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Klamath River Fund: Community Impact Grant - Requests $10,000 - $50,000

Humboldt Area Foundation

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Deadline history & next window

Cycle
Quarterly
Tracked since
April 2026

From the program guidelines: “Requests $10,000 - $50,000 are reviewed on a quarterly cycle.”

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Eligible organizations

  • Tribal Self-Determination

Other requirements

  • _You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's [website](https://www.grantinterface.com/Form/Preview?form=1442556&urlkey=haf)._
  • 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

Overview

_Please note: After you submit your application, you may be contacted asking for additional information or documentation should it be deemed necessary._

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.

  • Racial Equity
  • Thriving Youth & Families
  • Healthy Ecosystems & Environments
  • A Just Economy & Economic Development

Klamath River Fund: Community Impact Grant

The Klamath River Fund is a new program of 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.

Funding

Requests $10,000 - $50,000 are reviewed on a quarterly cycle.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

  • 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 Stewardship
  • Must demonstrate existing relationships with the region and communities served

Past recipients of this program

Recent awards under this program (from Humboldt Area Foundation's IRS filings)

2 grants in Humboldt Area Foundation's 2025 filings reference “Klamath River Fund” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.

What Humboldt Area Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025
203
Total given
$11.53M
Median grant
$18K
Range
$5,375–$3.71M
  • By dollars: California 92%, Oregon 5%, District of Columbia 1%. Top recipient cities: Eureka, CA; Arcata, CA; McKinleyville, CA.
  • 34% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 38% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • Blue Lake Rancheria · Blue Lake, CA

    Project development and deployment, staff support

    $3.71M

  • Betty Kwan Chinn Homeless Foundation · Eureka, CA

    General operating support

    $314K

  • Changing Tides Family Services · Eureka, CA

    Program support and disaster assistance for earthquake victims

    $312K

  • Humboldt Humane · Fortuna, CA

    Critters without litters and spay and neuter support

    $240K

  • Humboldt Coad · Blue Lake, CA

    Disaster assistance for individual unmet needs

    $225K

IRS Form 990, 2025. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Environment
  • Environmental justice
  • Native americans
  • Community development
  • Disaster relief

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