LA County Wild Fires Resources 2025

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January 10, 2025 |

To Our Community:

Several fires, fueled by strong Santa Ana winds, are burning in Los Angeles County. Multiple evacuation orders have been issued, and Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency.

CA for the Arts has compiled a list of resources, grants, and mutual aid opportunities. We hope that you will consider donating to these organizations or sharing these resources in your communities and with your loved ones. We will continue to update this page as more resources are shared!

Our hearts go out to everyone in South California impacted by the ongoing fires. We hope you’re staying safe and taking care.

Grants/Funds

Victims of the Los Angeles wildfires should apply for FEMA assistance after filing an initial insurance claim. Receive support with housing and money for essential items, including food, water, formula and breastfeeding supplies, medication, and more. [Learn More]
The Getty Museum and a coalition of foundations, arts organizations, and individuals created the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund. Currently at $12M, the fund will support the arts community impacted by the Los Angeles fires. The ongoing fires have destroyed residences, studios, archives, artworks, and places of employment for LA’s vibrant arts community. Impacted artists and arts workers can visit cciarts.org to apply for an emergency grant starting on January 20. [Learn More]
The Crew Nation Global Relief Fund is committing $1 million to assist performing musicians, live music crew, and live music industry workers affected by the recent wildfires in Los Angeles. In response to the wildfires’ devastation across L.A. County which are one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history, Crew Nation has opened applications for grants up to $5,000 for individuals currently employed within the industry facing displacement expenses due to mandatory evacuation orders, damage, or loss. [Learn More]
The Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants program provides one-time grants to professional dancers facing dire financial emergencies, due to the loss or lack of recent/current live performance work, because of circumstances outside of their control. [Learn More]
CERF+ offers $3,000 Emergency Relief Grants to craft artists who experienced a recent and substantially disruptive emergency or disaster. [Learn More]
Credit Union of Southern California is offering relief options designed to help those impacted by the wildfires with greater financial flexibility and peace of mind. Credit Union of Southern California (CU SoCal) is committed to making up to $1.25 million in interest free loans to those in the FEMA defined fire areas. [Learn More]
Emergency Community Fund's Emergency Financial Assistance Emergency Financial Assistance is available to eligible performing arts and entertainment professionals: (1) In times of unexpected critical need (2) To assist towards basic living expenses such as health care, housing and utilities to prevent eviction or shut-offs. [Learn More]
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced January 13, 2025, that it has awarded $500,000 in emergency grants, powered by the theater community’s generosity, to help Los Angeles-area residents and first responders as they continue to battle the barrage of wildfires devastating the region. [Learn More]
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund is here to provide immediate financial assistance to music industry professionals impacted by natural disasters. Grants will be issued to those that can show proof of destruction of, or damage to property or music equipment from any sudden, unexpected, or unusual event such as a flood, hurricane, tornado, fire, earthquake or even volcanic eruption. [Learn More]
Infinite Flow Dance - LA Wildfire Relief Microgrant Through the January 2025 LA wildfires, you have either lost your home (whether rented, owned, or shared), been displaced, lost critical equipment, or have been negatively impacted in another way. [Learn More]
SAG-AFTRA's Disaster Relief Fund is dedicated to addressing the most dire needs of SAG-AFTRA members due to the Los Angeles wildfires. They are currently prioritizing Disaster Relief for members whose residences and/or vehicles have been destroyed by the fires. [Learn More]
The Songwriter Fund is a grant program available to songwriters and composers demonstrating need in areas of homelessness, job security, and medical care. The Songwriter Fund is currently providing grants for songwriters and composers affected by the 2025 Palisades, Eaton, and related L.A. Fires. [Learn More]

Mutual Aid

Music Changing Lives is working with LA County to create a distribution center to help families & friends who have been impacted by the Eaton Fire. [Learn More]
Please encourage your music industry colleagues and friends that have been impacted by the fires to contact MusiCares, now and in the weeks to come. MusiCares can consider emergency funds related to evacuation and relocation costs, instrument replacement/repair, home damage, medical care, mental health services, & other essential living needs. Reach out to: musicaresrelief@musicares.org [Learn More]
Artist Resistance Through Solidarity is offering micro grants of $100 to LA-based artists, art spaces, and collectives who need immediate assistance for essentials, supplies, medication, or anything else urgent. These grants are non-restrictive—use them however you need to get through this moment. Please consider donating funds to redistribute to artists! [Learn More]
Mutual Aid LA Network has put together a google sheet with available shelter and animal center information. They will continue to update it with information and will also update information regarding volunteer and donation needs as it becomes available. [Link Here]
Arts for LA's team has begun compiling a list of arts, culture and entertainment organizations who can provide goods, resources, and services to artists and creative workers, and they invite you to join the list by completing the Artist & Creative Workers Mutual Aid Wildfire Resources Form. [Learn More]

Donate to Relief Funds

Grief and hope - We are a group of volunteers—artists, gallery employees, and other cultural workers—who love our city and our community! Over the last few days, we have watched as neighborhoods that are home to many of Los Angeles' artists, gallerists, and cultural workers burn to the ground in an unprecedented Santa Ana wind and fire event. Our initial, urgent goal is to raise $500,000 to be distributed to artists and art workers who have lost their home and / or studio as a result of the Eaton, Palisades, Sunset, and other fires in the Los Angeles area. [Donate]
Building on a 5 year track record of successful economic justice initiatives, the Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) announces an urgent and immediate relief fund with a focus on Black residents and small businesses of the LA area affected by the ongoing and devastating fires. BMAC has created a dedicated fund with 100% of monies received going directly to relief efforts. [Donate]
You can make a difference in supporting recovery and future emergency preparedness by contributing to California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Recovery Fund. The Wildfire Recovery Fund provides life-saving support: safe housing, mental health care, medical aid, infrastructure rebuilding, emergency communication upgrades, financial assistance, firefighter safety gear, and more. [Link Here]
The Latino Community Foundation’s (LCF’s) California Wildfire Relief Fund has seen a tremendous response from supporters across the nation. LCF is proud to announce the first $1 million in relief investments from our California Wildfire Relief Fund. These grants will provide immediate relief through cash assistance and other support to day laborers, domestic workers, street vendors, small business owners, renters, homeowners, and others whose lives have been turned upside down by this tragedy.[Donate] [Learn More]
The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) and the Library Foundation of Los Angeles (LFLA) are deeply saddened by the devastating fire that recently destroyed the Pacific Palisades, including the Palisades Branch Library. To aid in recovery, they are launching the LAPL Palisades Branch Recovery Fund, dedicated to helping the community through this challenging time. [Donate]