Wildfire Relief & Recovery Fund

Supports rebuilding and revitalization of communities impacted by wildfire.

Tragically, the wildfires have become 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.

We are particularly interested in projects and initiatives that serve the most vulnerable members of our community.

Those with the least resources and most needs, who have the most challenging time recovering.

We also seek to fill gaps – providing shorter-term, catalytic funding that is not available elsewhere and has the potential to leverage longer-term ongoing support. We want to ensure that our investments leverage – but do not duplicate – other funding streams and lead to significant and measurable positive benefits for impacted households and the region as a whole.

We are honored to steward investments on behalf of a broad range of donors and will therefore design and implement the Wildfire Relief & Recovery Fund transparently, with accountability and in accordance with the principles of Partnership, Collaboration, focus on the Most Vulnerable, Leverage, Impact and Sustainability.

See below for more on our specific guidelines, criteria, and process – and please note that we will continue to update the program areas and selection criteria as new gaps, issues and opportunities emerge through the long-term recovery and rebuilding process.

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Wildfire Relief Grant Program

To make a secure, tax-deductible donation online, click on the DONATE button. You may also send checks payable to the The Almanor Foundation Wildfire Relief Fund.

Checks should be mailed to: Almanor Foundation, PO Box 949, Chester, CA 96020

Direct Questions

Sally Elloyan, Executive Director
530.268.5422
selloyan@almanorfoundation.org

Media Requests

Katherine Sansone, Marketing & PR Director
510.418.2466
katherine@sansoneplus.com