One America Appeal

Founded	September 7, 2017 (2017-09-07)
Founders	Jimmy Carter (†) George H. W. Bush (†) Bill Clinton George W. Bush Barack Obama
Type	501(c)(3)
Focus	Recovery efforts for HurricanesHarvey,Irma andMaria
Location	George Bush Presidential Library
Area served	Texas,Florida,Puerto Rico andU.S. Virgin Islands
Method	Donations
Website	www.oneamericaappeal.org

TheOne America Appeal is a501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded on 7 September 2017, by all five then-living formerU.S. Presidents:Jimmy Carter,George H. W. Bush,Bill Clinton,George W. Bush, andBarack Obama. This joint appeal originally aimed to encourage support for recovery efforts forHurricane Harvey, but was then extended to include areas most affected by HurricanesIrma andMaria.^[1] The appeal was launched when the five former Presidents aired a jointPSA on theNFL's regular season opening broadcast.^[2]

All funds collected through this fund will go into a special account established through theGeorge H. W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation and then all proceeds will be distributed to assist hurricane victims.

According to an update issued on 21 October 2017, the effort has raised $31 million in funds from more than 80,000 donors.^[3] The appeal concluded fundraising on 31 December 2017 and raised $41.3 million in total from around 110,500 donors.^[4]

A benefit concert, "Deep from the Heart: The One America Appeal", was held on 21 October 2017 at theReed Arena atTexas A&M University inCollege Station and headlined by all five living former U.S. Presidents (Barack Obama,George W. Bush,Bill Clinton,George H. W. Bush, andJimmy Carter). Ticket sales and other proceeds went to the special hurricane recovery effort. The concert was hosted byLee Greenwood, with Martin Guigui as Music Director, and featured the country music bandAlabama,Sam Moore,Yolanda Adams,Lyle Lovett andRobert Earl Keen.^[5]Lady Gaga made a surprise appearance, performing "Million Reasons", "You and I" and "The Edge of Glory" at the concert.^[6] The Texas A&M University Singing Cadets also made an appearance to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner", "God Bless the USA" (alongside Greenwood), and "Lean on Me" at the end of the concert. A pre-taped video message from sitting US PresidentDonald Trump was shown during the concert, in which he described the effort as "tremendous".^[7][8]

Donations to the fund will be distributed to these organisations:^[9]

• Houston Harvey Relief Fund
• Rebuild Texas Fund
• Florida Disaster Fund
• Juntos y unidos por Puerto Rico
• The Fund for the Virgin Islands

Five living former U.S. Presidents were co-founders of the One America Appeal in 2017. (George H.W. Bush died on 30 November 2018 and Jimmy Carter died on 29 December 2024.)

• 
  Jimmy Carter (†)
  39th President
  served1977–1981
• 
  George H. W. Bush (†)
  41st President
  served1989–1993
• 
  Bill Clinton
  42nd President
  served1993–2001
• 
  George W. Bush
  43rd President
  served2001–2009
• 
  Barack Obama
  44th President
  served2009–2017

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