Amazon commits $ 10 m to relief efforts as wildfires hit Los Angeles

15 / 01 / 2025

By Marwa Nassar - -

Amazon has committed $10 million to help communities impacted by the recent Los Angeles wildfires.

Amazon said its commitment will go directly to national and local disaster and response organizations, including the American Red Cross of Southern California, FireAid, MusiCares Fire Relief Effort, World Central Kitchen, Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, Habitat for Los Angeles Wildfire Fund, and Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Small Business Relief/Recovery Fund, among others, as well as in-kind advertising opportunities on Prime Video for nonprofits supporting LA fire relief efforts.

To date, Amazon has donated over 145,000 essential items to 17 local organizations working on wildfire response, including fire stations, community fire brigades, the American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Los Angeles Unified School District, Dream Center, and multiple YMCA chapters, and we expect donations to continue. We’re also deploying our AWS cloud technology, including drone support, to help emergency responders better understand and react to the evolving wildfire situation.

Amazon said it has delivered 30,000 items to the Los Angeles County Salvation Army, including water, sports drinks, juice for kids, and snacks as well as 5,000 shelter items (shower chairs, toddler beds), over 300 wildfire response items (gloves, goggles, boots, respirators, shovels, rakes, axes, smoke pumps, sifters, and medical items for burns and heat) and gift cards to the American Red Cross.

Amazon also offered gift cards to Los Angeles Unified School District to support the replenishment of materials for teachers who lost their classrooms in the fire.

It also offered gift cards to the YMCLA to support procurement of diabetic-friendly food, baby formula, reusable bags/grocery bags, luggage, and sleeping equipment (blankets, sleeping bags, air mattresses) .

It also presented 1,000 items like water, drinks, electrolyte packets, and protein snacks to the City of LA to support multiple fire stations.

Amazon also offered over 1,000 items to the Malibu/LA Community Fire Brigades to support their efforts in wildfire containment and mitigation across the county.

It also presented 13 pallets of ready-to-eat meals, baby food, canned protein, and snacks to the Dream Center from Amazon Fresh, and Amazon Local Good.

The assistance also included fresh protein from Amazon Fresh to a local restaurant to serve 1000 meals to residents as well as charging stations, water, and coffee from Amazon Fresh Stores to the Encino, Ladera Heights, and Thousand Oaks communities.

It also offered Food, water, non-perishable items, toiletries, and pet food from Whole Foods Market to Venice Family Clinic, which will distribute it to shelters and local partners via its Nourishing Our Neighborhoods van.

Amazon is also curating opportunities for its employees in Southern California to volunteer with organizations like the LA Regional Food Bank and LA Unified School district, among others.

Our top priority is ensuring the safety of our employees and partners.

“Amazon has a 24/7 operation dedicated to providing alerts and up-to-date information when severe events like this occur to help inform our operational decisions. As we closely monitor the situation, we’re also mobilizing our resources to support those in need.”

Amazon has been working with first responders, nonprofit partners, and humanitarian relief agencies on the ground in Los Angeles including the American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Dream Center, International Medical Corps, World Central Kitchen, among others.

“We’re leveraging our recently opened Wildfire Relief Hub—located two hours east of LA and stocked with over 6,000 essential items—as well as our logistics infrastructure and technology, to deliver essential items to these organizations based on their needs. In addition to the Wildfire Relief Hub, we’ve also shipped Amazon-donated items from across our supply chain network in LA County.”