The Freshwater Trust
Environmental ServicesOregon, United States51-200 Employees
The Freshwater Trust is an environmental services organization focused on aligning water stewardship with economic considerations. It employs analytics, science, policy reform, and incentive-based approaches to develop data-driven conservation solutions that scale. The organization designs and manages programs to improve both water quality and quantity, using data and modern tools to enable smarter watershed management and on-the-ground work such as riparian restoration and groundwater replenishment. Based in Portland, Oregon, the firm operates as a mid-sized nonprofit collaborating with landowners and other stakeholders to identify priority restoration opportunities and keep more water in rivers where needed, while tracking the outcomes for watersheds, wildlife, and communities. In 2026, The Freshwater Trust formed a partnership with Portland General Electric to distribute funds from PGE's Habitat Support Fund to support rivers across the Willamette, Sandy, and Deschutes basins.