I still go with Red Cross. Biggest operation; this is their expertise.
No one is perfect and I’m putting politics aside for this one. Donated yesterday; my company has dollar for dollar match.
Samaritan’s Purse or the Southern Baptist Church’s North American Mission Board Disaster relief. From their website:
“In addition, the Mission Board is involved in disaster relief. Southern Baptist Disaster Relief is among the largest relief organizations in the United States. Coordinating efforts alongside state conventions, the work of Southern Baptists in disaster relief has won praise from both the media and the federal government. In the most recent reporting year, the Mission Board and its partners noted that volunteers served a collective 59,583 days and provided 2.3 million hot meals to people directly impacted by natural disasters. Volunteers led 397 individuals to Christ because of relief efforts. NAMB has invested in vehicles and equipment to support these disaster relief projects.”
http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/entities/namb.asp
Red Cross is a joke. When we experienced Hurricane Katrina, Red Cross was hard to be found. We got most of our help from the local churches and, believe it or not, FEMA.