Building Climate & Disaster Resilience
In partnership with government officials and grassroots organizations, we strengthen the resiliency of our built and natural environment against hurricanes, extreme heat, and other natural and manmade disasters.
Biscayne Bay Recovery
During Florida’s 2021 legislative session, our Bay champions Senator Ileana Garcia and State Representative Nick Duran led a successful bipartisan effort to create the Biscayne Bay specialty license plate. Revenue generated through plate sales will provide funding to preserve and restore Biscayne Bay.
Extreme Heat Protection
In 2021, Miami-Dade County received a challenge grant offer from the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center to fast start an extreme heat initiative under the Resilient305 program.
Disaster Resilience & Relief
Miami is no stranger to disaster. We are a community that sits on the frontline of climate change and is frequently in the path of hurricanes. In times of disaster, we stand together to increase our impact, streamline the pathway to support, and minimize duplicative efforts.
When a disaster hits, we want every neighborhood in Miami to be able to spring into action and access resources immediately. Together with foundations and philanthropists, we activate our Disaster Resilience Fund, a unified and proactive approach that supports disaster preparedness and equitable long-term recovery efforts.
When a storm hits our neighbors, either across Florida or in neighboring islands, we identify trusted, locally driven efforts and support their work.
Resilient 305
This Resilient305 Strategy is a living document created to address regional challenges we identified and prioritized through intergovernmental and community collaboration. Throughout the process, GM&B engaged thousands of stakeholders to make sure it reflected the input from a wide range of expertise, ages, ethnicities, cultures, income levels and geographic areas.
Support Surfside
On June 24th, 2021 at approximately 1:30 in the morning, a twelve-story residential building with 136 units partially collapsed. The Coral Gables Community Foundation, The Key Biscayne Community Foundation, and The Miami Foundation have stood together since then to build a relief fund and distribute funds to those impacted. In December 2021, all of the remaining funds were disbursed to victims and families.