SoCal Fire Fund Raises Over $5.9 Million For Those Impacted by Southern California Wildfires

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Katcy Stephan The SoCal Fire Fund, a collaborative relief and recovery effort launched to assist students, individuals, and families impacted by the Jan.

2025 wildfires in Southern California, has raised over $5.9 million to date. Thanks to the support of major donors including Amazon, NBCUniversal, and many other key contributors, the fund has already begun deploying resources, including direct cash assistance, hygiene kits, school supplies, personal protective equipment and more to over 5,000 individuals and families impacted by the wildfires.

This relief effort, spearheaded by the CAA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency, Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE), a global humanitarian organization that empowers communities in and beyond crisis, and the Los Angeles Unified School District Education Foundation, is administered by the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), the creative community’s trusted partner in philanthropy.

The fund is supported by numerous entertainment industry leaders and continues to provide critical, flexible, financial assistance, case management, and mental health services to the most vulnerable communities recovering from the wildfires. “We are deeply grateful for the incredible generosity of our donors who have helped us raise more than $5 million to directly support impacted individuals and families,” said CAA Foundation executive director Natalie Tran.