WRF 2026 Annual Convening Report

September 24, 2026

The drive from Medford to downtown Ashland, Oregon takes roughly 20 minutes, mostly via Interstate 5. Traveling south, travelers have a clear view of the path the 2020 Labor…

WRF Network-Wide Meeting: Expert Advice on Effective Wildfire Communications

June 20, 2025

The most recent network-wide meeting of the Wildfire Resilience Funders covered the challenges that arise when trying to communicate about wildfire issues. And three esteemed panelists offered their insights…

Lighting the Path Ahead: Reflections on an Inspirational Convening of WRF

June 9, 2025

Wildfire Resilience Funders hosted its third annual convening in May of 2025, bringing together more than 40 representatives from network member organizations with leading issue experts in Santa Barbara,…

SF Climate Week 2025 Highlights: Wildfire, Insurance and Adaptation Finance

May 9, 2025

Written by Kayla Calkins, the former Climate Resilience Fund’s Program Officer for Wildfire Resilience Funders. SF Climate Week held its third year of events late last…

Wildfire Recovery and Resilience: Lessons in Seeing, Learning, and Planning

March 26, 2025

Written by Kayla Calkins is the former Climate Resilience Fund’s Program Officer for Wildfire Resilience Funders.In late February, I joined with a small group of funders and firefighters to witness…

WRF Members Co-Author Article on the Wildfire Challenge 

February 1, 2025

As the latest round of wildfires began to engulf Southern California, an insightful article appeared in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. The article, co-authored in the weeks prior by…

WRF Now Welcomes Members and Affiliates

January 1, 2025

The new year brought a new structure to the Wildfire Resilience Funders, as the network now welcomes members and affiliates. “The network remains focused on helping philanthropic funders…

Wildfire Funders Connect in Colorado

May 6, 2024

The Wildfire Resilience Funders convening in Fort Collins, Colorado left me feeling inspired by the people leading this work, connected to the great funder participants, and grateful to be a part…

A Summary of the 2023 WRF Convening

May 26, 2023

The Wildfire Resilience Funders (WRF) convened our first official in-person meeting in Lake Tahoe May 22-24, 2023. The meeting was planned and organized by Climate Resilience Fund (CRF) staff,…