Amazon donates $3 million, emergency supplies to Northwest flood relief
Amazon is making significant efforts to assist response efforts for a disaster that hits it close to home.
In response to catastrophic flooding across the Pacific Northwest and its headquarters state of Washington, Amazon is supporting emergency relief efforts with a multi-pronged effort that includes a $3 million donation, the delivery of more than 50,000 supplies to front-line nonprofits, and the launch of employee support services.
The company’s $3 million donation will support non-profits including the Washington State Emergency Fund, American Red Cross Northwest Region, and United Ways of the Pacific Northwest. In addition, Amazon is making its employee relief fund available to flood-affected Amazon employees seeking financial support and offering free mental health resources.
Amazon employees across Washington are also engaging in volunteer efforts including clean-up, packing hygiene kits, and donating blood.
"Amazon has stepped up when disasters strike since 2017, contributing more than $26 million in emergency supplies and technology in response to more than 200 disasters around the world," said Bettina Stix, Amazon head of community impact. "This time, a disaster is impacting communities in our home state of Washington, and we're committed to being the best employer and neighbor that we can be and mobilizing our strengths in volunteering, logistics, and speed to support our teammates and neighbors."
Other notable recent Amazon disaster relief initiatives include using its Wildfire Relief Hub, located two hours east of Los Angeles and stocked with more than 6,000 essential items — as well as its logistics infrastructure and technology, to deliver needed items to first responders, non-profit partners and humanitarian relief agencies on the ground in Los Angeles during the January 2025 wildfires that struck the city.
Disaster Relief Hubs – a brief primer
The main purpose of what are now 15 global Disaster Relief Hubs (Amazon opened its most recent facility in Tepozotlán, Mexico in February 2025)is to enable the e-tail giant to use its logistics network to quickly send critical products to nonprofits and community partners in the wake of natural disasters.
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The process of sending emergency supplies to disaster zones can take multiple days. To quicken that timeframe, Amazon analyzed its data across four years of disaster support and formed a pre-positioning strategy. The strategy is tailored to the most common relief supplies needed by the company’s community partners, including tarps, tents, water containers and filters, medical equipment, clothing items, and kitchen supplies.
