Funding search · climate adaptation · Oregon
Who funds climate adaptation work in Oregon
14 funders have a record of paying for climate adaptation work by Oregon recipients: 24 grants totaling $2.6M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The Burning Foundation ($90,000), Meyer Memorial Trust ($215,759) and Multiplier ($262,766).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Oregon recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $25,000 to KLAMATH-SISKYOU WILDLANDS CENTER — advancing climate resiliency in a biodiversity hotspot
Largest: $140,759 to The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation — to publish and launch the confederated tribes of the umatilla indian reservation climate adaptation plan
MultiplierSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $262,766 · through 2024Largest: $242,766 to GEOS INSTITUTE — equitable climate resilience and sustainability outcomes for communities
Environmental Defense Fund IncorporatedNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $713,017 · through 2022Largest: $588,017 to Bonneville Environmental Foundation — climate resilient water systems : colorado river water
Largest: $35,000 to 350PDX — support operations and climate resiliency programs for frontline communities disproportionately impacted by urban heat islands in clackamas, multnomah, and washington counties
Largest: $40,000 to COQUILLE INDIAN TRIBE — climate resilience task force solar and vulnerability assessments
Largest: $400,000 to MERCY CORPS — enhancing wash services and climate-resilience in informal idp settlements
Largest: $677,242 to AFFILIATED TRIBES OF NORTHWEST INDIANS — to support annual national and international tribal climate adaptation planning camps in 2022, 2023, and 2024
Largest: $57,500 to ECOTRUST — to advance a climate resilient food system in oregon and washington.
Bella Vista FoundationSan Francisco, CA
1 matching grant · $45,000 · through 2024Largest: $45,000 to SUSTAINABLE NORTHWEST — for advancing climate resilience, restoration and social justice in the upper klamath basin
Kaiser Foundation HospitalsOakland, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to Apano Communities United Fund — building climate resilience in multnomah county?s
Largest: $20,000 to CASCADE PACIFIC RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEV — general operating support to advance climate resilience on farms.
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