Community Disaster Relief Fund for Boles FireDisbursement Report

In response to the September 2014 Boles Fire in Weed, CA, the Community Foundation established the Community Disaster Relief Fund. The fund was started with a gift from the Stewardship Endowment Fund and provided assistance to the families, nonprofits and organizations impacted by the Boles Fire in Weed.

Because the Community Foundation has a credible history of helping Siskiyou County nonprofits and organizations, monetary assistance was delivered efficiently and effectively toward the recovery of the community of Weed in a process developed by local volunteers of the Weed Long Term Recovery Group. As of September 2017, three years after the fire, all funds have been disbursed as recommended by the local grant review committee.

With respect to other natural disasters that may affect the Community Foundation's service areas, the fund shall remain in place in order to provide future assistance tied to a specific event, should the need arise.

100% of donated funds for the Boles Fire went directly to costs associated with recovery efforts. No fees were assessed by the Community Foundation.

Total Received in Community Disaster Relief Fund - Boles Fire

$641,356.97

Funds have been distributed from the Community Disaster Relief Fund in the form of grants to local nonprofits and government agencies. Requests were reviewed and approved by staff of Shasta Regional Community Foundation, the Executive Committee of the Weed Long Term Recovery Group, and approved by the Board of Directors of Shasta Regional Community Foundation. The following list reflects all distributions made:

Donor Designated Grants

$ 40,000.00 Great Northern Services - recovery efforts at the recommendation of Pacific Power and Pacific Power Foundation – 10/31/14 and 12/1/14

$ 19,950.00 Mt. Shasta Community Resource Center - additional case management personnel in the Weed location – at the recommendation of an anonymous donor-10/31/14

$ 37,991.48 Great Northern Services - grocery cards for fire survivors, utilizing case management at the recommendation of several donors- 10/31/14 and 12/9/14

$ 45,000.00 Great Northern Services - replace food delivery vehicle - at the recommendation of an anonymous donor – 12/1/14

$ 30,600.00 Mt. Shasta Community Resource Center - 36 computers for Weed students identified through case management -at the recommendation of an anonymous donor – 12/1/14

$ 600.00 Great Northern Services - Assist women led houses with recovery purchases at the recommendation of Soroptimist International of Ashland - 3/25/15

$100,000.00 City of Weed - Regrading and drainage restoration of city blocks - as designated by Dignity Health thru the Red Cross – 7/27/15

Unrestricted Grants

$ 1,696.94 Free the Need - Thanksgiving baskets for fire survivors - 10/31/14 $ 35,000.00 City of Weed - Half the costs of lot surveying - 10/31/14 $ 10,000.00 Weed High School - Counseling services for students - 12/1/14 $ 22,290.00 City of Weed - 25% of costs for sewer capping/cleaning - 3/11/15 $ 15,000.00 COS/Weed High School - Community Construction Training program - 3/11/15 $ 29,700.00 Mt. Shasta CRC – Weed FCRC - Assistance with case management - 4/28/15 $ 50,000.00 Siskiyou Habitat for Humanity - Funding for program support - 6/10/15 $ 6,400.00 Weed Friends of the Library – site specific equipment replacement - 6/30/15 $ 11,500.00 Great Northern Services - survivor incentives for case management - 12/9/15 $ 15,500.00 Rotary Club of Weed Charitable Foundation – residential soil project - 5/10/16 & 9/26/15 $ 17,975.00 CA-NV Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church – LTRG staffing - 7/20/15 $ 9,622.58 Great Northern Services - Landscaping materials for facility - 2/14/17 $ 45,000.00 Grace Presbyterian Church - Recognition of initial cash response to 150 survivors 3/14/17 $ 25,000.00 CA-NV Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church LTRG staffing – 4/11/17 $ 9,000.00 Rotary Club of Weed Charitable Foundation - residential soil project round 2 – 6/13/17 ($ 8,981.58) REFUNDS

$ 72,512.55 REMAINING BALANCE to Weed Recreation and Parks District – Community Center building project - September 2017