Wildfire Recovery Fund
Funding Amount
$50,000
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
Wildfire Recovery Fund
Funder: The SCAN Foundation
Recipient: California Community Foundation
Award Year: 2025
Geographic Scope: California
Strategic Priority: Special Projects
Overview
Older adults and people with disabilities were disproportionately impacted by the Los Angeles County wildfires and face unique challenges to recovery. Contribution to the California Community Fund will provide critical support to recovery efforts for older adults impacted by the fires and their families.- Disaster recovery for older adults
- Wildfire response
- Vulnerable populations (older adults and people with disabilities)
Focus Areas
What The Scan Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 54
- Total given
- $6.96M
- Median grant
- $78K
- Range
- $8,552–$649K
- By dollars: California 28%, District of Columbia 22%, New York 17%. Top recipient cities: Washington, DC; Brooklyn, NY; Hamilton, NJ.
- 2% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 54% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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