This spring, the Klamath River Fund awarded $1.2 million to 12 organizations working across the Klamath Basin. These grants mark a significant step in the Fund’s 10-year commitment to invest in and amplify community-led climate resilience and restorative justice efforts following the unprecedented removal of four dams on the Klamath River in 2023 and 2024.
“These initial grants are a reflection of the incredible work being done by communities throughout the basin to heal the land and its people,” said Pimm Tripp-Allen, Vice President of Programs, Community Partnerships & Tribal Relations at the Foundation.
Collectively, the grants build on the opportunities afforded by dam removal, support local communities, and show cultural responsiveness and respect for Tribal traditions and practices.
The Klamath River Fund is a program of HAF+WRCF, deepening the Foundation’s commitment to a thriving, just, healthy, and equitable region. The Fund’s work aligns with HAF+WRCF’s decade-long goals of racial equity, thriving youth and families, healthy ecosystems and environments, and a just economy.
Spring Klamath River Fund Grantees at a Glance
- American Rivers – Little Shasta River restoration
- Big Foot Trail Alliance – Youth professional training, mentorship, and field experience
- Favell Museum – Museum exhibit centered around the role of water in the Klamath Basin
- Friends of the Shasta River – Flow study for the Shasta River
- Klamath Drainage District – Interpretive kiosk and waterfowl viewing blind
- Klamath River Renewal Corporation – Trail and recreational access
- Mid Klamath Watershed Council – Youth Programming and community engagement
- Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations – Flows for the Scott and Shasta Rivers
- Paddle Tribal Waters – Youth led descent of the newly undammed Klamath River
- Sustainable Northwest – Communications and storytelling
- Upper Klamath Basin Ag Collaborative – Restoration planning along the Sprague River
- Watershed Training Center – Youth education and habitat restoration
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Read through more recent highlights in the 2025 Summer/Fall Newsletter.