have died and nearly 3,000 buildings have been damaged or destroyed.

HCF has received more than 180,000 contributions from people in 44 countries, Hawai‘i News Now reports, including donations from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ($400,000—a previously undisclosed amount) as well as $25,000 each from the Cades, Cooke, and Doris Duke foundations. To date, HCF has distributed $5.3 million to more than 40 local partners, including $250,000 each to Community Clinic of Maui - Mālama I Ke Ola Health Center, Maui Economic Opportunity, Hale Mākua Health Services, Imua Family Services, Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Center, King’s Cathedral and Chapels, Maui Food Bank, Maui Humane Society, Project Vision Hawaiʻi, the Salvation Army, and the American Red Cross.

GoFundMe, the online crowdfunding platform, has raised more than $30 million for Maui wildfire disaster relief from more than 250,000 individual contributors across multiple fundraising efforts, Fox Business reports.

The Kākoʻo Maui Fund, established by the Council for Native Hawai‘ian Advancement, the Alaka‘ina Foundation Family of Companies, and the Hawai‘ian native social activist group Kako‘o Hale­akala, has raised over $2.8 million, from more than 15,000 contributors, including $50,000 each from the Alaka‘ina, Nakupuna, and Hawai‘i Pacific foundations and the nonprofit Hui Huliau.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has announced a $1 million grant to the American Red Cross to help provide shelter, meals, medical care, and family reunification services. The LDS Church also has established an evacuation site and shelter on the grounds of its meetinghouse in the town of Kahului.

The Jewish Federations of North America has received contributions from 120 of its affiliated organizations in response to the wildfires and has distributed $249,000 to Maui Kosher Farm, Jewish Congregation of Maui, Maui Jewish Ohana, Chabad of Maui, and Jewish Community Services of Hawai‘i.

Jefferies Financial Group, a New York City-based investment firm, announced contributions of $7 million to relief efforts, which included the firm’s $6 million in trading commissions earned on August 16, with grants of $1 million each directed to All Hands and Heart, Global Empowerment Mission, Habitat for Humanity Maui, SBP USA, HCF, and the Maui Food Bank.

The Realtors Relief Foundation has donated $1.5 million to the Realtors Association of Maui to provide disaster relief on the island, HousingWire reports.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the mixed martial arts promotion company, has pledged $1 million for Maui disaster relief.

Lowe’s, the home improvement company, which is operating a 20-person emergency response team out of its store location in Kahului, announced donations totaling $1 million to assist its disaster relief partners, including the American Red Cross.

Hormel Foods, the maker of Spam, has announced that it will donate 264,000 cans of the Hawai‘ian cultural staple—valued at more than $1 million—to be distributed through Hormel’s nonprofit partner Convoy of Hope.

Other corporate donors supporting relief efforts in Maui include Delta Air Lines ($250,000); Bayer ($50,000 to Maui Food bank and $150,000 to the Maui Strong Fund and $250,000 in healthcare products); Henry Schein (up to $75,000 in cash and $125,000 in healthcare products); New York Life Insurance ($200,000); and the American Express Foundation ($75,000).

Organizations that have also established funds for Maui wildfire disaster relief include the Hawai‘i Community Foundation, the Council for Native Hawai‘ian Advancement, Global Giving, the Salvation Army, the American Red Cross, the Jewish Federations of North America, and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy.

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