GiveDirectly Relief for Los Angeles Wildfire Survivors

GiveDirectly is a nonprofit that lets you send money directly to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable, from rural villages in Africa to low-income families in the US.

We’re partnering with GiveDirectly to send funds directly to low-income families impacted by fires. 

You can send funds directly to low-income families impacted by fires.

Over 180,000 people have evacuated their homes, and more than 36,000 acres (2.5x the size of Manhattan) have burned in the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles’ history.

Tens of thousands of low-income families are displaced, out of work, and facing a long road to restarting their lives.

We’re delivering cash to low-income families in the hardest-hit areas of Los Angeles.

This emergency cash will help cover their immediate needs, including:

• 🍛 Essentials like food, medicine, and diapers
• 🏨 Shelter and hotel stays while evacuated
• 💳 Bills for their phone, healthcare, and utilities

Your donations will reach those in greatest need quickly and fully remotely.

We’ll use fire damage and poverty data to identify the highest-need communities. We then target, enroll, and pay low-income survivors fully remotely through Propel, an app used to manage food stamp benefits. 

We’re currently identifying communities in greatest need and aim to complete outreach, enrollment, and payments as soon as possible.  

When we sent cash relief to families impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton last fall, they could self-enroll in 1 minute and receive payments 2-3 days later.

This cash will help thousands of families meet their own urgent needs and rebuild their lives.

Cash aid allows fire survivors to meet their own needs rather than having others guess for them — which is why people impacted by a crisis say they prefer cash relief over donated goods.

Achieving our current fundraising goal will enable us to reach hundreds of families in greatest need. We have the capacity to deliver much more in Los Angeles, so with more funds, we could expand to reach thousands more. 

Learn more on GiveDirectly.org.