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NORTH COMPLEX FIRE
GRANT PROGRAM
This fund exists to raise money to support nonprofits and agencies providing immediate assistance to evacuees, animals and others impacted by fires in our area.
The Wildfire Relief & Recovery Fund supports the rebuilding and revitalization of communities throughout our region impacted by wildfire. Tragically, the wildfires have become more and more dangerous, happen more frequently and are incredibly destructive in recent years. More specifically our region has suffered immensely. The impact of these fires has been felt by everyone in our region, and it will take many years of collaborative work for us to rebuild and revitalize homes, health, and wellbeing for all of our neighbors.
Our goal is to work collaboratively with the nonprofit, government, philanthropic and private sectors to accelerate recovery and rebuilding to create a thriving, resilient and even stronger region.
The North Complex Fire Grant Program is closed, however, you may still contribute the Wildfire Relief and Recovery Fund to support other relief efforts.
In December 2021, the North Complex Fire Grant Program closed after granting a total of $1,167,940 for survivors.
Grants Issued
Grant | Amount | Description |
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Honey Run Covered Bridge | $2,500 | To host the 60th annual pancake breakfast and the first on the rebuilt bridge, bringing together the community member and hundreds of visitors |
Rebuild Paradise Foundation | $25,000 | To bolster the gravel grant program for defensible space for at least 50 homes. |
Paradise Community Chorus | $2,500 | To support the efforts of the Paradise Community Chorus to bring the community together with music of these choral performances, the first of two to take place May 4, 2025. |
Oroville Southside Community Improvement Association | $12,500 | To support the continued services of the Haven of Hope on Wheels program, which will include establishing partnerships for service delivery efforts, conduct client survey to assess satisfaction and providing referrals to social services. |
Oroville Southside Community Improvement Association | $12,500 | To support the continued services of the Haven of Hope on Wheels program, which will include establishing partnerships for service delivery efforts, conduct client survey to assess satisfaction and providing referrals to social services. |
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service | $25,000 | To support NVCSS help individuals and families needing case management services to achieve their individual disaster recovery goals and plans |
Tiny Pine Foundation | $12,000 | To support with additional funding to help offset a portion of the wages spent on time working on Camp Fire builds. |
Rebuild Paradise Foundation | $25,000 | To provide base rock to residents (for the first 5 feet of their home), to make homes safer from future fires, conserve water and improve homeowners' insurability. |
Camp Fire Collaborative | $139,371 | To support CFC’s operations and ensure alignment with Northern Valley Catholic Social Services and Tzu Chi DCM support, to provide administrative and logistical support addressing the ongoing needs of vulnerable survivors. |
Paradise/Butte County Gleaners | $10,000 | To support their goal to serve the fire victims throughout Butte county with food and supplies and to help the families with homeless prevention by funding PG&E and gas costs to pick up and distribute supplies. |
Simple Unmet Needs | $100,000 | To fund case management for Park Fire survivors |
Paradise Stronger | $3,000 | To support health education as well as informing the community of essential wellness resources like counseling, nutrition, mental health and preventive care for those impacted by the Camp Fire. |
Cohasset Community Association | $5,000 | To support in purchasing a storage shed and container for donations |
ARC | $10,000 | To enhance the emergency preparedness of our Independent Living Skills (ILS) clients by giving them essential emergency preparedness packs. |
Tula Therapeutic Collective | $10,000 | To continue the sliding-scale clinic, which offers low-cost and no-cost psychotherapy services to individuals and families on the Ridge. |
Chico Food Locker | $2,500 | To support the pantry seeing more activity since the start of the Park Fire. |
Salvation Army | $2,500 | To provide assistance at the Local Assistance Center. |
Paradise Stronger | $10,000 | To establish a community garden in Paradise that will provide volunteer and educational opportunities, and promote healthy eating and community building. |
Episcopal Diocese of Northern California | $10,000 | To fund their distributing of gift cards and provide emotional care to evacuees. |
St. Vincent de Paul | $2,500 | To provide assistance at the Local Assistance Center. |
WatchDuty | $10,000 | To support efforts to keep residents informed about the fire and evacuations through its smartphone app. |
Butte County Sheriff Search & Rescue | $10,000 | To purchase new radios and other needs to help the all-volunteer organization respond to the fire. |
Boys and Girls Clubs | $10,000 | To support in their assistance to families evacuated by the fire. |
Moms of the Ridge | $5,000 | To address the emotional needs of children in the Camp Fire area with activities that bring them together in safe spaces. |
Butte-Glenn 211 | $10,000 | To help the organization respond to evacuees and connect them to available resources. |
North Valley Animal Disaster Group | $10,000 | To support efforts to rescue and house animals for residents who were evacuated. |
American Red Cross | $10,000 | To support in their assistance to evacuees at the shelters. |
Northern California Catholic Social Service | $10,000 | To provide mental health services for those affected by the fire and evacuation. |
Butte County Local Food Network | $10,000 | To support neighborhood, community and school gardens in the Camp Fire footprint and throughout Butte County. |
Children's Community Charter School | $10,000 | To support the increase of counselor time for students affected by the Camp Fire. |
Oroville Southside Community Improvement Association | $10,000 | To support efforts assisting people who suffered losses during Thompson Fire and future wildfires. |
African American Family and Cultural Center | $10,000 | To support efforts assisting people who suffered losses during Thompson Fire and future wildfires. |
Hmong Cultural Center of Butte County | $10,000 | To support efforts assisting people who suffered losses during Thompson Fire and future wildfires. |
Butte County Search and Rescue | $10,000 | To purchase mapping equipment to help coordinate response in future wildfires. |
Tiny Pine Foundation | $10,000 | To support efforts assisting people who suffered losses during Thompson Fire and future wildfires. |
From The Ground Up Farms | $10,000 | To purchase equipment for the Concow food pantry to continue distributing hot meals to the community. |
Tiny Pine Foundation | $10,000 | To provide essential needs to Thompson Fire evacuees |
North State Food Bank | $10,000 | To provide essential needs to Thompson Fire evacuees |
North Valley Animal Disaster Group | $10,000 | To provide essential needs to Thompson Fire evacuees |
Butte-Glenn VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) | $10,000 | To provide essential needs to Thompson Fire evacuees |
United Way of Northern California | $10,000 | To provide essential needs to Thompson Fire evacuees |
American Red Cross | $10,000 | To provide essential needs to Thompson Fire evacuees |
Oroville Southside Community Improvement Association | $10,000 | To provide essential needs to Thompson Fire evacuees |
Oroville Church of the Nazarene | $10,000 | To provide essential needs to Thompson Fire evacuees |
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service | $10,000 | To provide essential needs to Thompson Fire evacuees |
Oroville Hope Center | $10,000 | To provide essential needs to Thompson Fire evacuees |
New Beginnings Housing Foundation | $10,000 | To support current home improvements, assistance with application fees, deposits, moving as well transportation needs for Camp Fire survivors with developmental disabilities |
Rebuild Paradise Foundation | $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. |
Oroville Southside Community Improvement Association | $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 |
Museum of Northern California Art (monca) | $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 |
Home Tech Charter School | $10,000 | To support field trips for the year for students in grades 7-12 that were impacted by the Camp Fire. |
Rotary Club of Paradise | $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 |
Butte County Search and Rescue | $10,006 | To purchase required gear for over the edge vehicle rescues |
From the Ground Up Farms | $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. |
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service | $59,297 | To support the funding of two Disaster Case Management positions for the North Complex/Bear Fire |
Pioneer Union Elementary School District | $17,097 | To buy and install an electronic sign to display community information, school activities and events, as well as safety information from emergency services |
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service | $25,000 | To continue providing essential services and support to fire survivors: Disaster case management, crisis counseling support, construction cost analysis assistance, monthly educational and supportive workshops, internet access to help survivors access county, state, and federal services, and more. |
Butte County Sheriff's Search and Rescue | $27,000 | To begin a Butte County SAR Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (drone) fleet to help with wildfire evacuations, post-fire search for unaccounted-for individuals, aerial imagery of burn scars, and planning the repopulation of evacuated areas |
United Way of Northern California | $5,000 | To fund the building of 20 sheds for Bear Fire survivors and additional cost for delivery |
Home & Heart | $35,000 | To support the hiring of a program coordinator, pay for technical support to adapt current CRM and support executive director. |
Gateway Science Museum - From Earthquakes to Epidemics | $2,500 | To support the Gateway Science Museum during the From Earthquakes to Epidemics: How Disaster's Transform California's People and Places exhibit. The exhibit will talk about lessons learned and way that we can prepare for the future disasters, including wildfires.
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Project Camp | $25,000 | To support the creation of a coalition of child-focused individuals and groups to help address the needs of children and families in future disasters. |
Mountain Springs Grange | $25,565 | To rebuild and enhance an outdoor gathering space at the grange property in Feather Falls |
NVCF & United Way | $410,562 | The Unmet Needs Roundtable will provide another outlet for resources to help case managers and their clients reach recovery goals. |
Oroville Southside Community Improvement Association | $2,000 | To purchase meals for Bear Fire survivors for the organization's drive-through Thanksgiving dinner giveaway |
Berry Creek Community Council | $5,000 | To provide food and gas cards for basic needs in winter. |
Help Central Inc. (Butte-Glenn 211) | $4,000 | To provide tarps, dehumidifiers and winter supplies for survivors in need |
Butte County Sheriff Search and Rescue | $9,900 | To purchase supplies necessary for search and rescue efforts |
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service | $5,000 | To provide gift cards for fire survivors attending the Bear Fire Remembrance event at Lakeside Plaza |
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service | $5,000 | For gift cards that encouraged Bear Fire survivors to sign up for disaster case management services at two Resource Round Up events |
BC Volunteer Fire Dept. Company 52 | $17,773 | To replace items that will keep power and water to building in order to aid in community response efforts |
St. Vincent de Paul | $25,000 | For simple unmet needs for disaster case managers |
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service | $10,000 | To provide a walk-in location for services critical to the recovery of fire survivors at the Lakeside Wildfire Recovery Resource Center |
Berry Creek Community Council | $5,000 | To provide food and gas cards for basic needs in winter |
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service | $5,000 | Gift cards for gas and food for victims |
Butte County | $34,500 | To help remove financially barriers so survivors can safely rebuild and move home, and to re-establish communities |
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service | $5,000 | To purchase meals for Bear Fire survivors to sign up for disaster case management services at two Resources Round Up events |
Butte County CERT | $10,000 | To purchase radio equipment required to assist the community |
Yankee Hill Fire Safe Council | $10,000 | For the North Complex Fire Small Business and Family Relief Project allowing for vouchers to be distributed to those in need to be used at local stores |
United Policyholders | $25,000 | To provide fire-impacted families with up to $5,000 in assistance to secure temporary housing during their period of displacement |
Tiny Pine Foundation | $3,100 | To deliver free firewood to 75 fire-affected households |
Paradise Alliance Church | $62,500 | To expand the defensible space program to the Bear/North Complex Fire |
Paradise Gleaners/Butte County Gleaners | $10,000 | To provide basic needs and comfort to those most affected by the COVID crisis |
Lake Madrone Water District | $125,000 | For a fire prevention project in the Berry Creek area completing a fire break surrounding its 484-acre district |
Butte County | $25,000 | For fire survivor assistance of safe and stable housing |
Tiny Pine Foundation | $5,000 | To provide electric blankets to fire survivors |
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service | $29,430 | To support Butte Hope which provides mental health support, education and referrals to fire survivors throughout the area |
Help Central Inc. (Butte-Glenn 211) | $23,760 | To conduct intake, needs assessment, facilitate connection to available resources and provide follow up and care coordination for recovery |
NVCF COVID-19 Employee Care Grant Program | $50,000 | Approved transfer from Wildfire Relief and Recovery Fund approved December 16, 2020 |
Butte County Dept. of Employment and Social Services | $25,000 | To assist survivors in transitioning from sheltering or unsheltered status to the next step in their recovery |
American Humane | $2,000 | The grant would help cover the costs of medical supplies, pet food, supplies, shelter costs, transportation costs, and other costs associated with the deployment. |
Paradise Evangelical Free Church | $5,000 | The funding we receive will go towards the purchase of tools and equipment needed to remove brush, cut up felled trees, and clean up properties. |
United Way of Northern California | $50,000 | To support the unmet needs of North Complex Fire survivors through case management. |
Pioneer Union Elementary School District | $10,000 | For "Give Away Days" every two to three weeks where families can receive donated items along with a gift card for food/gas |
Sewa International | $5,000 | To donate food, fresh vegetables, fruits, hygiene kits, gas cards, gift cards to evacuees in Oroville area weekly |
Paradise Gleaners/Butte County Gleaners | $5,000 | To collaborate with E&J's Mobile Kitchen to provide food and resources for fire victims, first responders and all their pet needs |
From the Ground Up Farms, Inc. | $5,000 | To provide gift cards for gas, groceries and shelter as direct aid to the new and old fire evacuees |
Boys & Girls Club of the North Valley | $5,000 | To immediately respond to and bring resources to families that have been displaced |
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service | $5,000 | For gift card distribution to fire survivors |
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service | $2,500 | To provide fire survivors with emergency gas cards |
The Salvation Army, Chico | $10,000 | Gift cards for survivors to be distributed at the Local Assistance Center |
Butte County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue | $26,000 | To purchase of Nomex suits and fire shelters for teams performing searches for missing people in burned-over areas |
Tiny Pine Foundation | $5,000 | To supply gift cards to help North Complex Fire evacuees and survivors obtain gas and food |
The Axiom Project | $2,250 | To support clothing giveaways for fire survivors |
Yankee Hill Fire Safe Council | $20,000 | Vouchers to provide gas, propane, toiletries, groceries, meals pet supplies and household goods |
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service | $5,000 | Gas cards for Butte County Office of Education (Pioneer (Berry Creek), Hearthstone, OCESD, OUHSD) |
Oroville Southside Community Improvement Association | $10,000 | Basic hygiene products, mobile shower and laundry unit usage, and additional cleaning due to COVID-19 |
Butte Hope/NVCSS | $25,000 | To provide gift cards for food to survivors |
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service | $25,000 | For gift cards in response to the North Complex Fire |
Oroville Rescue Mission | $7,000 | To provide gift cards, mission supplies and blankets to fire survivors |
Boys & Girls Clubs of the North Valley | $5,000 | To provide gift cards, gas cards and hotel vouchers to displaced families |
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service | $5,000 | To purchase meals for Bear Fire survivors for the organization’s drive-through Thanksgiving dinner giveaway |
Oroville Hope Center | $10,000 | To provide gas and essential supplies to fire survivors |
Youth for Change (6th Street Center) | $5,000 | Supplying food, lodging vouchers and supplies for foster youth and foster families |
North Valley Animal Disaster Group | $5,000 | To shelter evacuated animals |
American Red Cross | $10,000 | To support Gridley evacuation centers |
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