Immediately after the Aug. 4 explosion in Beirut, Direct Relief, an international humanitarian aid nonprofit based in Santa Barbara, responded quickly—first with $500,000 in cash, and then with medical supplies. “We’re not typically a grant-making organization, but we thought this was a way we could react faster,” said Tony Morain, the vice president of communications…
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