Our Funders

With a strong local presence and national network of volunteers and supporters, the Red Cross delivered on-the-scene relief for Californians as they coped with mandatory wildfire evacuations and heartbreaking losses. Six months after the Camp and Woolsey Fires, we continue to stand with survivors in communities affected by these and other 2018 wildfires, offering ongoing support for recovery as they pick up the pieces and rebuild their lives. To help the most severely affected households, the Red Cross provided additional financial assistance for people across the impacted regions. Reaching out directly to residents using a combination of Red Cross damage assessment information and FEMA inspection data, we have provided recovery assistance of $2,500 each to more than 10,000 of the most severely impacted households. This financial assistance will allow people to prioritize their family’s needs, such as home repairs and other housing expenses, purchase of specialized medical devices, transportation costs and more. Along with financial assistance for severely impacted households, the Red Cross is also providing strategic grants to non-profit organizations with specialized expertise in areas like home reconstruction, health and mental health services, and advocacy and support. Community grants will be prioritized to support needs in the hardest-hit and most economically vulnerable communities.

This California Wildfire Recovery project was funded in part by a grant from the American Red Cross.

The Conejo Compassion Coalition is a nonprofit corporation based in the Conejo Valley of Southern California. The organization’s mission is to support the poor and those suffering from disasters in their attempts to improve their quality of life. The coalition’s outreach is global extending from the local Southern California area to countries as far away as Uganda and Pakistan. In support of the victims of the recent Woolsey Fire, the Conejo Compassion Coalition is providing financial support to families whose homes were lost or severely damaged, to assist them in their transition to a “new normal” following the fire. In addition, the organization is assisting low-income residents with minor repairs to their fire damaged homes. In addition, Conejo Compassion Coalition volunteers are assisting the LA LTDRG Disaster Case Management Committee by screening fire survivors prior to the assignment of Disaster Case Managers.

The Presbytery of the Pacific is one of seven regional governing bodies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in the Southern California and Hawaii region. The mission of the Presbytery of the Pacific is to assist congregations to be effective in meeting real needs of those in and around their community, make great impact in transforming lives, and grow in capacity to provide ministries that are meaningful to those serving and served. The Presbytery of the Pacific administers grant money from Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and coordinates a Disaster Response Team of local church leaders. PDA and Pacific Presbytery are giving a $200,000 grant to the LA Region LTRG to help build capacity and support for it mission to the community.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance enables congregations and mission partners of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) to witness to the healing love of Christ through caring for communities adversely affected by crisis and catastrophic event. Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is the emergency and refugee program of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., with a focus on the long-term recovery of disaster impacted communities. It is works collaboratively with church partners and members of the ACT Alliance (Action by Churches Together) internationally, and nationally with faith-based and community responders. PDA connects church leaders with partners locally and internationally with key organizations active in the response — United Nations, NVOAD (National Voluntary Agencies Active in Disaster), World Food Program, Red Cross, FEMA and others--providing grant money and training through regional governing bodies of the PC(USA).