relief funds
Disaster assistance payments
Relief funds are money collected or set aside to help people affected by disasters, hardships, or emergencies.
Governments establish relief funds after hurricanes or earthquakes; charities solicit donations for relief funds to aid refugees or famine victims.
The organization distributed relief funds to families who lost their homes in the flood.
- natural disasterCatastrophic environmental event
- emergency sheltersTemporary housing during crises
- aid workersPeople providing humanitarian assistance
- unemployment benefitsState aid for jobless workers
- debt forgivenessCancellation of amounts owed
food banks · refugee assistance · federal grants · philanthropy · poverty alleviation · donations · giving back · community chest · state subsidies · crisis management · crowdfunding platforms · housing assistance · stimulus packages · welfare programs · safety net · refugee support · medical aid · fundraising campaigns
- resourcesresources, money, natural resources, human resources, financial resources
- disaster responsesearch and rescue, first responders, emergency preparedness, emergency shelter, evacuation plans
- humanitarian aidaid, aid organizations, aid workers, aid agencies, emergency aid
- charitable givingcharitable gift, charitable gifts, donation, donations, contribution
- charitycharity, charities, donations, donation, donating
- fundingfunding, grant, loan, grants, venture capital
relief fundspersonal savings
Individually accumulated wealth
private wealth · nest egg · self-insurance · rainy day fund · earned income
relief fundstax levies
Compulsory government charges
austerity measures · budget cuts · tax burden · deficit reduction · spending cuts