The funding will support emergency response needs and continue into rebuilding efforts focused on youth initiatives, which is a key mission of the Astros Foundation.

Perkins was not the only individual caught in backlash for their comments about the natural disaster. Dr. Christina Propst, a Houston-based pediatrician, was fired from her job at Blue Fish Pediatrics for allegedly sharing a now-deleted Facebook post that the victims of the floods who backed Trump "got what they voted for."

At least 81 people, including more than two dozen children, died in the torrential downpour. Dozens more were still missing three days later.