Humboldt Area Foundation

The core hub helps convene dialogues and distribute resources to communities as they work to reorganize and relocate built and natural systems in better cooperation with human needs, and to document the processes so local communities and other rural regions and tribal nations have a recipe for their own decarbonized resilience.

Initiated and lead by native peoples, the native cultures fund is a partnership between native nations, the humboldt area foundation, the william and flora hewlett foundation, and other donors. The program supports the transmission of knowledge between generations through renaissance of california native art culture, sacred sites, and language development.

The disaster response & resilience fund supports residents of humboldt, trinity, del norte, and curry counties, as well as adjoining tribal lands during current and future disasters, including public health emergencies such as the covid19 pandemic, fires, earthquakes, flooding, and other natural and human-made disasters. Grants are made to nonprofit agencies, public benefit organizations (schools, government agencies, federally recognized tribes, etc.), charitable organizations and groups with a qualified fiscal sponsor. There is no written application process, and we strive to have funds in place for both immediate disaster response and to help communities become more resilient in the face of future disasters.