relief fund
Disaster aid pool
A relief fund is a pool of money collected to help people affected by disaster, hardship, or emergency.
Organizations establish relief funds after earthquakes, floods, or other crises: The hurricane relief fund raised three million dollars in its first week.
The term also applies to funds supporting ongoing needs: a relief fund for families of fallen officers.
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- charitable donationGift to help others
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- emergency responseOrganized action during crises
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- charitiesRed Cross, food bank, food banks, homeless shelter, homeless shelters
- fundinggrant, loan, grants, venture capital, crowdfunding
- fundsendowment, ETF, seed money
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Pooled investment in companies
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