Disaster relief for Myanmar
Apr 02, 2025
On Thursday, March 27, 2025, Myanmar experienced a series of powerful earthquakes, with the largest being a 7.7 magnitude in the Sagaing region. The earthquake caused extensive damage, collapsing buildings, triggering landslides, and disrupting communication and transport networks. Thousands of casualties have been reported, and many people have been displaced.
You can use your Vanguard Charitable donor-advised fund (DAF) account to support those impacted by the earthquake in Myanmar. The list below, developed in partnership with Charity Navigator, includes highly rated nonprofits actively involved in disaster relief and recovery efforts in the region.
**Nonprofits signed up for Grant Payments via PayPal and can receive funds more quickly than those sent via paper check.1
| Charity Name | EIN | Areas of support |
|---|---|---|
| UNICEF USA | 13- 1760110 | UNICEF is mobilizing 80 metric tons of lifesaving supplies, including health kits, medical supplies, tents and hygiene kits. |
| Save The Children Federation, Inc.** | 06- 0726487 | Save the Children and their partners are working to support the worst impacted areas, providing water, food and health care to children and their families. |
| Direct Relief** | 95- 1831116 | Direct Relief is mobilizing medical supplies and emergency aid to communities impacted by the earthquake in Myanmar while partnering with the AHA Center, local partner organizations, and healthcare providers. |
| Global Empowerment Mission Inc.** | 45- 3782061 | GEM Europe is responding to both Myanmar and Thailand after these quakes and will be providing residents with immediate supplies to assist during this difficult time. |
| Plan International USA** | 13- 5661832 | Plan International is dispatching mobile clinics to reach children in isolated areas, creating safe spaces for children—especially girls, and reuniting lost children with their families. |
| International Medical Corps** | 95- 3949646 | International Medical Corps' Emergency Medical Team is providing lifesaving medical care and supplies. |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc.** | 13- 1656634 | JDC is providing immediate humanitarian aid, such as food, hygiene kits, blankets. |
| International Rescue Committee | 13- 5660870 | The IRC partners are distributing essential support to the affected communities, including water, hygiene kits, and critical medical assistance. |
To support these charities or others:
Click here to login and recommend a grant: Give to charities. If you do not have access to your online account, you can register by selecting the Login button in the upper right-hand corner. Follow the prompts to register for online access.
If the organization is not in your saved charities’ list, type the charity name in the Discover Charities search bar. When you find the charity you're looking for, click Start a Grant.
You will be asked to select a grant purpose in the first step of the process. Select Disaster Relief as your purpose and Myanmar Earthquake as the sub-purpose.
International granting options:
You may also choose to recommend a grant to an international charity through Charities Aid Foundation of America (CAF America), an industry leader in international granting. To do so, simply recommend a grant2 to CAF America, EIN 43-1634280, and enter the name of the charity you would like to support in Name of International Charity and enter the location.
To discover international charities that are responding to the earthquake in Myanmar and recommended by CAF America, click here.
The nonprofit community's response will be ongoing, and as such, these lists are not meant to be exhaustive.
Footnotes
1 Vanguard Charitable is now issuing grants via Grant Payments with PayPal. To receive a grant from PayPal, the nonprofit must be enrolled with PayPal and confirm their charity status. The above nonprofits marked with an asterisk have a confirmed enrollment status. To learn more about Grant Payments, click here: https://www.vanguardcharitable.org/nonprofit-organizations
2 Fees may apply.
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