The State Resiliency Officer is hereby granted, has and may exercise all powers necessary or appropriate to carry out and effectuate the purposes set forth in 15-5-4b of this code. The State Resiliency Officer has the power:
(1) To accept appropriations, gifts, grants, bequests, and devises from any source, public or private, for deposit into the recovery fund, and to use or dispose of the same to provide assistance to any person, political subdivision, or local organization for emergency services responding to or recovering from a disaster, or otherwise involved in disaster recovery activities;