Practitioner Affiliates

The Practitioner Affiliate tier is designed for organizations and individuals that do not focus on wildfire grantmaking, but possess an interest or vital stake in wildfire resilience.

This tier offers the opportunity to learn from those in the field and stay connected within the broader wildfire resilience landscape. By joining, you will gain access to network-wide meetings, a monthly newsletter, the WRF LinkedIn community, and have the opportunity to contribute events and resources for potential integration into network programming.

Practitioner Affiliate Benefits

  • A monthly newsletter
  • Access to network-wide meetings
  • Participation in the network’s LinkedIn community
  • Chance to share resources, events, and opportunities with WRF staff for consideration in WRF member programming
  • Eligible for consideration as featured practitioners in the WRF blog
  • Active engagement with the only funder network focused primarily on wildfire resilience
  • Consideration for other Member activities when strategically aligned opportunities arise

How to Join

Complete a short application form to participate as a Practitioner Affiliate. You will be added to the network’s email list and can expect to receive the next network newsletter, issued monthly and highlighting the activities and events ahead.

If you are from a grantmaking organization, explore the benefits of joining as a Funder Member or Funder Affiliate.

Join as a Practitioner Affiliate

Practitioner Affiliate Eligibility

Network participation as non-dues paying Practitioner Affiliates is available to organizations and individuals who do not engage in grantmaking as their primary activity and meet the following criteria:

  • Operate as community-based organizations, conservation organizations, government agencies, or private businesses
  • Have demonstrated expertise or stake in wildfire resilience issues, and/or interconnected issues (E.g., wildfire resilience workforce development)
  • Agree to uphold the network guidelines (see accordion below)

Practitioner Affiliates may be asked to share expertise and connections for wildfire resilience at network engagements.

Network Guidelines

Practitioner Affiliates are expected to participate in the network in accordance with the following guidelines:

  • Promote continuous learning and remain open to new ideas and perspectives
  • Treat fellow participants with respect
  • Foster an environment where trust and collaboration are nurtured
  • Express only their own opinions and avoid any claims to represent the views of other participants or the broader network
  • Refrain from requesting funds for specific projects unless specifically invited to do so
  • Maintain awareness of the power dynamics in the funder-grantee relationship and endeavor to engage with curiosity and a spirit of shared commitment to addressing challenging issues
  • Collaborate to leverage and expand philanthropic investments and impact on wildfire resilience issues

WRF reserves the right to remove individuals and/or organizations from the network if they do not adhere to these guidelines.