California Wildfire Relief Fund

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

Thank you—we cannot express enough gratitude for your generous and swift support of GlobalGiving’s California Wildfire Relief Fund. Your gift is already making a meaningful difference for many people during a time of ongoing danger and overwhelming loss.

Thanks to your generosity, GlobalGiving is sending six emergency grants today to local, vetted nonprofit partners based in Los Angeles who are showing up for their communities with unwavering commitment during this time of crisis.  

Here’s a look at the impact your donation is already making: 

• It's Bigger Than Us uses a powerful mutual aid model to support its local Los Angeles community. Since the fires began, this dedicated team has been working around the clock to gather and distribute emergency supplies to first responders and shelters for displaced families. 

• The Downtown Women's Center is the only organization in Los Angeles focused exclusively on serving women and gender-diverse individuals who are experiencing homelessness. Their team is working quickly to get people away from the smoke and into safe shelters. They are also distributing masks and connecting people with healthcare services that are in high-demand given the hazardous air quality.

• Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusadeis a 50+ year-old grassroots organization dedicated to addressing the unmet needs of low-income and underserved individuals in Los Angeles county. Many of the organization’s board members, staff, and community members have lost everything in the fires. Despite this, the organization is providing critical cash assistance and emergency support to those who need it most during this devastating time.
  
  
• The Pasadena Community Foundation has served the greater Pasadena area since 1953. With strong connections to local grassroots organizations, the foundation is deeply connected to the communities impacted by the Eaton Fire. These connections will help them effectively support immediate relief and long-term recovery efforts. 

• The Eastmont Community Center has been a cornerstone of the greater east Los Angeles area since 1968, providing services and programs that expand social and economic opportunities while enhancing the community's overall wellbeing. In response to the Eaton Fire, the organization and its staff have transformed the community center into a vital donation hub and distribution for fire survivors to get what they need.

• spcaLA has been a pillar of animal welfare in southern California since 1877 offering programs and services including cruelty investigations, disaster animal response, and violence prevention. In response to the wildfires, the organization is providing shelter to the pets of displaced and evacuated families. They are now working quickly to reunite pets with their families.

The needs remain immense for communities impacted by the fires across southern California. As our partners continue to lead the way in community-driven relief and recovery, we’ll keep you updated via email in the weeks and months ahead.

They will remain hard at work during this tragic time—and so will we. Thank you again for your generosity. 

With immense gratitude,

Chase + the GlobalGiving team