In response to the racial reckoning in 2020, foundations have sought many perspectives to learn how they can support racial justice, shift power, and more effectively engage communities in grantmaking decisions. Moving beyond the basic practices that many foundations are already incorporating, this workshop will examine how foundations can incorporate a racial equity perspective in their overall strategy setting and implementation planning at both the institutional level and the programmatic level.
The California Community Foundation Wildfire Recovery Fund focuses on intermediate and long-term recovery needs that follow wildfires in California, with special efforts to serve the most disaster-vulnerable populations including the disabled, farmworkers and other migrant communities whose homes
During fire responses, Direct Relief provides N-95 masks, medical aid, portable Wildfire Health Kits, and financial assistance to healthcare agencies and first responders in wildfire-affected communities across California.
The League of California Community Foundations has established a fund to provide a centralized opportunity for funders to invest in disaster resilience and response through community foundations – trusted intermediaries who are deeply connected to affected communities.
The Flicker Fund provides crisis relief, climate fire response, and is designed for emergency response.
Addressing Community Needs and Resilience Arising from Drought, Extreme Heat, and Wildfires | Part 3
Discussion theme: Enhancing Wildfire Mitigation in Low-Income Neighborhoods
Addressing Community Needs and Resilience Arising from Drought, Extreme Heat, and Wildfires | Part 4
Discussion theme: Climate and Disaster Resilience with California’s Tribal Communities
Addressing Community Needs and Resilience Arising from Drought, Extreme Heat, and Wildfires | Part 1
Discussion theme: Supporting and Protecting Latinx and Undocumented Communities
Donations made to the Emergency Readiness Fund are distributed as strategic grants to emergency readiness and response efforts across Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, and/or Sonoma counties.
A virtual convening featuring Governor Gavin Newsom in conversation with state water leaders.
The Flicker Fund provides crisis relief, climate fire response, and is designed for emergency response.
The Maui Strong Fund was created to provide community resilience with resources for disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. The fund is currently being used to support communities affected by the wildfires on Maui.
Supporting our communities affected by natural disasters.
Our community college students, faculty, and staff are already being impacted by California’s devastating wildfire season, which has burned more acres in the state this year than in the previous two combined.
The California Community Foundation Wildfire Recovery Fund focuses on intermediate and long-term recovery needs that follow wildfires in California, with special efforts to serve the most disaster-vulnerable populations including the disabled, farmworkers and other migrant communities whose homes
Defy: Disaster, a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), is the entertainment community's collective and immediate response to natural disasters.
In response to wildfires, Direct Relief provides N95 respirators, prescription medicines, medical supplies, hygiene kits, and financial assistance to local community health centers, free and charitable clinics, other safety-net organizations, and first responders in communities across California.
In order for a fund to be listed on our Nonprofit & Community Resilience page, it must meet the following vetting criteria:
California communities and funders are not new to responding to catastrophic wildfires. Neither are communities and funders in many other regions of the United States.
Since Jan. 7, Los Angeles, the second-largest city in the U.S., has been burning. Entire neighborhoods have been decimated, and Altadena, a community in L.A. County with a rich history of Black homeownership, has seen massive destruction.
The Resourcing Resilience report, created in partnership between Nonprofit Finance Fund and Philanthropy California, provides a landscape analysis of public and philanthropic investments in climate resilience and serves as a call to action for both sectors to unlock pathways to more equitable, accessible funding. Philanthropic and government funders have important roles to play in addressing the real challenges communities face when securing funding for their work on climate adaptation, mitigation, and disaster resilience. Neither can achieve meaningful and equitable climate action alone, and community-led solutions require coordinated public and private support. The actions recommended in this report outline a path forward for ensuring communities are able to access funding they need.