California Wildfire Relief Fund

We cannot thank you enough for your donation to GlobalGiving’s California Wildfire Relief Fund. Donations to this GlobalGiving Fund are making a significant impact in Southern California, helping community members with essential needs, housing support, debris removal, and more. 

Recent donations to the California Wildfire Relief Fund have supported an additional eight grants to high-impact and community-led nonprofit organizations at the forefront of relief and recovery in Los Angeles and Southern California. 

Here is what one nonprofit leader wants you to know about the impact of your donation:

“This support means the world to our team and, most importantly, to the families and communities we are serving who continue to navigate the long-term impacts of these wildfires. Flexible funding like this allows us to respond in real time — strengthening both our on-the-ground programs and the operations that make sustained recovery possible. We truly appreciate GlobalGiving’s care, thoughtfulness, and commitment to local organizations on the front lines. Your partnership not only fuels our work — it affirms it.”

• Tyrone Nance / Founder & CEO of It’s Bigger Than Us

Here is a short description of some of the critical work you’ve supported: 

• Pasadena Community Foundationis supporting locally-led organizations helping families in Pasadena, Altadena, and Sierra Madre recover from the Eaton Fire. Funding is focused on urgent needs as identified by the community, including direct cash assistance, housing support, mental health care, and childcare. PCF prioritizes organizations rooted in the neighborhoods most affected and believes people with lived experience of the fire should guide recovery decisions. This approach helps craft a response that is truly equitable, responsive, and rooted in community strength. 
• Pacific Community Ventures recently launched the RESTORE LA Fund to help small businesses in the Los Angeles area recover from wildfires and other disruptions that occurred in 2025. Survivors often need help obtaining property assessments, navigating or filing insurance claims, and connecting to legal or case-management support -  needs that are both technical and deeply personal in the wake of such a devastating loss. 
• Downtown Women’s Center is a Los Angeles–based nonprofit dedicated to supporting and empowering women experiencing homelessness. During the January 2025 wildfires, DWC responded quickly by relocating participants to safe shelter, distributing protective masks, and connecting individuals to urgent health care amid hazardous air quality. Nearly a year later, the organization continues to support people displaced by the fires through its comprehensive drop-in services, including meals, showers, case management, and employment support—all of which have been in higher demand since the fires. DWC is simultaneously investing in long-term strategies by working to develop 97 additional housing units adjacent to its day center, helping ensure more women are safely housed before future wildfire seasons.

Your support of the GlobalGiving California Wildfire Relief Fund fuels community-led responses in the areas hardest hit by the wildfires, ensuring families and local organizations have the resources they need to recover and rebuild. You can find a full list of supported nonprofits below.

With so much gratitude, 

Nicole Bissell + the GlobalGiving team

Other Nonprofit Partners:

• Comunidades Indígenas En Liderazgo Corp (CIELO)
• Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP)
• School on Wheels
• National Day Laborers Organizing Network (NDLON)
• It’s Bigger Than Us

We cannot say it enough—thank you! We are grateful for your generous donation to theCalifornia Wildfire Relief Fund, which is providing flexible funding to local organizations who are best positioned to drive community-led relief and recovery.

Since the beginning of 2025, donations from the California Wildfire Fund have supported fourteen grants to high-impact and community-led nonprofit organizations committed to the recovery efforts in the LA area. 

Here is what one local grant recipient wants you to know about the impact of your donation: 

“The donations from GlobalGiving have been an absolute game-changer for us and our continued fire relief and recovery work.”

—Tyrone Nance, It’s Bigger Than Us

Here is a short description of some of the critical work you’ve supported: 

• School on Wheels works to enhance educational opportunities for children experiencing homelessness across Southern California. In response to the recent fires, the organization partnered closely with the Los Angeles Unified School District to deliver essential educational supplies and support to the most affected students and families displaced by the fires. 

• Pacific Community Ventures is a nonprofit community lender and advisor dedicated to helping under-resourced small businesses grow, create quality jobs, and strengthen climate resilience. In response to the recent wildfires, PCV launched the Restore LA fund, offering low-interest loans to help businesses recover, stay rooted in their communities, retain jobs, and rebuild stronger.

• CIELO (Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo) is an Indigenous, women-led nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles that supports Indigenous communities by advocating for social justice through a cultural lens. As wildfires devastated key industries that many Indigenous families rely on, widespread job loss has led to urgent economic hardship. In response, CIELO launched the Fire Fund to provide immediate, culturally responsive support—including direct financial assistance, traditional food items, and personal protective equipment—to help families recover and rebuild. 

• It’s Bigger Than Us (IBTU) uses a mutual aid model to serve under-resourced communities across Los Angeles. In the immediate aftermath of the fires, IBTU mobilized its entire community to connect emergency resources with impacted families. More recently, IBTU opened a disaster relief and recovery center called The Hub, which supports 50-100 fire-impacted individuals every day they are open. The Hub is staffed in part by fire survivors, offering their lived experience to offer more informed and compassionate services. 

Your support of the GlobalGiving California Wildfire Relief Fund powers community-led responses, ensuring that grassroots organizations like It’s Bigger Than Us receive the critical resources they need to help their communities heal and rebuild after the devastating wildfires.  

At the end of this report, you can find a full list of nonprofits receiving a grant from the California Wildfire Fund. 

With gratitude, 

Nicole Bissell + the GlobalGiving Team

Nonprofit Partners Also Included: 

• Downtown Women's Center
• GiveDirectly
• Pacific Community Ventures
• Pasadena Community Foundation
• The Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade