Funders Forum: Ensuring a Resilient Rebuild
The rebuilding efforts in Altadena and the Palisades are at a critical juncture. Financial gaps and uncertainty remain, but community organizations are persisting through the challenges. Since the fires, leaders have recognized the need for rebuilding with resilience. That goal is rooted in the aspiration to keep the community safe from future fire risk and the economic realities of insurance availability.
But the goal of resilience and the pragmatic steps for how to embed it into the rebuilding process are far apart.
On August 17th, The Resiliency Company is hosting a Funders Forum for philanthropic leaders to hear about the goals, challenges, and progress for rebuilding to be resilient and insurable.
An educational grounding session highlighting the invaluable role(s) that philanthropy has already played and could yet play, and learnings from community-based organizations actively involved in driving the rebuild over the past 18 months.
A rebuilding site visit to experience the realities of coordinating a resilient rebuild
A funder-focused dinner, with a Q&A and light facilitated program and handful of invited partners, to share takeaways and deepen the conversation about philanthropy’s top opportunities to make an impact going forward.
The long-term recovery will take years, and The Resiliency Company is committed to being a durable resource around resilient rebuilding. This forum is an opportunity for a focused dialogue on the implications for how catalytic capital can align with the community's vision for the future.
Agenda and Schedule
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Arrival and Networking
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Conversation on challenges, progress, and opportunities moving forward.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Site visit of three to four pilot programs and partner sites
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Dinner Conversations
About the Hosts and Partners
The Resiliency Company
The Resiliency Company works to make resilience the standard in how communities design, finance, and rebuild systems. The organization focuses on aligning policy, capital, and implementation to help communities withstand and recover from climate-driven disasters.
Resilient Los Angeles
Resilient Los Angeles is a program of The Resiliency Company supporting communities rebuilding after the Eaton and Palisades fires by expanding access to proven resilience standards and translating them into practical outcomes.
SoCal Grantmakers
SoCal Grantmakers (SCG) is a community of philanthropists and grantmakers working to make a difference in our communities and around the world. Our members include family, private, public, independent, community and corporate foundations and corporate giving programs, individuals, and government agencies.
Foothill Catalog Foundation
The Foothill Catalog Foundation (TFCF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by an interdisciplinary group of local residents and design professionals united by a shared commitment to help our community rebuild. Since it’s inception, TFCF’s community has grown into a collaborative network of professionals and neighbors working side-by-side to ensure no family is left behind. Today, TFCF’s team includes design professionals and staff who advance homes through the pre-approval permitting process, coordinate with builders, and engage directly with homeowners - supporting families from design through builder selection.