The 2020 Fires Relief Fund was established on October 19 to support those affected by the Cal-Wood and Lefthand Canyon fires. Deadline to apply for a grant: December 7, 2020, 9 a.m.
The 2020 Fires Relief Fund was established on October 19 to support those affected by the Cal-Wood and Lefthand Canyon fires. The deadline to apply for a grant is December 7, 2020, 9 a.m. Grants from the fund will be allocated in the following manner, to address a wide range of community needs:
- Approximately 10% of the fund will be used to provide direct assistance to individuals and families impacted by the fires and evacuations. A partnership between Community Foundation Boulder County and Boulder County Housing and Human Services is addressing this need.
- Approximately 20% of the fund will be granted to fire- and evacuation-affected nonprofit organizations, local government entities, and/or those that are providing additional services to the community or facing increased demand for services because of the fires.
- Approximately 10% of the fund will be utilized to provide vouchers for mental health services for fire-affected Boulder County residents without mental health care coverage. This will be implemented in partnership with a local nonprofit service provider.
- Approximately 25% of the fund will address the financial needs of fire protection districts impacted by the fires.
- Approximately 25% of the fund will be used to support restoration efforts of private and public lands in the burn areas.
- Approximately 10% of the fund will be invested in fire mitigation efforts to prevent or minimize impacts of future fires.
An advisory committee to Community Foundation Boulder County will advise grantmaking decisions. If funds raised exceed needs, the excess will be placed in Community Foundation Boulder County’s COVID-19 Response Fund.
Request for Proposals
This Request for Proposals is an invitation to nonprofit and governmental entities affected by the fires. This includes nonprofit organizations in the burn areas and that evacuated, and nonprofits and governmental entities that provided services to Boulder County residents who evacuated, or that responded to increased demand for services because of the fires. Priority will be given to proposals from organizations that experienced any of the following:
- financial and property losses due to location in the burn area;
- un-budgeted expenditures as a result of evacuation and evacuation warning zones;
- un-budgeted expenditures as a result of responding to the fires, the needs of evacuated Boulder County residents, or that provided support to firefighters working on the Cal-Wood and Lefthand fires; or
- un-budgeted expenditures as a result of increased demand for social safety-net services as a result of fire evacuations.
We estimate that approximately $100K will be available to grant for this RFP. Learn more and apply.
