Thomas, Hill & Woolsey Wildfire Recovery Funds

Any contributions are still appreciated as Ventura County citizens continue their recovery process. Click below to donate to the Thomas Fire or the Hill and Woolsey Mid- to Long-Term Recovery Fund.

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About fund

Five years have passed since the Thomas Fire changed the face of Ventura County, and four years since the Hill and Woolsey Fires blazed across Ventura and Los Angeles counties. We have learned firsthand how disaster recovery continues long after the initial intense focus on meeting the most acute needs for emergency housing, medical support, and much more. Long-term recovery funding enables fire victims to receive targeted, personalized support for their particular needs.

In this mid- and long-term phase of recovery, we have hundreds of residents who are working through rebuilding, rehoming, and managing debts that accumulated due to fire-related unemployment and/or recovery expenses. It is also the nature of certain post-traumatic mental and health issues that they arise only after a period of time, and we continue to see fire victims who have been struggling on their own and are now stepping forward for the first time to ask for support. Many other individuals have illnesses and injuries that were caused or exacerbated by the wildfires, which have now transitioned into chronic issues and must be addressed differently.

Thousands of people have received assistance with health care, post-traumatic counseling, housing, wage replacement, child care, debt relief, food security, the replacement of essential household items, and the replacement of equipment and transportation for those who are self-employed.

One-hundred percent of these contributions are going to support our community nonprofit organizations who are serving individuals are still recovering from these disasters. VCCF is not taking any administrative fees on these donations allowing the community to give to one trusted fund and to reduce duplication of efforts.

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Thomas, Hill And Woolsey Wildfire Recovery Funds

Notícias e actualizações

Grants awarded

Disaster relief is complex, and we have found that granting to many organizations, varied in size, constituency, and areas of focus, is the best way to ensure that all community members receive the integrated recovery care they need. The Ventura County Long-Term Disaster Recovery Group is a coalition of local service providers that works closely with VCCF, and this group manages an integrated case management protocol. Additionally, grantee organizations track their work in ways that are most appropriate to their services and constituencies and report back to VCCF. VCCF also meets regularly with grantees regarding disaster relief as well as capacity-building and resiliency efforts to learn more about these actions.

Long-term disaster philanthropy offers a special type of support to the community — as months and years pass from the disaster event itself, and long after attention has turned to the next most-pressing needs, our community members need to know that they are not forgotten. The year 2020 showed strikingly how a global pandemic and political unrest simultaneously exacerbated the struggles of wildfire survivors while simultaneously commanding the attention of philanthropic organizations. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Thomas Fire Sudden and Urgent Needs Effort

$20,000 a Ajuda de Ojai for basic needs of Ojai families in crisis due to the fire.
$5,000 a MICOP for their radio antenna replacement and an additional $5,000 for health outreach for farmworkers.
$5,000 a Habitat para a Humanidade for housing assistance for those affected by the fire and $612.34 for housing assistance for those affected by the fire.
$30,000 to Interface Serviços para Crianças e Famílias for the purchase of a permanent generator for 2-1-1 and $60,000 to support their emergency 2-1-1 call center and $27,000 in additional funding to support the cost of a Facilitator for the Ventura County Thomas Fire Long Term Recovery Group (LTRG).
$5,000 a Quota de alimentos for transportation and food sorting for shelters.
$20,000 a Exército de Salvação for basic services and emergency relief for families who have lost homes.
$3,000 to ThomasFireHelp.com for their technology design, development, and server space. (This service helped facilitate needs caused by the disaster for 51,000 individuals to-date).
$4,950 to Fundação do Ventura College for support of single parents who were victims of the Thomas Fire.
$6,755.50 to Teatro Rubicon to cover the costs of mandatory cleaning in response to the Thomas Fire.
$7,700 to Boys & Girls Club de Greater Oxnard e Port Hueneme to cover the increased costs of childcare due to school closure as a result of the Thomas Fire air quality.
$2,500 a Centro de Liderança Sem Fins Lucrativos da Cal Lutheran to cover the costs of convening nonprofit organizations during the recovery period. We want to thank Dena Jensen for her leadership and immediate response efforts during this time.
$65,567.77 to Sociedade Humana do Condado de Ventura to cover vet bills and staff supplies as a result of the Thomas Fire.
$65,000 to Fundação Nacional de Cães de Busca em Catástrofes to cover dog boarding expenses and clean-up efforts from the Thomas Fire.
$5,000 a YMCA – Southeast Ventura County for gift cards for families who have lost homes, membership to facilities for families who have lost homes, childcare
program costs for affected families.
$6,600 to Clube de rapazes e raparigas de Camarillo to help cover the staffing and utility costs of the 6 days of day camp being open in response to school closing due to air quality issues.
$600 to CAUSA for masks for farmworkers.
$5,000 a Jardins Botânicos de Ventura for the partial cost of Earthguard to protect against erosion.
$14,300 to Clube de Rapazes e Raparigas de Greater Ventura to help cover staffing and costs for days schools closed due to the fire.
$1,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Moorpark for the deductible for their insurance company to fix their damaged roof caused by the extreme winds during the fire.
$8,042.22 to the Clube de Rapazes e Raparigas do Vale de Santa Clara to cover costs associated with school closures during the fire – they are serving families in three communities (Santa Paula, Fillmore, and Piru) within our county.
$7,200 to the Centro de Resgate de Animais de Santa Paula (SPARC) to cover boarding fees, overtime pay, mileage, transportation costs, and adoption fees as a result of the fire.
$12,500 to 805Help to provide general operating support.
$15,000 a Los Padres Forest Association to partially cover consultant expenses for the development of the fundraising plan.
$5,000 a CLEAN International to replace supplies lost in the Thomas Fire.

Atualização do esforço de necessidades súbitas e urgentes do incêndio de Hill/ Woolsey

$146,250 para o Cruz Vermelha Americanaof Ventura County for General Operations Support.
$1,394 a Ride On Equitação Terapêutica for Evacuation expenses for horses, additional staffing, fuel for trailers, stall cleaning.
$10,000 a Boys & Girls Clubs de Greater Conejo Valley for expenses related to serving children during school closures, club clean-up, and counseling services.
$30,000 total para Rádio pública KCLU (Universidade Luterana da Califórnia) com $20.000 para substituir o transmissor principal danificado e o equipamento de apoio e mais $10.000 para fundos de contrapartida para a campanha de substituição do equipamento, que foram cumpridos.
$15,000 a Preocupações dos idosos for adult daycare, meals and support for our community’s seniors who were evacuated and need care.
$5,350 a Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association (Associação de Enfermeiras Visitantes do Livingston Memorial) to help cover costs associated with evacuations of those on hospice.
$7,000 para o Boys & Girls Club of Camarillo to cover costs associated with emergency childcare needs due to school closures.
$783,600 para o YMCA do Sudeste do Condado de Ventura with the first $445,000 going to provide individual assistance to families affected by the fires, $9,500 to cover costs associated with emergency childcare needs due to school closures, and the latest $329,100 to provide direct financial assistance for housing and other basic needs for 47 applicants; HOA fees for 16 mobile home residents; and Y memberships for 25 fire-impacted families.
$1,827 a Estábulos de Mark Watring for the evacuation of 43 horses, hauling of feed and water supplies, and overtime.
$25,000 para o Colaboração para o desenvolvimento económico for general operations support as they serve business owners impacted by the fires.
$21,500 a Fundação Cal State Channel Islands to feed and house students evacuated by the fires.
$500 para California Lutheran University’s Center for Nonprofit Leadership to sponsor a free webinar entitled “Fundraising in Response to a Community Crisis”.
$6,000 para o Boys & Girls Club de Greater Oxnard e Port Hueneme para ajudar a cobrir as despesas relacionadas com o serviço às crianças durante o encerramento das escolas.
$5,000 a Sonho de esperança de voo para cobrir os voos dos sobreviventes do incêndio.
$10,000 a Projeto Anjinhos para cobrir as despesas de cuidados veterinários dos animais feridos.
$16,000 a Lockwood Animal Rescue Center para fornecer alojamento e necessidades básicas a pessoas e animais.
$1,167,182.69 to The Salvation Army – California South Division with $1,099,882.69 to provide mid- to long-term direct financial assistance for 800 individuals and families for housing, food, utility assistance and staffing to support case managers and additional basic needs support to those impacted and $67,300 to support a Rebuild Navigator to assist residents in the early stages of the building process.
$155,560 a Totalmente Local VC Agricultural Education Foundation (Projeto Amor Local) to provide direct financial assistance and case management to 131 individuals and families for housing, food, household expenses and staffing to support case management.
$2,500 a LIFE Animal Rescue to replace fencing and lighting for the animal shelter.
$70,200 a Tomadores de seguros unidos for a fire recovery coordinator position and disaster recovery toolkit and online resource.
$20,000 a Alívio do Alto Ojai for trailer and materials expense.
$5,000 a Casa Pacifica for evacuation expenses related to the fire.
$7,500 a Conejo Hospice for support groups for fire survivors.
$130,328 to Interface Serviços para Crianças e Famílias for long-term disaster recovery group infrastructure, facilitator, data systems coordinator, and overhead.
$20,000 a Oakbrook Park Chumash Indian Corporation for a utility vehicle to assist with rebuilding efforts.
$20,000 a Fundo para as Montanhas de Santa Mónica for rebuilding bridges on Backbone Trail.
$25,000 a Clínica gratuita de Westminster para serviços de saúde mental bilingues e assistência às necessidades básicas.
$55,000 to 805 Ajuda with $5,000 to support their immediate response to bring online access to our community during the fires and $50,000 for the ongoing efforts to connect fire survivors with community disaster response and management of donations and distributions.
$70,000 to YMCA – Southeast Ventura County to support forty (40) one-year memberships at the YMCA for fire-impacted individuals and families.
$100,000 a FOOD Share Inc. to support administrative capacity for food distribution for two years for those affected by the fires.
$15,000 a Santa Monica Mountains Trails Council Inc. to purchase supplies lost in the Hill and Woolsey fires.

Thomas Fire Mid- to Long-Term Recovery Effort

$7,000 para o Centro de Liderança Sem Fins Lucrativos to cover training of our region’s nonprofit sector by bringing in an expert consultant to train local organizations on how to fundraise during and after a period of a disaster.
$326,000 to Interface Children Family Services with $50,000 to cover the cost of translating 2-1-1 Ventura County data and terms into Spanish ensuring that all community members have equal access to resources that support their health and well-being and to help keep them safe in times of crisis, $10,000 to cover staff time to manage outreach and case management for direct financial assistance to Thomas Fire survivors, $201,000 for financial assistance to families to bridge the gap in rent payments, finding rentals in appropriate price range, rebuilding, and home repairs, moving costs, replacement of furniture, $60,000 for funding for facilitation of Long-Term Disaster Recovery Group, and $5,000 for administrative expenses to distribute funding to households impacted by the Thomas Fire.
$50,000 a Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County (Habitat para a Humanidade do Condado de Ventura) para serem utilizados na reparação de casas na comunidade de Ventura que ficaram inabitáveis devido ao incêndio de Thomas.
$25,000 a Clube de Rapazes e Raparigas de Ventura para ser utilizado num programa de liderança para adolescentes que se centrará nos esforços de socorro em caso de catástrofe e em oportunidades de liderança, utilizando a tragédia dos incêndios para desenvolver a sua formação de adolescentes para se oferecerem como voluntários e se envolverem na comunidade.
$2,279.77 para Organização do centro de Ventura para ajudar o incêndio de Thomas.
$500,000 para o Projeto de Organização da Comunidade Mixteco/Indigena para o Fundo 805 Undocu.
$18,500 a Conferência Anual Califórnia-Pacífico, IMU, Justice & Compass with $8,500 to support the Camp Noah Program and its presentation to 50 children who were impacted by the Thomas Fire and $10,000 to support half the cost of the purchase of a used trailer and truck for a victim of the Thomas Fire. The other half of purchase will be supported by the Salvation Army.
$10,000 a Aliança Cívica do Condado de Ventura com $5.000 para apoiar o relatório sobre o estado da região de Ventura County e $5.000 para apoiar dois eventos da série "Making It Forum" para avaliar as necessidades actuais e a longo prazo da comunidade artística relacionadas com o incêndio de Thomas; as actividades incluem a partilha de informações e a recolha de dados, bem como o envolvimento da comunidade artística nos esforços de recuperação a longo prazo.
$37,640 a Federação Judaica do Condado de Ventura para que os Serviços Familiares Judaicos prestem aconselhamento em matéria de saúde mental e gestão de casos de catástrofe a quinze (15) sobreviventes do incêndio de Thomas durante um ano.
$183,700 a Give An Hour, Califórnia para o programa Stronger Together do Condado de Ventura.
$40,000 a Colaboração para o Desenvolvimento Económico do Condado de Ventura com $5.000 para a gestão do projeto e supervisão da convocação do Comité CEDS, apoio na sensibilização e convocação das partes interessadas, gestão das relações com a EDA e os financiadores, e para conseguir que o projeto seja apresentado e aceite pela EDA, e $35.000 como reembolso do trabalho encomendado pela VCCCD, para o âmbito do trabalho de desenvolvimento do conteúdo do relatório, mais o desenvolvimento de um "Resumo Executivo" de 16 páginas.
$80,000 a Conselho de Artes do Condado de Ventura para ajudar os artistas afectados pelo incêndio de Thomas.
$49,000 a Totalmente local VC Agricultural Education Foundation para assistência financeira às famílias para colmatar as lacunas no pagamento das rendas, encontrar alugueres na gama de preços adequada, reconstrução e reparação de casas, despesas de mudança, substituição de mobiliário.
$270,000 para o Cruz Vermelha Americana do Condado de Ventura (Cruz Vermelha) com $150.000 para um veículo de resposta a emergências, $115.000 para a coordenação da recuperação do condado de Ventura e $5.000 para despesas administrativas destinadas a distribuir fundos às famílias afectadas pelo incêndio de Thomas.
$25,000 a 911 At Ease International para apoiar as operações de financiamento e os serviços diretos prestados às equipas de primeira intervenção.
$20,000 para apoiar o 805 Fundo não documentado
$140.917,46 em assistência direta às pessoas afectadas pelo incêndio de Thomas.

Hill and Woolsey Wildfire Mid- to Long-Term Recovery Fund

$1,524 to Give-An-Hour to cover costs associated with the Long-Term Recovery Wellness Planning Meeting.
$304,800 to Totalmente local VC Agricultural Education Foundation (Local Love Project) with $260,000 for financial assistance to families to bridge the gap in rent payments, finding rentals in apropos price range, rebuilding and home repairs, moving costs, replacement of furniture. Includes repayment of debt incurred due to loss of a home-based business and $44,800 to provide case management and resources to fire victims.
$25,000 a Institute for Collective Trauma and Growth for organizational support to sustain long-term recovery responders of the Hill and Woolsey fires.
$165,600 to YMCA – Southeast Ventura County for second year scholarships to the Y for 92 families who lost homes in the fire.
$82,700 to the Los Angeles County Long-Term Disaster Recovery Group to provide a Construction Navigator to provide construction expertise to case managers and their clients (100% LA County); funds will be used by the Los Angeles County Long-term Disaster Recovery group (LARCRO).
$58,373 to Interface Serviços para Crianças e Famílias for staffing and infrastructure for disaster recovery data and case management for long-term recovery efforts related to the Hill-Woolsey Fire.
$41,400 to Catholic Charities, Ventura County for recovery and rebuilding assistance for eight Hill-Woolsey fire cases.
$30,312 to individual assistance for those personally affected by the Hill and Woolsey Fires.
$50,00 to 911 At Ease International to support funding operations and direct services to first responders in Ventura County who are serving the frontlines.

Additionally, VCCF awarded $875,000 to support survivors of the Thomas, Hill, and Woolsey Fires with housing assistance. We partnered with local organizations, Totally Local VC Agricultural Education Foundation, YMCA – Southeast Ventura County, and Interface Children and Family Services, who will distribute this direct support to 250 very low-income families. Distributions were as follows:

$125,000 to provide $2,500 to 50 Thomas Fire survivor households,
$125,000 to provide $2,500 to 50 Woolsey Fire survivor households in Ventura County,
$125,000 to provide $2,500 to 50 Woolsey Fire survivor households in Los Angeles County, and
$500,000 to provide $5,000 to 100 Woolsey Fire households in Ventura or Los Angeles Counties.