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Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Fund

The Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Fund was established at NVCF in the immediate aftermath of the Camp Fire in 2018. Since then, Aaron has been actively involved with several grant programs distributing millions of dollars for regional recovery.

Aaron was born and raised in Chico before becoming a Super Bowl-winning quarterback and four-time NFL Most Valuable Player.

The Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Fund was established in 2018 with $1 million from the Aaron Rodgers Foundation. The fund has been bolstered by thousands of additional donations, including contributions after Aaron hosted “Jeopardy” as well as proceeds from a celebrity golf event.

The fund has supported dozens of organizations and programs to help promote a sense of normalcy for young people as well as supporting several housing initiatives. The fund continues to issue grants for recovery from several Northern California wildfires, including $100,000 in grants from Aaron Rodgers and NVCF after the Thompson Fire in Oroville in 2024.

Grants from the Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Fund have totaled $1.7 million.

Aaron started a new fund at NVCF in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Aaron Rodgers Small-Business COVID-19 Fund. That fund helped 159 small, locally owned restaurants and retail businesses with rent and other operational costs to help survive pandemic restrictions. Grants from the fund totaled $1.6 million.

Recipient
Description
Amount
Date
Tiny Pine Foundation
To provide help for Tiny Pine Foundation helping people who have been evacuated.
$10,000
07/03/2024
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service
To provide help for Northern Valley Catholic Social Service for helping those who have been evacuated.
$10,000
07/03/2024
Oroville Southside Community Improvement Association
To provide help for Oroville Southside Community Improvement Association for helping those who have been evacuated.
$10,000
07/03/2024
North Valley Animal Disaster Group
To provide help for North Valley Animal Disaster Group helping those who have been evacuated.
$10,000
07/03/2024
Oroville Hope Center
To provide help for Oroville Hope Center for helping those who have been evacuated.
$10,000
07/03/2024
Butte-Glenn VOAD
To provide help for Butte-Glenn VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) for helping those who have been evacuated.
$10,000
07/03/2024
North State Food Bank
To provide help for North State Food Bank for helping those who have been evacuated.
$10,000
07/03/2024
American Red Cross
To provide help for American Red Cross helping those who have been evacuated.
$10,000
07/03/2024
Oroville Church of the Nazarene
To provide help for Oroville Church of the Nazarene for helping those who have been evacuated.
$10,000
07/03/2024
United Way of Northern California
To provide help for United Way of Northern California helping people who have been evacuated.
$10,000
07/03/2024
Basket Brigade Support Fund
Funds will provide Thanksgiving meals for at least 800 local families.
$5,000
10/31/2023
Ability First Sports
To purchase registration fees for youth and adults to participate in community based sporting events.
$1,000
05/12/2023
Girls on the Run of the North State
To enable families to allow their girls to participate without burden while they heal and rebuild their lives post-Camp Fire.
$13,650
04/17/2023
North Valley Disaster Immediate Relief Fund
To deploy grants to nonprofits, local agencies and other groups working with survivors in communities recovering from wildfires.
$25,000
03/09/2023
Boys and Girls Clubs of the North Valley
For startup costs to fill and expand the Paradise Teen Center with fire-resistant furniture to ensure durability and longevity.
$50,000
12/19/2022
Jesus Center
To give families staying at the shelter a safe place for outdoor play.
$50,000
09/09/2022
Everybody Healthy Body
Phase 1 of Building Sports Capacity in the Northern California Region.
$50,000
09/01/2022
Thrive - CARE Team
To support Alternative Therapeutic Approaches.
$50,000
07/27/2022
The University Foundation, CSU, Chico: Paradise U
For the Paradise U program which helps children use physical activity as a tool to help them cope with mental health and wellness.
$34,965
06/23/2022
Paradise Junior High School
To build an outdoor fitness equipment area to help create healthy habits for students.
$50,000
06/17/2022
Enloe Foundation
To fund mobile app to support the overall health of local community.
$50,000
06/01/2022
Basket Brigade Support Fund
To help 300 local families impacted by the Camp Fire and the other wildfires and disasters in Butte County.
$5,000
05/31/2022
Boys and Girls Club of the North Valley
To serve youth on the ridge, offering services like music, art therapy, after-school programming and case management.
$49,260
05/03/2022
Cohasset Community Association
To build a children's playground in Cohasset.
$8,500
04/22/2022
Girls on the Run of the North State
To allow 50-55 girls on the Ridge to participate in the program.
$10,397
04/22/2022
Feather River Center
For access to water safety and aquatic recreation activities for youth impacted by wildfire.
$25,000
03/01/2022
Thrive
To help fund the Paradise Ridge Retreat Campus Wellness Center at Paradise High School.
$10,000
12/15/2021
Paradise Junior High School
To provide food, personal care products, clothing and bedding to students in need.
$5,000
09/27/2021
Thrive - CARE Team
To help launch of the CARE Team supporting Butte County families youth affected by suicide.
$50,000
08/31/2021
Basket Brigade Support Fund
Funds will provide Thanksgiving meals for 1,000 local families Camp Fire affected areas.
$10,000
07/02/2021
Feather River Center
To increase the number of individuals participating in the center's water safety and aquatic recreation activities.
$25,000
05/25/2021
NVCF - Camp Fire Healing Initiative Fund
To fund the End the Silence Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Summit.
$50,000
05/25/2021
Everybody Healthy Body
For vouchers to increase the number of individuals participating in organized sport or other recreation activities by reducing cost as a barrier.
$100,000
04/20/2021
Magalia Community Park
To provide operating costs for programming and community services.
$50,000
04/06/2021
NVCF COVID-19 Employee Care Grant Program
To help local nonprofits and government agencies prepare, respond to and deploy resources for coronavirus response in the four-county region.
$50,000
12/18/2020
Everybody Healthy Body
Phase 2 of the Recreation and Play Voucher program.
$25,000
09/01/2020
The University Foundation, CSU Chico
To continue the program to provide physical activity classes to students affected by the Camp Fire.
$50,000
07/16/2020
Achieve Charter School of Paradise Inc.
To design and implement an extended day program focused on treating PTSD for students.
$50,000
07/14/2020
Park Planet
To repair and renovate a playground for the use of students in Concow.
$50,000
06/01/2020
Paradise Charter Middle School
To replace books and materials lost to the fire for their library.
$10,100
12/26/2019
Paradise Charter Middle School
To provide supplies to 6th-grand students to attend the Shady Creek Outdoor School.
$13,156
12/26/2019
Paradise Charter Middle School
To provide the opportunity for 155 students grades 6-8 to go on annual field trips free of charge.
$25,000
12/26/2019
Gridley Recreation Center
To expand and repair Gridley Vierra Park for the benefit of those displaced from the Camp Fire.
$50,000
12/06/2019
Paradise Adventist Church
To build 200 storage sheds for those affected by the Camp Fire in partnership with Maranatha Volunteers International.
$50,000
10/16/2019
Golden Feather Union Elementary School District
To repair and renovate a playground for the use of students in Concow.
$50,000
10/07/2019
The University Foundation, CSU Chico
To establish a program to provide physical activity classes to students affected by the Camp Fire.
$25,000
08/13/2019
Paradise Recreation and Park District
To establish a program to reduce the effects of trauma on children through nature programs.
$50,000
07/30/2019
Everybody Healthy Body
To convene health and educational leaders for a coalition focused on strategies and action to support human recovery, particularly reducing youth trauma stress.
$50,000
06/27/2019
Butte College Foundation
To establish a special fund to support students affected by the Camp Fire who are in danger of dropping out.
$50,000
06/03/2019
Never Enough Athletics
Never Enough Athletics requested assistance to fund scholarships for players affected by the Camp Fire to participate in the program.
$25,000
04/29/2019
Ability First Sports
To fund a summer program and expand year-round programs to better serve the increased population following the Camp Fire.
$18,080
04/25/2019
NorCal Mavericks Athletic Development
To secure equipment and offset costs for indoor athletic facility to allow additional teams for practice, trainings, meetings and tryouts.
$25,000
03/27/2019
Chico Westside Little League
To fund repairs and refurbishment for their fields and facilities to accommodate their increased use.
$25,000
03/21/2019
Cedarwood Elementary School Grizzlies Vax IQ Robotics Team
To purchase gasoline and lodging to attend the robotics state championship finals.
$400
03/05/2019
Paradise High School Athletics Department
To develop and equip a modular athletic training room to provide sports medicine care for student athletes.
$50,000
03/05/2019
Paradise High School
To replace two sets of graphic novels for the use of the Social Science program.
$1,600
02/26/2019
Paradise Intermediate School
To fund a trip for their student leadership team to attend a leadership and team building rope course event.
$1,915
02/26/2019
Paradise High School
To replace physics classroom equipment that is not currently eligible to be replaced by the district.
$4,560
02/26/2019
Ponderosa Elementary School
To purchase replacement recess play equipment for their kindergarten classes, comprised of 75 students.
$1,700
02/26/2019
Paradise Unified School District
To fund an annual trip to the Shady Creek 6th Grade Environmental Camp for 106 students.
$25,000
02/19/2019
Paradise Elementary
To provide funding for an overnight field trip for fifth grade students in their last year at Paradise Elementary.
$14,300
02/12/2019
Cedarwood Elementary School
To provide a therapeutic art project for each of the grades K-6.
$4,500
02/12/2019
Paradise High School
To provide 2019 yearbooks for its current students free of charge.
$24,900
02/12/2019
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