Me, I’d rather go to the individuals and give them money. Or a construction company to start cleaning out and rebuilding - even one home. But there is no write off for companies if they do it the better way.
No slam on Exxon but 50M is nothing but merely a show - how much goes to the Red Cross itself and what’s left for the citizens with no place to go. NY still isn’t finished from Sandy’s devastation. Organizations come with ‘immediate help’ make a show and go and citizens are still in the same predicament with no place to live - and work in some instances.
Samaritan’s Purse is the way to go! They will make 50M into 100M with their highly trained volunteers and Samaritan’s own equipment.
DUH! with Exxon’s donation of 1/2 a million, not 50 million.