Funding search · water quality and access · Oregon
Who funds water quality and access work in Oregon
15 funders have a record of paying for water quality and access work by Oregon recipients: 163 grants totaling $8.6M, most recently in 2025 — mostly grantmaking charities, which often run real application cycles. The largest by matched giving are Meyer Memorial Trust ($1.6M), The Nature Conservancy ($986,530) and The Roundhouse Foundation ($273,000).
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: $82,747 to Long Tom Watershed Council — to broaden the approach to watershed restoration in the upper willamette by integrating traditional ecological knowledge and indigenous practices
The Nature ConservancyArlington, VACharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $986,530 · through 2024Largest: $117,531 to CALAPOOIA WATERSHED COUNCIL — conservation activities
Largest: $33,000 to SIUSLAW WATERSHED COUNCIL — siuslaw watershed council truck and trailer for habitat restoration and community engagement
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2023Largest: $136,739 to NORTH FORK JOHN DAY WATERSHED COUNCIL — watershed restoration
Wild Salmon CenterPortland, ORCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $416,660 to Coos Bay Watershed Association — development of the "strategic action plan for coos bay coho population recovery"
Bonneville Environmental FoundationPortland, ORCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $337,542 · through 2024Largest: $11,905 to CALAPOOIA WATERSHED COUNCIL — lly and socially informed. the mwbp strives to implement locally tailored projects on a landscape scale to: (1) enhance aquatic and riparian habitat; (2) improve function of waters…
Largest: $74,000 to COLUMBIA SLOUGH WATERSHED COUNCIL — sandy river watershed org
Bella Vista FoundationSan Francisco, CA
9 matching grants · $341,115 · through 2024Largest: $21,000 to SOUTH FORK JOHN DAY WATERSHED COUNCIL — south fork john day watershed drought monitoring
National Council for Air and StreamCary, NCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $608,207 · through 2024Largest: $266,954 to OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY — effects of riparian management on aquatic food webs and water quality; comparing wildlife and forest management effects on water quality and fish in headwaters ecosystems at hinkle…
Largest: $5,000 to Curry Watersheds Nonprofit — curry watersheds partnership diversity, equity and inclusion
Largest: $15,000 to MARY'S RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL — to support and further develop youth watershed council and outdoor classroom high school program
Marys River Watershed CouncilCorvallis, ORCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $524,365 · through 2024Largest: $294,263 to SOUTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL — in partnership with noaa and mrwc, the purpose of this cash award was to replace four fish passage barriers on tributaries to the south santiam river.
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