Camp Fire Fund Grant Program

Camp Fire Fund Grant Program is sponsored by North Valley Community Foundation (NVCF). This grant program makes grants to qualifying nonprofit organizations and government agencies that remain active in recovery in the Camp Fire footprint.

Camp Fire Recovery/Butte Strong Fund | NVCF After seven years of grants for Camp Fire relief and recovery, NVCF is moving to an annual grant cycle where organizations can apply for grants in the month of November for ongoing efforts to assist fire survivors. Camp Fire Fund Grant Program The North Valley Community Foundation is still issuing grants for programs in the Camp Fire footprint through a special annual grant cycle.

Applications are closed and will reopen in November 2026. In the December 2025 grant cycle, we awarded 23 grants totaling $154,985. To see the previous funded projects from both the Camp Fire Fund Grant Program and the Butte Strong Fund, visit our funded projects page.

A limited number of grants may be considered on a special basis outside that cycle. To inquire about funding possibilities, please send an email to grants@nvcf. org .

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. 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.

North Valley Community Foundation After granting out more than $67 million over seven 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 through our Camp Fire Fund Grant Program.

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. The North Valley Community Foundation and its Butte Strong Fund have granted more than $20 million to help build a case management system and then provide assistance to survivors.

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

The effect of sudden changes in population redistribution can have a big impact on health and wellness for the community as a whole. It's traumatic for a child to lose a home. It's exponentially traumatic to lose a school as well.

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

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.