Question 1

Direct Cash Grantmaking.

Answer

Delivering cash grants directly to individuals is a specialized discipline. EAF has spent over 15 years building and optimizing the infrastructure to do it well — so our partners don't have to. We serve as an extension of your foundation, so you can meet every donor’s giving intent without hesitation. We handle everything involved in grantmaking — intake, eligibility, payments, and reporting — quickly, compliantly, and at industry-low cost. Your foundation brings the mission. EAF meets you with the expertise to fulfill it.

Question 2

Funds Built Around Your Community

Answer

Designed around your donors' giving priorities and aligned with your foundation's mission — EAF establishes and administers a fund dedicated to a specific charitable class within your community. It's fully white-labeled: your brand and donor relationships remain front and center, while EAF handles the compliance, administration, and grantmaking infrastructure behind the scenes. Your team stays focused on what matters most — enabling your donors to have an impact on the causes they care about most.

Question 3

Disaster Response on Day 1

Answer

Most foundations respond to disasters after they happen — launching emergency appeals, waiting on donations, then figuring out the how, who and when, before beginning to grant. EAF's People First Fund changes that sequence entirely so your foundation can act immediately and deploy direct-cash grants to community members on Day 1 of a major disaster. No waiting. Just immediate relief when the community needs it most.

Question 4

Cross-Border Grantmaking

Answer

Whether to respond to an international disaster or to support a specific diaspora community, enable your donors to give beyond U.S. borders. EAF executes international cash grants to individuals quickly, compliantly, and with established global payment infrastructure, so your foundation can say yes to cross-border giving without risk.

Question 5

Relief Fund Design & Advisory

Answer

If you are exploring or refining a disaster or hardship relief fund, EAF has resources and subject matter expertise to help you design compliant fund structures, align with donor intent and ensure operational readiness. You lead with the strategy. We ensure it works in practice.

Built to Serve Your Community. Designed to Support You.

Built to Serve Your Community. Designed to Support You.

Emergency Assistance Foundation at a glance:

Emergency Assistance Foundation at a glance:

Direct Cash Grantmaking

Say yes - we'll handle the rest.

Funds Built Around Your Community

Your name. Your priorities. Your impact.

Disaster Response on Day 1

Be ready before disaster strikes.

Cross-Border Grantmaking

Your donors give globally. So can you.

Relief Fund Design & Advisory

Build it right from the start.

Direct Cash Grantmaking.

Funds Built Around Your Community

Disaster Response on Day 1

Cross-Border Grantmaking

Relief Fund Design & Advisory

Let’s start the conversation.

Let’s start the conversation.

Financial first response.

Financial first response.