Beyond the Floodlines: A Webinar Series on Funding Asset Preservation, part 2/3
This webinar series explores the pivotal role that financial institutions and philanthropy can play in helping communities recover and thrive after disasters. The series will examine strategies to preserve community assets, prevent predatory displacement and ensure that recovery efforts evolve into long-term stability and growth.
Investing in Resilience: How Funders and Leaders Can Plan Ahead & Support Small Businesses in Disasters
Disasters can strike without warning, and research shows that 40 percent of small businesses that experience a major disruption never reopen. However, there are tools and partnerships that funders, banks, and leaders can invest in to ensure that businesses and communities are ready for whatever comes next.
Attendees will hear about:
- Lessons learned from the Hill Country Disaster Relief Program, which provides both emergency grants and interest-free loans to small businesses;
- BeforeDuringAfter as a resource for helping communities and businesses prepare, respond and recover; and
- The roles of philanthropy and financial institutions in helping small businesses recover and thrive after disasters.
Speake
January 29, 2026 – Session Three (Funders + Community Partners): Focus on affordable housing, exploring philanthropic strategies to rebuild, preserve affordability, and stabilize families for the long term. Registration opens soon!
Hosted by Asset Funders Network, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and Texas Rural Funders
