About the Relief & Recovery Fund
The Black LA Relief & Recovery Fund supports community organizations working on the ground to meet the immediate and long-term needs of Black communities impacted by the devastating wildfires that swept through Los Angeles County in January 2025. Launched by the Black Freedom Fund, in partnership with the California Community Foundation, this Fund is dedicated to a community-led and centered approach to equitable recovery.
Across the region, 31 lives were lost, over 400,000 acres burned, and more than 150,000 people were forced to leave their homes. Historically Black communities, especially in Altadena and Pasadena, have been hit particularly hard by the Eaton Fire and its aftermath. These neighborhoods, once places of promise and opportunity for middle-class Black families unable to purchase homes in other parts of Los Angeles because of racist covenants and redlining, are now sites of immense loss. Homes, businesses, schools, and places of worship have been destroyed; family heirlooms and cherished belongings have been completely lost; and daily lives and routines that anchor stability for so many have been upended. But while the structures may be gone, the power of community remains.
For thousands of displaced Black residents, the road to rebuild is just beginning and full of challenges exacerbated by historic and ongoing inequities. From providing resources to meet the most basic of needs to advancing policies that protect Black wealth and treasured communities from speculators – philanthropy can play a key role in supporting the journey ahead to restore, recover, and rebuild alongside our communities.
Join us in standing with directly impacted Black communities across Los Angeles County by donating to the Black LA Relief & Recovery Fund today.
$3.6M distributed
37 organizations supported
80% organizing for a community-led recovery
50% focused on supporting youth
meet our grantee partners
- A Sisterhood for Fatherless Daughters
- Abolitionist Sanctuary
- Alkebu-lan Cultural Center
- Altadena Historical Society
- Altadena NAACP
- Altadena Rising
- The Center for Restorative Justice
- Community Women Vital Voices
- Essie Justice Group
- First African Methodist Episcopal Church – Pasadena
- Friends of KBLA
- Greenline Housing Foundation
- Hands In The Soil
- Harambee
- Hillside Tabernacle City of Faith
- Home of Kings and Queens
- Hope Now Community Resource Center
- The Juicy Little Society
- The Legacy Land Project
- Lifeline Fellowship Christian Center, Inc.
- Lift International
- Mentoring and Partnership for Youth Development
- My TRIBE Rise
- Neighborhood Housing Services
- Neighborhood Survants
- New Revelation Church – Faith Beyond the Flames Resource Center
- Outward Bound Adventures
- Pasadena/Altadena Ivy Foundation
- Pasadena Church
- Pasadena Friendship Community Development Corporation
- Pasadena Senior Center
- Project Passion
- Rockwood Leadership Institute
- Shepherd’s Door Domestic Violence Resource Center
- Stars: Illuminate, Educate, Advocate
- Victory Bible Church of Pasadena, Inc.
- Xtreme Athletics
One year after wildfires swept across Los Angeles County, our Black LA Relief and Recovery Fund (RRF) Impact Report shows what’s possible when community leads recovery.
