Driving Investment Capital
to a Just Wildfire Response
Investing
from the Frontlines
In the weeks immediately following the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, regional philanthropies, health systems and banks gathered to form the Los Angeles Wildfires Rebuilding & Renewal Collaborative (LAWRRC). The goal was to mobilize investment and grant capital in a coordinated, streamlined, and sustained response to the short‑ and long‑term needs of Altadena and other low‑to‑moderate income Los Angeles communities facing a long road to recovery.
Through early convenings and community listening sessions, the Collaborative documented capital gaps facing homeowners, small businesses, and local organizations. They advanced the creation of the Los Angeles Wildfires Rebuilding & Renewal Fund (LAWRRF)—a dedicated investment vehicle designed to meet these gaps at scale with an initial focus on housing.
One year after the fires, the Fund is poised to commit initial investments while simultaneously launching a capital campaign toward its $100 million target. Collaborative members have made over $30 million in aligned investments and grants that leverage shared learning on local organizations and needs.
The Fund
The Los Angeles Wildfires Rebuilding & Renewal Fund (LAWRRF) is a $100 million impact-first private debt fund designed to accelerate and sustain equitable, community-led wildfire recovery and resilience, with a primary focus on the Altadena community. The Fund provides affordable, and flexible financing for rebuilding fire-damaged homes and restoring household stability, wildfire-resistant upgrades, securing local property for community ownership, and targeted small business stabilization and recovery. Often, its capital will be “first in,” leveraging significantly more in senior debt from conventional lenders. Los Angeles Wildfires Rebuilding & Renewal Collaborative members invest both through the Fund and as aligned co-investors with access to shared diligence and reporting.
The Collaborative
The Los Angeles Wildfires Rebuilding & Renewal Collaborative (LAWRRC) brings together philanthropic and other aligned investors to aggregate investment and grant capital in a coordinated, streamlined and sustained response to the short- and long-term capital needs of Altadena and other low-to-moderate income Los Angeles communities as they rebound from the January 2025 wildfires. The LAWRRC monitors ongoing community-expressed needs, researches tested models of disaster finance, advances loan product innovation to meet persistent gaps, and promotes shared learning and field building on impact investing for resiliency.