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 |
|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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.