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Nonprofit organizations are charitable agencies that are prohibited by law from gaining financially for their humanitarian services to individuals and communities. While there are many nonprofit organizations that do not have a relation to emergency management, there are others that become heavily involved in disasters when they occur (Alexander 2010; Kapucu 2007; Gazley and Brudney 2005) (see Chapter 7). A well‐known example is the American Red Cross (Hamilton 2005), but there are a host of other religious and community groups that participate in benevolent service as well. They range from the Salvation Army, Episcopal Relief and Development, Mennonite Disaster Services, and Southern Baptist Relief to the American Veterinary Medical Association and Team Rubicon (a military veteran organization involved in disaster response), among others.