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March 18 | Webinar - Funding Pathways for Fire Adapted Communities

March 3rd, 2026

A photograph of a community surrounded by a burn scar with text over the image that reads Webinar Funding Pathways for Fire Adapted Communities Wednesday March 18 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM register via zoom and logos for University of Nevada Reno Extension Living with Fire and Tahoe Resource Conservation District

Hosted by: Living With Fire
When: March 18, 2026 | 11:30 AM–12:30 PM (Online)
Audience: Community leaders, neighborhood organizers, agency liaisons, HOA boards, and local champions

Registration
This webinar is free, but registration is required. Register at the link below.

Overview
Community wildfire resilience takes resources and strategy to secure them. This one-hour webinar will explore practical ways to find and generate funding for preparedness projects, from small-scale neighborhood initiatives to larger cross-jurisdictional efforts. We’ll highlight pathways that are accessible right now, clarify what reviewers look for in grant applications, and share free steps you can take today to strengthen your next proposal.

What You’ll Learn

  • Pathways to Funding:
    Discover where to start and how to stack resources, including county-level micro‑grants, community crowdfunding, and opportunities through the South Shore El Dorado Foundation.
  • Grant Review Essentials:
    Understand common eligibility requirements, evaluation criteria, timelines, match expectations, and how to frame community benefits and risk reduction.
  • What You Can Do Now, for Free!
    Crowdsourcing strategies as well as using assessor information, community risk data, and simple readiness steps to make your application stand out.
  • Build on What You Have:
    Learn how to leverage and update resources and relationships to add capacity to your planning and outreach.

Who Should Attend
Community leaders, neighborhood and HOA organizers, Fire Safe Council members, nonprofit partners, local government staff, and anyone coordinating wildfire preparedness at the community level.

Format
Interactive presentation with practical examples, links to resources, and a brief Q&A.

Takeaways

  • A quick-start checklist for funding readiness
  • A short list of near-term funding sources and how to access them
  • Tips and language you can reuse in future applications

The University of Nevada, Reno is an EEO/AA institution. If you require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this event, please contact Paul Lessick, Civil Rights & Compliance Coordinator,  at 702-257-5577 or plessick@unr.edu.

 

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