
Pasadena Community Foundation (PCF) announces its first round of Eaton Fire Relief & Recovery Fund grants to 20 of our nonprofit partners in Altadena and Pasadena. The grants, totaling $533,000, are the first distribution from PCF’s Eaton Fire Fund, which was created last week and has raised more than $4 million to date thanks to the incredible outpouring from individuals, foundations, and corporations.
PCF’s first round of funding will help nonprofits swiftly provide cash assistance, food, shelter, emergency childcare, and medical care to the community. “The situation in Altadena and north Pasadena is dire, with thousands of residents impacted by the loss of homes, workplaces, and community,” says Jeannine Bogaard, PCF’s Director of Community Impact. “We also know that the capacity of many nonprofits has been deeply impacted as their facilities, their leadership, and their staff have suffered losses.”
Jennifer DeVoll, PCF’s President & CEO, is working with local leaders to assess additional needs like temporary housing and mental health services. She also recognizes that PCF will have a role in the long-term recovery and rebuilding of the Altadena community. “We will work to unlock government resources and engage local input and expertise to preserve the diversity and beauty of Altadena. We also want to help ensure that generational Black and Latino families can rebuild their homes and their lives, that the creative and artistic community can thrive, and that small businesses can reopen.”
PCF has a long history of grantmaking in Altadena – read more here.
Eaton Fire Relief & Recovery Fund Grant Awards
- Altadena Library Foundation
- Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena
- Casa Treatment Center
- Door of Hope
- Families Forward Learning Center
- Five Acres
- Flintridge Center
- Foothill Family
- Foothill Unity
- Impact House
- Learning Works
- MPYD (Mentoring & Partnership for Youth Development)
- My Tribe Rise
- NDLON (National Day Laborers Organizing Network)
- PACTL
- Pasadena Humane
- Pasadena Village
- Shepherd’s Door
- St. Vincent de Paul at St. Elizabeth Church
- Young & Healthy
How You Can Help
PCF is grateful to 1,500 individual donors, as well as substantial support from local and national foundations and corporations, that have allowed us to move resources into the community so quickly. However, our community’s needs are immense and will be ongoing for months into years. PCF, on behalf of our community, is grateful for continued donations to the Eaton Fire Relief & Recovery Fund.