Two Rivers Strong, donates it's first payments to the survivors of the Two Rivers arsons.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Two Rivers Strong, a nonprofit charity, payed out its first grants to the survivors of the Two Rivers arson fires at the Two Rivers Community Center.
Two Rivers Strong began it’s mission to help rebuild the community after the attacks by selling apparel and eventually registering as a business. As the months went on and the funding needs remained low, the organization registered as a 501-c3 nonprofit with the State of Alaska, then with the Internal Revenue Service. The Two Rivers Strong nonprofit charity allows them to partner with corporations and receive increased funding which in turn helps the community of Two Rivers.
“When the building burned down, we had just lost our insurance, so we are not getting money back from the insurance to help build, so we need everything that we can get,” said Russell Williams the president of Two Rivers Grange #3, another local nonprofit. That organization lost the entirety of their building.