North Shore Recovery Funds: January Update
This post is written by the Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Executive Director, Nicole Dawe
In December, we provided an update on the Recovery Funds that CFNL is stewarding to support the North Shore of Conception Bay’s recovery from the devastating 2025 wildfires. You can find that update here. This included:
- A recap of the three Recovery Funds and details on funds raised in support of them, and
- Disbursements from the Adam’s Cove Recovery Fund to support volunteer firefighting on the North Shore.
We wanted to provide a further update on year-end fundraising and what’s next to disburse these funds to support recovery on the North Shore.
We’re very grateful for the trust that donors, communities, and partners place in CFNL to steward donations. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or feedback: ndawe@cfnl.ca or (709)221-1030.
Year-End Fundraising
Thank you so much to everyone who generously gave to support the Recovery Funds as part of your giving back during the month of December.
Thank you to everyone who has inspired donations to these funds. From sharing a Facebook post to telling someone else that you donated, it is all of this collective generosity that is making a difference. We’re especially grateful to the community leaders on the North Shore who have been working to actively raise funds while supporting themselves and their communities through rebuilding and recovery.
Click here to donate to the North Shore Fires Recovery Fund and here to donate to the 2025 NL Forest Fires Recovery Fund.
In the interest of transparency, we wanted to provide an updated report on funds raised and disbursed.
Recovery Fund Financial Update – December 31, 2025
| As of December 31, 2026 | Adam’s Cove (Fire Fighting) | North Shore (Individual Primary Residences) | NL Forest Fires* (Community Infrastructure and Groups) |
| Total Raised | $79,542 | $251,128 | $135,181 |
| Donation Processing Fees** | $891 | $561 | $649 |
| Funds Distributed | $77,466 | $0 | $0 |
| Funds for Distribution | $1,185 | $250,566 | $134,532 |
| Total Donors | 426 | 309 | 98 |
*Note – the 2025 NL Forest Fires Recovery Fund is a partnership with CFNL, Community Sector Council of NL, Municipalities NL and United Way of NL.
**Note – CFNL has waived its cost recovery/administration fees for all Recovery funds.
What’s Next?
CFNL has begun conversations with community groups and leaders on the North Shore to better understand and find consensus around how these funds can best support community recovery. These funds are meant to be flexible and fill in where there may be gaps in other financial recovery support.
We’ll share a what we heard, as well as what’s being recommended coming out of these conversations in the next month or two. Our hope is to get these funds to communities and individuals on the North Shore as soon as we can.
It’s our intention to be as transparent as possible about the fundraising and disbursements from this fund. We’re very grateful for the trust that donors, communities, and partners place in CFNL to steward donations. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or feedback: ndawe@cfnl.ca or (709)221-1030.