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How L.A. can rebuild after the wildfires without leaving vulnerable residents behind

Fast Company Tech

The dramatic images of wealthy neighborhoods burning during the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires captured global attention, but the damage was much more widespread. In the Los Angeles area, those risks are now impossible to ignore. So can not building in risky areas in the first place.

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As a Disaster Unfolds, Fundraisers Can Do More Than Raise Money

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Since contributions tend to pour in when hardships hit close to home, appeals for the emergency fund will be immediate. Big Sunday , a service organization based in Los Angeles, provided a list of resources during the wildfires in 2025, including evacuation sites, air quality maps, and insurance tips. Show the images.

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5 tips to help nonprofits meet unforeseen challenges 

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Secure multiple funding streams No money, no mission, the saying goes in the nonprofit sector. Yet, most nonprofits build business models that rely on one or two major funding sources. We raise significant funds from the U.S. While we cant predict the future, we can build organizations that are agile and ready to adapt.

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Holey Grail Donuts bites into $9M for Los Angeles retail expansion

TechCrunch

Four years and hundreds of long lines later, the truck is still there, but the company is taking on what co-founder Nile Dreiling calls “a stale $40 billion donut industry ” by expanding its presence into brick-and-mortar locations in Los Angeles after raising $9 million in financing.

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MrBeast’s chocolate empire is making more money than his YouTube channel

Fast Company Tech

Little surprise, then, that the YouTube star has spent the past few years leveraging his fame to build businesses that have nothing to do with the social media platforms he started out on. As reported by Bloomberg , Beast Industries has secured more than $450 million in funding over the past four years to fuel its businesses.

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Getaway, a startup building tiny cabins, raises $41.7M

TechCrunch

Founded in 2015, Getaway builds “Outposts” — collections of tiny cabins in rustic locations within a two-hour drive of major cities like Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles and New York. ” Staff acknowledged that some investors were skeptical about Getaway’s insistence on building the cabins and Outposts itself.

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Abodu raises $20M to build prefabricated backyard homes

TechCrunch

One such startup, Abodu , has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners. The California legislature changed laws in 2017 to make it easier to build Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). It also claims to offer a cheaper and faster process than if one were to build an ADU from start to finish.