Many communities across Western Australia have experienced hardships resulting from natural disasters and have been assisted by the LMDRF. Since 1996, the LMDRF has raised and distributed almost $25M to over 2,000 Western Australians.
Chronology of LMDRF Appeals and Relief Assistance since 1961
| Disaster | Year |
| Dwellingup Fire | 1961 |
| Tasmanian Disaster Relief Fund | 1967 |
| Meckering Earth Quake | 1968 |
| Queensland Flood Relief | 1974 |
| Darwin Cyclone Relief | 1974/75 |
| Port Hedland Cyclone | 1975 |
| Queensland Cyclone & Flood Damage Relief Fund | 1975 |
| Fruili (Italy) Earthquake Appeal | 1976 |
| Carnarvon Flood Relief | 1976 |
| Cyclone Alby (South West) | 1978 |
| South West Floods (Great Southern) | 1982 |
| Lord Mayor’s South Atlantic Trust Fund | 1982 |
| Ash Wednesday Bushfires, South Australia and Victoria | 1983 |
| South Eastern Suburbs Flood Relief | 1987 |
| South-West and Great Southern Floods | 1987 |
| Cyclone Herbie | 1988 |
| New South Wales/Queensland Floods | 1990 |
| New South Wales Bushfires | 1994 |
| Cyclone Olivia | 1997 |
| Ashburton River Floods | 1997 |
| Jerdacuttup Fires | 1998 |
| Brookton Pingelly Fire | 1997/1998 |
| Esperance Bushfires | 1998 |
| Esperance Floods | 1999 |
| Moora Floods (Cyclone Vance) | 1999 |
| Exmouth Floods (Cyclone Vance) | 1999 |
| Carnarvon Floods (Cyclone Steve) | 2000 |
| WA Bali Bombings casualties | 2002 |
| Gingin Fires | 2002 |
| Cranbrook/Plantagenet/Bridgetown Fires | 2003 |
| Dumbleyung Fires | 2004 |
| Boxing Day Tsunami (Sri Lanka) | 2004 |
| Lake Grace Floods | 2006 |
| Gascoyne/Murchison Floods | 2006 |
| Dwellingup Fires | 2007 |
| Stoneville Fire | 2008 |
| Bridgetown Fires | 2009 |
| Toodyay Fire | 2009 |
| Gascoyne and Mid-West Floods | 2010 |
| Lake Clifton Fires | 2011 |
| Perth Hills Fire | 2011 |
| Margaret River Fire | 2011 |
| Pastoral Wildfires | 2012 |
| Parkerville Fire | 2014 |
| Esperance Fires | 2015 |
| Waroona and District Fire | 2016 |
| Wooroloo and Hills Bushfire | 2021 |
| Tropical Cyclone Seroja | 2021 |
| Kimberley Floods | 2023 |
| Mariginiup Bushfire | 2023 |
The cost of administering the LMDRF is entirely absorbed by the City of Perth
so 100% of money raised can go back to those who need it.