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Camp Fire Fund
Grant Program

After five years of grants and more than $67 million committed to Camp Fire recovery, North Valley Community Foundation will be focusing on a grant program to support the ongoing issues of recovery.

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5 Years of Building Hope

Camp Fire Five-year Anniversary Report

Read this report to our community and donors about NVCF's response and recovery efforts five years after the Camp Fire. 

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Fire Years of Gratitude
North Valley Community Foundation

Fire Years of Gratitude

The Butte Strong Fund, a partnership of the North Valley Community Foundation, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and the Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Fund, aims to provide long-term recovery to communities impacted by the Camp Fire.

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After granting out more than $67 million over six years for Camp Fire projects, the Butte Strong Fund grant program has ended. We expect to remain involved in recovery projects in the Camp Fire footprint and will announce the extent of any new grant program in early 2024.

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Disaster Case Management

Read our story about case management and how the system developed, as well as the stories of three individuals who were able to regain hope with the care and support of disaster case managers.

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The North Valley Community Foundation and its Butte Strong Fund have granted more than $12 million to help build a case management system and then provide assistance to survivors.

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Welcome Home Event

North Valley Community Foundation and the Camp Fire Collaborative honored and celebrated Camp Fire survivors, and our funders, Samaritan’s Purse, Wells Fargo, American Red Cross and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, for the triumphant return of survivors to their new homes.

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Camp Fire Fund Grant Program

After five years of grants and more than $67 million committed to Camp Fire recovery, we will be focusing on a grant program to support the ongoing issues of recovery.

The grant program will make grants to qualifying nonprofit organizations and government agencies that remain active in recovery in the Camp Fire footprint. These grants will typically range from $500 to $10,000.

Please review the grant guidelines before applying. If you have questions regarding the grant application process or the guidelines, contact our grants team at grants@nvcf.org

Recipient
Project
Amount
Description
Date
Tula Therapeutic Collective
Paradise Mental Health Expansion
$10,000
To continue the sliding-scale clinic, which offers low-cost and no-cost psychotherapy services to individuals and families on the Ridge.
July 2024
Paradise Stronger
Paradise Community Garden
$10,000
To establish a community garden in Paradise that will provide volunteer and educational opportunities, and promote healthy eating and community building.
July 2024
Butte County Local Food Network
1000 Acres More on the Ridge
$10,000
To support neighborhood, community and school gardens in the Camp Fire footprint and throughout Butte County.
July 2024
Children's Community Charter School
Increased Counselor Time at CCCS
$10,000
To support the increase of counselor time for students affected by the Camp Fire.
July 2024
From The Ground Up Farms
Highway 70 Corridor Food Pantry
$10,000
To purchase equipment for the Concow food pantry to continue distributing hot meals to the community.
July 2024
New Beginnings Housing Foundation
Affordable Housing For Adults With Developmental Disabilities
$10,000
To support current home improvements, assistance with application fees, deposits, moving as well transportation needs for Camp Fire survivors with developmental disabilities
May 2024
Rebuild Paradise Foundation
Defensible Space (Gravel) Grant
$10,000
To launch this program with a goal of supporting 100 - 200 families who would each receive a $500 gravel voucher. This will ultimately help combat insurance affordability while simultaneously making our homes and our community safer from wildfire.
May 2024
Oroville Southside Community Improvement Association
Support for serving Camp Fire & Berry Creek Fire Survivors through Haven of Hope on Wheels
$10,000
To support the continuation of Haven of Hope on Wheels, a mobile unit that provides showers and laundry to communities in the fire footprints
May 2024
Museum of Northern California Art (monca)
"A Palette of Thoughts" A Community Collaborative Mental Health Awareness Art Show
$2,750
To host "A Palette of Thoughts" exhibit and a reception for the community which allowed Butte County residents to express their mental health through art therapy
April 2024
Home Tech Charter School
Educational Field Trip Fun
$10,000
To support field trips for the year for students in grades 7-12 that were impacted by the Camp Fire.
April 2024
Rotary Club of Paradise
Vocational Committee Website
$10,000
To support the development of a website for the Rotary Club of Paradise Vocational Committee's annual career expo that provides ongoing learning and working resources for students grades 5-12
April 2024
Butte County Search and Rescue
Over the Edge Rescue
$10,006
To purchase required gear for over the edge vehicle rescues
March 2024
From the Ground Up Farms
Camp Fire Program Extension
$10,000
Funding to help continue some basic programs who are benefiting Camp Fire families with backhoe services, tree removal, grocery and gas cards and more.
March 2024
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AREAS OF WORK

HOUSING

The Butte Strong Fund is working with community organizations to benefit displaced families.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

The effect of sudden changes in population redistribution can have a big impact on health and wellness for the community as a whole.

EDUCATION

It's traumatic for a child to lose a home. It's exponentially traumatic to lose a school as well.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

When people talk about what was destroyed in the Camp Fire, they often talk about places that were symbolic of the area.

BUSINESS RECOVERY

Hundreds of businesses were destroyed in the Camp Fire. Others were damaged. Those that have managed to reopen or are still deciding whether to reopen face uncertainty.

DIRECT ASSISTANCE

Working with our nonprofit community partners and disaster case managers, we have granted millions of dollars to provide assistance to survivors. 

Aaron Rodgers Gratitude Message

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PARTNERS & MAJOR DONORS

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After opening its doors to first responders and community members in the immediate aftermath of the Camp Fire, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. began a long-term fundraising campaign. The brewery launched Resilience Butte County Proud IPA, a collaborative fundraising project with more than 1,400 breweries worldwide that raised millions of dollars for Camp Fire relief. As short-term relief gave way to long-term recovery, the family-run company has been a valuable, engaged partner every step of the way. 

The Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Fund was established in the immediate aftermath of the Camp Fire to support programs that offer youths stability in the face of crisis, support the local youth sports infrastructure and support the process of bringing permanent and transitional housing back to the burned area.

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The Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Fund was established in the immediate aftermath of the Camp Fire to support programs that offer youths stability in the face of crisis, support the local youth sports infrastructure

and support the process of bringing permanent and transitional housing back to the burned area.

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