Recovering From Wildfires, Rebuilding Together

The LA Fires of January 2025 have already changed our lives forever. Pacific Community Fund is joining business and community leaders from throughout Los Angeles to provide relief for our neighbors who have lost their home, business.

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LA Fire Disaster Relief: Immediate Assistance

The LA Fire Relief Fund application process is paperless and available online:  Apply Now For The LA Fire Relief Loan

Pacific Community Fund is a longstanding community lending institution. As a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), we are dedicated to being a part of the solution as businesses and community leaders from throughout Los Angeles come together to rebuild in the wake of the recent fires. To this end, Pacific Community Fund has launched a LA Fire Relief Fund to provide an easy to access, zero-interest loan with three groups in mind:  

  • Residents who have been displaced due to the wildfires in Los Angeles County that began on January 7, 2025. 
  • Small Businesses that were based in the areas affected by the LA Fires
  • Essential Workers who have lost their source of income due to the LA Fires 

Funding Amount: Up to $1,500 in immediate funds for qualified applicants 

Application Deadline: Qualified applicant may apply beginning on January 10, 2025. Funding will remain available through February 10, 2025 or until funds last. 

Eligibility: 

Must be residents who can provide proof of residence in the affected areas; owners of small businesses (annual revenue of $1million or less) in the affected areas; and, essential workers (i.e., homecare workers, landscapers, housekeepers, nannies) who have lost their primary source or the majority of income due to the LA Fires. Applicants must provide documentation of wildfire-related wage loss or damage. 

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Resources

    • Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services: Provides food and shelter during disasters.
    • American Red Cross: Find a Shelter
    • YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles: Locations that aren't affected by the fires have been opened for temporary shelter, showers, basic amenities, and mental health support. The L.A. Unified School District is providing childcare services for essential workers and affected families until schools reopen
    • Airbnb Free Temporary Housing: Apply for temporary housing
    • Planet Fitness: Locations in L.A. are offering affected individuals, including first responders, free access to their facilities. This includes showers, massage chairs, locker rooms, and WiFi. Contact the club near you for more information and hours
    • Octavia's Bookshelf: Offering a "mutual aid pitstop" with food and general supplies. - 1353 N. Hill Ave, Pasadena, CA 91104
    • AT&T: Offering people in fire-affected areas unlimited talk, text and data through Feb. 6 (if you don’t already have an unlimited plan)
    • T-Mobile: Offering unlimited talk, text and data to customers in cities affected by the fires through Feb. 15
    • Homeless Shelter Directory: Find shelters listed by state
  • Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
  • List of California Food Pantries
  • World Central Kitchen: Provides meals to first responders and families impacted by wildfires in the Los Angeles area
  • Restaurants Across LA County: There is a list of restaurants across LA County offering shelter, food, and support for first responders and evacuees. This includes SPA 6’s South LA Cafe, which is currently keeping three of its five locations (including Jefferson and Kaiser) open to provide shelter to evacuees and anyone in need. At their Western location (1700 Browning Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90062), they are offering free groceries, water, and masks from 12 to 4 p.m.
  • Sweet Greens: will provide meals to first responders, victims, and displaced residents. Direct message them through social media or call directly
  • Calico Fish House: The chef at Calico Fish House in Sunset Beach in Orange County is offering to feed evacuees and let them camp out in the restaurant’s parking lot

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ( FEMA ) Assistance is available for residents impacted by LA County wildfires

There are 4 ways to apply:

1. Online at DisasterAssistance.gov
If you have access to the internet applying online is easier, faster, and more convenient than other methods.

2. On the FEMA App for mobile devices

3. The FEMA Helpline at 1-800-621-3362
Open from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. PST. Help is available in most languages. If you use a relay service such as video relay, captioned telephone, or other service, give FEMA the number for that service.

4. At a Disaster Recovery Center
LA County residents who have had property damage and have been evacuated can recieve in-persoin assistance at a Disaster Recovery Center. Survivors can get help applying for federal assistance, speak to representatives from state and federal agencies, receive updates on the FEMA application for assistance and learn about the appeals process.

  • Habitat for Humanity Greater Los Angeles (Habitat LA) - ReBUILD LA®: A long-term emergency response campaign, to assist those affected to rebuild their homes, relocate to other housing, provide essential supplies, and restore their lives. You can donate or sing up to volunteer below:

    Apply

    Volunteer

  • Baby2Baby:  Baby2Baby has already distributed over 6 million emergency supplies including diapers, food, formula, water, clothing, blankets and hygiene products to the most vulnerable children and families impacted by the fires across Los Angeles. Make a donation to help their efforts.
  • California Fire Foundation Wildfire & Disaster Relief Fund: The California Fire Foundation works with local fire agencies and community-based organizations to provide ongoing, mid- and long-term support to California communities affected by natural disasters like wildfires. The organization, which provides direct support to victims, is beginning to support those impacted by the Palisades Fire
  • World Central Kitchen World Central Kitchen: A nonprofit global food relief organization founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, is already on the ground in Southern California to aid first responders and evacuees
  • California Community Foundation: The California Community Foundation has been working to strengthen Los Angeles County since 1915. The organization's Wildfire Recovery Fund targets the most underserved and hard-to-reach communities in the region, with the goal of helping provide long-term recovery relief
  • CAL FIRE Benevolent Foundation: CAL FIRE Benevolent Foundation provides financial aid to firefighters and their families in case of injury or loss of life. The organization also helps support burn victims and their families, along with research focused on firefighter health and safety
  • The California Fire Foundation: A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, provides critical support to surviving families of fallen firefighters, firefighters, and the communities they serve. Your tax-deductible donation will help them provide aid to victims of wildfires or other natural disasters through their Wildfire & Disaster Relief programs
  • Dream Center: This L.A.-based charitable organization is offering emergency shelter to those evacuated in the Palisades and Eaton Canyon Fires.
  • Friends in Deed: Donate to Friends in Deed, a nonprofit providing services for the homeless, as it opens its Bad Weather Shelter amid the fires.
  • Direct Relief: Donate to Direct Relief’s California Fire Relief, which provides N-95 masks, medicine, and resources to health-care agencies and first responders in areas affected by wildfires.
  • The California Community Fund: A recovery fund dedicated to helping victims of wildfires
  • American Red Cross: Donate to the Wildfire Relief Fund at the American Red Cross. If you’re located in the Los Angeles area and can offer temporary foster care to dogs displaced by the wildfires, sign up at the Canine Rescue Club. Los Angeles Emergency Management Department
  • Good360: Good360 is the global leader in product philanthropy and purposeful giving, and is currently mobilizing its resources to support communities devastated by the catastrophic wildfires in Southern California. In partnership with local nonprofit organizations, Good360 is facilitating the distribution of urgently needed items—ranging from hygiene products and clothing to household goods and building materials—to aid in disaster recovery. Over the past two weeks, Good360 has deployed $1.5 million in products, including 170 pallets of essential supplies, to help those affected by the fires.

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