Others included the NAACP Pasadena ($100,000), the Los Angeles Black Worker Center ($250,000), and the CA Native Vote Project ($100,000), which conducts voter registration drives. "Some of the organizations ... it would be hard to say whether they were actually using the FireAid money for wildfire relief," said Ben Einbinder, a Pacific Palisades resident who became a community organizer after losing his home. Residents say they were led to believe money would be distributed directly to those who lost homes. The Annenberg Foundation defended the allocations, noting that FireAid never explicitly promised direct cash to victims. A second $25 million tranche was directed toward long-term recovery, including soil testing, sustainable rebuilding, and mental health services.