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Charitable Organizations Providing Disaster Relief - Questions and Answers

A. QUESTIONS ABOUT PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF THROUGH AN EXISTING CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION

What are the standards for charities that provide disaster relief to individuals?
In general, what types of assistance may a charitable organization provide?
charitable class?">What is meant by charitable class?
needs-based test?">What is meant by needs-based test?
Can a charity help businesses affected by a disaster?
What kind of records must a charity maintain to document its relief activities?
Can a qualified charitable organization that does not do disaster relief give money to a disaster relief organization helping the victims of a particular disaster?
May an organization provide disaster relief to victims of a particular disaster even though disaster relief was not specified in its exemption application?

B. QUESTIONS ABOUT CREATING A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE DISASTER RELIEF

C. QUESTIONS ABOUT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING RELIEF TO EMPLOYEES OF PARTICULAR EMPLOYERS

D. QUESTIONS ABOUT CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR DISASTER RELIEF

E. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHARITIES ABOUT DISASTER RELIEF

Disaster Relief: Providing Assistance Through Charitable Organizations. Where can I go to find information on the legal requirements on which it is based?">I have looked at Publication 3833, Disaster Relief: Providing Assistance Through Charitable Organizations. Where can I go to find information on the legal requirements on which it is based?

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Page Last Reviewed or Updated: 2012-08-14