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Team Rubicon

Leverages the skills of military veterans to rapidly deploy emergency response teams for disaster relief, providing mucking/gutting, debris removal, roof tarping, and long-term recovery operations.

Military veterans serve again — leading volunteer teams through 83 disaster response operations in 24 states in 2025 to get communities back on their feet.

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What Team Rubicon does

Team Rubicon is a veteran-led humanitarian organization headquartered in Los Angeles that sends volunteer teams, known as Greyshirts, to help communities before, during and after disasters. Typical work includes debris removal, home repairs and preparedness projects, and its long-term recovery program rebuilds homes for families after the initial response ends.

It began in January 2010, when Jake Wood and William McNulty gathered supplies from friends and family and led a small medical team into Port-au-Prince three days after the Haiti earthquake. It has since grown into a large national volunteer organization. In 2025 alone it reported 83 disaster response operations across 24 states, 788 service projects, 262,900 volunteer hours and 46 homes completed through long-term recovery. Deployments that year ranged from a glacial flood in Alaska to recovery from Hurricane Helene in the Southeast, along with wildfire response in California.

Team Rubicon says its work has reached over 14 million people in more than 3,400 communities. CharityWatch rates it A based on 2022 financials, and Charity Navigator gives it four stars. Donations support a Ready Reserve Fund intended to let teams launch quickly when disaster strikes.

Key facts

  • In 2025: 83 disaster response operations across 24 states and 788 service projects (Team Rubicon 2025 impact report)
  • In 2025: 262,900 volunteer hours, worth an estimated $9.16 million in labor, and 46 long-term recovery homes completed (Team Rubicon 2025 impact report)
  • Reports its services have impacted over 14 million people in more than 3,400 communities (teamrubiconusa.org/about-us/our-impact)
  • Founded in January 2010 when its founders led a medical team into Port-au-Prince three days after the Haiti earthquake (Wikipedia)

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Common questions

Is Team Rubicon a legitimate charity?

Tax status: US 501(c)(3) — donations are tax-deductible for US taxpayers. It files with the IRS under EIN 27-1720480, and its annual returns are public on ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer. Independent ratings — Charity Navigator: 4 of 4 stars; CharityWatch: Grade A · Top-Rated. As with any charity, check its latest filings before a large gift.

Are donations to Team Rubicon tax-deductible?

US 501(c)(3) — donations are tax-deductible for US taxpayers.

Where does Team Rubicon work?

Team Rubicon works in United States. It is based in Los Angeles, CA.

How do I donate to Team Rubicon?

Use the Donate button on this page — it goes straight to Team Rubicon's own donation page on support.teamrubiconusa.org. randomcharity.com doesn't process payments, doesn't see your card details and takes no cut.

Sources

  1. teamrubiconusa.org/
  2. teamrubiconusa.org/donate/
  3. teamrubiconusa.org/ways-to-give/
  4. support.teamrubiconusa.org/supportmgmt/donation/tr-26-web
  5. teamrubiconusa.org/news-and-stories/service-without-pause-team-rubicon-2025-im
  6. teamrubiconusa.org/about-us/our-impact/
  7. charitynavigator.org/ein/271720480
  8. charitywatch.org/charities/team-rubicon
  9. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Rubicon

Profile researched and last reviewed September 2026. Ratings and figures change — the linked evaluator pages always show the current version.

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