The global outpouring of generous support for the Boulder County Wildfire Fund has been overwhelming and of the over $30 million from more than 66,000 donors, the Community Foundation has allocated / distributed a total of $8,165,000 or 27% of the funds raised.
Here’s the breakdown of what’s been allocated / distributed as of today:
- $5.5 million in direct financial assistance to households that were damaged or destroyed (both renters and homeowners; citizens and undocumented)
- $1.5 million in direct financial assistance to workers that lost wages or livelihood equipment (excluding computers)
- $150,000 to United Policyholders for insurance policy navigation
- $265,000 to Impact on Education to ensure adequate mental health advocates at the most fire-affected schools in the Boulder Valley School District
- $250,000 to Boulder Jewish Family Services to provide crisis counseling to anyone who needs it in individual and group settings, with trauma-informed practices
- $500,000 in direct assistance to those mobile or manufactured homes with confirmed wind damage within the wildfire and straight-line winds major disaster declaration approved in Boulder County (DR4634)
Financial assistance is still available for those who were affected by the fires through the generosity of the tens of thousands of donors to the Wildfire Fund >
Currently there are several funding categories:
- If you are a renter or homeowner displaced due to smoke or ash contamination, you may qualify for a $2,500 payment for a household with one to two people or a $5,000 payment for a household with three or more people.
- If your livelihood was disrupted by the Marshall Fire (you were or are out of work and lost wages), you may qualify for a $1,200 payment (including home businesses).
- If you lost “tools of the trade” (business materials, supplies, equipment, or tools needed to do your job – excluding computers and computer equipment), you may qualify for a $500 payment.
- If you have a small local business that was damaged or destroyed by the Marshall Fire, you may qualify for a $2,500 payment (including home businesses).
- If your home is uninhabitable due to smoke, ash, or other hazardous conditions, you may qualify for a payment (amounts are still being determined, please fill out an application
- If you were mandated to evacuate your home during the Marshall Fire, you may qualify for a $125 payment.
- If your home was damaged or destroyed and is on the assessment list of damaged and destroyed homes, you may qualify for a $2,500 payment for a household with one to two people or a $5,000 payment for a household with three or more people.
| Local Financial Assistance for Families, Individuals, and Businesses Impacted by the Marshall Fire
Apply at www.boco.org/MarshallFireAssistance | ||||
| Who Qualifies? | How Much? | How is Eligibility Verified? | What’s Not Included? | Additional Details |
| Households that were evacuated due to the Marshall Fire | $125 per household | Proof of name and address within evacuation zone map | ||
| People with damaged or destroyed homes | $2,500 for households with one to two people or $5,000 for households with three or more people | Must be verified from the Marshall Fire Damage Assessment Map and must show proof of address and name | Does not include properties not listed as damaged or destroyed on the Marshall Fire Damage Assessment Map | Owner-occupied homes with rental units are treated as two households (owners and renters may both qualify for funds)
Owners of rental properties can receive $2,500
Tenants in a rental property can receive $2,500 for one to two tenants or $5,000 for three or more tenants; The tenants must divide the funds evenly and each tenant applying for the funds must sign an affidavit stating that they agree to divide the funds evenly
Households that received $125 for evacuation and are now eligible for either $2,500 or $5,000 because their home is now on the Marshall Fire Damage Assessment Map do not need to return the $125 |
| Livelihood disruption: individuals who were out of work as a result of the Marshall Fire | $1,200 for individuals | Recent pay stub and/or letter from business owner and/or unemployment application | Does not include businesses for which employees were relocated | Does include impacted home businesses; must be directly tied to a business within the Marshall Fire Damage Assessment Map damage zone |
| Loss of tools of the trade: individuals who lost tools or items needed to complete their work | $500 for individuals | Receipts or purchase records if available | Does not include computers or computer equipment | Loss of tools of the trade must have occurred within the Marshall Fire Damage Assessment Map damage zone |
| Uninhabitable homes due to smoke, ash, other hazardous conditions
| $2,500 for households with one to two people or $5,000 for households with three or more people | Letter from insurance company; note from a doctor about a medical condition; hotel receipts; letter from landlord or host that recipient has been out of their home due to the fire | Does not include homes listed as damaged or destroyed on the Marshall Fire Damage Assessment Map or wind damaged homes | Recipient must have not been able to live in the home due to smoke/ash contamination or hazardous conditions |
| Small local businesses that were damaged or destroyed | $2,500 per business impacted | Business must be within Marshall Fire Damage Assessment Map damage zone; business address and/or registration records, tax returns | Does not include larger corporations or businesses that relocated employees | Does include impacted home businesses |
