AARON RODGERS
NORCAL FIRE RECOVERY
GRANT PROGRAM
This grant program is focused on efforts that address health and wellness for youth in Butte County, especially in the Camp Fire footprint. The annual grant program accepts applications at the beginning of the year and awards grants in April.
Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Grant Program
The Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Fund at North Valley Community Foundation accepts applications annually in February. This grant program is focused on efforts that address health and wellness – physical and emotional – for youth in Butte County, especially in the Camp Fire footprint.
To see the projects that received grants in the 2026 cycle, read our press release.
Previous Grants Issued
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.
After six years of grants for Camp Fire recovery, NVCF and the Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Fund switched to an annual grant cycle. The first grants, awarded in March 2025, totaled $215,266 for 12 organizations in the Camp Fire footprint and throughout Butte County.
Recipient | Description | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Wildfire Relief and Recovery Fund | To support relief efforts for the Thompson Fire | $50,000 | 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 |
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 contri-butions 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 $50,000 for relief efforts after both the Thompson Fire and Park Fire in Butte County in 2024.
Grants from the Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Fund have totaled $1.9 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.