About California Fire Safe Council
Supports communities across California in wildfire preparedness and resiliency through grant funding, programmatic support, and technical assistance; to educate, empower, and mobilize community-led wildfire resiliency efforts.
Focus Areas
Wildfire preparednessWildfire mitigation (fuels reduction, defensible space)Community resilience and capacity buildingGrant management and subgrantee supportOutreach, education, and engagementEvacuation route planning
Who They Fund
communities at risk of wildfires (including wildland-urban interface)local fire departments and fire protection districtsland management agencies and stewardship organizationsprivate landowners/homeowners in fire-prone areas
About California Fire Safe Council
California Fire Safe Council Inc. centers its grantmaking on wildfire prevention and protection projects across California, with recent awards funding pre-fire planning, hazardous fuels reduction, project monitoring, mitigation, and education activities. The organization’s recent grants show both direct project support and a role as a grant administrator, including large awards to Spatial Informatics Group- Natural Assets Laboratory in Pleasanton for wildfire prevention and to Napa Comm Firewise Foundation in Saint Helena for wildfire protection projects that combined planning, fuels reduction, monitoring, and education. Its work also reaches county and regional partners such as Butte County Fire Safe Council in Paradise, Santa Monica Mountains Rcd in Topanga, and Central Ventura Fire Safe Council in Ventura. The pattern points to a funder that backs local wildfire-resiliency capacity at the community level, often through councils, resource conservation districts, counties, and planning agencies. It also supports evacuation route planning, outreach, and community preparedness through structured programs and project-based grants. The result is a grantmaker focused on implementing wildfire risk-reduction work rather than general operating support.
What California Fire Safe Council Funds
Wildfire prevention is the clearest thread in the recent awards. California Fire Safe Council Inc. gave $651,326 to Butte County Fire Safe Council in Paradise and $646,396 to Santa Monica Mountains Rcd in Topanga, both listed for wildfire prevention. It also made a $525,000 award to County of Humboldt in Eureka for the same purpose. Planning and mitigation show up alongside prevention: Napa Comm Firewise Foundation in Saint Helena received $694,522 for wildfire protection projects including pre-fire planning, hazardous fuels reduction, project monitoring, and fire-protection, mitigation, and education activities. The same project language appears in grants to Spatial Informatics Group- Natural Assets Laboratory in Pleasanton and Mountain Communities Fsc in Idyllwild. The foundation also funds local-government and regional partners such as San Mateo County in Redwood City, County of Tuolumne in Sonora, and County of Santa Barbara agencies.
How California Fire Safe Council Gives
Typical grant size sits at $30,000 at the 25th percentile, a $60,000 median, and $104,395 at the 75th percentile, while the recent list also includes awards well above that range. The grant record suggests repeated support to some recipients over multiple years: Napa Communities Firewise Foundation appears in 2023 and 2025, Butte County Fire Safe Council appears in 2023 and 2024, and Spatial Informatics Group- Natural Assets Laboratory appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025. California Fire Safe Council Inc. is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Several active programs accept unsolicited requests, including county coordinator, capacity-building, and utility-partnership grant programs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$13.7M
Total Assets
$6.6M
Total Revenue
$18.7M
Total Expenses
$18.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $30K and $104K, with a median of $60K.
25th Percentile
$30K
Median
$60K
75th Percentile
$104K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
About 99% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
JACY HYDE
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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