Donation originating from the Watchtower is actually limited when you consider that the majority is actually given by the locals:
- The local elders administer the donations and the work to be done. For instance, identifying where the food needs to be moved at, houses that offer hospitality, making health-checks, etc.
- The majority of the donations are done on the spot, by local brothers and sisters, for that specific event: Food, clothing, materials, etc.
- Most, if not, all of the material used for repairs are paid by individual insurances and local donations.
- All re-build work is 100% volunteered by brothers and sisters.
So, what exactly does the WT donate?
Time: The bethel will be busy in coordinating the elders, directing phone calls to the proper elders, and providing guidance on how to address the overall situation. Considering that the bethelites are primarily paid in food and shelter, let's be generous and say that 50 bethelites are working two weeks each on this situation, that comes to about $60,000.
Material: They will sometimes provide, rent, or even borrow trucks, and fill it up with food that they will indeed purchase, but this is rather rare. They might offer to pay some material to rebuild stuff, but from everything reported through the years, this wouldn't be significant.
Bragging about how they help! Now this is probably the largest expense related to the disaster itself. They will produce promotional content (videos, website, magazines, books, photos) on how the "disaster relief funds" were used to help everyone there. They'll pay for a Governing Body member and some helpers to travel over there. Along with them will be a filming crew and their filming material. The irony is that in said promotional content, they will also take credit for all the local work and donations that have nothing to do with the "disaster relief funds".