International NGO · Fund dedicated to the quake
Global Empowerment Mission + I Love Venezuela
Donating to GEM is traceable and safe.
In brief
Two U.S. organizations chained together: GEM, a large, audited disaster-response NGO with a fund dedicated to this earthquake, and I Love Venezuela (now We Love Foundation), a smaller intermediary that distributes among unidentified Venezuelan NGOs. Donating to GEM gives more accountability.
Why it is trustworthy
- Fact
GEM's official page for this earthquake is live and confirms the double earthquake of 24-Jun-2026 (verbatim quote from GEM: 'back-to-back 7.1 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes near Caracas'; the official magnitude of the first earthquake is 7.2) and the joint mobilization with its Venezuelan partner I Love Venezuela, with the deployment of reconnaissance and response teams.
globalempowermentmission.org → - Fact
The donate button leads to a checkout DEDICATED to the earthquake on the official domain give.gem.org (campaign 735778, designation VZEarthquake), confirmed live and describing the event; it offers a one-time or monthly donation. It is an event-specific fund within GEM, not just the general donation page.
give.gem.org → - Fact
GEM has strong external financial evidence: 4 stars and 92% overall on Charity Navigator (2024 990 data), 100% on Accountability & Finance, no material diversion of assets, and the required web disclosures.
charitynavigator.org → - Fact
The local partner's official campaign (GoFundMe organized by I Love Venezuela Foundation, beneficiary We Love Foundation Inc) is live and has strong public backing for this earthquake: ~1.84M USD raised of a 2.2M goal with 25,980 donations as of 2026-06-26.
gofundme.com → - Fact
GEM (EIN 45-3782061, Doral FL) and We Love / I Love Venezuela (EIN 46-5681221, Florida) are U.S. 501(c)(3)s, independent of the Venezuelan government and without an intervening board; they are not other NGOs taken over by the State nor a state NGO.
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