Oregon · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Oregon

Imperigo has identified 414 funders that made 3,549 grants totaling $248.6M to 323 environment & conservation organizations in Oregon, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in Oregon

Total granted $248.6M
Funders 414
Grants 3,549
Organizations funded 323

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Western Rivers Forestry
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.9M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$10.9M
2. The Oregon Community Foundation
456 grants to 150 organizations · largest $764K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$30.7M
3. Hollis Foundation
14 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 22.6% of their giving
$2.7M
4. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$14.8M
5. Public Lands Council
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $225K · through 2023 · 48.9% of their giving
$945K
6. The Japanese Garden Foundation of Oregon
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $179K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$856K
7. Seeding Justice
55 grants to 21 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$2.7M
8. The Portland Garden Club Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $187K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$623K
9. Central Coast Land Conservancy Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $250K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$615K
10. American Rhododendron Society Portland Chapter
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$431K
11. Missouri-Madison River Fund
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $184K · through 2024 · 15.4% of their giving
$487K
12. United States Energy Foundation
37 grants to 13 organizations · largest $685K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$6.0M
13. Central Oregon Visitors Association
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $66K · through 2024 · 16.2% of their giving
$310K
14. Gray Family Foundation
34 grants to 27 organizations · largest $65K · through 2023 · 6.6% of their giving
$758K
15. Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $82K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$215K
16. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
60 grants to 26 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2023
$7.6M
17. Oregon Wave Energy Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $148K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$148K
18. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
10 grants to 6 organizations · largest $3.4M · through 2024
$6.0M
19. American Clean Power Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2024 · 8.7% of their giving
$245K
20. Travel Portland
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 16.2% of their giving
$123K
21. Bend Visitor & Convention Bureau DBA Visit Bend
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $143K · through 2024 · 6.9% of their giving
$266K
22. Washington County Visitors Association
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $185K · through 2022 · 5.3% of their giving
$301K
23. Portland Regional Educational Telecommunications Corporation
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024 · 9.3% of their giving
$150K
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1 grant to 1 organization · largest $64K · through 2024 · 20.1% of their giving
$64K
25. Network of Oregon Watershed Councils
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $42K · through 2020 · 44.5% of their giving
$42K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to environment & conservation work in Oregon, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 15 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering environment & conservation work, with an address in Oregon. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable environment & conservation funding in Oregon, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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