Klamath River Fund: Catalyst Grants

The Klamath River Fund: Catalyst Grants aim to foster community-led climate resilience and restorative justice in the Klamath River Basin. This initiative, part of the Humboldt Area Foundation and Wild Rivers Community Foundation, responds to unique community needs with grants under $10,000. Following significant dam removals in 2023-2024, the program will support restoration efforts, enhance well-being, and promote equity across the region, including partnerships with local tribes and organizations.

Our Strategy & Values
Thriving, Healthy, Just, Equitable.
This vision is implemented through a four decades-long goal of increasing racial equality, thriving youth and families, healthy ecosystems and environments, and a just economy.
Humboldt Area Foundation and Wild Rivers Community Foundation (HAF+WRCF) serve the residents of Humboldt, Del Norte, and Trinity counties in California and Curry County in Oregon, including the region’s 27 Tribal Nations and historically indigenous territories.
The Klamath River Fund is a new program of the Humboldt Area Foundation + Wild Rivers Community Foundation (HAF+WRCF), focused on community-led climate resilience and restorative justice work. Following the unprecedented dam removal in 2023 and 2024, the Klamath River Fund will invest in and amplify restoration and revitalization efforts in the entire Klamath River Basin in the decade that follows.
Catalyst Grants are meant to be responsive to community needs that would not otherwise be fulfilled by a traditional grant.
Requests should be under $10,000 and have a clear start and end date.

Eligibility

Must serve the Klamath River Basin with the goal of improving the health and well-being of the community
Aligns with one or more of the focus areas of the Klamath River Fund:

• Community Healing
• Tribal Self-Determination
• Science and Restoration
• Storytelling
• Climate Resilience

Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental StewardshipMust demonstrate existing relationships with the region and communities servedExamples of projects that will be funded include gap funding, funding for a specific event, or other projects that will be completed within 6-12 months.