United Way of Northern California uses Community Impact Grants to invest local dollars into partner nonprofit organizations that address issues affecting our region. Once a year, in May, we have a competitive application process to make funding decisions. The process beings with a Community Impact Grant Request for Proposals (RFP). Awards are typically announced in October.
In 2019, we distributed $250,000 to locally focused agencies devoted to wildfire recovery.
Organizations receiving Community Impact Grants included:
- Boys & Girls Clubs of the North Valley, $5,000 to offset costs from increased enrollment, trauma responsive care and therapy
- Butte 2-1-1, $5,000 for a Workplace Wellness program to alleviate secondary trauma and stress for the call center staff
- Butte Community Action Agency, $10,000 to buy fuel and equipment allowing them to distribute food and supplies
- Butte County Fire Safe Council, $5,000 to outfit a crew that will provide recovery and restoration services to survivors
- Camp Fire Zone Project, $5,000 to support rebuilding activities
- Caring Choices, $15,000 to defray costs of processing 6,500 applications for aid and vetting 4,200 volunteers
- Chabad Jewish Center, $10,000 to solicit vehicle donations and conduct assessments of survivor needs
- Chico Housing Action Team, $5,000 to support increased accounting/bookkeeping costs
- Community Housing Improvement Program, $20,000 to support rebuilding of Paradise Community Village affordable housing
- Hope Center, $20,000 to provide case management services
- Innovative Health Care Services, $10,000 to support programs for older and disabled survivors
- Jesus Center, $5,000 to support administrative and case management staff
- Magalia Community Church Resource & Recovery Center, $25,000 to continue to provide food, clothing, shower & laundry facilities and trailers
- One Safe Place, $5,000 to support extended stays for emergency services
- Oroville Rescue Mission, $20,000 to help pay for case management services
- Oroville Southside Community Improvement Association, $25,000 to operate a mobile unit housing washers, dryers and showers
- Plumas Crisis Intervention & Resource Center, $10,000 for emergency motel sheltering, food, clothing, hygiene supplies, blankets and counseling
- Shasta Family YMCA, $10,000 to provide financial assistance for Y memberships
- Shasta Youth Alliance, $15,000 to secure a facility from which to distribute clothing and household items to survivors
- Trade School, Shasta Business Exchange to train and deploy enrollees on wildfire reconstruction projects
- Tzu Chi Foundation, $5,000 to support case management and survivor assistance programs
Cash cards have been distributed to:
- Boys & Girls Club, $10,000
- Caring Choices, $10,000
- Global Empowerment Mission, $2,500
- Orchard Church, $2,500
- Plumas Crisis Intervention & Resource Center, $2,500
- Safe Space, $5,000
- Salt Ranch, $4,000
- St. Vincent de Paul, $15,000
- Stonewall Alliance, $4,000
- Throwing Starfish, $4,000
- Tzu Chi Foundation, $15,000
- VECTOR, $3,000
- Youth for Change, $10,000
For more information about Community Impact Grants, contact Theresa McCausland at tmccausland@norcalunitedway.org.