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