USAA Donates Half-Million to American Red Cross for Ida Relief

The USAA Foundation Inc. recently made a $500,000 donation to Team Rubicon and American Red Cross to help families and communities recover from the recent impacts felt by Hurricane Ida. Hurricane Ida hit on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

“Readiness and support for our members, employees and communities is our priority with any storm,” said Harriet Dominique, president of The USAA Foundation Inc. “Team Rubicon and American Red Cross are boots on the ground helping those impacted by Hurricane Ida and we want to be right there with them to help support as much as we can.”

Team Rubicon already deployed volunteers to the impacted regions and will utilize The USAA Foundation’s funding for operations in Hammond and Houma, LA.

“USAA and The USAA Foundation have been some of Team Rubicon’s longest-standing partners and this donation will help us expand the services we can provide to the communities impacted by Hurricane Ida,” said Art delaCruz, CEO of Team Rubicon. “This funding will jump-start our efforts to getting Greyshirts on the ground to assist in Louisiana and Mississippi’s recovery.”

American Red Cross had approximately 650 volunteers on the ground prior to Hurricane Ida’s landfall.