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Alberta Wildfires 2024 - Grants for Community Organizations

The Canadian Red Cross is offering grant funding to eligible community organizations who are directly supporting the recovery of fire-impacted communities from the impacts of the 2024 Alberta Wildfires.

Organizations must meet the following criteria to be eligible for funding:
 
  • Registered and in good standing with the appropriate federal or provincial body (e.g., Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA), Alberta registry)
  • Were in operations on or before January 1, 2024
  • Operate in or provide support to an Alberta fire-impacted community or in a nearby community where displaced residents have temporarily settled
  • Provide services to communities and individuals impacted by the 2024 Alberta Wildfires

Open Grant Programs

Recovery Grants – Recovery Grants are available for projects or initiatives that contribute to recovery from the 2024 Alberta Fires. Grants are available for projects between $10,000 and $200,000 that last for a period of six months to two years. Projects may include re-establishing, scaling or adapting services to meet increased needs for support or addressing wildfire-related impacts not covered by other funding sources. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
Our team is available to assist in discussing your project ideas and developing your proposal. Please reach out to us prior to submitting your proposal at CRCgrants@redcross.ca. 
 

Resources & Forms for Recovery Grants


Closed Grant Programs

Winter Community Grants – Winter Community Grants were available for projects, activities or events that contributed to recovery and community connectedness and wellbeing during the fall and winter seasons. This program is no longer accepting applications.

Summer Grants and Back-to-School Grants – Summer Grants and Back-to-School Grants are now closed and no longer accepting applications. 

Holiday Grants – Holiday Grants were available for projects, activities or events that contribute to recovery and community connectedness and wellbeing during the 2024 holiday season.  This program is no longer accepting applications. 

For more information about the grant programs, please email CRCgrants@redcross.ca. 



Funded Initiatives

Below is a list of organizations that the Canadian Red Cross has supported through these programs:
To increase staff capacity through increased hours and training to address increased emergency needs.
Increase access to perishable food for Jasper Foodbank clients.
Support physical and mental wellbeing by providing opportunities to engage with the outdoors.
For the Jasper Jr and Sr High School to address food insecurity.
Back-to-school community and mental wellbeing activities and training for displaced Jasper residents living in Hinton and Hinton residents directly impacted by the 2024 Alberta Wildfires.
Respond to the increased demand for sheltering and care of animals evacuated from Jasper.
To host a series of community gatherings and education sessions aimed at wellbeing.
To ensure reliable food recovery and distribution in Hinton and Jasper.
Art programs for community members of Hinton and Jasper to create works of art that will be combined into a patchwork mural commemorating the impacts of the 2024 Alberta Wildfires and address wildfire anxieties.
  • Provide arts and cultural activities to support community engagement and recovery.
  • To offer a series of arts-based activities to Jasper residents and those displaced in Hinton.
  • Promote healing and reverence for nature through Creative Fire/BUZZfest 2025, featuring artists’ investigations of the deconstructive and reconstructive potential of wildfire.
  • To support BuzzFest 2026 which encourages community to create art based on their reflections on community recovery since the wildfires
  • Provide holiday-themed events and activities through the Santa’s Anonymous program.
  • The Cinnamon Bear Picnic fostered community connection and encouraged involvement in post-2024 Alberta Wildfires community restoration efforts.
  • To build community connections through holiday-themed events and activities, and provide aid to Jasper families.
To support an 8-week Junior Curling League project to develop skills and build connections.
  • Offer inclusive events to engage newcomers, seasonal staff, and long-time residents to build belonging and support healing.
  • Foster community connectedness and wellness in Jasper this summer through on the land guided activities engaging newcomers, seasonal staff and long-time residents.
  • Support for Jasper residents and Temporary Foreign Workers to help meet ongoing social, emotional, and practical needs following the 2024 Alberta Wildfires.
  • To host a series of simple winter activities that support emotional recovery.
  • A community lunch and flag raising ceremony provided a space for community connectedness and healing in the aftermath of the 2024 wildfires and its ongoing impacts.
  • To support cultural activities and distribution of food hampers at Handog ng Pasko (Offerings of Christmas) event.
  • Purchase temporary facilities to allow for the continuation of the services offered by the Jasper Food Bank.
  • Support children by establishing school-based breakfast programs at Ecole Jasper Elementary and Ecole Desrochers.
  • To address food insecurity during the holiday season through food hampers.
To organize public activities at the arena over the winter period.
Support development and implementation of recovery plans and a coordination framework.
  • Provide transportation to Jasperites living temporarily outside Jasper to participate in community events.
  • To enhance supports available to interim housing residents through winter.
Provide food and community space to support community recovery, and repair damage incurred during the fires.
  • Foster connectedness by providing a senior dinner for Jasperites.
  • To address the social isolation and disconnection of seniors in the winter months.
  • 2024 - Increase community connections through the Festive Tea and Singalong.
  • 2025 - To host a Festive Tea and Singalong event to celebrate community resilience.
  • Engage and support Jasperites during the holiday season through the Festival of Trees.
  • To hold a community-wide coffee hour to share Jasper-focused historical presentations.
Support the psychosocial recovery of Jasper's francophone community following the 2024 wildfires, by improving access to mental health and community support services adapted to the francophone reality.
  • Provide weekly community dinners for Jasperites for three months.
  • Build staff capacity through training and skill development while leveraging existing spaces, local expertise and cross-sector relationships to activate and maximize the use and enjoyment of recreational and community spaces.
  • Indigenous focused healing and cultural events designed to foster shared connection and recovery.
  • Stewardship Day activities that allowed for the restore community spaces with vibrant new plant life and community gatherings.
  • One-Year Commemorative Events series focused on connectedness and healing from indigenous and community centered perspectives.
  • The Spiritual Wellness and Community Healing program hosts free monthly sessions promoting spiritual wellness and community connection to Jasper residents as they recover from the impacts of the 2024 Alberta Wildfires.
Increase access to transportation support for those living temporarily outside of Jasper.
To develop and implement a support plan for front-facing staff across worksites.
To increase departmental capacity to address utility service needs.
Support delivery of its Jasper Wellness Recovery Plan, ensuring that community needs are met.
Support for the organization to secure its grazing fields and to be better equipped to house livestock in response to and recovery from the wildfires.
Provide psychosocial support at the Humanitarian Service Centre in Hinton during the evacuation of Jasper.
The Things That Grew project marks the one-year anniversary of the 2024 Alberta Wildfires through local community collaboration and engagement with an artist to design and install a commemorative mural, offering space for healing, connection, and reflection.