Programs

  • North Bay Forest Improvement Program

    "BEFORE THE FIRE"NORTH BAY FOREST IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CALFIRE)RCPP PROGRAM (IN PROCESS) (USDA)WE ARE THE LEAD AGENCY FOR TWO (2) CALFIRE GRANTS FOR THE NORTH BAY FOREST IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND ONE (1) USDA RCPP GRANT THAT IS IN PROCESS, TOTALING $5M. OUR PROGRAMS ARE INNOVATIVE, EQUITABLE, AND EFFECTIVE.WE INNOVATED AND CREATED THE NORTH BAY FOREST IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (NBFIP) AT THE REQUEST OF CALFIRE IN 2018. OVER THE SPAN OF SIX YEARS, WE INVESTED APPROXIAMTELY $500K IN SUNK COSTS AS PART OF OUR COMMIMTMENT TO REBUILD THE NORTH BAY SAFER, GREENER, FASTER, AND BETTER.BEGINNING IMPLEMENTATION 2020, WE ACTED AS THE LEAD AGENCY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SEVERAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS + CLERC (LAKE COUNTY) THAT HELPS LANDOWNERS REMEDIATE FUEL LOADS AND DECREASE WILDFIRE DANGER. THIS PROGRAM IS EQUITABLE BECAUSE THE COST SHARE IS ACCORDING TO COUNTY AREA MEDIAN INCOME, MEANING IN WEALTHIER AREAS, THE PROGRAM REIMBURSES 60 PERCENT OF THE COST OF REDUCING FIRE FUEL LOADS, AND 80 PERCENT IN LESS WEALTHY COUNTIES I. IN 2024, WE COMPLETED THE PROCESS OF MOVING NBFIP TO CONSERVATION WORKS, LAND MANAGEMENT NONPROFIT. WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE CREATED THIS PROGRAM WITH OUR IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS.
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    Dates
    Oct 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $869.5K

  • Community To Community Program

    COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY (C2C)OUR COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY PROGRAM HAS THESE MAIN COMPONENTS:1) CONNECTING AND COACHING NEWLY WILDFIRE AFFECTED MEGAFIRE COMMUNITIES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON SUPPORTING LOCALLY LED AND DESIGNED RECOVERIES;2) ADVOCATING FOR BETTER NATIONAL POLICIES; WE LEAD A WILDFIRE CAUCUS;3) EDUCATING REGIONAL AND FEDERAL PARTNERS ACROSS SECTORS ON THE PARTICULARS OF MEGAFIRE PREVENTION, RECOVERY AND REBUILDING;4) COLLABORATING WITH LOCAL AND NATIONAL PARTNERS WHO SERVE MEGAFIRE SURVIVORS OR WISH TO ENTER INTO THIS SPACE;5) CONTENT PRODUCTION FOR EDUCATION AND NETWORK SHARING THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, C2C COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AND OUR PODCAST "HOW TO DISASTER"6) PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL CONFERENCES TO INFORM UNDERSTANDING OF WILDFIRE ISSUES AND INFORM PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS ON THE NEEDS OF WILDFIRE LEADERS + SURVIVORS.
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    Dates
    Oct 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $308.9K

  • Wildfire Leadership Summit 2024

    WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2024 OUR WORK HAS ALWAYS CONVENED WILDFIRE EXPERTS AND MEGAFIRE DEVASTATED COMMUNITIES. IN 2024, WE HELD OUR LARGEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE CONFERENCE SINCE 2018 IN SONOMA, CALIFORNIA. WE CURATED THE ATTENDEE AND SPEAKER LIST TO ENSURE THE INVESTMENT OF TIME AND RESOURCES WAS MAXIMIZED. WE ARE PROUD TO LEAD IN THIS SPACE AND TO CREATE THE MOST ROBUST AND COMPETENT WILDFIRE + MEGAFIRE NETWORK IN THE NATION. THE SUMMIT IS A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS WORK. EVERY SPEAKER AND ATTENDEE IS CHOSEN FOR THEIR THOUGHTFUL AND EFFECITVE APPROACH. WE ARE RPOUD TO AMPLIFY AND PLATFORM NEW LEADERS ON THE FRONTLINES TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THIS FIELD FOR DECADES. OVER 150 ORGANIZATIONS ATTENDED VIA 200 PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE NATION. WE CENTERED OUR SUMMIT FIRST ON WILDFIRE COMMUNITIES AND SURVIVORS, THEN EXPANDED INTO SYSTEMS SHARING, INNOVATION IN TECHNOLOGIES, POLICY & PROCEDURE BEST PRACTICES, NETWORKING, AND STRENGTHENING THE ENTIRE FIELD OF WILDFIRE DISASTER MANAGEMENT. WE EMBRACE NONPROFITS, EMERGENT LEADERS, PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERS, AND PRIVATE ENTITIES WORKING TOGETHER TO SOLVE MEGAFIRE.WE CAPTURE THE EVENT ON VIDEO AND MAKE THE CONTENT AVAILABLE WITHOUT COST ON OUR WEBSITE + YOUTUBE. OF NOTE, NO ATTENDEE WAS ASKED TO PAY TO ATTEND AND WE SPONSORED THE TRANSPORTATION AND LODGING COSTS OF SEVERAL NONPROFIT LEADERS + WILDFIRE SURVIVORS.WE ARE PROUD OF OUR ROLE AS THE LEADER IN WILDFIRE COMMUNITY RECOVERY AND CONVENING ACROSS THE NATION.
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    Dates
    Oct 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $105.6K